2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fifth and last edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acted as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, the Philippines, between 4 and 7 July 2024.[1][2]

2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Official logo
Tournament details
Host nationPhilippines
CityManila
Dates4–7 July
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-up Puerto Rico
Third place Vietnam
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance8,867 (1,108 per match)
Best scorerVietnam Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền (77 points)
Best spikerVietnam Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền (43.20%)
Best blockerBelgium Britt Fransen (4.00 Avg)
Best serverPuerto Rico Wilmarie Rivera (1.33 Avg)
Best setterCzech Republic Kateřina Valková (18.67 Avg)
Best diggerVietnam Nguyễn Khánh Đang (13.00 Avg)
Best receiverPuerto Rico Stephanie Rivera (23.44%)
Official website
Volleyball Challenger Cup

The host Philippines were the only debutants in this edition.[2]

The Czech Republic won the title and earned the right to participate in the 2025 Nations League after defeating Puerto Rico in the final.[3] Vietnam defeated Belgium in the 3rd place match,[4] but Belgium still qualified for the 2025 Nations League through FIVB World Ranking.[5]

Qualification

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A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Kenya CAVB Highest ranked in CAVB 1 2023 6th place (2023)
  Argentina CSV Highest ranked in CSV 1 2019 3rd place (2019)
  Philippines AVC Host country 8 May 2024[1] 0 None None
  Puerto Rico NORCECA 2023 NORCECA Final Four champions 11 June 2023 2 2018 2022 3rd place (2018, 2022)
  Vietnam AVC 2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions 29 May 2024 1 2023 8th place (2023)
  Sweden CEV 2024 European Golden League champions 15 June 2024 1 2023 Runners-up (2023)
  Czech Republic CEV 2024 European Golden League runners-up 15 June 2024 2 2019 2022 Runners-up (2019)
  Belgium CEV World ranking 17 June 2024 1 2022 Runners-up (2022)

Format

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The tournament competed in a knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Philippines) playing its quarterfinal match against the lowest ranked team. The remaining six teams were placed from 2nd to 7th positions as per the FIVB World Ranking as of 17 June 2024.[6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

Match Top ranker Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1   Philippines (Hosts)   Vietnam (34)
Quarterfinal 2   Belgium (13)   Sweden (24)
Quarterfinal 3   Puerto Rico (15)   Kenya (20)
Quarterfinal 4   Czech Republic (16)   Argentina (17)

Venue

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All matches
Manila, Philippines
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Capacity: 6,000
 

Squads

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Knockout stage

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
5 July
 
 
  Philippines0
 
6 July
 
  Vietnam3
 
  Vietnam0
 
5 July
 
  Czech Republic3
 
  Czech Republic3
 
7 July
 
  Argentina0
 
  Czech Republic3
 
4 July
 
  Puerto Rico1
 
  Belgium3
 
6 July
 
  Sweden0
 
  Belgium0
 
4 July
 
  Puerto Rico3 3rd place match
 
  Puerto Rico3
 
7 July
 
  Kenya0
 
  Vietnam3
 
 
  Belgium1
 

Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 15:00 Puerto Rico   3–0   Kenya 25–20 25–19 27–25     77–64 P2 Report
4 Jul 18:30 Belgium   3–0   Sweden 25–16 25–23 25–22     75–61 P2 Report
5 Jul 15:00 Czech Republic   3–0   Argentina 25–15 25–22 25–16     75–53 P2 Report
5 Jul 18:30 Philippines   0–3   Vietnam 14–25 22–25 21–25     57–75 P2 Report

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 15:00 Belgium   0–3   Puerto Rico 19–25 15–25 16–25     50–75 P2 Report
6 Jul 18:30 Vietnam   0–3   Czech Republic 19–25 14–25 19–25     52–75 P2 Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jul 15:00 Vietnam   3–1   Belgium 25–23 23–25 25–20 25–17   98–85 P2 Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jul 18:30 Czech Republic   3–1   Puerto Rico 25–23 25–20 18–25 25–18   93–86 P2 Report

Final standing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "China And The Philippines Set To Host Volleyball Challenger Cup 2024 VCC champions to join expanded VNL from 2025 onwards" (Press release). FIVB. 8 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Big volleyball back to Manila for Volleyball Challenger Cup's last edition". Volleyball World. 3 July 2024. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Czechia triumph as first-time Challenger Cup winners and qualify for VNL 2025!". Volleyball World. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ "VN's semifinal journey ends with loss to Czech Republic in FIVB Challenger Cup". VietNamNet News. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ Pareja, Marcos Menocal (14 February 2024). "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) to feature 18 teams from 2025". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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