2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

{{Infobox FIVB tournament

| competition = FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

| continent = World

| gender = women

| year = 2024

| logo = 2024 FIVB WVCC logo.png

| size = 300

| caption = Official logo

| 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

| attendance = {{#expr: 129+239+988+5022+ 450+681+ 502+856}}

| best_scorer = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền {{small|(77 points)}}}}

| best_spiker = {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền {{small|(43.20{{Tooltip|%|Success percentage}})}}

| best_blocker = {{flagicon|BEL}} Britt Fransen {{small|(4.00 {{Tooltip|Avg|Average per match}})}}

| best_server = {{flagicon|PUR}} Wilmarie Rivera {{small|(1.33 {{Tooltip|Avg|Average per match}})}}

| best_setter = {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Valková {{small|(18.67 {{Tooltip|Avg|Average per match}})}}

| best_digger = {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Khánh Đang {{small|(13.00 {{Tooltip|Avg|Average per match}})}}

| best_receiver = {{flagicon|PUR}} Stephanie Rivera {{small|(23.44{{Tooltip|%|Efficiency percentage}})}}

| website = [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/ Volleyball Challenger Cup]

| last = 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

| next =

}}

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.{{cite press release |title=China And The Philippines Set To Host Volleyball Challenger Cup 2024 VCC champions to join expanded VNL from 2025 onwards |url=https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/china-and-the-philippines-set-to-host?id=101374 |access-date=9 May 2024 |publisher=FIVB |date=8 May 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509022515/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/china-and-the-philippines-set-to-host?id=101374%7D%7D |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Big volleyball back to Manila for Volleyball Challenger Cup's last edition |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/news/big-volleyball-back-to-manila-for-volleyball-challenger-cup-s-last-edition |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=Volleyball World |date=3 July 2024 |archive-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web |title=Czechia triumph as first-time Challenger Cup winners and qualify for VNL 2025! |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/news/czechia-triumph-as-first-time-challenger-cup-winners-and-qualify-for-vnl-2025 |website=Volleyball World |access-date=7 July 2024 |date=7 July 2024}} Vietnam defeated Belgium in the 3rd place match,{{cite web |title=VN's semifinal journey ends with loss to Czech Republic in FIVB Challenger Cup |url=https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vn-s-semifinal-journey-ends-with-loss-to-czech-republic-in-fivb-challenger-cup-2299181.html |website=VietNamNet News |access-date=7 July 2024 |date=7 July 2024 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live}} but Belgium still qualified for the 2025 Nations League through FIVB World Ranking.{{cite web |last=Pareja |first=Marcos Menocal |title=Volleyball Nations League (VNL) to feature 18 teams from 2025 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143749/vnl-feature-18-teams-29025-volleyball |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=Inside the Games |date=14 February 2024}}

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Country

!rowspan=2|Confederation

!rowspan=2|Qualified as

!rowspan=2|Qualified on

!colspan=3|Previous appearances

!rowspan=2|Previous best performance

Total

!First

!Last

{{vbw|KEN}}

|CAVB

|Highest ranked in CAVB

|{{N/A}}

|style="text-align:center"|1

|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2023

|{{sort|6|6th place}} (2023)

{{vbw|ARG}}

|CSV

|Highest ranked in CSV

|{{N/A}}

|style="text-align:center"|1

|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2019

|{{sort|3|3rd place}} (2019)

{{vbw|PHI}}

|AVC

|Host country

|8 May 2024

|style="text-align:center"|0

|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|None

|{{sort|99|None}}

{{vbw|PUR}}

|NORCECA

|2023 NORCECA Final Four champions

|11 June 2023

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|2018

|style="text-align:center"|2022

|{{sort|3|3rd place}} (2018, 2022)

{{vbw|VIE}}

|AVC

|2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions

|29 May 2024

|style="text-align:center"|1

|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2023

|{{sort|8|8th place}} (2023)

{{vbw|SWE}}

|CEV

|2024 European Golden League champions

|15 June 2024

|style="text-align:center"|1

|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2023

|{{sort|2|Runners-up}} (2023)

{{nowrap|{{vbw|CZE}}}}

|CEV

|2024 European Golden League runners-up

|15 June 2024

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|2019

|style="text-align:center"|2022

|{{sort|2|Runners-up}} (2019)

{{vbw|BEL}}

|CEV

|World ranking

|17 June 2024

|style="text-align:center"|1

|colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2022

|{{sort|2|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.{{cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/competition/competition-formula |title=Competition Formula |website=Volleyball World |access-date=8 May 2024 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509022518/https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/competition/competition-formula |url-status=live}} Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

class="wikitable" width=500
width=25%|Match

!width=37.5%|Top ranker

!width=37.5%|Bottom ranker

Quarterfinal 1

|{{vbw|PHI}} (Hosts)

|{{vbw|VIE}} (34)

Quarterfinal 2

|{{vbw|BEL}} (13)

|{{vbw|SWE}} (24)

Quarterfinal 3

|{{vbw|PUR}} (15)

|{{vbw|KEN}} (20)

Quarterfinal 4

|{{vbw|CZE}} (16)

|{{vbw|ARG}} (17)

Venue

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All matches
Manila, Philippines
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Capacity: 6,000
200px

Squads

{{Main|2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup squads}}

Knockout stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N8

|RD1=Quarterfinals

|RD2=Semifinals

|RD3=Final

|Consol=3rd place match

|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=yes

|color=yes

|5 July|{{vbw|PHI}}|0|{{vbw|VIE}}|3

|5 July|{{vbw|CZE}}|3|{{vbw|ARG}}|0

|4 July|{{vbw|BEL}}|3|{{vbw|SWE}}|0

|4 July|{{vbw|PUR}}|3|{{vbw|KEN}}|0

|6 July|{{vbw|VIE}}|0|{{vbw|CZE}}|3

|6 July|{{vbw|BEL}}|0|{{vbw|PUR}}|3

|7 July|{{vbw|CZE}}|3|{{vbw|PUR}}|1

|7 July|{{vbw|VIE}}|3|{{vbw|BEL}}|1

}}

= Quarterfinals =

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|4 Jul|15:00|{{vbw-rt|PUR}}|3–0|{{vbw|KEN}}|25–20|25–19|27–25|||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256680148 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20204 Report]}}

{{Vb res 51|4 Jul|18:30|{{vbw-rt|BEL}}|3–0|{{vbw|SWE}}|25–16|25–23|25–22|||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256680359 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20205 Report]}}

{{Vb res 51|5 Jul|15:00|{{vbw-rt|CZE}}|3–0|{{vbw|ARG}}|25–15|25–22|25–16|||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256680865 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20206 Report]}}

{{Vb res 51|5 Jul|18:30|{{vbw-rt|PHI}}|0–3|{{vbw|VIE}}|14–25|22–25|21–25|||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256681148 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20207 Report]}}

{{end}}

= Semifinals =

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|6 Jul|15:00|{{vbw-rt|BEL}}|0–3|{{vbw|PUR}}|19–25|15–25|16–25|||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256681403 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20208/ Report]}}

{{Vb res 51|6 Jul|18:30|{{vbw-rt|VIE}}|0–3|{{vbw|CZE}}|19–25|14–25|19–25|||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256681530 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20209/ Report]}}

{{end}}

= 3rd place match =

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|7 Jul|15:00|{{vbw-rt|VIE}}|3–1|{{vbw|BEL}}|25–23|23–25|25–20|25–17||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256681690 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20210/ Report]}}

{{end}}

= Final =

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|7 Jul|18:30|{{vbw-rt|CZE}}|3–1|{{vbw|PUR}}|25–23|25–20|18–25|25–18||11=[https://www.fivb.org/vis2009/getdocument.asmx?no=256681723 P2] [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/schedule/20211/ Report]}}

{{end}}

Final standing

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=40|Rank

!width=180|Team

bgcolor=#ccffcc

|{{Gold1}}

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|CZE}}

{{Silver2}}

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|PUR}}

{{Bronze3}}

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|VIE}}

bgcolor=#dfefff

|4

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|BEL}}

5

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|KEN}}

6

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|SWE}}

7

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|PHI}}

8

|style="text-align:left"|{{vbw|ARG}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 2025 Nations League
width=10px bgcolor=#dfefff|Qualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking

Source: [https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/challenger-cup/standings/women/#round-f VCC 2024 final standings]

{{col-2}}

{{winners|vbw|2024 Women's Challenger Cup champions|CZE|1st}}

style="text-align:center; margin-top:2em; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
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
{{flagdeco|GRE}} Ioannis Athanasopoulos

{{col-end}}

See also

References

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