The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the ninth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AVC) with Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA). The tournament was held in

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, Qatar from 3 to 11 September 1997.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the

1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the eight staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Korea Volleyball Association (KVA ...

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Quarterfinals

* ''The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the Quarterfinals.''

Pool E

Pool F

Pool G

Pool H

Final round

* ''The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.''

Classification 9th–12th

Classification 5th–8th

Championship

Final standing

References

Results
{{Volleyball Asian Championship A V International volleyball competitions hosted by Qatar Asian men's volleyball championships