2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

Volleyball competition held in Philippines
2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationPhilippines
CityManila
Dates4–7 July
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Attendance6,378 (1,595 per match)
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Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup is 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 acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament is currently held at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, Philippines, between 4 and 7 July 2024.[1][2]

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

Qualification

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

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.[3] 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

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

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
5 July
 
 
 Philippines0
 
6 July
 
 Vietnam3
 
 Vietnam
 
5 July
 
 Czech Republic
 
 Czech Republic3
 
7 July
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 
4 July
 
 
 
 Belgium3
 
6 July
 
 Sweden0
 
 Belgium
 
4 July
 
 Puerto Rico3rd place match
 
 Puerto Rico3
 
7 July
 
 Kenya0
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

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

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 15:00 Belgium  –  Puerto Rico – – –     0–0 Report
6 Jul 18:30 Vietnam  –  Czech Republic – – –     0–0 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jul 15:00   –   – – –     0–0 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jul 18:30   –   – – –     0–0 Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
4
5  Kenya
6  Sweden
7  Philippines
8  Argentina
Qualified for the 2025 Nations League
Qualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking

Source: VCC 2024 final standings

See also

References

  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. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Big volleyball back to Manila for Volleyball Challenger Cup's last edition". Volleyball World. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

External links

  • iconVolleyball portal
  • Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
  • 2024 Challenger Cup – official website
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