# 2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup

The 2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup was the second edition of the AVC Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and in that year with the Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation (KVF). The tournament was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 29 August to 3 September 2022.

## Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, The maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events will be selected by:
* 1 team for the host country
* 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
* 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Zone | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Zone | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| Saudi Arabia | CAZVA | 2018 AVC Challenge Cup runners-up | 21 September 2018 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | Runners-up (2018) |
| Sri Lanka | WAZVA | 2018 AVC Challenge Cup third place | 21 September 2018 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 3rd place (2018) |
| United Arab Emirates | WAZVA | 2018 AVC Challenge Cup fifth place | 21 September 2018 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 5th place (2018) |
| Mongolia | EAZVA | 2018 AVC Challenge Cup 8th place | 21 September 2022 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 8th place (2018) |
| Kyrgyzstan | CAZVA | Host country | 2 December 2021 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Kuwait | CAZVA | 1st CAZVA team | 2 February 2022 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Uzbekistan | WAZVA | 2nd WAZVA team | 2 February 2022 | 0 | None | None | None |

## Venue

* All matches
* Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
* Gazprom Sports and Recreation Complex
* Capacity: Unknown

## Pool standing procedure

* Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
* In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
** Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
** Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
* If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
** Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
** Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
** If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

## Squads

The full list of team squads were announced on the competition daily bulletin.

## Preliminary round

* All times are Kyrgyzstan Time (UTC+6:00).

### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 286 | 251 | 1.139 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mongolia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 232 | 224 | 1.036 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 240 | 259 | 0.927 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 284 | 308 | 0.922 | Semifinals |

### Match results

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Aug | 15:30 | Uzbekistan | 2–3 | Saudi Arabia | 16–25 | 23–25 | 30–28 | 25–18 | 16–18 | 110–114 | Report |
| 29 Aug | 18:15 | Kyrgyzstan | 0–3 | Mongolia | 21–25 | 25–27 | 14–25 | | | 60–77 | Report |
| 30 Aug | 15:30 | Mongolia | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia | 22–25 | 11–25 | 21–25 | | | 54–75 | Report |
| 30 Aug | 18:00 | Kyrgyzstan | 3–1 | Uzbekistan | 25–19 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 25–19 | | 93–85 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 15:30 | Uzbekistan | 1–3 | Mongolia | 17–25 | 22–25 | 28–26 | 22–25 | | 89–101 | Report |
| 31 Aug | 18:15 | Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | Kyrgyzstan | 25–20 | 21–25 | 26–24 | 25–18 | | 97–87 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Kyrgyzstan Time (UTC+6:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 2 September | 2 September |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 September | 3 September |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 3 September | 3 September |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| 2 September | 2 September | | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| 2 September | 2 September | Kyrgyzstan | 3 |
| Mongolia | 0 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 3 September | 3 September |
| | | Uzbekistan | 3 |
| | | Mongolia | 2 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 Sep | 15:30 | Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | Uzbekistan | 25–23 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–20 | | 98–91 | Report |
| 2 Sep | 18:15 | Mongolia | 0–3 | Kyrgyzstan | 22–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 66–75 | Report |

### Third place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 14:00 | Uzbekistan | 3–2 | Mongolia | 19–25 | 28–26 | 20–25 | 28–26 | 15–10 | 110–112 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 16:30 | Saudi Arabia | 2–3 | Kyrgyzstan | 31–29 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 11–15 | 112–114 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kyrgyzstan |
| | Saudi Arabia |
| | Uzbekistan |
| 4 | Mongolia |
* 2022 Asian Challenge Cup champions
* Kyrgyzstan First title
* 14–man roster
* Doorbek Umarov, Kutmanbek Absatarov, Medetbek Ergesh Uulu, Nurislam Medetbek Uulu, Nurmukhammed Toktaev, Onolbek Kanybek Uulu (c), Damir Gazinur Uulu, Temir Musa Uulu, Omurbek Zhunusov, Zhamalidin Musaev, Zhantemir Zheenbek Uulu, Roman Zhilov, Azamat Zhumabek, Kozhomberdi Uulu
* Head coach
* Andrei Ankudinov

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Onolbel Kanybek Uulu (KGZ)
* Best setter
    Medetbek Ergesh Uulu (KGZ)
* Best outside spikers
    Omar Alnajrani (KSA)
    Ahmed Albakheet (KSA)
* Best middle blockers
    Azizbek Kurchkorov (UZB)
    Ibrahim Majrashi (KSA)
* Best opposite spiker
    Omurbek Zhunusov (KGZ)
* Best libero
    Kutmanbek Absatarov (KGZ)