2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationChina
City Linyi
Dates4–7 July
Teams 8  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
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Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup will be the fifth and last edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament will be held at Linyi Olympic Sports Park Stadium in Linyi, China, between 4 and 7 July 2024. [1]

Contents

Three teams made their first appearance in the men's Challenger Cup in this edition: Belgium, Croatia and Mexico.

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt CAVB Highest ranked in CAVB1 2019 5th place (2019)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile CSV Highest ranked in CSV4 2018 2023 4th place (2023)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China AVC Host country8 May 2024 [1] 1 2023 5th place (2023)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico NORCECA 2023 NORCECA Final Four champions11 June 20230NoneNone
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar AVC 2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions9 June 20242 2022 2023 Runners-up (2023)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine CEV 2024 European Golden League champions15 June 20241 2023 3rd place (2023)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia CEV 2024 European Golden League runners-up15 June 20240NoneNone
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium CEV World ranking17 June 20240NoneNone

Format

The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (China) 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 17 June 2024. [2] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

MatchTop rankerBottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Hosts)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (34)
Quarterfinal 2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (14)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (28)
Quarterfinal 3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (16)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (22)
Quarterfinal 4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (19)Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (21)

Venue

All matches
Linyi, China
Linyi Olympic Sports Park Stadium
Capacity: 20,410
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Knockout stage

 
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
          
 
4 July
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
 
6 July
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
 
7 July
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
 
6 July
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
 
 
 
4 July
 
  3rd place match
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
 
7 July
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
4 Jul15:30 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico   0–0 Report
4 Jul19:30 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia   0–0 Report
5 Jul15:30 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgFlag of Chile.svg  Chile   0–0 Report
5 Jul19:30 Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svgFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar   0–0 Report

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
6 Jul16:00    0–0 Report
6 Jul20:00    0–0 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul13:30    0–0 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul17:00    0–0 Report

Final standing

See also

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