2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup

The 2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup was the fifth edition of the AVC Men's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), in that year with the Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament was held at the Isa Bin Rashid Hall in Isa Town, Bahrain from 2 to 9 June 2024.^[1] The winners of the tournament, Qatar, qualified for the 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup.^[2]

2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup

كأس التحدي الآسيوي للرجال للكرة الطائرة
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Tournament details
Host nation	Bahrain
City	Isa Town
Dates	2–9 June
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Qatar (1st title)
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament awards
MVP	Renan Ribeiro
Best Setter	Borislav Georgiev
Best OH	Raimi Wadidie Kim Ji-han
Best MB	Ibrahim Ibrahim Musawer Khan
Best OPP	Murad Khan
Best Libero	Nasir Ali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Attendance	19,557 (698 per match)
Official website
2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup
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Qatar won their first title after defeating Pakistan in a straight-sets final. South Korea defeated Kazakhstan in a four-set 3rd place match and took the bronze medal. Renan Ribeiro was named as the MVP of the tournament.^[3]

Host selection

Bahrain and Australia submitted its bid to host the tournament by December 2023.^[4] Bahrain was awarded the hosting rights.

Team

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 12 teams in for the AVC Challenge Cup will be selected by:^[1]

• 1 team for the host country
• 1 team: the defending champion from the previous edition (2023)
• 5 other top-ranked teams from the previous edition
• 5 other entrant teams with consideration given for FIVB world rankings

Qualified teams

Country	Zone	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Bahrain	WAZVA	Host country	13 July 2023[a]	1	2023		Runners-up (2023)
Thailand	SEAVA	Defending champions	13 July 2023	1	2023		Champions (2023)
South Korea	EAZVA	2023 Challenge Cup 3rd placer	13 July 2023	1	2023		3rd place (2023)
Vietnam	SEAVA	2023 Challenge Cup 4th placer	13 July 2023	1	2023		4th place (2023)
Australia	OZVA	2023 Challenge Cup 5th placer	13 July 2023	1	2023		5th place (2023)
Indonesia	SEAVA	2023 Challenge Cup 6th placer	13 July 2023	1	2023		6th place (2023)
Kazakhstan	CAVA	2023 Challenge Cup 7th placer	3 May 2024[a]	1	2023		7th place (2023)
Qatar	WAZVA	Zonal Quotas	3 May 2024	0	None		None
China	EAZVA		3 May 2024	0	None		None
Chinese Taipei	EAZVA		3 May 2024	1	2023		9th place (2023)
Pakistan	CAVA		3 May 2024	0	None		None
Philippines	SEAVA		3 May 2024	1	2023		10th place (2023)

 Iran and  Japan, which were part of the 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, were ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.^[1]

Venue

Isa Town, Bahrain
Isa Bin Rashed Hall
Capacity: 10,500

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 3 May 2024.^[5]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bahrain (Hosts)	Thailand (1)	South Korea (3)	Vietnam (4)
Philippines (–)	Kazakhstan (7)	Indonesia (6)	Australia (5)
China (–)	Pakistan (–)	Qatar (–)	Chinese Taipei (–)

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.^[6]

Preliminary round

• All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	121	1.240	Quarterfinals
2	Bahrain (H)	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	133	136	0.978
3	Philippines	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	124	150	0.827	9th–12th semifinals

Source: 2024 AVC Challenge Cup - Men
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	19:00	Philippines	0–3	China	19–25	22–25	22–25			63–75	P2 Report
3 Jun	19:00	Bahrain	3–0	Philippines	25–18	25–23	25–20			75–61	P2 Report
4 Jun	19:00	China	3–0	Bahrain	25–20	25–22	25–16			75–58	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pakistan	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	116	1.293	Quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	165	182	0.907
3	Thailand	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	164	181	0.906	9th–12th semifinals

Source: 2024 AVC Challenge Cup - Men

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	11:30	Pakistan	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–19	25–21			75–59	P2 Report
3 Jun	14:00	Thailand	0–3	Pakistan	22–25	14–25	21–25			57–75	P2 Report
4 Jun	11:30	Kazakhstan	3–2	Thailand	25–21	22–25	25–23	19–25	15–13	106–107	P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	186	136	1.368	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	175	160	1.094
3	Indonesia	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	85	150	0.567	9th–12th semifinals

Source: 2024 AVC Challenge Cup - Men

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	16:30	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–11	25–16	25–9			75–36	P2 Report
3 Jun	16:30	Qatar	2–3	South Korea	16–25	25–19	16–25	25–22	18–20	100–111	P2 Report
4 Jun	14:00	Indonesia	0–3	Qatar	17–25	15–25	17–25			49–75	P2 Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	153	116	1.319	Quarterfinals
2	Vietnam	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	136	129	1.054
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	106	150	0.707	9th–12th semifinals

Source: 2024 AVC Challenge Cup - Men

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	14:00	Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–17	25–17			75–55	P2 Report
3 Jun	11:30	Vietnam	0–3	Australia	18–25	17–25	26–28			61–78	P2 Report
4 Jun	16:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Vietnam	15–25	22–25	14–25			51–75	P2 Report

Final round

• All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

9th–12th places

	9th–12th semifinals				9th place match
	5 June
	Philippines	3
					7 June
	Indonesia	1
					Philippines	1
	5 June
					Thailand	3
	Thailand	3
	Chinese Taipei	0
					11th place match
					7 June
					Indonesia	3
					Chinese Taipei	0

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jun	16:30	Philippines	3–1	Indonesia	25–23	23–25	25–14	25–22		98–84	P2 Report
5 Jun	19:00	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–15	25–20			75–52	P2 Report

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	11:30	Indonesia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	26–24	25–21	27–25			78–70	P2 Report

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	14:00	Philippines	1–3	Thailand	20–25	25–23	22–25	20–25		87–98	P2 Report

Final eight

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	6 June
	China	0
					8 June
	Qatar	3
					Qatar	3
	6 June
					Kazakhstan	1
	Kazakhstan	3
									9 June
	Australia	1
									Qatar	3
	6 June
									Pakistan	0
	Bahrain	2
					8 June
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	1
	6 June
					Pakistan	3			3rd place match
	Pakistan	3
									9 June
	Vietnam	2
									Kazakhstan	1
									South Korea	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	7 June
	China	3
					8 June
	Australia	2
					China	3
	7 June
					Vietnam	1
	Bahrain	1
	Vietnam	3
					7th place match
					8 June
					Australia	0
					Bahrain	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jun	11:30	China	0–3	Qatar	19–25	19–25	19–25			57–75	P2 Report
6 Jun	14:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Australia	21–25	25–23	25–18	25–21		96–87	P2 Report
6 Jun	16:30	Pakistan	3–2	Vietnam	19–25	27–25	25–23	21–25	15–12	107–110	P2 Report
6 Jun	19:00	Bahrain	2–3	South Korea	24–26	30–32	25–22	25–22	12–15	116–117	P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	16:30	China	3–2	Australia	21–25	25–21	23–25	25–19	17–15	111–105	P2 Report
7 Jun	19:00	Bahrain	1–3	Vietnam	22–25	26–24	21–25	21–25		90–99	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	16:30	Qatar	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–16	19–25	25–19	25–16		94–76	P2 Report
8 Jun	19:00	South Korea	1–3	Pakistan	22–25	26–24	22–25	22–25		92–99	P2 Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	11:30	Australia	0–3	Bahrain	17–25	22–25	20–25			59–75	P2 Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jun	14:00	China	3–1	Vietnam	25–19	25–21	26–28	25–21		101–89	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	16:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	South Korea	25–27	25–19	25–27	30–32		105–105	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	19:00	Qatar	3–0	Pakistan	25–22	25–20	25–19			75–61	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Qatar  Pakistan  South Korea 4  Kazakhstan 5  China 6  Vietnam 7  Bahrain 8  Australia 9  Thailand 10  Philippines 11  Indonesia 12  Chinese Taipei Qualified for the 2024 FIVB Challenger Cup Qualified as hosts for the 2024 FIVB Challenger Cup

2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions  Qatar First title 14–man roster Youssef Oughlaf, Papemaguette Diagne, André Luiz Queiroz, Renan Ribeiro, Borislav Georgiev, Belal Nabel Abunabot, Waleed Widatalla, Ghanem Al-Remaihi, Nikola Vasić, Mubarak Dahi, Raimi Wadidie, Ibrahim Ibrahim (c), Ahmed Abdelrahim, Naji Mahmoud Head coach Camilo Andres Soto

Awards

Renan Ribeiro was the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup Most Valuable Player

• Most valuable player

   Renan Ribeiro (QAT)

• Best setter

   Borislav Georgiev (QAT)

• Best outside spikers

   Raimi Wadidie (QAT)

   Kim Ji-han (KOR)

• Best middle blockers

   Ibrahim Ibrahim (QAT)

   Musawer Khan (PAK)

• Best opposite spiker

   Murad Khan (PAK)

• Best libero

   Nasir Ali (PAK)

See also

• 2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup
• 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

Notes

1. Bahrain would have qualified if not selected as the host country as they were the runners-up of the previous edition. Seventh placers Kazakhstan were given a berth as the next highest placing team.