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{{Short description|Upcoming Asian men's volleyball tournament}}
{{For|the women's tournament|2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup}}
{{Infobox FIVB tournament
| competition = AVC Men's Volleyball Cup
| continent = Asia
| year = 2026
| logo = 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup logo.png
| size = 300
| caption = Official logo
| host = India
| city = [[Ahmedabad]]
| dates = 20–28 June
| teams = [[#Qualification|12]]
| confederations = 1
| venues = [[#Venue|1]]
| cities = 1
| champions =
| title_number =
| second =
| third =
| fourth =
| mvp =
| setter =
| outside_spikers =
| middle_blockers =
| opposite_spiker =
| libero =
| matches =
| attendance =
| website =
| last = 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup
| next = 2027 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup
}}

The '''2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Cup''' will be the second edition of the [[AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup]], and seventh overall edition of the formerly known AVC Men's Challenge Cup, an annual international [[volleyball]] tournament organized by the [[Asian Volleyball Confederation]] (AVC) with [[Volleyball Federation of India]] (VFI). It will be held from 20 to 28 June 2026 in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India. This marks India's first time hosting the tournament.

== Host selection ==
India was selected to host the 2026 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup after AVC unveiled its 2026 calendar in December 2025.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=AVC Unveils 2026 International Volleyball Calendar and Host Cities |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/avc-unveils-2026-international-volleyball-calendar-and-host-cities/ |website=[[Asian Volleyball Confederation|AVC]] |date=20 December 2025 |access-date=5 April 2026}}</ref> [[Ahmedabad]] was named the host city of the tournament with games to be held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Preparations intensify in the Philippines and India for 2026 AVC Women's and Men's Cups |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/preparations-intensify-in-the-philippines-and-india-for-2026-avc-womens-and-mens-cups/ |website=[[Asian Volleyball Confederation|AVC]] |date=24 February 2026 |access-date=5 April 2026}}</ref>

== Qualification ==
Following AVC regulations, a maximum of 12 teams for the AVC Nations Cup were selected through the following criteria:{{cn|date=April 2026}}
* 1 team for the host country.
* 1 team for the defending champion from the previous edition. (If the defending champion is also the host nation, the runners-up take the place)
* 5 teams based on the FIVB World Rankings that have not yet qualified.
* 5 remaining teams from the zonal competitions that haven't already qualified for neither the [[FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League]] nor the Nations Cup.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Country
!rowspan=2|Zone
!rowspan=2|Qualified as
!rowspan=2|Qualified on
!colspan=3|Previous appearances
!rowspan=2|Previous best performance
|-
!Total
!First
!Last
|-
|{{vb|IND}}
|[[Central Asian Volleyball Association|CAVA]]
|Host country
|20 December 2025
|style="text-align:center"|1
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|15th place ([[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]])
|-
|{{vb|BHR}}
|[[West Asian Volleyball Association|WAVA]]
|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|Defending champions]]
|24 June 2025
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|'''Champions''' ([[2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]])
|-
|{{vb|AUS}}
|[[Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association|OZVA]]
| rowspan=5 | [[FIVB World Rankings|World Rankings]] qualifiers
| rowspan=10| 2 February 2026
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|5th place ([[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]], [[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]])
|-
|{{vb|INA}}
|[[Southeast Asian Volleyball Association|SAVA]]
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|6th place ([[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]], [[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]])
|-
|{{vb|PAK}}
|[[Central Asian Volleyball Association|CAVA]]
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|[[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|Runners-up ([[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]], [[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]])
|-
|{{vb|QAT}}
|[[West Asian Volleyball Association|WAVA]]
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|[[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|'''Champions''' ([[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]])
|-
|{{vb|KOR}}
|[[Eastern Asian Volleyball Association|EAVA]]
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|3rd place ([[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]], [[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]])
|-
|{{nowrap|{{vb|TPE}}}}
|[[Eastern Asian Volleyball Association|EAVA]]
|[[Asian Eastern Zonal Men's Volleyball Championship|2025 EAVA]] runners-up
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|7th place ([[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]])
|-
|{{vb|KAZ}}
|[[Central Asian Volleyball Association|CAVA]]
|[[CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League|2025 CAVA]] 4th placers
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|[[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]]
|4th place ([[2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2024]])
|-
|{{vb|NZL}}
|[[Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association|OZVA]]
|OZVA qualification qualifier
|style="text-align:center"|1
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|11th place ([[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]])
|-
|{{vb|OMA}}
|[[West Asian Volleyball Association|WAVA]]
|2025 WAVA 3rd placers
|style="text-align:center"|0
|style="text-align:center" colspan="2"|None
|''Debut''
|-
|{{vb|THA}}
|[[Southeast Asian Volleyball Association|SAVA]]
|[[2025 SEA Men's V.League|2025 SAVA]] runners-up
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|[[2022 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2022]]
|style="text-align:center"|[[2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup|2025]]
|'''Champions''' ([[2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup|2023]])
|}

{{vb|CHN}}, {{vb|IRI}}, and {{vb|JPN}}, which are competing at the [[2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League|2026 Nations League]], are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.

== Pools composition ==
The draw of lots took place on 10 April 2026 in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India led by AVC President [[Ramon Suzara]], with Nilofer Shaikh, Assistant Director of the [[Sports Authority of Gujarat]]. Teams were split into two pools with six teams each.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=AVC Men's Cup 2026: Drawing of Lots Sets the Stage in Amdavad |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/avc-mens-cup-2026-drawing-of-lots-sets-the-stage-in-amdavad/ |website=[[Asian Volleyball Confederation|AVC]] |date=April 11, 2026 |access-date=April 12, 2026}}</ref>

{{External media
| float = right
| width = 22em
| topic = '''[ LIVE ] Drawing of Lots : AVC Men's Cup Amdavad 2026'''
| headerimage = [[File:YouTube 2024.svg|alt=YouTube logo|x20px]]
| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/live/nW9Xt1FQ_Vg Drawing of Lots Live Streaming]
}}

=== Seeding ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!width=25%|Seeded teams
!width=25%|Pot 1
!width=25%|Pot 2
!width=25%|Pot 3
|-
|valign=top|{{vb|IND}} (58) (Hosts) <br /> {{vb|QAT}} (21) <br /> {{vb|KOR}} (26) <br /> {{vb|AUS}} (33) <br /> {{vb|BHR}} (40) <br /> {{vb|PAK}} (44)
|valign=top|{{vb|INA}} (51) <br /> {{vb|TPE}} (53)
|valign=top|{{vb|THA}} (59) <br /> {{vb|KAZ}} (60)
|valign=top|{{vb|OMA}} (76) <br /> {{vb|NZL}} (82)
|}

=== Draw results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=40%|Pool A
!width=40%|Pool B
|-
|{{vb|IND}}
|{{vb|QAT}}
|-
|{{vb|AUS}}
|{{vb|KOR}}
|-
|{{vb|BHR}}
|{{vb|PAK}}
|-
|{{vb|TPE}}
|{{vb|INA}}
|-
|{{vb|KAZ}}
|{{vb|THA}}
|-
|{{vb|NZL}}
|{{vb|OMA}}
|}

== Venue ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width=280
|-
![[Ahmedabad]], India
|-
|Veer Savarkar Sports Complex
|-
|Capacity: '''5,000'''
|-
|}

==Pool standing procedure==
# Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
# 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:
#* 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:
#* 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.

==Preliminary round==
* All times are [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]]).

===Pool A===
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|update=future |start_date=20 June 2026
|source=

|team_order=IND, AUS, BHR, TPE, KAZ, NZL

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|name_BHR={{vb|BHR}} |status_BHR=
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|name_KAZ={{vb|KAZ}} |status_KAZ=
|name_NZL={{vb|NZL}} |status_NZL=

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|win3s_TPE= |win4s_TPE= |win5s_TPE= |loss5s_TPE= |loss4s_TPE= |loss3s_TPE= |spw_TPE= |spl_TPE=
|win3s_KAZ= |win4s_KAZ= |win5s_KAZ= |loss5s_KAZ= |loss4s_KAZ= |loss3s_KAZ= |spw_KAZ= |spl_KAZ=
|win3s_NZL= |win4s_NZL= |win5s_NZL= |loss5s_NZL= |loss4s_NZL= |loss3s_NZL= |spw_NZL= |spl_NZL=

|col_SF=green2 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|col_F5=blue2 |text_F5=[[#5th place match|5th place match]]
|col_F7=yellow2 |text_F7=[[#7th place match|7th place match]]
|col_F9=orange2 |text_F9=[[#9th place match|9th place match]]
|col_F11=red2 |text_F11=[[#11th place match|11th place match]]
|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=F5 |result4=F7 |result5=F9 |result6=F11
}}

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===Pool B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|update=future |start_date=20 June 2026
|source=

|team1=QAT |name_QAT={{vb|QAT}}
|team2=KOR |name_KOR={{vb|KOR}}
|team3=PAK |name_PAK={{vb|PAK}}
|team4=INA |name_INA={{vb|INA}}
|team5=THA |name_THA={{vb|THA}}
|team6=OMA |name_OMA={{vb|OMA}}

|win3s_QAT= |win4s_QAT= |win5s_QAT= |loss5s_QAT= |loss4s_QAT= |loss3s_QAT= |spw_QAT= |spl_QAT=
|win3s_KOR= |win4s_KOR= |win5s_KOR= |loss5s_KOR= |loss4s_KOR= |loss3s_KOR= |spw_KOR= |spl_KOR=
|win3s_PAK= |win4s_PAK= |win5s_PAK= |loss5s_PAK= |loss4s_PAK= |loss3s_PAK= |spw_PAK= |spl_PAK=
|win3s_INA= |win4s_INA= |win5s_INA= |loss5s_INA= |loss4s_INA= |loss3s_INA= |spw_INA= |spl_INA=
|win3s_THA= |win4s_THA= |win5s_THA= |loss5s_THA= |loss4s_THA= |loss3s_THA= |spw_THA= |spl_THA=
|win3s_OMA= |win4s_OMA= |win5s_OMA= |loss5s_OMA= |loss4s_OMA= |loss3s_OMA= |spw_OMA= |spl_OMA=

|col_SF=green2 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|col_F5=blue2 |text_F5=[[#5th place match|5th place match]]
|col_F7=yellow2 |text_F7=[[#7th place match|7th place match]]
|col_F9=orange2 |text_F9=[[#9th place match|9th place match]]
|col_F11=red2 |text_F11=[[#11th place match|11th place match]]
|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=F5 |result4=F7 |result5=F9 |result6=F11
}}

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==Final round==

===11th place match===
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===7th place match===
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===5th place match===
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===Final four===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|RD1=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|RD2=[[#Final|Final]]
|Consol=[[#3rd place match|3rd place match]]
|3rdplace=yes
|bold_winner=high
|color=yes


|27 June|{{RDseed|A1}}||{{RDseed|B2}}|
|27 June|{{RDseed|B1}}||{{RDseed|A2}}|

|28 June||||

|28 June||||
}}

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====Final====
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==Final standing==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|Rank
!width=180|Team
|-
|{{Gold1}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|{{Silver2}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|{{Bronze3}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|
|}
{{col-2}}

{{col-end}}

==Awards==
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
*'''Most valuable player'''

*'''Best setter'''

*'''Best outside spikers'''


*'''Best middle blockers'''


*'''Best opposite spiker'''

*'''Best libero'''

{{colend}}

==Broadcasting rights==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Country/region
! Broadcaster
|-
|Global
|Volleyball TV, [[YouTube]]
|-
|{{flagu|Indonesia}}
|[[Emtek]] ([[Vidio]], [[Moji (TV network)|Moji]])
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{AVC Nations Cup}}
{{Portal bar|Volleyball|India|Sports}}

[[Category:AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup]]
[[Category:2026 in Indian sport]]
[[Category:2026 in men's volleyball]]
[[Category:International volleyball competitions hosted by India]]
[[Category:June 2026 sports events in Asia]]

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Freelaw67 at 02:03, 6 May 2026