2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup explained

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]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
CAVBHighest ranked in CAVB12023 (2023)
CSVHighest ranked in CSV12019 (2019)
AVCHost country8 May 20240None
NORCECA2023 NORCECA Final Four champions11 June 2023220182022 (2018, 2022)
AVC2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions29 May 202412023 (2023)
CEV2024 European Golden League champions15 June 202412023 (2023)
CEV2024 European Golden League runners-up15 June 2024220192022 (2019)
CEVWorld ranking17 June 202412022 (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.

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Quarterfinal 1 (Hosts) (34)
Quarterfinal 2 (13) (24)
Quarterfinal 3 (15) (20)
Quarterfinal 4 (16) (17)

Venue

All matches
Manila, Philippines
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Capacity: 6,000

Squads

See main article: 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup squads.

Knockout stage

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Team
4
5
6
7
8
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2025 Nations League
width=10px bgcolor=#dfefffQualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking
Source: VCC 2024 final standings
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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. China And The Philippines Set To Host Volleyball Challenger Cup 2024 VCC champions to join expanded VNL from 2025 onwards . 9 May 2024 . . 8 May 2024 . 9 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509022515/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/china-and-the-philippines-set-to-host?id=101374%7D%7D . live.
  2. Web site: Big volleyball back to Manila for Volleyball Challenger Cup's last edition . 4 July 2024 . Volleyball World . 3 July 2024 . 3 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703070849/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/news/big-volleyball-back-to-manila-for-volleyball-challenger-cup-s-last-edition . live.
  3. Web site: Czechia triumph as first-time Challenger Cup winners and qualify for VNL 2025! . Volleyball World . 7 July 2024 . 7 July 2024.
  4. Web site: VN's semifinal journey ends with loss to Czech Republic in FIVB Challenger Cup . VietNamNet News . 7 July 2024 . 7 July 2024 . 6 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240706202239/https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vn-s-semifinal-journey-ends-with-loss-to-czech-republic-in-fivb-challenger-cup-2299181.html . live.
  5. Web site: Pareja . Marcos Menocal . Volleyball Nations League (VNL) to feature 18 teams from 2025 . 15 June 2024 . . 14 February 2024.
  6. Web site: Competition Formula . Volleyball World . 8 May 2024 . 9 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509022518/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/competition/competition-formula . live.