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2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the third edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar, Croatia, between 28 and 31 July 2022.[1][2]

2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationCroatia
CityZadar
Dates28–31 July
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up Belgium
Third place Puerto Rico
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance5,932 (742 per match)
Best scorerBelgium Britt Herbots (80 points)
Best spikerBelgium Britt Herbots (36.92%)
Best blockerCroatia Božana Butigan (4.67 Avg)
Best serverBelgium Britt Herbots (2.33 Avg)
Best setterBelgium Jutta Van De Vyver (8.00 Avg)
Best diggerCroatia Lucija Mlinar (1.33 Avg)
Best receiverCroatia Laura Miloš (36.99%)
Official website
Volleyball Challenger Cup

Four teams made their first appearance in the women's Challenger Cup in this edition: Belgium, Cameroon, France and Kazakhstan.

Croatia won the title, defeating Belgium in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2023 Nations League replacing Belgium, the last placed challenger team in the 2022 edition. Puerto Rico defeated Colombia in the 3rd place match.[3]

Qualification

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A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Cameroon CAVB 1st World ranked team from CAVB 31 March 2022 0 None None
  Colombia CSV 1st World ranked team from CSV 31 March 2022 1 2018 Runners-up (2018)
  Kazakhstan AVC 1st World ranked team from AVC 31 March 2022 0 None None
  Puerto Rico NORCECA 1st World ranked team from NORCECA 31 March 2022 1 2018 3rd place (2018)
  Croatia CEV Host country 8 April 2022 1 2019 4th place (2019)
  Czech Republic CEV 1st World ranked team from CEV 19 June 2022 1 2019 Runners-up (2019)
  France CEV 2022 Golden League champions 19 June 2022 0 None None
  Belgium CEV 2022 Nations League last placed challenger team 3 July 2022 0 None None

Format

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The tournament will compete in a knock-out phase (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Croatia) playing its quarterfinal match against the lowest ranked team among the participating teams. The remaining seven teams are placed from 2nd to 8th positions as per the FIVB World Ranking as of 3 July 2022.[4][5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.

Match Top ranker Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1   Croatia (Hosts)   Kazakhstan (36)
Quarterfinal 2   Belgium (12)   Czech Republic (23)
Quarterfinal 3   Colombia (17)   France (22)
Quarterfinal 4   Puerto Rico (18)   Cameroon (20)

Rule changes

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  1. Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts.
  2. Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long. During the finals, each team is granted one time-out before the technical and one time-out after the technical, except in a fifth set.
  3. Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points, but no technical in a fifth set.

Squads

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Main article: 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup squads

Venue

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All matches
Zadar, Croatia
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Capacity: 8,500
 

Knockout stage

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
28 July – Zadar
 
 
  Croatia3
 
30 July – Zadar
 
  Kazakhstan0
 
  Croatia3
 
29 July – Zadar
 
  Puerto Rico1
 
  Puerto Rico3
 
31 July – Zadar
 
  Cameroon0
 
  Croatia3
 
28 July – Zadar
 
  Belgium1
 
  Belgium3
 
30 July – Zadar
 
  Czech Republic0
 
  Belgium3
 
29 July – Zadar
 
  Colombia1 3rd place match
 
  Colombia3
 
31 July – Zadar
 
  France2
 
  Puerto Rico3
 
 
  Colombia1
 

Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul 17:00 Belgium   3–0   Czech Republic 25–18 25–23 25–15     75–56 P2 Report
28 Jul 20:00 Croatia   3–0   Kazakhstan 25–20 25–15 25–20     75–55 P2 Report
29 Jul 17:00 Colombia   3–2   France 25–17 25–16 22–25 11–25 16–14 99–97 P2 Report
29 Jul 20:00 Puerto Rico   3–0   CameroonA 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0 Report

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul 17:00 Belgium   3–1   Colombia 21–25 25–20 25–21 25–16   96–82 P2 Report
30 Jul 20:00 Croatia   3–1   Puerto Rico 26–24 25–17 23–25 25–17   99–83 P2 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Jul 17:00 Puerto Rico   3–1   Colombia 27–25 23–25 25–23 25–18   100–91 P2 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Jul 20:00 Croatia   3–1   Belgium 25–20 21–25 25–22 25–21   96–88 P2 Report

Final standing

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See also

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Notes

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A.^ Cameroon withdrew and forfeited their match against Puerto Rico from the competition because they could not acquire entry visas to Croatia.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Croatia and Korea to welcome 2022 Challenger Cup tournaments". FIVB. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles". vollleyballworld. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ "There's an international competition in Korea!". Volleybox. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Cameroon's withdrawal from Volleyball Challenger Cup in Croatia". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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