International volleyball tournament
Volleyball competition held in South Korea
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Volleyball Challenger Cup |
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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]
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]
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.
Rule changes
- Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
- Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long.
- Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.
Squads
Venue
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- 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
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
28 Jul | 15:30 | Cuba | 3–0 | Chile | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–58 | P2 Report |
28 Jul | 19:00 | South Korea | 3–2 | Australia | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 15–13 | 110–104 | P2 Report |
29 Jul | 12:00 | Turkey | 3–1 | Qatar | 25–23 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 25–15 | | 97–79 | P2 Report |
29 Jul | 15:30 | Tunisia | 1–3 | Czech Republic | 16–25 | 25–17 | 26–28 | 16–25 | | 83–95 | P2 Report |
Semifinals
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
30 Jul | 12:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Czech Republic | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | | 75–58 | P2 Report |
30 Jul | 15:30 | South Korea | 0–3 | Turkey | 24–26 | 21–25 | 22–25 | | | 67–76 | P2 Report |
3rd place match
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
31 Jul | 12:00 | South Korea | 3–2 | Czech Republic | 25–19 | 25–16 | 24–26 | 23–25 | 22–20 | 119–106 | P2 Report |
Final
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
31 Jul | 15:45 | Turkey | 1–3 | Cuba | 17–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 20–25 | | 82–98 | P2 Report |
Final standing
Source: VCC 2022 final standings | 2022 Men's Challenger Cup champions | Cuba First title | 12–man Roster | Osniel Melgarejo, Julio Cardenas, Michael Sánchez, Javier Concepción, Yonder García, Miguel Gutiérrez, Lyvan Taboada, Jesús Herrera, Adrián Goide, Roamy Alonso, Miguel Ángel López (c), Marlon Yant | Head coach | Nicolas Vives | |
See also
References
- ^ "Croatia and Korea to welcome 2022 Challenger Cup tournaments". FIVB. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles". vollleyballworld. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b "There's an international competition in Korea!". Volleybox. KVOLLEY. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "VNL Qualification System (VNL Promotion-Relegation Process)". volleyballworld. 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
External links
- Volleyball portal
- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
- 2022 Challenger Cup – official website
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