The Asian Men’s BVB Champs; Iran looking for the third trophy / Australia, the most honored team

The 22^nd edition

The Asian Men’s BVB Champs will be hosted by Bandar Abbas while our country’s national team is looking for the third trophy in this competition

The 2022 Asian Men’s BVB Champs will begin on November 23 with the participation of 30 teams from 11 countries of the continent, so the top teams will be determined after holding 58 matches

The Asian Men’s and Women’s BVB Champs started in China in 2000, and the representatives of New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia were ranked first to third in the first round of the men’s group

 These competitions were not followed in the men’s group in 2002 and 2015 and in the women’s group in 2006.  In 2003, these competitions were not held at all

 In 2006, the Islamic Republic of Iran hosted this tournament for the first time on Kish Island, and this year it has hosted the men’s group competition for the second time

 

**Iran looking for the third trophy

The 22^nd  Asian Men’s BVB Champs will be held from November 23, hosted by Bandar Abbas, and our country’s national team is looking for the third championship in this competition

 Parviz Farrokhi and Agh Mohammad Selagh are the first Asian champion team from Iran, who stood on the podium in China in 2011

 In 2017, Rahman Raoufi and Bahman Salemi became champions, so that the second trophy of this competition went to Tehran from Songkhla, Thailand

The national team of our country won two runner-up positions in these competitions; the first time in 2018 in which Bahman Salemi and Arash Vakili won the silver medal, and the second time in 2021 in which Bahman Salemi and Abolhasan Khakizadeh became the runners-up

Bahman Salemi is the most decorated beach player of Iran in these competitions who has won one gold and two silver medals, and this motivated and experienced player is looking for his fourth medal in this important Asian tournament in Bandar Abbas

 

** Australia, the most honored country

In the last 21 editions of the Asian Men’s BVB Champs, 9 countries have stood on the podium, and Australian representatives are at the top of the honorees with five championships, one runner-up, and four bronze medals

 The countries of Indonesia (four gold, three silver, and two bronze medals), China (three gold, six silver, and four bronze medals), and New Zealand (two gold, two silver, and one bronze medals) are also ranked second to fourth in this statistical data

 With two championships (2011 and 2017) and two runners-up (2018 and 2021), Iranian beach volleyball ranks fifth among the winners of these competitions

 Qatar (two golds and two bronzes), Kazakhstan (one gold, four silvers, and three bronzes), Thailand (two silver and bronze medals), and Japan (two bronze medals) are the other honored countries of the Asian Men’s BVB Champs

**$30,000 tournament bonus 

For the top teams of the Asian Men’s BVB Champs in Bandar Abbas, a bonus of 30,000 dollars has been planned, which will be paid as follows:

 First team: $7,500

 Second team: $6,000

 Third team: $4,500

 Fourth team: $3,000

 5th to 8th teams: $1,050 per team

 9th to 16th teams: $600 per team

 

**List of participating teams 

Iran with four teams, Australia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, and Thailand, each with three teams have participated in this tournament. Hong Kong and Indonesia are also participating in these competitions with each two teams and India with one team.

 The list of teams’ players participating in the 2022 Asian Men’s BVB Champs is as follows:

 Iran 1: Abdolhamed MIRZAALI – Arash VAKILI

 Iran 2: Bahman SALEMI – Alireza AGHAJANI

 Iran 3: Sina SHOKATI – Abbas POURASGARI

 Iran 4: Mojtaba ARO – Mahdi MAHFOUZI

 Australia 1: Christopher MCHUGH – Paul BURNETT

 Australia 2: Mark NICOLAIDIS – Izac CARRACHER

 Australia 3: Thomas HODGES – Zachery SCHUBERT

 China 1: Likejiang HA – Jiaxin WU

 China 2: Yanwei  WANG – Chaowei ZHOU

 China 3: Zhuoxin LI – Tao XUE

 Hong Kong 1: Puilam WONG – Kifung LAM

 Hong Kong 2: Kayun WONG  – Kinwang TSE

 Indonesia 1: Gilang RAMADHAN – Danangsyah PRIBADI

 Indonesia 2: Mohammad ASHFIYA – Yosi FIRNANDA

 India: Naresh TUMPERA – C. Krishnam Raju MUDUNURI

 Japan 1: Yoshiumi HASEGAWA –  Masato KURASAKA

 Japan 2: Takumi TAKAHASHI – Shiro FURUTA

 Japan 3: Kensuke SHOJI – Jumpei IKEDA

 Kazakhstan 1: Dmitriy YAKOVLEV – Sergey BOGATU

 Kazakhstan 2: Nurdos ALDASH – Kirill GURIN

 Kazakhstan 3: Artem PETROSSYANTS – Vladislav PUSTYNNIKOV

 Oman 1: Ahmed ALHOUSNI – Haitham ALSHEREIQI

 Oman 2: Hood ALJALABOUBI – Mazin ALHASHMI

 Oman 3: Nouh AL-JALBUBI – Majid Abdallah Ali AL-SHIBLI

 Qatar 1: Cherif YOUNOUSSE – Ahmed TIJAN

 Qatar 2:  Mahmoud Essam AHMED  – Saifeddine ELMAJID

 Qatar 3: Abdallah NASSIM – Mohamed Ihab ZAKI

 Thailand 1: Surin JONGKLANG – Banlue NAKPRAKHONG

 Thailand 2: Pithak TIPJAN – Poravid TAOVATO

 Thailand 3: Dunwinit KAEWSAI – Intuch TECHAKIJ

**The first to third teams of the past editions

2000 Yangjiang, China: New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia

 2001 Pasay, Philippines: Men’s category not held

 2002 Yingkou, China: New Zealand, Kazakhstan, and China

 2003 matches were not held

 2004 Lingyuan, China: China, New Zealand, and Kazakhstan

 2005 Songkhla, Thailand: Indonesia, New Zealand, and Japan

 2006 Kish, Iran: Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia

 2007 Songkhla, Thailand: Indonesia, China, and New Zealand

 2008 Hyderabad, India: Indonesia, China, and Thailand

 2009 Haikou, China: China, Kazakhstan, and Japan

 2010 Haikou, China: China, Indonesia, and China

 2011 Haikou, China: Iran, China, and Kazakhstan

 2012 Haikou, China: Australia, China, and Indonesia

 2013 Wuhan, China: Kazakhstan, Thailand, and China

 2014 Jinjiang, China: Australia, Kazakhstan, and Qatar

 2015 Hong Kong: Men’s category not held

 2016 Sydney, Australia: Australia, Australia, and Australia

 2017 Songkhla, Thailand: Iran, Indonesia, and Australia

 2018 Satun, Thailand: Qatar, Iran, and Kazakhstan

 2019 Maoming, China: Qatar, China, and China

 2020 Udon Thani, Thailand: Australia, China, and Australia

 2021 Phuket, Thailand: Australia, Iran, and Qatar

 2022 Bandar Abbas, Iran: ?