| Competition: | FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Continent: | World |
| Gender: | Women |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Host: | Croatia |
| City: | Zadar |
| Dates: | 28–31 July |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | CRO |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Second: | BEL |
| Third: | PUR |
| Fourth: | COL |
| Matches: | 8 |
| Website: | Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Last: | 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Next: | 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the third edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar, Croatia, between 28 and 31 July 2022.[1] [2]
Four teams made their first appearance in the women's Challenger Cup in this edition: Belgium, Cameroon, France and Kazakhstan.
Croatia won the title, defeating Belgium in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2023 Nations League replacing Belgium, the last placed challenger team in the 2022 edition. Puerto Rico defeated Colombia in the 3rd place match.[3]
A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | |||||
| CAVB | 1st World ranked team from CAVB | 31 March 2022 | 0 | None | |||
| CSV | 1st World ranked team from CSV | 31 March 2022 | 1 | 2018 | (2018) | ||
| AVC | 1st World ranked team from AVC | 31 March 2022 | 0 | None | |||
| NORCECA | 1st World ranked team from NORCECA | 31 March 2022 | 1 | 2018 | (2018) | ||
| CEV | Host country | 8 April 2022 | 1 | 2019 | (2019) | ||
| CEV | 1st World ranked team from CEV | 19 June 2022 | 1 | 2019 | (2019) | ||
| CEV | 2022 Golden League champions | 19 June 2022 | 0 | None | |||
| CEV | 2022 Nations League last placed challenger team | 3 July 2022 | 0 | None | |||
The tournament will compete in a knock-out phase (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Croatia) 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 3 July 2022.[4] [5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.
| width=25% | Match | width=37.5% | Top ranker | width=37.5% | Bottom ranker |
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| Quarterfinal 1 | (Hosts) | (36) | |||
| Quarterfinal 2 | (12) | (23) | |||
| Quarterfinal 3 | (17) | (22) | |||
| Quarterfinal 4 | (18) | (20) |
See main article: 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup squads.
| All matches | |
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| Zadar, Croatia | |
| Krešimir Ćosić Hall | |
| Capacity: 8,500 | |
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| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team |
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| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2023 Nations League |
| 14–woman Roster | |
| Mika Grbavica, Ema Strunjak, Božana Butigan, Klara Perić, Laura Miloš, Lucija Mlinar, Dijana Karatović, Beta Dumančić, Josipa Marković, Samanta Fabris (c), Martina Šamadan, Lea Deak, Izabela Štimac, Natalia Tomić | |
| Head coach | |
| Ferhat Akbaş |
A.Cameroon withdrew and forfeited their match against Puerto Rico from the competition because they could not acquire entry visas to Croatia.[6]