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title: "AVC Men's Championship determines LA28 berth in Kitakyushu, Japan; First non-host outside USA to qualify"
sdDatePublished: "2026-09-04T14:21:00Z"
source: "https://www.olympics.com/en/news/volleyball-asian-championship-2026-schedule-results"
topics:
  - name: "volleyball"
    identifier: "medtop:20001089"
  - name: "Olympic Games"
    identifier: "medtop:20001177"
locations:
  - "Kitakyushu"
  - "Japan"
---


AVC Men's Championship determines LA28 berth in Kitakyushu, Japan; First non-host outside USA to qualify

AVC Men's Volleyball Asian Championship 2026: Full schedule and all results with LA28 berth on offer

AVC Men's Volleyball Asian Championship 2026: Full schedule and all results with LA28 berth on offer

Discover the schedule and every result from the 4-13 September winner-takes-all, LA28 Olympic qualifier in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Asia will find out their first team to secure a berth for the LA28 Olympic Games at the 4-13 September AVC Men’s Volleyball Asian Championship in Kitakyushu, Japan.

The new continental champions will secure a quota for the 12-team Olympic men’s competition in two years’s time. They will also be the first team outside the hosts USA to hold a quota for the Games.

Asia’s 12 best volleyball teams, including hosts and defending champions Japan, will be split into three pools of four.

The top two in each group plus the two best third-placed sides will advance to the quarter-finals, with the final set for the last day of the tournament at Kitakyushu Gymnasium.

Find the full schedule and all the results below.

*As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Los Angeles Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Los Angeles 2028.

Thai female spikers first Asian team to qualify for LA28

Picture by The Yomiuri Shimbun

Volleyball | AVC Men's Championship | Fukuoka | Japan