Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

Indoor volleyball competition for men's national teams

Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
SportVolleyball
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
First season2018
No. of teams12
ContinentAsia and Oceania (AVC)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Qatar
(1st title)
Most titles Iraq
 Kyrgyzstan
 Qatar
 Thailand
(1 title each)
Official websiteasianvolleyball.net

The Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, also known as the AVC Challenge Cup for Men, is an annual international volleyball competition in Asia and Oceania contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), the sport's continent governing body.

This event should not be confused with the other, more prestigious continental competition for Asian national volleyball teams, the Asian Volleyball Championship and Asian Volleyball Cup.

The four Asian Volleyball Challenge Cup tournaments has been won by four different national teams. Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar and Thailand have won once each.

History

Originally, the tournament was awarded every two years beginning 2018. This tournament was initially set up to serve as a qualifier to the Men's Asian Volleyball Cup, which served as the tournament for the top teams of the AVC. The champions were Iraq in 2018 edition[1] and Kyrgyzstan in 2022 edition.[2] Both teams defeated Saudi Arabia in tie-break final.

Starting the 2023 edition, the AVC Challenge Cup has reformed from being held biennially to annually. The tournament was served as a qualifier for the FIVB Challenger Cup between 2023 and 2024.[3] Thailand were the champions in the 2023 edition after defeating Bahrain in straight sets final.[4] Qatar won the 2024 edition after a straight sets victory over Pakistan in the final.[5]

Results summary

Year Hosts Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2018
Details
Sri Lanka
Colombo

Iraq
3–2
Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka
3–0
Bangladesh
8
2020 Kyrgyzstan
Cholpon-Ata
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details
Kyrgyzstan
Cholpon-Ata

Kyrgyzstan
3–2
Saudi Arabia

Uzbekistan
3–2
Mongolia
4
2023
Details
Taiwan
Taipei

Thailand
3–0
Bahrain

South Korea
3–1
Vietnam
15
2024
Details
Bahrain
Isa Town

Qatar
3–0
Pakistan

South Korea
3–1
Kazakhstan
12

Teams reaching the top four

Team Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
 Iraq 1 (2018)
 Kyrgyzstan 1 (2022)
 Qatar 1 (2024)
 Thailand 1 (2023)
 Saudi Arabia 2 (2018, 2022)
 Bahrain 1 (2023)
 Pakistan 1 (2024)
 South Korea 2 (2023, 2024)
 Sri Lanka 1 (2018)
 Uzbekistan 1 (2022)
 Bangladesh 1 (2018)
 Kazakhstan 1 (2024)
 Mongolia 1 (2022)
 Vietnam 1 (2023)

Champions by region

Federation (region) Champions Number
WAZVA (West Asia)  Iraq (1),  Qatar (1) 2 titles
CAZVA (Central Asia)  Kyrgyzstan (1) 1 title
SEAVA (Southeast Asia)  Thailand (1) 1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.

Number Nation(s) Year(s)
1  Sri Lanka 2018
 Kyrgyzstan 2022
 Taiwan 2023
 Bahrain 2024

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iraq1001
 Kyrgyzstan1001
 Qatar1001
 Thailand1001
5 Saudi Arabia0202
6 Bahrain0101
 Pakistan0101
8 South Korea0022
9 Sri Lanka0011
 Uzbekistan0011
Totals (10 entries)44412

Participating nations

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •    – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Team Sri Lanka
2018
(8)
Kyrgyzstan
2022
(4)
Taiwan
2023
(15)
Bahrain
2024
(12)
Total
 Australia 5th 8th 2
 Bahrain 2nd 7th 2
 Bangladesh 4th 1
 China 5th 1
 Chinese Taipei 9th 12th 2
 Hong Kong 6th 11th 2
 India 15th 1
 Indonesia 6th 11th 2
 Iraq 1st 1
 Kazakhstan 7th 4th 2
 Kyrgyzstan 1st 1
 Macau 12th 1
 Malaysia 7th 1
 Mongolia 8th 4th 8th 3
 Pakistan 2nd 1
 Philippines 10th 10th 2
 Qatar 1st 1
 Saudi Arabia 2nd 2nd 14th 3
 South Korea 3rd 3rd 2
 Sri Lanka 3rd 13th 2
 Thailand 1st 9th 2
 United Arab Emirates 5th 1
 Uzbekistan 3rd 1
 Vietnam 4th 6th 2

Debut of teams

Year Debutants Total
2018  Bangladesh 8
 Hong Kong
 Iraq
 Malaysia
 Mongolia
 Saudi Arabia
 Sri Lanka
 United Arab Emirates
2022  Kyrgyzstan 2
 Uzbekistan
2023  Australia 11
 Bahrain
 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Indonesia
 Kazakhstan
 Macau
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Vietnam
2024  China 3
 Pakistan
 Qatar

Awards

Year Most Valuable Player
2018 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Albakheet
2022 Kyrgyzstan Onolbek Kanybek Uulu
2023 Thailand Anurak Phanram
2024 Qatar Renan Ribeiro
Year Best Setter
2018 Iraq Mustafa Haneed Jabbar
2022 Kyrgyzstan Medetbek Ergesh Uulu
2023 South Korea Hwang Taek-eui
2024 Qatar Borislav Georgiev

Year Best Outside Spikers
2018 Sri Lanka Deepthi Romesh
Bangladesh Horosit Biswas
2022 Saudi Arabia Omar Alnajrani
Saudi Arabia Ahmed Albakheet
2023 Thailand Anut Promchan
Bahrain Mohamed Abdulla Yaqoob
2024 Qatar Raimi Wadidie
South Korea Kim Ji-han
Year Best Middle Blockers
2018 Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Majrashi
Iraq Islam Sachit Challab
2022 Uzbekistan Azizbek Kurchkorov
Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Majrashi
2023 Thailand Kissada Nilsawai
South Korea Kim Min-jae
2024 Qatar Ibrahim Ibrahim
Pakistan Musawer Khan

Year Best Opposite Spiker
2018 Iraq Hussain Nameer Shamil
2022 Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Zhunusov
2023 Bahrain Ali Khamis
2024 Pakistan Murad Khan
Year Best Libero
2018 Sri Lanka Lakmal Wijesekara
2022 Kyrgyzstan Kutmanbek Absatarov
2023 Bahrain Ayman Haroon
2024 Pakistan Nasir Ali

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iraq Reign Supreme in 1st AVC Men's Challenge Cup". AVC. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ Preechachan (3 September 2022). "Kyrgyzstan Capture Maiden AVC Men's Challenge Cup Title on Home Soil after Comeback 3-2 Win against Saudi Arabia". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ Edria Liang (16 June 2023). 中華女排出戰亞洲挑戰盃 賽程、名單一次看 [Chinese women's volleyball team Asian Challenge Cup schedule and list]. VOL Sports (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ Preechachan (16 July 2023). "Thailand capture AVC Challenge Cup and final berth in FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup in Qatar". AVC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ^ Preechachan (10 June 2024). "Qatar crowned 2024 AVC Challenge Cup champions, secure FIVB Challenger Cup berth". AVC. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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