1997 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

The  Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the ninth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA). The tournament was held in Doha, 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.

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.

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.