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2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup

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2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup
أمم آسيا لرجال الطائرة
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Tournament details
Host nationBahrain
CityManama
Dates17–24 June
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Third place Qatar
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament awards
MVPBahrain Mohamed Abdulla Yaqoob
Best SetterBahrain Mahmood Alafyah
Best OH
Best MB
Best OPPBahrain Ali Khamis
Best LiberoBahrain Ayman Haroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Attendance20,585 (823 per match)
Official website
2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup

The 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup was the first of the newly rebranded AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup, and sixth overall edition of the formerly known AVC Men's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). It was held from 17 to 24 June 2025 in Manama, Bahrain.[1]

As the FIVB Volleyball Nations League restructured its format and abolished the Challenger Cup as a direct qualifier to the tournament, this tournament will serve to countries currently not participating in the Nations League to garner world ranking points for a chance to enter the said competition. Bahrain, the champions of this tournament qualified for the 2026 Asian Championship.[2]

Host Bahrain won their first title after defeating the Pakistan in the final.[3] This was Pakistan's second consecutive defeat in the final of the tournament.[4] Qatar beat South Korea in the 3rd place match and took the bronze medal.[5] Mohamed Abdulla Yaqoob was named as the MVP of the tournament.[6]

Suspension of the final match was considered due to security issues arising from the Iranian strikes on Al Udeid Air Base. However the plan was dropped after guarantees from the host country's government and federation.[7]

Host selection

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Bahrain is the only country that submitted its bid to host the tournament and AVC was awarded the hosting rights in February 2025.[citation needed]

Qualification

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List of teams:
  Participating in the 2025 FIVB Nations League
  Participating in the 2025 AVC Nations Cup
  Did not participate

Following AVC regulations, a maximum of 12 teams for the next AVC Nations Cup were selected through the following criteria:[1]

  • 1 team for the host country
  • 6 other top-ranked teams from the previous edition (2024)
  • 5 other highest-ranked entrant teams in the FIVB Senior World Rankings
    • If a team does not have world ranking points, the final decision will be made by AVC in consultation with Volleyball World and the host country.
Country Zone Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Bahrain[a] WAVA Host country 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 Runners-up (2023)
 Qatar WAVA Defending champions 8 June 2024 1 2024 Champions (2024)
 Pakistan CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup runners-up 8 June 2024 1 2024 Runners-up (2024)
 South Korea EAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 3rd placers 8 June 2024 2 2023 2024 3rd place (2023, 2024)
 Kazakhstan[b] CAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 4th placers 8 June 2024 2 2023 2024 4th place (2024)
 Vietnam SAVA 2024 Challenge Cup 6th placers 8 June 2024 2 2023 2024 4th place (2023)
 Australia[a] OZVA 2024 Challenge Cup 8th placers 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 5th place (2023)
 Chinese Taipei EAVA 1st World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 9th place (2023)
 Indonesia SAVA 2nd World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 6th place (2023)
 Philippines SAVA 3rd World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 10th place (2023, 2024)
 Thailand SAVA 4th World ranked non-qualified team 15 April 2025 2 2023 2024 Champions (2023)
 New Zealand OZVA Additional entrant team 19 May 2025 0 None None

 China,  Iran, and  Japan which are part of the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.[9]

Pools composition

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The teams were split into four pools with three teams each. The draw of lots took place on 25 May 2025.[10]

Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the rank of the previous edition, with the host automatically seeded in Pool A and the top teams occupying the remaining slots. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following their position according to their FIVB Senior World Rankings as of 8 January 2025.

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2
 Bahrain (58) (Hosts)
 Qatar (21) (1st)
 Pakistan (46) (2nd)
 South Korea (27) (3rd) 		 Australia (33)
 Chinese Taipei (45)
 Indonesia (51)
 Vietnam (52) 		 Kazakhstan (53)
 Philippines (56)
 Thailand (57)
 New Zealand (–)
Drawing results
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
 Bahrain  Qatar  Pakistan  South Korea
 Indonesia  Australia  Chinese Taipei  Vietnam
 Thailand  Kazakhstan  Philippines  New Zealand

Venue

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Manama, Bahrain
Isa Bin Rashed Hall
Capacity: 10,500

Pool standing procedure

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  1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
  2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
    • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
  3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
    • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
    • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
    • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

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Main article: 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup squads

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bahrain (H) 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 173 147 1.177 Quarterfinals
2  Indonesia 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 169 177 0.955
3  Thailand 2 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 187 205 0.912 9th–11th places
Source: FIVB Live Center
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun 19:00 Bahrain  3–1  Thailand 25–21 21–25 25–19 25–22   96–87 P2 Report
18 Jun 19:00 Indonesia  3–2  Thailand 22–25 22–25 25–19 25–23 15–8 109–100 P2 Report
19 Jun 19:00 Bahrain  3–0  Indonesia 25–13 27–25 25–22     77–60 P2 Report

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Qatar 1 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 65 1.154 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 65 75 0.867
Source: FIVB Live Center
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Jun 11:30 Qatar  3–0  Australia 25–22 25–21 25–22     75–65 P2 Report

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Pakistan 2 2 0 5 6 3 2.000 198 185 1.070 Quarterfinals
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 211 197 1.071
3  Philippines 2 0 2 0 2 6 0.333 169 196 0.862 9th–11th places
Source: FIVB Live Center
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun 14:00 Pakistan  3–1  Philippines 25–18 25–12 18–25 25–22   93–77 P2 Report
18 Jun 14:00 Chinese Taipei  3–1  Philippines 25–19 23–25 30–28 25–20   103–92 P2 Report
19 Jun 14:00 Pakistan  3–2  Chinese Taipei 25–20 25–22 21–25 16–25 18–16 105–108 P2 Report

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  South Korea 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 153 118 1.297 Quarterfinals
2  Vietnam 2 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 132 135 0.978
3  New Zealand 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 121 153 0.791 9th–11th places
Source: FIVB Live Center
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun 16:30 South Korea  3–0  New Zealand 28–26 25–13 25–22     78–61 P2 Report
18 Jun 16:30 Vietnam  3–0  New Zealand 25–23 25–22 25–15     75–60 P2 Report
19 Jun 16:30 South Korea  3–0  Vietnam 25–22 25–23 25–12     75–57 P2 Report

Final round

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9th–11th places

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
9  Thailand 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 152 121 1.256
10  Philippines 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 157 149 1.054
11  New Zealand 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 136 175 0.777
Source: FIVB Live Center
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 19:00 Thailand  3–0  Philippines 25–21 25–20 25–18     75–59 P2 Report
22 Jun 14:00 Thailand  3–0  New Zealand 25–20 25–17 27–25     77–62 P2 Report
24 Jun 12:00 Philippines  3–1  New Zealand 25–16 23–25 25–11 25–22   98–74 P2 Report

Final eight

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
21 June
 
 
 Bahrain3
 
23 June
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 Bahrain3
 
21 June
 
 South Korea2
 
 Australia1
 
24 June
 
 South Korea3
 
 Bahrain3
 
21 June
 
 Pakistan1
 
 Indonesia1
 
23 June
 
 Pakistan3
 
 Pakistan3
 
21 June
 
 Qatar0 3rd place match
 
 Qatar3
 
24 June
 
 Vietnam2
 
 South Korea0
 
 
 Qatar3
 
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
22 June
 
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
23 June
 
 Australia3
 
 Australia3
 
22 June
 
 Indonesia0
 
 Indonesia3
 
 
 Vietnam2
 
7th place match
 
 
23 June
 
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
 
 Vietnam1

Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jun 11:30 Australia  1–3  South Korea 23–25 18–25 25–22 23–25   89–97 P2 Report
21 Jun 14:00 Indonesia  1–3  Pakistan 25–20 21–25 20–25 17–25   83–95 P2 Report
21 Jun 16:30 Qatar  3–2  Vietnam 29–31 25–21 25–15 22–25 15–12 116–104 P2 Report
21 Jun 19:00 Bahrain  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–18 25–22 35–33     85–73 P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Jun 16:30 Chinese Taipei  1–3  Australia 22–25 25–20 12–25 19–25   78–95 P2 Report
22 Jun 19:00 Indonesia  3–2  Vietnam 23–25 24–26 25–17 25–23 15–12 112–103 P2 Report

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun 16:30 Pakistan  3–0  Qatar 25–22 25–22 25–21     75–65 P2 Report
23 Jun 19:00 Bahrain  3–2  South Korea 25–21 25–23 21–25 18–25 15–13 104–107 P2 Report

7th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun 11:30 Chinese Taipei  3–1  Vietnam 21–25 25–22 25–19 25–22   96–88 P2 Report

5th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun 14:00 Australia  3–0  Indonesia 25–20 25–21 25–22     75–63 P2 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun 15:00 South Korea  0–3  Qatar 21–25 20–25 23–25     64–75 P2 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun 19:00 Bahrain  3–1  Pakistan 23–25 25–16 25–17 25–18   98–76 P2 Report

Final standing

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Awards

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Broadcasting rights

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Country/region Broadcaster
Global Volleyball TV, YouTube
 Indonesia Emtek (Vidio, Moji)
 Philippines Cignal (One Sports, Pilipinas Live)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b As China qualified for the 2025 Nations League on 7 July 2024, Bahrain qualified as the 2024 Challenge Cup 7th placers. Their spot was allocated to Australia after being awarded hosting rights on 15 April 2025.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Kazakhstan withdrew from tournament on 14 June 2025 due to political conflict between Israel and Iran.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Preechachan (15 April 2025). "Vietnam and Bahrain Confirmed to Host Respective AVC Women's and Men's Nations Cup in June". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. ^ "It's AVC Men's Nations Cup turn on VBTV". Volleyball World. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Bahrain defeat Pakistan in AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup final". Daily Ausaf. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Pakistan fall to Bahrain in AVC Nations Cup final". Dawn. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Qatar claim bronze, Bahrain emerge champions at AVC Volleyball Nations Cup". Gulf Times. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Bahrain capture first-ever AVC title at inaugural AVC Men's Nations Cup on home soil". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. ^ "AVC Nations Cup action resumes play as host Bahrain assures safety amid tensions". ABS-CBN News. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  8. ^ «Кубок Наций AVC» (М)-2025: Без «Превью» [AVC Nations Cup (M)-2025: Without "Preview"]. KVF (in Kazakh). 15 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  9. ^ "The Executive Committee of Asian Volleyball Confederation will hold its first meeting on 17 June". 19 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  10. ^ Preechachan (25 May 2025). "AVC UNVEILS DRAWING OF LOTS RESULTS FOR ITS REMAINING FOUR 2025 CHAMPIONSHIPS". AVC. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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