Men Volleyball Asian Championship 1979 Manama (BRN) 17-24.12 Winner China

Men Volleyball Asian Championship 1979 Manama (BRN) 17-24.12 Winner China

Final Group	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. China	3	0	9:	1	145/66	2.197
2. South Korea	2	1	6:	5	132/113	1.168
3. Japan	1	2	6:	6	136/136	1.000
4. Australia	0	3	0:	9	37/135	0.274

Team	Chi	Kor	Jap	Aus
China	---	3:0	3:1	3:0
South Korea		---	3:2	3:0
Japan			---	3:0
Australia				---

China qualified to Olympics Men 1980. Later boycotted the Games.

Japan and South Korea qualified to Olympics Men OQ 1980.

Australia and India qualified to World Men 1982. China, South Korea and Japan pre-qualified.

Iraq replaced India.

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
22.12	China	3-0	Australia	45-9	15-4	15-3	15-2
22.12	South Korea	3-2	Japan	64-57	11-15	8-15	15-9	15-11	15-7
23.12	South Korea	3-0	Australia	45-11	15-3	15-2	15-6
23.12	China	3-1	Japan	55-34	10-15	15-3	15-10	15-6
24.12	Japan	3-0	Australia	45-17	15-5	15-4	15-8
24.12	China	3-0	South Korea	45-23	15-3	15-10	15-10

Final Ranking	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. China	6	0	18:	1	280/94	2.979
2. South Korea	5	1	15:	5	267/127	2.102
3. Japan	3	2	12:	6	226/157	1.439
4. Australia	3	3	9:	9	172/214	0.804
Group 5-8
5. India	5	1	15:	4	190/112	1.696-1
6. Iran	3	3	12:	10	210/172	1.221-1
7. Kuwait	3	3	10:	13	145/205	0.707-2
8. Iraq	2	3	7:	13	157/205	0.766-1
Group 9-12
9. Saudi Arabia	4	2	12:	9	183/205	0.893-1
10.Syria	2	3	8:	10	144/185	0.778-1
11.New Zealand	2	4	10:	15	203/207	0.981-2
12.Singapore	1	5	5:	15	133/210	0.633-1
Group 13-15
13.Lebanon	2	3	6:	11	169/222	0.761
14.Bahrain	1	4	8:	13	194/243	0.798-1
15.South Yemen	0	5	2:	15	68/183	0.372-1

First Groups Round
Group A	AUS	KUW	NZL	BRN
Group B	JPN	IRQ	SYR
Group C	KOR	IRN	SIN	PRY
Group D	CHN	IND	KSA	LEB

Awards
MVP:	Wang Jia Wei	CHN
Spiker:	Kang Man Soo	KOR
Blocker:	Chan Gang	CHN
Server:	Xu Zhen	CHN
Setter:	Kim Ho Chull	KOR
OFS:	George Mraz	AUT
Coach:	Dai Ting Bin	CHN

OFS - Outstanding Fighting spirit

Best 6
Wang Jia Wei	CHN
Hou Jie	CHN
Cao Ping	CHN
Shen Futin	CHN
Kang Man Soo	KOR
Mikiasu Tanaka	JPN

Group 5-8	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
5. India	3	0	9:	1	90/32	2.812-1
6. Iran	1	2	6:	7	113/97	1.165-1
7. Kuwait	1	2	4:	7	52/103	0.505-1
8. Iraq	1	2	4:	8	77/100	0.770-1

Team	Indi	Iran	Kuwa	Ira
India	---	3:1	3:0	3:0
Iran		---	3:1
Kuwait			---	3:1
Iraq		3:2		---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
21.12	India	3-0	Kuwait	45-10	15-4	15-5	15-1
21.12	Iraq	3-2	Iran	55-55	16-14	7-15	15-2	2-15	15-9
22.12	India	3-0	Iraq	45-22	15-10	15-4	15-8
22.12	Iran	3-1	Kuwait	58-42	12-15	15-10	16-14	15-3
23.12	Kuwait	3-1	Iraq
23.12	India	3-1	Iran

Group 9-12	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
9. Saudi Arabia	3	0	9:	3	113/83	1.361-1
10.Syria	2	1	6:	4	76/73	1.041-1
11.New Zealand	1	2	6:	7	108/104	1.038-1
12 Singapore	0	3	2:	9	64/101	0.634-1

Team	Sau	Syr	New	Sin
Saudi Arabia	---	3:0	3:2	3:1
Syria		---	3:1	3:0
New Zealand			---	3:1
Singapore				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
21.12	Syria	3-0	Singapore	46-25	15-3	16-14	15-8
21.12	Saudi Arabia	3-2	New Zealand	65-53	15-5	15-12	8-15	12-15	15-6
22.12	Saudi Arabia	3-0	Syria	48-30	15-2	18-16	15-12
22.12	New Zealand	3-1	Singapore	55-39	15-12	10-15	15-2	15-10
23.12	Saudi Arabia	3-1	Singapore
23.12	Syria	3-1	New Zealand

Group 13-15	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
13.Lebanon	2	0	6:	2	109/87	1.253
14.Bahrain	1	1	4:	4	51/61	0.836-1
15.South Yemen	0	2	2:	6	36/48	0.750-1

Team	Leb	Bah	SoY
Lebanon	---	3:1	3:1
Bahrain		---	3:1
South Yemen			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
21.12	Lebanon	3-1	South Yemen	48-36	15-2	12-15	15-5	16-14
22.12	Lebanon	3-1	Bahrain	61-51	15-17	16-14	15-13	15-7
23.12	Bahrain	3-1	South Yemen

First Groups Round. Winners to Final Group.

2nd to Group 5-8. 3rd tp Group 9-12. Fourth to Group 13-15.

Group A	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. Australia	3	0	9:	0	135/79	1.709
2. Kuwait	2	1	6:	6	93/102	0.912-1
3. New Zealand	1	2	4:	8	95/103	0.922-1
4. Bahrain	0	3	4:	9	143/182	0.786

Team	Aus	Kuw	New	Bah
Australia	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Kuwait		---	3:1	3:2
New Zealand			---	3:2
Bahrain				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
18.12	Kuwait	3-1	New Zealand
18.12	Australia	3-0	Bahrain	45-28	15-10	15-10	15-8
19.12	Australia	3-0	Kuwait	45-27	15-11	15-12	15-4
19.12	Kuwait	3-2	Bahrain	66-57	9-15	15-10	15-10	12-15	15-7
20.12	Australia	3-0	New Zealand	45-24	15-7	15-9	15-8
20.12	New Zealand	3-2	Bahrain	71-58	12-15	15-12	15-5	14-16	15-10

Group B	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. Japan	2	0	6:	0	90/21	4.286
2. Iraq	1	1	3:	5	80/105	0.762
3. Syria	0	2	2:	6	68/112	0.607

Team	Jap	Ira	Syr
Japan	---	3:0	3:0
Iraq		---	3:2
Syria			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
18.12	Japan	3-0	Syria	45-8	15-0	15-2	15-6
19.12	Japan	3-0	Iraq	45-13	15-9	15-1	15-3
20.12	Iraq	3-2	Syria	67-60	15-4	11-15	10-15	16-14	15-12

Group C	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. South Korea	3	0	9:	0	135/14	9.643
2. Iran	2	1	6:	3	97/75	1.293
3. Singapore	1	2	3:	6	69/109	0.633
4. South Yemen	0	3	0:	9	32/135	0.237

Team	Kor	Ira	Sin	SoY
South Korea	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
Iran		---	3:0	3:0
Singapore			---	3:0
South Yemen				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
18.12	Singapore	3-0	South Yemen	45-19	15-8	15-6	15-5
18.12	South Korea	3-0	Iran	45-7	15-1	15-3	15-3
19.12	Iran	3-0	Singapore	45-20	15-8	15-5	15-7
19.12	South Korea	3-0	South Yemen	45-3	15-2	15-0	15-1
20.12	Iran	3-0	South Yemen	45-10	15-3	15-2	15-5
20.12	South Korea	3-0	Singapore	45-4	15-1	15-1	15-2

Group D	w	l	gf	ga	points	ratio
1. China	3	0	9:	0	135/28	4.821
2. India	2	1	6:	3	100/80	1.250
3. Saudi Arabia	1	2	3:	6	70/122	0.574
4. Lebanon	0	3	0:	9	60/135	0.444

Team	Chi	Ind	Sau	Leb
China	---	3:0	3:0	3:0
India		---	3:0	3:0
Saudi Arabia			---	3:0
Lebanon				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	pts	g1	g2	g3	g4	g5
18.12	Saudi Arabia	3-0	Lebanon	45-32	15-6	15-13	15-13
18.12	China	3-0	India	45-10	15-3	15-3	15-4
19.12	India	3-0	Lebanon	45-16	15-13	15-1	15-2
19.12	China	3-0	Saudi Arabia	45-6	15-1	15-2	15-3
20.12	India	3-0	Saudi Arabia	45-19	15-9	15-3	15-7
20.12	China	3-0	Lebanon	45-12	15-6	15-13	15-13

Teams Composition

4. Australia

George Mraz-C

Ilkke Veiljalainen-VC

Peter Lowe

Anthony Naar

Brook Ramage

Phillip Roberts

Robert Coupland

Wayne McNamarra

Doug Vainsaar

Peter Ellery

Coch: Anti Veiljalainen

12.Singapore

Low Ho Peng-C

Chia Yoon Keong

Leong Ding Hing

Lim Chye Siang

Koh Hong Chuan

Tan Chew Kwang

Lah San Thong

Chua Tong Hai

Tan Yam Meng

Chin Meng

Tan Hwee Tong

Lim Hock Koon

Coach: Chew King Hwan

The detailed data was suplied by Teresa Henderson teresa.henderson@avf.org.au

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