2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationFrance
City Laval
Dates27–30 July
Teams 8  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of France.svg  France (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third placeFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Fourth placeFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance7,858 (982 per match)
Best scorer Flag of Sweden.svg Isabelle Haak (92 points)
Best spiker Flag of Sweden.svg Isabelle Haak (45.30%)
Best blocker Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiia Maievska (3.00 Avg)
Best server Flag of France.svg Nina Stojiljković (2.00 Avg)
Best setter Flag of France.svg Nina Stojiljković (17.33 Avg)
Best digger Flag of France.svg Héléna Cazaute (16.33 Avg)
Best receiver Flag of Colombia.svg Amanda Coneo (24.51%)
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Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fourth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's 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 Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, between 27 and 30 July 2023. [1] [2]

Contents

Five teams made their first appearance in the women's Challenger Cup in this edition: Kenya, Mexico, Sweden, Ukraine and Vietnam.

The host France won the title, defeating Sweden in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2024 Nations League replacing Croatia, the last placed challenger team in the 2023 edition. Colombia defeated Ukraine in the 3rd place match. [3]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya CAVB Highest ranked in CAVB0NoneNone
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia CSV Highest ranked in CSV2 2018 2022 Runners-up (2018)
Flag of France.svg  France CEV Host country1 June 2023 [1] 1 2022 5th place (2022)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico NORCECA 2022 NORCECA International League Final Four champions [4] 19 June 20220NoneNone
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam AVC 2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions25 June 20230NoneNone
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine CEV 2023 European Golden League champions28 June 20230NoneNone
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden CEV 2023 European Golden League runners-up28 June 20230NoneNone
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia CEV 2023 Nations League last placed challenger team2 July 20232 2019 2022 Champions (2022)

Format

The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) with the host country (France) playing its quarterfinal match against the lowest ranked team. The remaining six teams are placed from 2nd to 7th positions as per the FIVB World Ranking as of 10 July 2023. [5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

MatchTop rankerBottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1Flag of France.svg  France (Hosts)Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (47)
Quarterfinal 2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (17)Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (29)
Quarterfinal 3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (19)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (28)
Quarterfinal 4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (20)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (25)

Venue

All matches
Laval, France
Espace Mayenne
Capacity: 4,500
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Knockout stage

 
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
          
 
27 July
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
29 July
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
27 July
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3
 
30 July
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1
 
Flag of France.svg  France 3
 
28 July
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3
 
29 July
 
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1
 
28 July
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3 3rd place match
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2
 
30 July
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1
 
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3
 

Quarterfinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
27 Jul17:00 France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 25–2025–1625–17  75–53 P2 Report
27 Jul20:30 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg3–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 25–1525–1518–2525–19 93–74 P2 Report
28 Jul17:00 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25–2025–1920–2522–255–1597–104 P2 Report
28 Jul20:30 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 25–2221–2525–2325–19 96–89 P2 Report

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
29 Jul17:00 France  Flag of France.svg3–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25–1025–2025–22  75–52 P2 Report
29 Jul20:30 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25–1725–1722–2525–17 97–76 P2 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
30 Jul13:30 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg1–3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 23–2525–1224–2622–25 94–88 P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
30 Jul17:00 France  Flag of France.svg3–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25–2125–1622–2525–15 97–77 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Challenger Cup 2023". FF Volley. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. "Challenger Cup : Le plateau est connu" [Challenger Cup: The field is known]. FF Volley (in French). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. "France's women to play in VNL 2024 before hosting Olympics". Volleyball World. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. "Mexico qualifies to FIVB Challenger Cup winning NORCECA Final Four". norceca.info. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 28 June 2023.