2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
City	Manila
Dates	4–7 July
Teams	8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Attendance	6,828 (1,366 per match)
Official website
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The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup is 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 acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament is currently held at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, Philippines, between 4 and 7 July 2024.^[1]^[2]

The host Philippines were the only debutants in this edition.^[2]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Kenya	CAVB	Highest ranked in CAVB	—	1	2023		6th place (2023)
Argentina	CSV	Highest ranked in CSV	—	1	2019		3rd place (2019)
Philippines	AVC	Host country	8 May 2024^[1]	0	None		None
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	2023 NORCECA Final Four champions	11 June 2023	2	2018	2022	3rd place (2018, 2022)
Vietnam	AVC	2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions	29 May 2024	1	2023		8th place (2023)
Sweden	CEV	2024 European Golden League champions	15 June 2024	1	2023		Runners-up (2023)
Czech Republic	CEV	2024 European Golden League runners-up	15 June 2024	2	2019	2022	Runners-up (2019)
Belgium	CEV	World ranking	17 June 2024	1	2022		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.^[3] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

Match	Top ranker	Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1	Philippines (Hosts)	Vietnam (34)
Quarterfinal 2	Belgium (13)	Sweden (24)
Quarterfinal 3	Puerto Rico (15)	Kenya (20)
Quarterfinal 4	Czech Republic (16)	Argentina (17)

Venue

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

Knockout stage

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

5 July

Philippines	0
		6 July
Vietnam	3
		Vietnam
5 July
		Czech Republic
Czech Republic	3
				7 July
Argentina	0

4 July
				Puerto Rico
Belgium	3
		6 July
Sweden	0
		Belgium	0
4 July
		Puerto Rico	3	3rd place match
Puerto Rico	3
				7 July
Kenya	0


				Belgium

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
4 Jul	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Kenya	25–20	25–19	27–25	77–64	P2 Report
4 Jul	18:30	Belgium	3–0	Sweden	25–16	25–23	25–22	75–61	P2 Report
5 Jul	15:00	Czech Republic	3–0	Argentina	25–15	25–22	25–16	75–53	P2 Report
5 Jul	18:30	Philippines	0–3	Vietnam	14–25	22–25	21–25	57–75	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	15:00	Belgium	0–3	Puerto Rico	19–25	15–25	16–25			50–75	P2 Report
6 Jul	18:30	Vietnam	0–2	Czech Republic	19–25	14–25	–			33–50	Report