2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nationFile:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
CityDoha
Dates28–30 July
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFile:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Third placeFile:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Chile.svg 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
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
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

Venue

All matches
Doha, Qatar
Aspire Ladies Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500
File:Ladies Sports hall - panoramio.jpg

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
28 July
 
 
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar3
 
29 July
 
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand0
 
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar3
 
28 July
 
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile0
 
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia0
 
30 July
 
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile3
 
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar2
 
28 July
 
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey3
 
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey3
 
29 July
 
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic1
 
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey3
 
28 July
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine2 3rd place match
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine3
 
30 July
 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China1
 
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile0
 
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine3
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
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
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
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
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

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. 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.
  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.

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