2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
2024 FIVB WVCC logo.png
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Tournament details
Host nationPhilippines
City Manila
Dates4–7 July
Teams 8  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Third placeFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Fourth placeFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance8,867 (1,108 per match)
Best scorer Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền (77 points)
Best spiker Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền (43.20%)
Best blocker Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Britt Fransen (4.00 Avg)
Best server Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Wilmarie Rivera (1.33 Avg)
Best setter Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Valková (18.67 Avg)
Best digger Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Khánh Đang (13.00 Avg)
Best receiver Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Stephanie Rivera (23.44%)
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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]

Contents

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

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 CAVB—1 2023 6th place (2023)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina CSV Highest ranked in CSV—1 2019 3rd place (2019)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines AVC Host country8 May 2024 [1] 0NoneNone
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico NORCECA 2023 NORCECA Final Four champions11 June 20232 2018 2022 3rd place (2018, 2022)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam AVC 2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions29 May 20241 2023 8th place (2023)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden CEV 2024 European Golden League champions15 June 20241 2023 Runners-up (2023)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic CEV 2024 European Golden League runners-up15 June 20242 2019 2022 Runners-up (2019)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium CEV World ranking17 June 20241 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. [6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

MatchTop rankerBottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (Hosts)Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (34)
Quarterfinal 2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (13)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (24)
Quarterfinal 3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (15)Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (20)
Quarterfinal 4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (16)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (17)

Venue

All matches
Manila, Philippines
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Capacity: 6,000
Ninoy Aquino Stadium SEA Games 2019.jpg

Squads

Knockout stage

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
          
 
5 July
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0
 
6 July
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0
 
5 July
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
 
7 July
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
 
4 July
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3
 
6 July
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0
 
4 July
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3 3rd place match
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3
 
7 July
 
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1
 

Quarterfinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
4 Jul15:00 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–0Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 25–2025–1927–25  77–64 P2 Report
4 Jul18:30 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25–1625–2325–22  75–61 P2 Report
5 Jul15:00 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 25–1525–2225–16  75–53 P2 Report
5 Jul18:30 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg0–3Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 14–2522–2521–25  57–75 P2 Report

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
6 Jul15:00 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg0–3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 19–2515–2516–25  50–75 P2 Report
6 Jul18:30 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg0–3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 19–2514–2519–25  52–75 P2 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul15:00 Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25–2323–2525–2025–17 98–85 P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul18:30 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–1Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 25–2325–2018–2525–18 93–86 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

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