International volleyball tournament
Volleyball competition held in Croatia
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Best blocker | Božana Butigan (4.67 Avg) |
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Best server | Britt Herbots (2.33 Avg) |
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Best setter | Jutta Van De Vyver (8.00 Avg) |
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Best digger | Lucija Mlinar (1.33 Avg) |
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Best receiver | Laura Miloš (36.99%) |
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Volleyball Challenger Cup |
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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]
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
A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament.
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.
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. 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.
- Only one technical time-out is made when the leading team reaches 12 points, but no technical in a fifth set.
Squads
Venue
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
30 Jul | 17:00 | Belgium ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png) | 3–1 | Colombia | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–21 | 25–16 | | 96–82 | P2 Report |
30 Jul | 20:00 | Croatia ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png) | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 26–24 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–17 | | 99–83 | P2 Report |
3rd place match
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
31 Jul | 17:00 | Puerto Rico ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png) | 3–1 | Colombia | 27–25 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–18 | | 100–91 | P2 Report |
Final
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
31 Jul | 20:00 | Croatia ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png) | 3–1 | Belgium | 25–20 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | 96–88 | P2 Report |
Final standing
Source: VCC 2022 final standings | 2022 Women's Challenger Cup champions | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png) Croatia First title | 14–woman Roster | Mika Grbavica, Ema Strunjak, Božana Butigan, Klara Perić, Laura Miloš, Lucija Mlinar, Dijana Karatović, Beta Dumančić, Josipa Marković, Samanta Fabris (c), Martina Šamadan, Lea Deak, Izabela Štimac, Natalia Tomić | Head coach | Ferhat Akbaş | |
See also
Notes
- A.^ Cameroon withdrew and forfeited their match against Puerto Rico from the competition because they could not acquire entry visas to Croatia.[6]
References
- ^ "Croatia and Korea to welcome 2022 Challenger Cup tournaments". FIVB. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Croatia and Cuba secure Volleyball Challenger Cup titles". vollleyballworld. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "There's an international competition in Korea!". Volleybox. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Competition Formula". volleyballworld. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Cameroon's withdrawal from Volleyball Challenger Cup in Croatia". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
External links
- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
- 2022 Challenger Cup – official website
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