2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup explained

Competition:FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Continent:World
Year:2023
City:Doha
Dates:28–30 July
Teams:8
Confederations:5
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:TUR
Title Number:1
Second:QAT
Third:UKR
Fourth:CHI
Matches:8
Website:Volleyball Challenger Cup
Last:2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Next:2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fourth 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 was held at Aspire Ladies Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar, between 28 and 30 July 2023.[1] [2]

Four teams made their first appearance in the men's Challenger Cup in this edition: China, the Dominican Republic, Thailand and Ukraine.

Turkey won the title, defeating host Qatar in the final, and earned the right to participate in 2024 Nations League replacing China, the last placed challenger team in the 2023 edition. Ukraine defeated Chile in the 3rd place match.[3]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
CAVBHighest ranked in CAVB12022 (2022)
CSVHighest ranked in CSV320182022 (2018)
AVCHost country1 June 202312022 (2022)
NORCECANorth American Qualifier runners-up31 July 20220None
CEV2023 European Golden League champions24 June 2023220192022 (2022)
CEV2023 European Golden League runners-up24 June 20230None
AVC2023 Nations League last placed challenger team10 July 20230None
AVC2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions15 July 20230None

Format

The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Qatar) 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 15 July 2023.[4] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

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Quarterfinal 1 (Hosts) (58)
Quarterfinal 2 (12)
Quarterfinal 3 (13) (25)
Quarterfinal 4 (18) (24)

Venue

All matches
Doha, Qatar
Aspire Ladies Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final standing

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4
5
6
7
8
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2024 Nations League
Source: VCC 2023 final standings
14–man Roster
Kaan Gürbüz, Arda Bostan, Bedirhan Bülbül, Burutay Subaşı, Mirza Lagumdzija, Arslan Ekşi (c), Adis Lagumdzija, Faik Samet Güneş, Mert Matić, Berkay Bayraktar, Efe Bayram, Enes Atlı, Volkan Döne, Vahit Emre Savaş
Head coach
Alberto Giuliani

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qatar to host 2023 Volleyball Challenger Cup that will be held next July . 1 June 2023 . Doha Directory . 28 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Doha set for men's Challenger Cup quarterfinals on Friday . Volleyball World . 30 July 2023 . 27 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Dream come true for Türkiye as they win Challenger Cup 2023 . Vollleyball World . 30 July 2023 . 30 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Competition Formula . Volleyball World . 28 June 2023.