The 2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup, also known as the 2023 AVC Challenge Cup for Men, was the fourth edition of the AVC Men's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), in that year with the Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVBA). The tournament was held in Taipei, Taiwan from 8 to 15 July 2023.[1]
Thailand won their first title and earned the right to participate in 2023 Challenger Cup after defeating Bahrain in straight sets in the final. South Korea took the bronze after defeating Vietnam in the 3rd place match. Anurak Phanram named as the MVP of the tournament.[2]
Teams are divided into six pools. Last placed teams in pools B, C, F play for 13th to 15th places. The second-ranked teams in each pool were drawn to pair with the first-ranked teams in each pool. Top six advances to next round while losers relegated to 7th–12th places.[8]
Pool standing procedure
Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)[9]
In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:[9]
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:[9]
Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
^ abcdThe Indian Ad-Hoc Committee did not allow their Indian men's team to participate in the tournament. As a result, India can still play their matches, but the results of the matches will be forfeited as requested by the Indian Ad-Hoc Committee.[4]
^The match was originally a 3–0 win for India (25–22, 25–18, 25–17).
References
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^Preechachan (16 July 2023). "Thailand capture AVC Challenge Cup and final berth in FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup in Qatar". AVC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^Preechachan (20 December 2022). "AVC releases 2023 Competition Calendar". AVC. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^"2023 AVC Men Challenge Cup Bulletin Day 2" (PDF). AVC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^Preechachan (16 March 2023). "Results of Remaining Six 2023 AVC Championships Drawing of Lots Revealed". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^Ý Nguyễn (7 July 2023). "Đối thủ bỏ cuộc, Việt Nam vào thẳng vòng 2 Challenger Cup châu Á 2023" [The opponent gave up, Vietnam entered the second round of the Asian Challenger Cup 2023]. Thethao247 (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^Minh Chien (8 July 2023). "AVC Men's Challenge Cup 2023: Pakistan withdraws, Vietnam secures next round". SGGP. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^Preechachan (10 July 2023). "AVC CHALLENGE CUP FOR MEN REACHES FEVER PITCH WITH TOP 12 TEAMS CONTESTING SINGLE ELIMINATION". AVC. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ abc"Competition Regulations" (PDF). AVC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.