1987 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

1987 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Kuwait
City	Kuwait City
Dates	15–25 October
Teams	17
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Kuwait
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The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the fourth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a quadrennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Kuwait Volleyball Association (KVA). The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 15 to 25 October 1987.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	32	4.219	Pool E
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	98	87	1.126	Pool E
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	116	144	0.806	Pool G
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	74	160	0.463	Pool G

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Oct	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–1	15–9	15–4			45–14
17 Oct	Pakistan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	15–3	15–2	15–5			45–10
18 Oct	Australia	3–2	Saudi Arabia	12–15	13–15	15–13	15–9	15–2	70–54
18 Oct	Japan	3–0	Pakistan	15–1	15–5	15–2			45–8
19 Oct	Pakistan	3–0	Australia	15–12	15–10	15–10			45–32
19 Oct	Japan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	15–2	15–4	15–4			45–10

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Kuwait	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	—	Pool F
2	Bahrain	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	—	Pool F
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	—	Pool H
4	South Yemen	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	—	Pool H

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	Bahrain	3–0	South Yemen
16 Oct	Kuwait	3–0	New Zealand
17 Oct	Bahrain	3–1	New Zealand	15–13	14–16	15–10	15–13		59–52
18 Oct	New Zealand	3–0	South Yemen	15–9	15–6	15–12			45–27
19 Oct	Kuwait	3–2	Bahrain	15–13	15–10	7–15	6–15	15–12	58–65
20 Oct	Kuwait	3–0	South Yemen	15–7	15–1	15–0			45–8

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	136	61	2.230	Pool E
2	India	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	128	86	1.488	Pool E
3	Iran	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	89	128	0.695	Pool G
4	Thailand	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	62	140	0.443	Pool G

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
17 Oct	China	3–0	Thailand	15–3	15–2	15–5	45–10
17 Oct	India	3–0	Iran	15–9	15–8	15–9	45–26
18 Oct	Iran	3–0	Thailand	15–7	19–17	16–14	50–38
18 Oct	China	3–0	India	16–14	15–13	15–11	46–38
19 Oct	China	3–0	Iran	15–5	15–6	15–2	45–13
19 Oct	India	3–0	Thailand	15–5	15–2	15–7	45–14

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	8	12	2	6.000	203	110	1.845	Pool F
2	Chinese Taipei	4	3	1	7	11	3	3.667	203	131	1.550	Pool F
3	Iraq	4	2	2	6	6	0	MAX	0	0	—	Pool H
4	United Arab Emirates	4	1	3	5	0	9	0.000	0	0	—	Pool H
5	Jordan	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	66	181	0.365	17th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	South Korea	3–2	Chinese Taipei	15–12	14–16	15–10	6–15	16–14	66–67
16 Oct	Iraq	3–?	United Arab Emirates
17 Oct	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iraq	15–9	15–11	15–9			45–29
17 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Jordan	15–6	15–1	15–4			45–11
18 Oct	Chinese Taipei	3–0	United Arab Emirates	15–3	15–12	15–5			45–20
18 Oct	Iraq	3–0	Jordan	15–8	15–2	15–5			45–15
19 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Iraq	15–2	15–4	17–15			47–21
19 Oct	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Jordan	15–10	15–6	15–8			45–24
20 Oct	South Korea	3–0	United Arab Emirates	15–7	15–1	15–0			45–8
20 Oct	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Jordan	15–0	15–2	16–14			46–16

Classification round

	Qualified for the 1st–4th places
	Qualified for the 5th–8th places
	Qualified for the 9th–12th places
	Qualified for the 13th–16th places

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	—	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	—	Semifinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	—	5th–8th place
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	—	5th–8th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
22 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Pakistan
22 Oct	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei
23 Oct	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Pakistan
23 Oct	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–9	15–10	45–26

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	—	—	Semifinals
2	Kuwait	3	2	1	5	—	—	Semifinals
3	India	3	1	2	4	—	—	5th–8th place
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	3	—	—	5th–8th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score
22 Oct	China	3–?	Bahrain
22 Oct	Kuwait	3–?	India
23 Oct	India	3–?	Bahrain
23 Oct	China	3–?	Kuwait

Pool G

Information is not available

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Iraq	—	—	9th–12th place
2	Australia	—	—	9th–12th place
3	Saudi Arabia	—	—	13th–16th place
4	United Arab Emirates	—	—	13th–16th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score
22 Oct	Iraq	–	Saudi Arabia
22 Oct	Australia	–	United Arab Emirates
23 Oct	Iraq	–	Australia
23 Oct	Saudi Arabia	–	United Arab Emirates

Pool H

Information is not available

Pos	Team	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	—	—	9th–12th place
2	New Zealand	—	—	9th–12th place
3	Thailand	—	—	13th–16th place
4	South Yemen	—	—	13th–16th place

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score
22 Oct	Iran	–	South Yemen
22 Oct	New Zealand	–	Thailand
23 Oct	Iran	–	New Zealand
23 Oct	Thailand	–	South Yemen

Final round

Classification 13th–16th

13th–16th semifinals		13th place match

24 October – Kuwait City

Saudi Arabia	3
		25 October – Kuwait City
South Yemen	0
		Saudi Arabia	3
24 October – Kuwait City
		Thailand
Thailand	3

United Arab Emirates	2
		15th place match

		25 October – Kuwait City

		South Yemen

		United Arab Emirates	3

13th–16th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Saudi Arabia	3–0	South Yemen	15–4	17–15	15–5			47–34
24 Oct	Thailand	3–2	United Arab Emirates	15–13	2–15	15–13	13–15	16–14	61–70

15th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Saudi Arabia	3–?	Thailand

13th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	South Yemen	?–3	United Arab Emirates

Classification 9th–12th

9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

24 October – Kuwait City

Iraq	3
		25 October – Kuwait City
New Zealand	0
		Iraq	3
24 October – Kuwait City
		Iran	1
Iran	3

Australia	1
		11th place match

		25 October – Kuwait City

		New Zealand

		Australia	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Iraq	3–0	New Zealand	15–8	15–9	15–10			45–27
24 Oct	Iran	3–1	Australia	16–14	16—14	2–15	16–14		50–57

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	New Zealand	?–3	Australia

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Iraq	3–1	Iran	15–7	8–15	15–12	15–11		53–45

Classification 5th–8th

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

24 October – Kuwait City

India	3
		25 October – Kuwait City
Pakistan	0
		India	3
24 October – Kuwait City
		Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei	3

Bahrain	0
		7th place match

		25 October – Kuwait City

		Pakistan	3

		Bahrain

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	India	3–0	Pakistan	15–4	15–5	15–9			45–18
24 Oct	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Bahrain	15–12	15–13	15–10			45–34

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Pakistan	3–?	Bahrain

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	India	3–?	Chinese Taipei

Championship

Semifinals		Final

24 October – Kuwait City

Japan	3
		25 October – Kuwait City
Kuwait	0
		Japan	3
24 October – Kuwait City
		China	0
China	3

South Korea	1
		3rd place match

		25 October – Kuwait City

		Kuwait

		South Korea	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Japan	3–0	Kuwait	15–3	15–9	15–10			45–22
24 Oct	China	3–1	South Korea	15–7	12–15	15–9	15–10		57–41

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Kuwait	?–3	South Korea

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	China	15–13	15–4	15–9			45–26

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Japan
	China
	South Korea
4	Kuwait
5	India
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Pakistan
8	Bahrain
9	Iraq
10	Iran
11	Australia
12	New Zealand
13	Saudi Arabia
14	Thailand
15	United Arab Emirates
16	South Yemen
17	Jordan

	Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 1988 Olympic Qualifier (India later withdrew)
	Already qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics as Hosts

1987 Asian Men's champions
Japan 3rd title

References

Results

v t e AVC Asian Men's Championship
Tournaments	Melbourne 1975 Manama 1979 Tokyo 1983 Kuwait City 1987 Seoul 1989 Perth 1991 Nakhon Ratchasima 1993 Seoul 1995 Doha 1997 Tehran 1999 Changwon 2001 Tianjin 2003 Suphan Buri 2005 Jakarta 2007 Manila 2009 Tehran 2011 Dubai 2013 Tehran 2015 Gresik 2017 Tehran 2019 Chiba / Funabashi 2021 Urmia 2023
Squads	1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Awards	Awards Most Valuable Player