2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Sri Lanka
City	1
Dates	15–21 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	Sri Lanka
Fourth place	Bangladesh
Tournament awards
MVP	Albakheet Ahmed (KSA)
Official website
	2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup will be the inaugural edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup. The tournament will be held in Sri Lanka, from 15 to 21 September 2018.[1]

Qualification

Qualified

The AVC members associations, some teams were participated for the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The AVC members associations were from many zonal associations, including, Oceania (1 teams), Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (2 team), Southeast Asia (1 team), and Western Asia (3 teams).

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Means of qualification	Births	Qualified
Host country	1	Sri Lanka
Oceanian teams	1	~~Fiji~~
Central Asian teams	2	Bangladesh
Central Asian teams	2	~~Uzbekistan~~
East Asian teams	2	Hong Kong
East Asian teams	2	Mongolia
Southeast Asian teams	1	Malaysia
West Asian teams	3	Iraq
		Saudi Arabia
		United Arab Emirates
Total 8/10

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Sri Lanka	United Arab Emirates
Malaysia	Bangladesh
Hong Kong	Iraq
Saudi Arabia	Mongolia

Preliminary round

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

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:
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

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:
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

Final eight

5th place match (21 Sep – Colombo)			Fifth place play-Offs (20 Sep – Colombo)				Quarterfinals (19 Sep – Colombo)				Semifinals (20 Sep – Colombo)				Final (21 Sep – Colombo)

								Saudi Arabia	3
								Mongolia	0
				Mongolia	2							Saudi Arabia	1
				Hong Kong	3							Bangladesh	3
								Hong Kong	1
								Bangladesh	3
	Hong Kong	2														Iraq	3
	United Arab Emirates	3														Saudi Arabia	2
								Sri Lanka	3
								United Arab Emirates	0
				United Arab Emirates	3							Sri Lanka	3
7th place match (21 Sep – Colombo)					Malaysia	1							Iraq	1			3rd place match (21 Sep – Colombo)
	Mongolia	0						Malaysia	0							Sri Lanka	3
	Malaysia	3							Iraq	3								Bangladesh	0

Quarter-finals

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

Fifth semi-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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

Third place match

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

Final

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

Key
	Promoted to 2020 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup

Rank	Team
	Iraq
	Saudi Arabia
	Sri Lanka
4	Bangladesh
5	United Arab Emirates
6	Hong Kong
7	Malaysia
8	Mongolia

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup Champions
Iraq 1st title

14–man Roster

Safaa Lafta Majeed (c), Hussain Nameer Shamil, Husam Abdulsamad, Mustafa Ghani Hussain, Mustafa Hameed Jabbar, Abbas Abdulkareem, Murtadha Zuhair Mohamme, SACHIT CHALLAB Islam, ALI MUSLIM Aymen, SALEH Falih Mohammed, LAFTA MAJEED Ali, AZEEZ MOHAMMEDRiyadh, SAHIB ABUSHANAN Ali, MUNEF SABBAR Osama

Head Coach

ALAA KHALAF A.

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Albakheet Ahmed

Best Outside Spikers

Deepthi Romesh

Horosit Biswas

Best Setter

Haneed Jabbar Mustafa

Best Opposite Spiker

Nameer Shamil Hussain

Best Middle Blocker

Majrashi Ibrahim

Sachit Challab Islam

Best Libero

Lakmal Wijesekara

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References

"Draw results of all 2018 AVC Championships announced". AVC. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation

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[1] "Draw results of all 2018 AVC Championships announced". AVC. Retrieved 27 February 2018.