The twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
The 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twenty-first staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Japan Volleyball Association (JVA). The tournament was held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from 12 to 19 September 2021.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives.
Host selection.
On 11 February 2020, the AVC announced that only one national federation have applied two bids to organize 2021 Asian Championship:
Qualification.
Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all events will be selected by
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Zonal qualification.
Only the Central Asian qualification tournament was held which was contested by Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Awards.
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 (JPN)
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 (CHN)
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References.
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