2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationCroatia
City Zadar
Dates28–31 July
Teams 8  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Third placeFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Fourth placeFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance5,932 (742 per match)
Best scorer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Britt Herbots (80 points)
Best spiker Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Britt Herbots (36.92%)
Best blocker Flag of Croatia.svg Božana Butigan (4.67 Avg)
Best server Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Britt Herbots (2.33 Avg)
Best setter Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jutta Van De Vyver (8.00 Avg)
Best digger Flag of Croatia.svg Lucija Mlinar (1.33 Avg)
Best receiver Flag of Croatia.svg Laura Miloš (36.99%)
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Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the third edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar, Croatia, between 28 and 31 July 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Four teams made their first appearance in the women's Challenger Cup in this edition: Belgium, Cameroon, France and Kazakhstan.

Croatia won the title, defeating Belgium in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2023 Nations League replacing Belgium, the last placed challenger team in the 2022 edition. Puerto Rico defeated Colombia in the 3rd place match. [3]

Qualification

A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament.

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon CAVB 1st World ranked team from CAVB31 March 20220NoneNone
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia CSV 1st World ranked team from CSV31 March 20221 2018 Runners-up (2018)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan AVC 1st World ranked team from AVC31 March 20220NoneNone
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico NORCECA 1st World ranked team from NORCECA31 March 20221 2018 3rd place (2018)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia CEV Host country8 April 20221 2019 4th place (2019)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic CEV 1st World ranked team from CEV19 June 20221 2019 Runners-up (2019)
Flag of France.svg  France CEV 2022 Golden League champions19 June 20220NoneNone
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium CEV 2022 Nations League last placed challenger team3 July 20220NoneNone

Format

The tournament will compete in a knock-out phase (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Croatia) 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 3 July 2022. [4] [5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.

MatchTop rankerBottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (Hosts)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (36)
Quarterfinal 2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (12)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (23)
Quarterfinal 3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (17)Flag of France.svg  France (22)
Quarterfinal 4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (18)Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (20)

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. During the finals, each team is granted one time-out before the technical and one time-out after the technical, except in a fifth set.
  3. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points, but no technical in a fifth set.

Squads

Venue

All matches
Zadar, Croatia
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Capacity: 8,500
Dvorana Visnjik Zadar.jpg

Knockout stage

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
          
 
28 July – Zadar
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3
 
30 July – Zadar
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3
 
29 July – Zadar
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3
 
31 July – Zadar
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3
 
28 July – Zadar
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3
 
30 July – Zadar
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3
 
29 July – Zadar
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1 3rd place match
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3
 
31 July – Zadar
 
Flag of France.svg  France 2
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3
 
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1
 

Quarterfinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
28 Jul17:00 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25–1825–2325–15  75–56 P2 Report
28 Jul20:00 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–0Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25–2025–1525–20  75–55 P2 Report
29 Jul17:00 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–2Flag of France.svg  France 25–1725–1622–2511–2516–1499–97 P2 Report
29 Jul20:00 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon A 25–025–025–0  75–0 Report

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
30 Jul17:00 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 21–2525–2025–2125–16 96–82 P2 Report
30 Jul20:00 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–1Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 26–2425–1723–2525–17 99–83 P2 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
31 Jul17:00 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 27–2523–2525–2325–18 100–91 P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
31 Jul20:00 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg3–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25–2021–2525–2225–21 96–88 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

Notes

A. ^ Cameroon withdrew and forfeited their match against Puerto Rico from the competition because they could not acquire entry visas to Croatia. [6]

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. ↑ "There's an international competition in Korea!". Volleybox. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cameroon's withdrawal from Volleyball Challenger Cup in Croatia". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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