2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Qatar
CityDoha
Dates28–30 July
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up Qatar
Third place Ukraine
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance7,700 (963 per match)
Best scorerChile Vicente Parraguirre (67 points)
Best spikerChile Vicente Parraguirre (50.00%)
Best blockerQatar Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim (3.00 Avg)
Best serverTurkey Efe Bayram (2.33 Avg)
Best setterTurkey Arslan Ekşi (25.00 Avg)
Best diggerUkraine Oleksandr Boiko (11.33 Avg)
Best receiverUkraine Oleh Plotnytskyi (45.16%)
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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.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Tunisia CAVB Highest ranked in CAVB — 1 2022 6th place (2022)
 Chile CSV Highest ranked in CSV — 3 2018 2022 5th place (2018)
 Qatar AVC Host country 1 June 2023[1] 1 2022 7th place (2022)
 Dominican Republic NORCECA North American Qualifier runners-up[a] 31 July 2022 0 None None
 Turkey CEV 2023 European Golden League champions 24 June 2023 2 2019 2022 Runners-up (2022)
 Ukraine CEV 2023 European Golden League runners-up 24 June 2023 0 None None
 China AVC 2023 Nations League last placed challenger team 10 July 2023 0 None None
 Thailand AVC 2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions 15 July 2023 0 None None

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.

Match Top ranker Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1  Qatar (Hosts)  Thailand (58)
Quarterfinal 2  Turkey (12)  Dominican Republic (31)
Quarterfinal 3  Ukraine (13)  China (25)
Quarterfinal 4  Tunisia (18)  Chile (24)

Squads

Venue

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

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
28 July
 
 
 Qatar3
 
29 July
 
 Thailand0
 
 Qatar3
 
28 July
 
 Chile0
 
 Tunisia0
 
30 July
 
 Chile3
 
 Qatar2
 
28 July
 
 Turkey3
 
 Turkey3
 
29 July
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
 Turkey3
 
28 July
 
 Ukraine2 3rd place match
 
 Ukraine3
 
30 July
 
 China1
 
 Chile0
 
 
 Ukraine3
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Jul 11:00 Tunisia  0–3  Chile 19–25 23–25 23–25     65–75 P2 Report
28 Jul 14:00 Ukraine  3–1  China 25–19 25–22 23–25 25–19   98–85 P2 Report
28 Jul 17:00 Qatar  3–0  Thailand 26–24 25–23 26–24     77–71 P2 Report
28 Jul 20:00 Turkey  3–1  Dominican Republic 25–20 25–17 24–26 25–19   99–82 P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul 16:00 Turkey  3–2  Ukraine 18–25 25–23 25–17 19–25 15–13 102–103 P2 Report
29 Jul 19:00 Qatar  3–0  Chile 25–21 25–22 27–25     77–68 P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul 16:00 Chile  0–3  Ukraine 21–25 19–25 18–25     58–75 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul 19:00 Qatar  2–3  Turkey 13–25 25–21 18–25 25–22 9–15 90–108 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Cuba, the winners of the competition has already participated in the 2023 Nations League.

References

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