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, an annual men's international

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tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the

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. The tournament was held at

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, South Korea, between 28 and 31 July 2022.

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won the title, defeating

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in the final, and earned the right to participate in 2023 Nations League replacing

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, the last placed challenger team after the 2022 edition.

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defeated

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in the 3rd place match.

Qualification

Format

The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (South Korea) 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 10 July 2022. Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

Rule changes

# Court switch at the end of the sets to be eliminated due to COVID-19 safety guidelines and for a better television broadcasts. # Each team is allowed to call only one time-out during each set in the preliminary. The time-out lasts 30 seconds long. # Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points.

Squads

Venue

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

Knockout stage

*All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

References

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
– official website
2022 Challenger Cup
– official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball, Challenger Cup, Men, 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup FIVB 2022 in South Korean sport International volleyball competitions hosted by South Korea

Sports competitions in Seoul