| Competition: | FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Other Titles: | 서울 2022 FIVB 발리볼챌린저컵 |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Host: | South Korea |
| Dates: | 28–31 July |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | CUB |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Second: | TUR |
| Third: | KOR |
| Fourth: | CZE |
| Matches: | 8 |
| Website: | Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Last: | 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Next: | 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
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]
See main article: 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification.
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] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.
| width=25% | Match | width=37.5% | Top ranker | width=37.5% | Bottom ranker |
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| Quarterfinal 1 | (Hosts) | (38) | |||
| Quarterfinal 2 | (13) | (27) | |||
| Quarterfinal 3 | (15) | (24) | |||
| Quarterfinal 4 | (17) | (21) |
| All matches | |
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| Seoul, South Korea | |
| Jamsil Students' Gymnasium | |
| Capacity: 7,500 | |
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
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| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team |
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| 8 |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2023 Nations League |
| 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 |