2008 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship
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The 2008 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship
was the first men's volleyball
tournament of its kind, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship from September 20 to September 26, 2008. Tournament was staged in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima
Shopping Mall, Thailand
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Team Roster
Mojtaba Attar, Saeid Marouf
, Javad Mohammadinejad, Arash Keshavarzi, Hamzeh Zarini, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Alireza Nadi
, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Mansour Zadvan, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Mousavi
Head Coach: Hossein Maadani
Asian Cup Volleyball Championship
The Asian Cup Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for Asian and Oceanian national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation, the Asia volleyball federation...
was the first men's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
tournament of its kind, played by top eight teams of the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship from September 20 to September 26, 2008. Tournament was staged in MCC Hall Convention Center The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima or is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Nakhon Ratchasima district...
Shopping Mall, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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Pools composition
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2007 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.| Pool A | Pool B |
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Final round
Quarterfinals
|}5th–8th semifinals
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|}7th place
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Saeid Marouf
Mir-Saeid Marouf Lakrani is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as a setter for the Men's National Team. He was named Best Setter at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament.-National team:*Asian Championship**Silver medal : 2009...
, Javad Mohammadinejad, Arash Keshavarzi, Hamzeh Zarini, Mohammad Mohammadkazem, Alireza Nadi
Alireza Nadi
Alireza Nadi is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as a middle-blocker for the Men's National Team.-National team:*Asian Championship**Gold medal : 2011**Silver medal : 2009**Bronze medal : 2003*Asian Games...
, Ahsanollah Shirkavand, Mansour Zadvan, Farhad Nazari Afshar, Mehdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Mousavi
Awards
- MVP:
Hamzeh Zarini - Best Scorer:
Yasuyuki Shibakoya - Best Spiker:
Park Chul-Woo - Best Server:
Cui JianjunCui JianjunCui Jianjun is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games.He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:*... - Best Setter:
Saranchit Charoensuk - Best Receiver: Yeo Oh-Hyun
- Best Digger:
Chien Wei-lun - Best Libero: Yeo Oh-Hyun