2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup was the inaugural edition of the Asian Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVF). The tournament was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 15 to 21 September 2018.[1]

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Sri Lanka
CityColombo
Dates15–21 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Champions Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Sri Lanka
Fourth place Bangladesh
Tournament awards
MVPSaudi Arabia Albakheet Ahmed
Official website
2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
First

Qualification edit

 
  Qualified

The 8 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 Asian Men's Challenge Cup. Sri Lanka qualified as hosts and the 3 teams were qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship while the 4 teams are new entry. The 8 AVC members associations were from 4 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (2 team), Southeast Asia (1 team), and Western Asia (3 teams). Fiji and Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament.

Qualified teams edit

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification Births Qualified
Host country 1   Sri Lanka
Central Asian teams 1   Bangladesh
  Uzbekistan
East Asian teams 2   Hong Kong
  Mongolia
Oceanian teams 0   Fiji
Southeast Asian teams 1   Malaysia
West Asian teams 3   Iraq
  Saudi Arabia
  United Arab Emirates
Total 8

Pools composition edit

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Pool A Pool B
  Sri Lanka (Hosts)   United Arab Emirates
  Malaysia   Bangladesh
  Hong Kong (16)   Iraq (13)
  Saudi Arabia (15)   Mongolia

Preliminary round edit

Pool standing procedure edit

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 3 3 0 9 9 3 3.000 287 240 1.196 Quarterfinals
2   Sri Lanka (H) 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 236 211 1.118
3   Malaysia 3 1 2 3 4 6 0.667 211 234 0.902
4   Hong Kong 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 203 252 0.806
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
(H) Host
15 September
16:00
Sri Lanka   3–0   Hong Kong Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–15, 25–20, 25–22)
P2 Report

15 September
18:30
Malaysia   1–3   Saudi Arabia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(17–25, 15–25, 25–18, 17–25)
P2 Report

16 September
16:00
Sri Lanka   3–0   Malaysia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–16, 25–18, 25–23)
P2 Report

16 September
18:30
Hong Kong   1–3   Saudi Arabia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(18–25, 25–22, 22–25, 15–25)
P2 Report

17 September
16:00
Malaysia   3–0   Hong Kong Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(30–28, 25–19, 25–19)
P2 Report

17 September
18:30
Saudi Arabia   3–1   Sri Lanka Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(22–25, 25–22, 25–19, 25–20)
P2 Report

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Bangladesh 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 267 251 1.064 Quarterfinals
2   Iraq 3 2 1 6 8 5 1.600 281 259 1.085
3   United Arab Emirates 3 2 1 5 6 6 1.000 269 272 0.989
4   Mongolia 3 0 3 0 2 9 0.222 239 274 0.872
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Pool standing procedure
15 September
10:00
Bangladesh   2–3   Iraq Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–20, 18–25, 17–25, 25–21, 9–15)
P2 Report

15 September
13:30
United Arab Emirates   3–1   Mongolia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(31–29, 25–22, 20–25, 25–21)
P2 Report

16 September
10:00
United Arab Emirates   0–3   Bangladesh Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(22–25, 16–25, 18–25)
P2 Report

16 September
13:30
Mongolia   0–3   Iraq Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(14–25, 20–25, 19–25)
P2 Report

17 September
10:00
Iraq   2–3   United Arab Emirates Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(18–25, 26–24, 25–23, 22–25, 9–15)
P2 Report

17 September
13:30
Bangladesh   3–1   Mongolia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–22, 25–23, 23–25, 25–19)
P2 Report

Final round edit

Final eight edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
19 September – Colombo
 
 
  Saudi Arabia3
 
20 September – Colombo
 
  Mongolia0
 
  Saudi Arabia3
 
19 September – Colombo
 
  Bangladesh1
 
  Hong Kong0
 
21 September – Colombo
 
  Bangladesh3
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
19 September – Colombo
 
  Iraq3
 
  Sri Lanka3
 
20 September – Colombo
 
  United Arab Emirates0
 
  Sri Lanka1
 
19 September – Colombo
 
  Iraq3 3rd place match
 
  Malaysia1
 
21 September – Colombo
 
  Iraq3
 
  Bangladesh0
 
 
  Sri Lanka3
 
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
20 September – Colombo
 
 
  Mongolia2
 
21 September – Colombo
 
  Hong Kong3
 
  Hong Kong2
 
20 September – Colombo
 
  United Arab Emirates3
 
  United Arab Emirates3
 
 
  Malaysia1
 
7th place match
 
 
21 September – Colombo
 
 
  Mongolia0
 
 
  Malaysia3

Quarterfinals edit

19 September
10:00
Saudi Arabia   3–0   Mongolia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–17, 25–17, 25–15)
P2 Report
19 September
13:30
Malaysia   1–3   Iraq Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(27–25, 21–25, 23–25, 20–25)
P2 Report
19 September
16:00
Sri Lanka   3–0   United Arab Emirates Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–20, 25–17, 25–15)
P2 Report
19 September
18:30
Hong Kong   0–3   Bangladesh Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(22–25, 21–25, 16–25)
P2 Report

5th–8th semifinals edit

20 September
10:00
Mongolia   2–3   Hong Kong Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(21–25, 25–20, 26–24, 17–25, 10–15)
P2 Report
20 September
13:30
United Arab Emirates   3–1   Malaysia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(21–25, 25–23, 36–34, 25–21)
P2 Report

Semifinals edit

20 September
16:00
Sri Lanka   1–3   Iraq Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–22, 24–26, 20–25, 20–25)
P2 Report
20 September
18:30
Saudi Arabia   3–1   Bangladesh Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–15, 21–25, 25–12, 26–24)
P2 Report

7th place match edit

21 September
09:00
Mongolia   0–3   Malaysia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(19–25, 30–32, 29–31)
P2 Report

5th place match edit

21 September
11:00
Hong Kong   2–3   United Arab Emirates Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–21, 17–25, 25–22, 25–27, 7–15)
P2 Report

3rd place match edit

21 September
13:30
Sri Lanka   3–0   Bangladesh Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(25–16, 25–17, 25–17)
P2 Report

Final edit

21 September
16:00
Iraq   3–2   Saudi Arabia Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo
(14–25, 25–14, 25–16, 26–28, 15–13)
P2 Report

Final standing edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Draw results of all 2018 AVC Championships announced". AVC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

External links edit