2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationPhilippines
City Manila
Dates4–7 July
Teams 8  (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
Official website
Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup will be 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 will be held at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, Philippines, between 4 and 7 July 2024. [1]

Contents

The host Philippines will be the only team that making their first appearance in this year's Women's Challenger Cup edition.

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 CAVB1 2023 6th place (2023)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina CSV Highest ranked in CSV1 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 will compete in the 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 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 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

Knockout stage

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

Quarterfinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
4 Jul15:00 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svgFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya   0–0 Report
4 Jul18:30 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden   0–0 Report
5 Jul15:00 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina   0–0 Report
5 Jul18:30 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svgFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam   0–0 Report

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
6 Jul15:00    0–0 Report
6 Jul18:30    0–0 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul15:00    0–0 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul18:30    0–0 Report

Final standing

See also

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