2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host nation | File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar |
City | Doha |
Dates | 28–30 July |
Teams | 8 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Champions | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (1st title) |
Runners-up | File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar |
Third place | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
Fourth place | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Attendance | 7,700 (963 per match) |
Best scorer | Chile Vicente Parraguirre (67 points) |
Best spiker | Chile Vicente Parraguirre (50.00%) |
Best blocker | Qatar Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim (3.00 Avg) |
Best server | Turkey Efe Bayram (2.33 Avg) |
Best setter | Turkey Arslan Ekşi (25.00 Avg) |
Best digger | Ukraine Oleksandr Boiko (11.33 Avg) |
Best receiver | Ukraine Oleh Plotnytskyi (45.16%) |
Official website | |
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 | ||
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Total | First | Last | |||||
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | CAVB | Highest ranked in CAVB | — | 1 | 2022 | 6th place (2022) | |
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | CSV | Highest ranked in CSV | — | 3 | 2018 | 2022 | 5th place (2018) |
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar | AVC | Host country | 1 June 2023[1] | 1 | 2022 | 7th place (2022) | |
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | NORCECA | North American Qualifier runners-up[lower-alpha 1] | 31 July 2022 | 0 | None | None | |
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | CEV | 2023 European Golden League champions | 24 June 2023 | 2 | 2019 | 2022 | Runners-up (2022) |
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | CEV | 2023 European Golden League runners-up | 24 June 2023 | 0 | None | None | |
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | AVC | 2023 Nations League last placed challenger team | 10 July 2023 | 0 | None | None | |
File:Flag of Thailand.svg 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 |
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Quarterfinal 1 | File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (Hosts) | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (58) |
Quarterfinal 2 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (12) | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (31) |
Quarterfinal 3 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (13) | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (25) |
Quarterfinal 4 | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (18) | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (24) |
Squads
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Venue
All matches |
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Doha, Qatar |
Aspire Ladies Sports Hall |
Capacity: 2,500 |
File:Ladies Sports hall - panoramio.jpg |
Knockout stage
- All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Quarterfinals
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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28 Jul | 11:00 | Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg | 0–3 | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 19–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | 65–75 | P2 Report | ||
28 Jul | 14:00 | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 25–19 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 98–85 | P2 Report | |
28 Jul | 17:00 | Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 26–24 | 25–23 | 26–24 | 77–71 | P2 Report | ||
28 Jul | 20:00 | Turkey File:Flag of Turkey.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 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 | ||
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29 Jul | 16:00 | Turkey File:Flag of Turkey.svg | 3–2 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 18–25 | 25–23 | 25–17 | 19–25 | 15–13 | 102–103 | P2 Report |
29 Jul | 19:00 | Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Chile.svg 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 | ||
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30 Jul | 16:00 | Chile File:Flag of Chile.svg | 0–3 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg 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 | ||
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30 Jul | 19:00 | Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 2–3 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 13–25 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 9–15 | 90–108 | P2 Report |
Final standing
Source: VCC 2023 final standings |
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Cuba, the winners of the competition has already participated in the 2023 Nations League.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Qatar to host 2023 Volleyball Challenger Cup that will be held next July". Doha Directory. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ↑ "Doha set for men's Challenger Cup quarterfinals on Friday". Volleyball World. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Dream come true for Türkiye as they win Challenger Cup 2023". Vollleyball World. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ↑ "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
External links
- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
- 2023 Challenger Cup – official website
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