The tournament was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 30 July to 6 August 2018.

[1][2] The champions qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship instead of the 2017 champions Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, who withdrew from the 2018 Club World Championship.

This was the first Asian Club Championship which used the new competition format.

Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams.

Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition.