AVC Men's Challenge Cup explained

AVC Men's Challenge Cup
Last Season:2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup
Sport:Volleyball
Inaugural:2018
Teams:12
Continent:Asia and Oceania (AVC)
Champion:
(1st title)
Most Champs:



(1 title each)

The AVC Men's 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), one of 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 the 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 the 2018 edition[1] and Kyrgyzstan in the 2022 edition.[2] Both teams defeated Saudi Arabia in a tie-break final.

Starting in the 2023 edition, the AVC Challenge Cup 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 the straight-sets final.[4] Qatar won the 2024 edition after a straight-sets victory over Pakistan in the final.[5]

Starting in 2025, with the new format of the Nations League and the abolishment of the Challenger Cup, this will serve as an annual competition for teams not participating in the VNL to earn world ranking points to increase their place in the FIVB Senior World Rankings, and possibly qualify to the future editions of the VNL.

Results summary

YearHostswidth=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=#ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffff3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffffTeams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
2018
Details

Colombo
3–23–08
2020
Cholpon-Ata
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details

Cholpon-Ata
3–2width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffff3–2width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ffffff4
2023
Details

Taipei
3–03–115
2024
Details

Isa Town
3–03–112

Teams reaching the top four

TeamChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th place
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2018)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2022)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2023)
style=background:#FFF68F1 (2024)
2 (2018, 2022)
1 (2023)
1 (2024)
2 (2023, 2024)
1 (2018)
1 (2022)
1 (2018)
1 (2024)
1 (2022)
1 (2023)

Champions by region

Federation (region)ChampionsNumber
WAZVA (West Asia) (1), (1)2 titles
CAZVA (Central Asia) (1)1 title
SEAVA (Southeast Asia) (1)1 title

Hosts

List of hosts by number of challenge cups hosted.

NumberNation(s)Year(s)
12018
2022
2023
2024

Participating nations

Legend
Team
2018
(8)

2022
(4)

2023
(15)

2024
(12)
Total
5th8th2
2nd7th2
4th1
5th1
9th12th2
6th11th2
15th1
6th11th2
1st1
7th4th2
1st1
12th1
7th1
8th4th8th3
2nd1
10th10th2
1st1
2nd2nd14th3
3rd3rd2
3rd13th2
1st9th2
5th1
3rd1
4th6th2

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
20188
20222
202311
20243

Awards

YearMost Valuable Player
2018 Ahmed Albakheet
2022 Onolbek Kanybek Uulu
2023 Anurak Phanram
2024 Renan Ribeiro
YearBest Setter
2018 Mustafa Haneed Jabbar
2022 Medetbek Ergesh Uulu
2023 Hwang Taek-eui
2024 Borislav Georgiev
YearBest Outside Spikers
align=center rowspan=22018 Deepthi Romesh
Horosit Biswas
align=center rowspan=22022 Omar Alnajrani
Ahmed Albakheet
align=center rowspan=22023 Anut Promchan
Mohamed Abdulla Yaqoob
align=center rowspan=22024 Raimi Wadidie
Kim Ji-han
YearBest Middle Blockers
align=center rowspan=22018 Ibrahim Majrashi
Islam Sachit Challab
align=center rowspan=22022 Azizbek Kurchkorov
Ibrahim Majrashi
align=center rowspan=22023 Kissada Nilsawai
Kim Min-jae
align=center rowspan=22024 Ibrahim Ibrahim
Musawer Khan
YearBest Opposite Spiker
2018 Hussain Nameer Shamil
2022 Omurbek Zhunusov
2023 Ali Khamis
2024 Murad Khan
YearBest Libero
2018 Lakmal Wijesekara
2022 Kutmanbek Absatarov
2023 Ayman Haroon
2024 Nasir Ali

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iraq Reign Supreme in 1st AVC Men's Challenge Cup . AVC . 25 June 2023 . en . 22 September 2018 . 20 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220120145840/https://asianvolleyball.net/old-2018/2018/09/iraq-reign-supreme-in-1st-avc-mens-challenge-cup/ . live .
  2. Web site: Preechachan . Kyrgyzstan Capture Maiden AVC Men's Challenge Cup Title on Home Soil after Comeback 3-2 Win against Saudi Arabia . AVC . 25 June 2023 . en . 3 September 2022 . 23 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023170840/https://asianvolleyball.net/new/kyrgyzstan-capture-maiden-avc-mens-challenge-cup-title-on-home-soil-after-comeback-3-2-win-against-saudi-arabia/ . live .
  3. Web site: Edria Liang . 16 June 2023 . zh: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 . https://volsports.co/blog/2023/06/16/tw-3/ . 17 June 2023 . VOL Sports . zh-TW . 17 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230617065213/https://volsports.co/blog/2023/06/16/tw-3/ . live .
  4. Web site: Preechachan . 16 July 2023 . Thailand capture AVC Challenge Cup and final berth in FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup in Qatar . 16 July 2023 . . en-US . 16 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716030005/https://asianvolleyball.net/new/thailand-capture-avc-challenge-cup-and-final-berth-in-fivb-volleyball-challenger-cup-in-qatar/ . live .
  5. Web site: Preechachan . Qatar crowned 2024 AVC Challenge Cup champions, secure FIVB Challenger Cup berth . 10 June 2024 . . 10 June 2024.