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

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
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

Source:

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	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kuwait	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	0	0	—	Pool F
2	Bahrain	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	0	0	—
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	0	0	—	Pool H
4	South Yemen	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	0	0	—

Source:

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
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

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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
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	—
5	Jordan	4	0	4	4	0	12	0.000	66	181	0.365	17th place

Source:

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

Pool E

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

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	0	0	—	0	0	—	Semifinals
2	Kuwait	3	2	1	5	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	India	3	1	2	4	0	0	—	0	0	—	5th–8th place
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	3	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
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	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	9th–12th place
2	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	13th–16th place
4	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
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	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	9th–12th place
2	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	13th–16th place
4	South Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
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

1983 Asian Men's champions  Japan 2nd title

References

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