2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

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

2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
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Tournament details
Host nation Kyrgyzstan
CityCholpon-Ata
Dates29 August – 3 September
Teams4 (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
MVPKyrgyzstan Onolbek Kanybek Uulu
Best SetterKyrgyzstan Medetbek Ergesh Uulu
Best OHSaudi Arabia Omar Alnajrani
Saudi Arabia Ahmed Albakheet
Best MBUzbekistan Azizbek Kurchkorov
Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Majrashi
Best OPPKyrgyzstan Omurbek Zhunusov
Best LiberoKyrgyzstan Kutmanbek Absatarov
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Attendance2,550 (255 per match)
Official website
2022 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

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.

CountryZoneQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
 Saudi ArabiaCAZVA2018 Asian Challenge Cup runners-up21 September 2018120182018Runners-up (2018)
 Sri LankaWAZVA2018 Asian Challenge Cup third place21 September 20181201820183rd place (2018)
 United Arab EmiratesWAZVA2018 Asian Challenge Cup fifth place21 September 20181201820185th place (2018)
 MongoliaEAZVA2018 Asian Challenge Cup 8th place21 September 20221201820188th place (2018)
 KyrgyzstanCAZVAHost country2 December 20210NoneNone
 KuwaitCAZVA1st CAZVA team2 February 20220NoneNone
 UzbekistanWAZVA2nd WAZVA team2 February 20220NoneNone

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

Ranking

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1  Saudi Arabia3308933.0002862511.139Semifinals
2  Mongolia3216641.5002322241.036
3  Kyrgyzstan3123470.5712402590.927
4  Uzbekistan3031490.4442843080.922
Source: [citation needed]

Match results

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
29 Aug15:30Uzbekistan  2–3  Saudi Arabia16–2523–2530–2825–1816–18110–114Report
29 Aug18:15Kyrgyzstan  0–3  Mongolia21–2525–2714–25  60–77Report
30 Aug15:30Mongolia  0–3  Saudi Arabia22–2511–2521–25  54–75Report
30 Aug18:00Kyrgyzstan  3–1  Uzbekistan25–1918–2525–2225–19 93–85Report
31 Aug15:30Uzbekistan  1–3  Mongolia17–2522–2528–2622–25 89–101Report
31 Aug18:15Saudi Arabia  3–1  Kyrgyzstan25–2021–2526–2425–18 97–87Report

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
 Saudi Arabia3
 
3 September
 
 Uzbekistan1
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
2 September
 
 Kyrgyzstan3
 
 Mongolia0
 
 
 Kyrgyzstan3
 
3rd place match
 
 
3 September
 
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
 
 Mongolia2

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
2 Sep15:30Saudi Arabia  3–1  Uzbekistan25–2325–2323–2525–20 98–91Report
2 Sep18:15Mongolia  0–3  Kyrgyzstan22–2521–2523–25  66–75Report

Third place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
3 Sep14:00Uzbekistan  3–2  Mongolia19–2528–2620–2528–2615–10110–112Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
3 Sep16:30Saudi Arabia  2–3  Kyrgyzstan31–2925–2023–2522–2511–15112–114Report

Final standing

 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

References