History of volleyball in Asia started in 1954, the Asian Volleyball Confederation was established at Manila on the occasion of the 2nd Asian Games.
In 1955, the first Men's Asian Volleyball Championship was organized in Tokyo (Japan) as the official championship of the Asian Volleyball Confederation. In the 3rd Asian Games at Tokyo (Japan) in 1958, the game of volleyball was officially adopted as one of the men's event of Asian Games programme. Most succesfull country of the Asian Games in past 30 years is Japan winning six times the title. Asian games take place every two years.
History of the Asian Championships
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year
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place
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gold
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silver
|
bronze
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1975
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Australia
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Japan
|
South Korea
|
China
|
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1979
|
Bahrain
|
China
|
South Korea
|
Japan
|
|
1983
|
Japan
|
Japan
|
China
|
South Korea
|
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1987
|
Kuwait
|
Japan
|
China
|
South Korea
|
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1989
|
South Korea
|
South Korea
|
Japan
|
China
|
|
1991
|
Australia
|
Japan
|
South Korea
|
China
|
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1993
|
Thailand
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South Korea
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Kazakhstan
|
Japan
|
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1995
|
South Korea
|
Japan
|
China
|
South Korea
|
|
1997
|
Qatar
|
China
|
Japan
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Australia
|
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1999
|
Iran
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China
|
Australia
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South Korea
|
|
2001
|
South Korea
|
South Korea
|
Australia
|
Japan
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|
2003
|
China
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South Korea
|
China
|
Iran
|
|
2005
|
Thailand
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Japan
|
China
|
South Korea
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