2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament

For the equivalent woen's tournament, see 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament.
2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
Tournament details
Host nation China
CityHangzhou
Dates9–14 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Kazakhstan (1st title)
Runners-up China
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Japan
Tournament awards
Best LiberoKazakhstan Shyngys Medeuov
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Best blockerKazakhstan Almat Ospanov
Best serverKazakhstan Erik Kaskabayev

The 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament is the 6th edition of the biannual continental championship, contested by the senior men's national sitting volleyball teams in the Asia and Oceania region, sanctioned by ParaVolley Asia Oceania. It was held in Hangzhou, China from 9 to 14 June 2025, marking the second time the Chinese hosted the tournament, after 2017.

Eight teams took part, one more than the previous edition.

The tournament acted as qualification for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou, China, with two spots available.

Iran are the defending champions, after beating Kazakhstan 3–0 in the 2023 final in Astana, but couldn't defend their title as they didn't enter. Kazakhstan won their first title after beating China 3–2 in the final.[1]

Teams

Eight teams took part, one more than the previous edition. Mongolia and Saudi Arabia make their debut while Australia and Thailand are present after being absent in 2023. India, defending champions Iran and Iraq didn't participate after taking part in 2023.

Team[2] Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak 2024
 Australia 2nd 1999 1 N/A Fourth place (1999)
 China (H) 5th 1999 2023 5 3rd Runners-up (2019)
 Japan 5th 1999 5 6th Champions (1999)
 Kazakhstan 5th 1995 6 2nd Runners-up (2017, 2023)
 Mongolia 1st Debut
 Saudi Arabia 1st Debut
 South Korea 4th 1999 2023 3 5th Runner-up (1999)
 Thailand 2nd 2019 1 N/A Fourth place (1999)

Squads

Australia

Simon Albury[3]
Bradley Barclay
Damian Byrnes
Matthew Cameron
Jayden Coffey
Japhy Duldig
Nicholas Kaiser
Glenn Pyne
Adam Smark
Shannan Sykes

Venue

The World ParaVolley Development Centre in Hangzhou was the venue. The venue hosted the 2017 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships and 2017 World ParaVolley Women's Super 6. The venue will also host the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships.

Hangzhou
World ParaVolley Development Centre
Capacity: Unknown

Format

The eight teams where divided into two groups where the top two from each group advanced to the semifinals.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony demonstrated Hangzhou's local tradition through music and dance and showcased local artists with disabilities.[4]

Group stage

  • All times are local.
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Tiebreakers

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 108 2.083 Semifinals
2  Thailand 3 2 1 6 6 4 1.500 213 204 1.044
3  South Korea 3 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 199 193 1.031 Fifth place bracket
4  Mongolia 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 93 225 0.413
Source: 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 June 09:00 China  3–0  Mongolia 25–8 25–4 25–11     75–23 Report
9 June 11:00 South Korea  1–3  Thailand 25–19 19–25 14–25 24–26   82–95 Report
10 June 14:00 Mongolia  0–3  Thailand 8–25 17–25 22–25     47–75 Report
10 June 16:00 China  3–0  South Korea 25–11 25–16 25–15     75–42 Report
11 June 09:00 South Korea  3–0  Mongolia 25–10 25–7 25–6     75–23 Report
11 June 11:00 Thailand  0–3  China 13–25 13–25 17–25     43–75 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 104 2.163 Semifinals
2  Japan 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 197 142 1.387
3  Australia 3 1 2 2 3 8 0.375 215 263 0.817 Fifth place bracket
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 1 2 9 0.222 170 263 0.646
Source: 2025 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 June 14:00 Kazakhstan  3–0  Saudi Arabia 25–13 25–8 25–9     75–30 Report
9 June 16:00 Japan  3–0  Australia 25–14 25–14 25–12     75–40 Report
10 June 09:00 Saudi Arabia  2–3  Australia 25–27 22–25 25–23 25–20 16–18 113–113 Report
10 June 11:00 Kazakhstan  3–0  Japan 25–18 25–13 25–16     75–47 Report
11 June 14:00 Japan  3–0  Saudi Arabia 25–7 25–12 25–8     75–27 Report
11 June 16:00 Australia  0–3  Kazakhstan 5–25 11–25 11–25     27–75 Report

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
 China3
 
14 June
 
 Japan1
 
 China2
 
13 June
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
 
 Thailand0
 
Third place
 
 
14 June
 
 
 Japan2
 
 
 Thailand3

Semi finals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 June 14:00 China  3–1  Japan 25–18 21–25 25–23 25–17   96–83 Report
13 June 16:00 Kazakhstan  3–0  Thailand 25–15 25–15 25–5     75–35 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 June 13:30 Japan  2–3  Thailand 25–16 26–24 18–25 21–25 11–15 101–105  

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 June 15:30 China  2–3  Kazakhstan 25–22 25–19 19–25 20–25 8–15 97–106 Report

Fifth place bracket

 
5–8 Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
13 June
 
 
 South Korea3
 
14 June
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 South Korea3
 
13 June
 
 Mongolia0
 
 Australia0
 
 
 Mongolia3
 
7th place match
 
 
14 June
 
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 
 Australia3

Fifth place semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 June 09:00 South Korea  3–0  Saudi Arabia 25–14 25–11 25–8     75–33 Report
13 June 11:00 Australia  0–3  Mongolia 23–25 20–25 15–25     58–75 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 June 09:00 Saudi Arabia  0–3  Australia 13–25 22–25 22–25     57–75  

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 June 11:00 South Korea  3–0  Mongolia 25–8 25–14 25–10     75–32  

Final rankings

By finishing as the top two teams beside world championship hosts China, Kazakhstan and Thailand qualified for the world championship.

Rank Team
 Kazakhstan
 China
 Thailand
4  Japan
5  South Korea
6  Mongolia
7  Australia
8  Saudi Arabia
Team Qualified for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships

Notes

  1. ^ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.


See also

References

  1. ^ "Kazakhstan Crowned Asian Champions in Men's Sitting Volleyball – KAZPARAVOLLEY". June 14, 2025.
  2. ^ "Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships history page 50" (PDF). www.worldparavolley.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  3. ^ "Team Announcement – 2025 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships – Volleyball Australia".
  4. ^ Oceania, ParaVolley Asia (June 8, 2025). "PVAO Zonal Championships open in Hangzhou in high spirits < World ParaVolley".
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