Competition: | FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
Continent: | World |
Gender: | women |
Year: | 2024 |
Size: | 300 |
Host: | Philippines |
City: | Manila |
Dates: | 4–7 July |
Teams: | 8 |
Confederations: | 5 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champions: | CZE |
Title Number: | 1 |
Second: | PUR |
Third: | VIE |
Fourth: | BEL |
Matches: | 8 |
Website: | Volleyball Challenger Cup |
Last: | 2023 FIVB Women's 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]
The host Philippines were the only debutants in this edition.
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]
A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.
Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
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Total | First | Last | |||||
CAVB | Highest ranked in CAVB | 1 | 2023 | (2023) | |||
CSV | Highest ranked in CSV | 1 | 2019 | (2019) | |||
AVC | Host country | 8 May 2024 | 0 | None | |||
NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA Final Four champions | 11 June 2023 | 2 | 2018 | 2022 | (2018, 2022) | |
AVC | 2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions | 29 May 2024 | 1 | 2023 | (2023) | ||
CEV | 2024 European Golden League champions | 15 June 2024 | 1 | 2023 | (2023) | ||
CEV | 2024 European Golden League runners-up | 15 June 2024 | 2 | 2019 | 2022 | (2019) | |
CEV | World ranking | 17 June 2024 | 1 | 2022 | (2022) |
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.
width=25% | Match | width=37.5% | Top ranker | width=37.5% | Bottom ranker |
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Quarterfinal 1 | (Hosts) | (34) | |||
Quarterfinal 2 | (13) | (24) | |||
Quarterfinal 3 | (15) | (20) | |||
Quarterfinal 4 | (16) | (17) |
All matches | |
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Manila, Philippines | |
Ninoy Aquino Stadium | |
Capacity: 6,000 | |
See main article: 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup squads.
width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team |
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4 | |||
5 | |||
6 | |||
7 | |||
8 |
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2025 Nations League | ||
width=10px bgcolor=#dfefff | Qualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking |
14–woman Roster | |
Ema Kneiflová, Silvie Pavlová, Helena Havelková, Magdalena Bukovská, Ela Koulisiani, Daniela Digrinová, Kateřina Valková, Veronika Dostálová, Magdaléna Jehlářová, Michaela Mlejnková (c), Klára Faltínová, Květa Grabovská, Gabriela Orvošová, Monika Brancuská | |
Head coach | |
Ioannis Athanasopoulos |