The 1979 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the second staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a quadrennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BHV). The tournament was held in Manama, Bahrain from 16 to 23 December 1979.
Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 1975 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.
Pool APool BPool CPool D (Host) (1st) (2nd) (3rd)
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round
Classification 13th–15th
Classification 9th–12th
Classification 5th–8th
Championship
Final standing
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics (Later boycotted the Games) Qualified for the 1980 World Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (China, South Korea and Japan pre-qualified; India later withdrew and replaced by Iraq)
Awards MVP: Wang Jiawei Best spiker: Kang Man-soo Best blocker: Chen Gang Best server: Xu Zhen Best setter: Kim Ho-chul
References Results