DRAWING OF LOTS

The 15th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship

Manila, Philippines September 26- October 5, 2009

1. Participating Teams: 20 teams

CHN TPE JPN KOR HKG AUS VIE THA INA MYA PHI

QAT LEB KAZ IRI IND SRI MDV PAK AFG

2. Seeding:

Refer to the decision of AVC B/A Meeting, seeding for Asian Sr. Men’s Championship will be considered from the addition of Ranking of Previous Asian Sr. Men’s Championship and FIVB World Ranking divided by 2. The team with the lowest points will be seeded No.1 and in case of the same points among the 2 or more teams, the World Ranking will be considered for their seeding. Refer to the mentioned principle, the order of seeding will be as follows:

No. Team Asian Ranking World Ranking Points Divided by 2

1 JPN 2 9 5.5

2 CHN 4 8 6.0

3 AUS 1 14 7.5

4 KOR 3 18 10.5

5 IRI 5 24 14.5

6 THA 6 32 19.0

7 TPE 8 38 23.0

8 INA 7 39 23.0

9 IND 9 44 26.5

Because of 20 participating teams, the teams will be distributed into 4 pools, 5 teams in each pool. The Organizers and 7 best ranking teams will be seeded in serpentine system.

A B C D

PHI(ORG) JPN(1st Seed) CHN(2nd Seed) AUS(3rd Seed)

TPE(7th Seed) THA(6th Seed) IRI(5th Seed) KOR(4th Seed)

PAK IND SRI MDV

KAZ AFG HKG LEB

MYA INA VIE QAT

3 Drawing of Lots

The rest 12 teams shall be drawn to the 4 pools. Geographical consideration will be applied in order to avoid the teams from the same zone in the same pools as many as possible.

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3.1 The 6 teams of Central Zone KAZ, IND, SRI, MDV, PAK, AFG shall be drawn to Pool A, B, C and D on line 3 and Pool A and B on line 4.

The tags of 6 teams will be put in the Cup of Teams. The 2 tags of A, B and 1 tag of C and D will be put in the Cup of Pools. The 2 Drawers will draw 1 tag of Team and 1 tag of Pool at the same time together until the last tag of Team.

3.2 The 3 teams of South Eastern Zone, VIE, INA and MYA, the 2 teams of Western Zone QAT and LEB and 1 team from Eastern Zone HKG shall be drawn to Pools C and D on line 3 and Pool A, B, C and D on line 5.

The tags of 6 teams will be put in the Cup of Teams. 1 tag of A and B and 2 tags of C and D will be put in the Cup of Pools. The 2 Drawers will draw 1 tag of Team and 1 tag of Pool at the same time together until the last tag of Team.

4. Preliminary round (5 days / M. No.1 – M. No.40) Sep 26-30

The teams in each pool will play single round robin for ranking 1st – 5th

Pool / No. / Teams / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
A / 1
2
3
4
5 / TPE
MYA
PAK
KAZ
PHI / TPE1-0
MYA2-5 PHI
PAK 3-4 KAZ / 0-4 KAZ
PHI 5-3 PAK
TPE 1-2 MYA / MYA 2-0
PAK 3-1 TPE
KAZ 4-5 PHI / 0-5 PHI
TPE 1-4 KAZ
MYA 2-3 PAK / PAK 3-0
KAZ 4-2 MYA
PHI 5-1 TPE
B / 1
2
3
4
5 / JPN
IND
THA
AFG
INA / JPN1-0
IND2-5 INA
THA3-4 AFG / 0-4 AFG
INA 5-3 THA
JPN 1-2 IND / IND 2-0
THA 3-1 JPN
AFG 4-5 INA / 0-5 INA
JPN 1-4 AFG
IND 2-3 THA / THA 3-0
AFG 4-2 IND
INA 5-1 JPN
C / 1
2
3
4
5 / IRI
SRI
CHN
VIE
HKG / IRI1-0
SRI2-5 HKG
CHN 3-4 VIE / 0-4 VIE
HKG5-3 CHN
IRI 1-2 SRI / SRI 2-0
CHN 3-1 IRI
VIE4-5 HKG / 0-5 HKG
IRI 1-4 VIE
SRI 2-3 CHN / CHN 3-0
VIE4-2 SRI
HKG5-1 IRI
D / 1
2
3
4
5 / QAT
KOR
AUS
LEB
MDV / QAT1-0
KOR2-5 MDV
AUS3-4 LEB / 0-4 LEB
MDV 5-3 AUS
QAT 1-2 KOR / KOR 2-0
AUS 3-1 QAT
LEB 4-5 MDV / 0-5 MDV
QAT 1-4 LEB
KOR 2-3 AUS / AUS 3-0
LEB 4-2 KOR
MDV 5-1 QAT

5. Classification for 1st – 8th and 9th – 16th and Finals 17th – 20th, M. No 41-M. No 58

1st – 8th Pool E 1A, 2A, 1C, 2C

Pool F 1B, 2B, 1D, 2D

9th – 16th Pool G 3A, 4A, 3C, 4C

Pool H 3B, 4B, 3D, 4D

17th-20th Pool I 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D

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The teams in each pool will play single round robin for their rankings but the teams who have already played among each other in the previous round will not play again but the result will be brought for the consideration of their rankings.

(Day 6) Oct 1

17th – 20th M. No 41 5A – 5D

9th – 16th Pool G M. No 42-43 3A – 4C 3C – 4A

Pool H M. No 44-45 3B – 4D 3D – 4B

1st – 8th Pool E M. No 46-47 1A – 2C 1C – 2A

Pool F M. No 48-49 1B – 2D 1D – 2B

(Day 7) Oct 2

17th – 20th M. No 50 5B – 5C

9th – 16th Pool G M. No 51-52 4A – 4C 3A – 3C

Pool H M. No 53-54 4B – 4D 3B – 3D

1st – 8th Pool E M. No 55-56 2A – 2C 1A – 1C

Pool F M. No 57-58 2B – 2D 1B – 1D

6. Quarter-finals 1st–8th, Semi-finals 9th-16th Final 17th–20th, M. No 59 – M. No 68

(Day 8) Oct 3

17th – 20th M. No 59-60 5D – 5C 5A – 5B

13th – 16th M. No 61 3G – 4H

M. No 62 3H – 4G

9th – 12th M. No 63 1G – 2H

M. No 64 1H – 2G

1st – 8th M. No 65-68 1E – 4F 1F – 4E 2E – 3F 2F – 3E

7. Semi 1st – 8th, Finals 9th – 16th & 17th – 20th, M. No 69-79 (Day 9) Oct 4

17th – 20th M. No 69-70 5B – 5D 5C – 5A

15th – 16th M. No 71 L. M. No 61 – L. M. No 62

13th – 14th M. No 72 W. M. No 61 – W. M. No 62

11th – 12th M. No 73 L. M. No 63 – L. M. No 64

9th – 10th M. No 74 W. M. No 63 – W. M. No 64

5th – 8th M. No 75 L(1E – 4F) – L(2F – 3E)

M. No 76 L(1F – 4E) – L(2E – 3F)

1st – 4th M. No 78 W(1E – 4F) – W(2F – 3E)

M. No 79 W(1F – 4E) – W(2E – 3F)

8. Finals 1st – 8th, M. No 80-83 (Day 10) Oct 5

7th – 8th M. No 80 L. M. No 75 – L. M. No 76

5th – 6th M. No 81 W. M. No 75 – W. M. No 76

3rd – 4th M. No 82 L. M. No 78 – L. M. No 79

1st – 2nd M. No 83 W. M. No 78 – W. M. No 79