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,

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from 15 to 21 September 2018.

Qualification

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

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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

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 : 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

References

External links

Asian Volleyball Confederation
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