2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup

2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityAhmedabad
Dates20–28 June
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Indonesia (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place India
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament awards
MVPIndonesia Boy Arnez Arabi
Best SetterIndonesia Alfin Daniel Pratama
Best OH
  • Indonesia Boy Arnez Arabi
  • South Korea Jeong Han-yong
Best MB
Best OPPSouth Korea Shin Ho-jin
Best LiberoIndia Anand Kottarathil
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Attendance37,681 (1,178 per match)
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The 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup was the sixth edition of the AVC Men's Volleyball Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). It is the first edition of the tournament since its rebranding from the AVC Men's Challenge Cup. The event was organized in cooperation with a steering committee appointed by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), following the suspension of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI).[1] The tournament was held from 20 to 28 June 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, marking the first time India has hosted the event.[2]

Indonesia won the tournament by defeating South Korea in the final, marking Indonesia's first medal in the competition's history. South Korea's runner-up finish was their first silver medal at the tournament. Host nation India defeated defending champions Bahrain in the third-place match to win the bronze medal, which was India's first podium finish at the event. Indonesia's Boy Arnez Arabi was named the tournament's MVP while Vladislav Mastikhin of Kazakhstan finished as the tournament's top scorer with a total of 126 points.[3]

Host selection

India was selected to host the 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup after AVC unveiled its 2026 calendar in December 2025.[4] Ahmedabad was named the host city of the tournament with games to be held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex.[5]

Qualification

List of teams:
  Participating teams in the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Nations League
  Participating teams in the 2026 AVC Volleyball Cup
  Team withdrawn
  Did not qualify

A total of 12 teams were selected for the AVC Men's Volleyball Cup based on specific qualification criteria. This included one slot reserved for the host country and another for the defending champions from the previous edition, with the runner-up taking the spot if the defending champion happened to be the host nation. Additionally, five teams were selected based on the highest FIVB World Rankings among those that had not yet qualified. The remaining five slots were awarded to teams from zonal representatives that had not qualified for the tournament. Furthermore, any teams competing in the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League were strictly ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.[6][2]

List of teams qualified for the tournament, listed by the method of qualification
Country Qualified as Qualified on Appearance(s) Previous best performance WR[A]
Total First Last
 India Host country 20 December 2025 2 2023 15th place (2023) 61
 Bahrain Defending champions 24 June 2025 4 2023 2025 Champions (2025) 42
 Thailand 2025 SEA V.League runners-up[a] 20 July 2025 4 2023 2025 Champions (2023) 61
 Qatar World Rankings pathway[b] 2 February 2026 3 2024 2025 Champions (2024) 22
 South Korea 4 2023 2025 3rd place (2023, 2024) 27
 Australia 4 2023 2025 5th place (2023, 2025) 37
 Pakistan[c] 3 2024 2025 Runners-up (2024, 2025) 47
 Indonesia 4 2023 2025 6th place (2023, 2025) 52
 Kazakhstan CAVA representatives[d] 3 2023 2024 4th place (2024) 74
 Chinese Taipei EAVA representative[e] 4 2023 2025 7th place (2025) 58
 New Zealand OZVA representative 2 2025 11th place (2025) 95
 Oman WAVA representative[f] 1 None Debut 82

Pools composition

The draw of lots took place on 10 April 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India led by AVC President Ramon Suzara, with Nilofer Shaikh, assistant director of the Sports Authority of Gujarat. Teams were split into two pools with six teams each.[7]

External videos
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video icon [ LIVE ] Drawing of Lots : AVC Men's Cup Amdavad 2026

Seeding

Seeded teams Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 India (58) (Hosts)
 Qatar (21)
 South Korea (26)
 Australia (33)
 Bahrain (40)
 Pakistan (44)		  Indonesia (51)
 Chinese Taipei (53)		  Thailand (59)
 Kazakhstan (60)		  Oman (76)
 New Zealand (82)

Draw results

Pool A Pool B
 India  Qatar
 Australia  South Korea
 Bahrain  Pakistan
 Chinese Taipei  Indonesia
 Kazakhstan  Thailand
 New Zealand  Oman

Venue

Ahmedabad, India
Veer Savarkar Sports Complex
Capacity: 5,000
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Pool standing procedure

  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

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  India (H) 5 5 0 15 15 1 15.000 403 317 1.271 Semifinals
2  Bahrain 5 4 1 12 12 6 2.000 429 392 1.094
3  Kazakhstan 5 3 2 8 10 10 1.000 441 467 0.944 5th place match
4  Chinese Taipei 5 2 3 6 9 10 0.900 434 443 0.980 7th place match
5  New Zealand 5 1 4 2 4 14 0.286 376 443 0.849 9th place match
6  Australia 5 0 5 2 6 15 0.400 466 487 0.957
Source: AVC Men's Cup 2026 – Team Standings
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
(H) Host
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
20 Jun15:00Bahrain 3–1 Chinese Taipei22–2525–2325–2225–20 97–90615P2 Boxscore
20 Jun21:00India 3–0 New Zealand25–2325–1925–14  75–562,500P2 Boxscore
21 Jun09:00Australia 1–3 Chinese Taipei23–2522–2525–2319–25 89–98200P2 Boxscore
21 Jun12:00New Zealand 0–3 Bahrain19–2521–2516–25  56–75150P2 Boxscore
21 Jun21:00India 3–0 Kazakhstan25–1625–2125–15  75–525,000P2 Boxscore
22 Jun12:00Australia 2–3 Kazakhstan25–1525–2123–2524–2614–16111–103279P2 Boxscore
22 Jun21:00India 3–1 Chinese Taipei22–2525–1425–2225–22 97–832,500P2 Boxscore
23 Jun12:00New Zealand 3–2 Australia16–2525–2327–2519–2517–15104–113350P2 Boxscore
23 Jun15:00Chinese Taipei 1–3 Kazakhstan25–2024–2616–2523–25 88–96350P2 Boxscore
23 Jun21:00India 3–0 Bahrain25–2125–1625–22  75–592,500P2 Boxscore
25 Jun15:00Chinese Taipei 3–0 New Zealand25–1925–2325–22  75–64550P2 Boxscore
25 Jun18:00Bahrain 3–1 Kazakhstan22–2525–2325–1725–20 97–852,152P2 Boxscore
25 Jun21:00India 3–0 Australia26–2425–1430–28  81–662,855P2 Boxscore
26 Jun12:00New Zealand 1–3 Kazakhstan21–2519–2525–2231–33 96–105315P2 Boxscore
26 Jun21:00Australia 1–3 Bahrain18–2528–2619–2521–25 86–1011,021P2 Boxscore

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  South Korea 4 3 1 9 11 6 1.833 380 359 1.058 Semifinals
2  Indonesia 4 3 1 7 9 8 1.125 378 383 0.987
3  Thailand 4 2 2 6 8 9 0.889 368 353 1.042 5th place match
4  Qatar 4 1 3 5 8 9 0.889 382 377 1.013 7th place match
5  Oman 4 1 3 3 7 11 0.636 377 413 0.913 9th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
20 Jun12:00Qatar 2–3 Oman25–1925–2125–2722–2513–15110–107500P2 Boxscore
20 Jun18:30South Korea 2–3 Thailand17–2526–2425–2118–257–1593–110 P2 Boxscore
21 Jun15:00Qatar 3–0 Thailand25–2325–2325–17  75–63500P2 Boxscore
21 Jun18:00South Korea 3–0 Indonesia25–2225–2225–21  75–65750P2 Boxscore
22 Jun15:00Oman 1–3 Thailand25–1715–2518–2520–25 78–92 P2 Boxscore
22 Jun18:00Qatar 2–3 Indonesia25–1422–2530–3227–2513–15117–1111,200P2 Boxscore
23 Jun18:00Indonesia 3–2 Thailand19–2525–1925–2223–2515–12107–103550P2 Boxscore
25 Jun12:00Oman 2–3 South Korea25–2323–2513–2528–2615–17104–116110P2 Boxscore
26 Jun15:00Qatar 1–3 South Korea16–2525–2121–2518–25 80–96500P2 Boxscore
26 Jun18:00Indonesia 3–1 Oman25–2320–2525–1925–21 95–881,000P2 Boxscore

Final round

9th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
27 Jun12:30New Zealand 0–3 Oman20–2521–2518–25  59–75890P2 Boxscore

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
28 Jun09:30Chinese Taipei 1–3 Qatar30–3225–2218–2515–25 88–104594P2 Boxscore

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
28 Jun12:30Kazakhstan 3–1 Thailand25–2125–2322–2527–25 99–941,000P2 Boxscore

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 June
 
 
 South Korea3
 
28 June
 
 Bahrain1
 
 South Korea0
 
27 June
 
 Indonesia3
 
 India2
 
 
 Indonesia3
 
3rd place match
 
 
28 June
 
 
 Bahrain1
 
 
 India3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
27 Jun15:30South Korea 3–1 Bahrain25–2325–2223–2525–20 98–902,000P2 Boxscore
27 Jun19:00India 2–3 Indonesia25–1524–2620–2525–1913–15107–1002,750P2 Boxscore

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
28 Jun15:30Bahrain 1–3 India23–2525–2321–2517–25 86–982,500P2 Boxscore

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Attd Report
28 Jun19:00South Korea 0–3 Indonesia32–3416–2523–25  71–841,500P2 Boxscore

Final standing

Awards

  • Most valuable player
     Boy Arnez Arabi (INA)
  • Best setter
     Alfin Daniel Pratama (INA)
  • Best outside spikers
     Boy Arnez Arabi (INA)
     Jeong Han-yong (KOR)
  • Best middle blockers
     Hendra Kurniawan (INA)
     Park Chang-seong (KOR)
  • Best opposite spiker
     Shin Ho-jin (KOR)
  • Best libero
     Anand Kottarathil (IND)

Source:[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ World ranking at the start of tournament.
  1. ↑ As Indonesia had already qualified, its slot was reallocated to Thailand.
  2. ↑ As China, Iran, and Japan were ineligible due to competing in the 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, and with Bahrain qualifying as defending champions, their ranking slots were reallocated to the next highest-ranked teams.
  3. ↑ Pakistan has withdrawn from the tournament due to the Pakistani government's refusal to grant travel permits. AVC has appointed Turkmenistan as its replacement. However, Turkmenistan has also withdrawn from participation.
  4. ↑ As India and Pakistan had already qualified, their slots were reallocated to Kazakhstan.
  5. ↑ As South Korea had already qualified, its slot was reallocated to Chinese Taipei.
  6. ↑ As Bahrain and Qatar had already qualified, their slots were reallocated to Oman.

References

  1. ↑ Jimenez, Grettle (23 April 2026). "India: FIVB revokes recognition of leadership". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "AVC Men's Volleyball Cup to serve off on Saturday in India". Volleyball World. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Indonesia triumph in Ahmedabad for first-ever AVC Cup honor". Volleyball World. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "AVC Unveils 2026 International Volleyball Calendar and Host Cities". AVC (Press release). 20 December 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Preparations intensify in the Philippines and India for 2026 AVC Women's and Men's Cups". AVC (Press release). 24 February 2026. Archived from the original on 21 April 2026. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "AVC Confirms Qualified Teams for AVC Cup 2026". AVC (Press release). 2 February 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "AVC Men's Cup 2026: Drawing of Lots Sets the Stage in Amdavad". AVC (Press release). April 11, 2026. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Daily Bulletin No.9" (PDF). AVC. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
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