The 2018 AVC Men's Challenge Cup was the inaugural edition of the AVC Challenge Cup, a biennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AVC) and that year with the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVF). The tournament was held in

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from 15 to 21 September 2018.

Team

Qualification

8 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 AVC Men's Challenge Cup. Sri Lanka qualified as hosts and the 3 teams were qualified from the

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while 4 teams were new entrants. The 8 AVC member 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

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Pools composition

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

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

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Pool B

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Final round

Final eight

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player : Ahmed Albakheet *Best outside spikers : Deepthi Romesh : Horosit Biswas *Best setter : Mustafa Haneed Jabbar *Best opposite spiker : Hussain Nameer Shamil *Best middle blocker : Ibrahim Majrashi : Islam Sachit Challab *Best libero : Lakmal Wijesekara

References

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation
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