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AVC Men's Challenge Cup

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AVC Men's Challenge Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 AVC Men's 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 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

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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

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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

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Team Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
 Iraq 1 (2018)
 Kyrgyzstan 1 (2022)
 Thailand 1 (2023)
 Qatar 1 (2024)
 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  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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