2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup

The 2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup was the second edition of the AVC Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and in that year with the Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation (KVF). The tournament was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 29 August to 3 September 2022.^[1][2]

2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup

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Tournament details
Host nation	Kyrgyzstan
City	Cholpon-Ata
Dates	29 August – 3 September
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Kyrgyzstan (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Mongolia
Tournament awards
MVP	Onolbek Kanybek Uulu
Best Setter	Medetbek Ergesh Uulu
Best OH	Omar Alnajrani Ahmed Albakheet
Best MB	Azizbek Kurchkorov Ibrahim Majrashi
Best OPP	Omurbek Zhunusov
Best Libero	Kutmanbek Absatarov
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Attendance	2,550 (255 per match)
Official website
2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup
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Team

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:^[3]

• 1 team for the host country
• 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
• 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Zone	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Saudi Arabia	CAZVA	2018 AVC Challenge Cup runners-up	21 September 2018	1	2018	2018	Runners-up (2018)
Sri Lanka	WAZVA	2018 AVC Challenge Cup third place	21 September 2018	1	2018	2018	3rd place (2018)
United Arab Emirates	WAZVA	2018 AVC Challenge Cup fifth place	21 September 2018	1	2018	2018	5th place (2018)
Mongolia	EAZVA	2018 AVC Challenge Cup 8th place	21 September 2022	1	2018	2018	8th place (2018)
Kyrgyzstan	CAZVA	Host country	2 December 2021	0	None		None
Kuwait	CAZVA	1st CAZVA team	2 February 2022	0	None		None
Uzbekistan	WAZVA	2nd WAZVA team	2 February 2022	0	None		None

Venue

All matches
Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Gazprom Sports and Recreation Complex
Capacity: Unknown

Pool standing procedure

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

The full list of team squads were announced on the competition daily bulletin.^[4]

Preliminary round

• All times are Kyrgyzstan Time (UTC+6:00).

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	286	251	1.139	Semifinals
2	Mongolia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	232	224	1.036
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	240	259	0.927
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	1	4	9	0.444	284	308	0.922

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Aug	15:30	Uzbekistan	2–3	Saudi Arabia	16–25	23–25	30–28	25–18	16–18	110–114	Report
29 Aug	18:15	Kyrgyzstan	0–3	Mongolia	21–25	25–27	14–25			60–77	Report
30 Aug	15:30	Mongolia	0–3	Saudi Arabia	22–25	11–25	21–25			54–75	Report
30 Aug	18:00	Kyrgyzstan	3–1	Uzbekistan	25–19	18–25	25–22	25–19		93–85	Report
31 Aug	15:30	Uzbekistan	1–3	Mongolia	17–25	22–25	28–26	22–25		89–101	Report
31 Aug	18:15	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Kyrgyzstan	25–20	21–25	26–24	25–18		97–87	Report

Final round

• All times are Kyrgyzstan Time (UTC+6:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	2 September
	Saudi Arabia	3
					3 September
	Uzbekistan	1
					Saudi Arabia	2
	2 September
					Kyrgyzstan	3
	Mongolia	0
	Kyrgyzstan	3
					3rd place match
					3 September
					Uzbekistan	3
					Mongolia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	15:30	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Uzbekistan	25–23	25–23	23–25	25–20		98–91	Report
2 Sep	18:15	Mongolia	0–3	Kyrgyzstan	22–25	21–25	23–25			66–75	Report

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	14:00	Uzbekistan	3–2	Mongolia	19–25	28–26	20–25	28–26	15–10	110–112	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Sep	16:30	Saudi Arabia	2–3	Kyrgyzstan	31–29	25–20	23–25	22–25	11–15	112–114	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Kyrgyzstan  Saudi Arabia  Uzbekistan 4  Mongolia

2022 Asian Challenge Cup champions  Kyrgyzstan First title 14–man roster Doorbek Umarov, Kutmanbek Absatarov, Medetbek Ergesh Uulu, Nurislam Medetbek Uulu, Nurmukhammed Toktaev, Onolbek Kanybek Uulu (c), Damir Gazinur Uulu, Temir Musa Uulu, Omurbek Zhunusov, Zhamalidin Musaev, Zhantemir Zheenbek Uulu, Roman Zhilov, Azamat Zhumabek, Kozhomberdi Uulu Head coach Andrei Ankudinov

Awards

• Most valuable player

   Onolbel Kanybek Uulu (KGZ)

• Best setter

   Medetbek Ergesh Uulu (KGZ)

• Best outside spikers

   Omar Alnajrani (KSA)

   Ahmed Albakheet (KSA)

• Best middle blockers

   Azizbek Kurchkorov (UZB)

   Ibrahim Majrashi (KSA)

• Best opposite spiker

   Omurbek Zhunusov (KGZ)

• Best libero

   Kutmanbek Absatarov (KGZ)

See also

• 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
• 2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup