Iran’s Rasoul Aghchehli became the overall best scorer of the match with 24 points. Liying Zhou was China’s top scorer with 22 points. He and his teammate Yuantai Yu made seven blocking points each.

Iran will face Poland on Thursday in Pool E.

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U-21 World Championship is the nineteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for men's national teams under the age of 21, organized by the sport's world governing body, FIVB.