2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
서울 2022 FIVB 발리볼챌린저컵
Tournament details
Host nationSouth Korea
City Seoul
Dates28–31 July
Teams 8  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Third placeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance14,200 (1,775 per match)
Best scorer Flag of Turkey.svg Adis Lagumdzija (64 points)
Best spiker Flag of South Korea.svg Heo Su-bong (50.00%)
Best blocker Flag of Turkey.svg Faik Samet Güneş (3.33 Avg)
Best server Flag of Cuba.svg Osniel Melgarejo (2.00 Avg)
Best digger Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Moník (9.00 Avg)
Best receiver Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Moník (28.57%)
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Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the third edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea, between 28 and 31 July 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Four teams made their first appearance in the men's Challenger Cup in this edition: the host South Korea, Australia, Qatar and Tunisia.

Cuba won the title, defeating Turkey in the final, and earned the right to participate in 2023 Nations League replacing Australia, the last placed challenger team after the 2022 edition. South Korea defeated Czech Republic in the 3rd place match. [3]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament. [4] [5]

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey CEV 2021 European Golden League champions 20 June 20211 2019 4th place (2019)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar AVC 1st World ranked team from AVC 31 March 20220NoneNone
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia CAVB 1st World ranked team from CAVB 31 March 20220NoneNone
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile CSV 1st World ranked team from CSV 31 March 20222 2018 2019 5th place (2018)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba NORCECA 1st World ranked team from NORCECA 31 March 20222 2018 2019 Runners-up (2019)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea AVC Host country 8 April 20220NoneNone
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic CEV 2022 European Golden League champions 18 June 20221 2018 Runners-up (2018)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia AVC 2022 Nations League last placed challenger team 10 July 20220NoneNone

Format

The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (South Korea) playing its quarterfinal match against the lowest ranked team among the participating teams. The remaining seven teams are placed from 2nd to 8th positions as per the FIVB World Ranking as of 10 July 2022. [4] [6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

MatchTop rankerBottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Hosts)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (38)
Quarterfinal 2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (13)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (27)
Quarterfinal 3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (15)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (24)
Quarterfinal 4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (17)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (21)

Rule changes

  1. Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
  2. Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
  3. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.

Squads

Venue

All matches
Seoul, South Korea
Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,500
Jamsil Students Gymnasium.jpg

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Knockout stage

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
          
 
28 July – Seoul
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3
 
30 July – Seoul
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0
 
29 July – Seoul
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3
 
31 July – Seoul
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1
 
28 July – Seoul
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3
 
30 July – Seoul
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3
 
29 July – Seoul
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0 3rd place match
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1
 
31 July – Seoul
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
 

Quarterfinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
28 Jul15:30 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 25–2025–1925–19  75–58 P2 Report
28 Jul19:00 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23–2525–2325–1822–2515–13110–104 P2 Report
29 Jul12:00 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg3–1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 25–2325–1622–2525–15 97–79 P2 Report
29 Jul15:30 Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1–3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 16–2525–1726–2816–25 83–95 P2 Report

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
30 Jul12:00 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25–2225–1825–18  75–58 P2 Report
30 Jul15:30 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24–2621–2522–25  67–76 P2 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
31 Jul12:00 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25–1925–1624–2623–2522–20119–106 P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
31 Jul15:45 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg1–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17–2525–2320–2520–25 82–98 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Croatia and Korea to welcome 2022 Challenger Cup tournaments". FIVB. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles". volleyballworld. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "There's an international competition in Korea!". Volleybox. KVOLLEY. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "VNL Qualification System (VNL Promotion-Relegation Process)". volleyballworld. 3 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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