The Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the twelfth staging of the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Volleyball Association (CVA).

The tournament was held in Tianjin, China from 5 to 12 September 2003.

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

Saudi Arabia (8th) Kazakhstan South Korea (1st) India (7th) Bahrain Thailand Australia (2nd) Chinese Taipei (6th) United Arab Emirates Pakistan Japan (3rd) Iran (5th) Qatar New Zealand