2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
International volleyball tournament
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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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Qatar |
| City | Doha |
| Dates | 28–30 July |
| Teams | 8 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Turkey (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Qatar |
| Third place |  Ukraine |
| Fourth place |  Chile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Attendance | 7,700 (963 per match) |
| Best scorer | Vicente Parraguirre (67 points) |
| Best spiker | Vicente Parraguirre (50.00%) |
| Best blocker | Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim (3.00 Avg) |
| Best server | Efe Bayram (2.33 Avg) |
| Best setter | Arslan Ekşi (25.00 Avg) |
| Best digger | Oleksandr Boiko (11.33 Avg) |
| Best receiver | Oleh Plotnytskyi (45.16%) |
← 2022 2024 → | |
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 | N/a | 1 | 2022 | 6th place (2022) | |
| Chile |
CSV | Highest ranked in CSV | N/a | 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.
Squads
Venue
| All matches |
|---|
| Doha, Qatar |
| Aspire Ladies Sports Hall |
| Capacity: 2,500 |
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Knockout stage
- All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 28 July | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 July | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 3 | |||||||||
| 28 July | ||||||||||
| Chile | 0 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 July | ||||||||||
| Chile | 3 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 July | ||||||||||
| Turkey | 3 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 July | ||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 1 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 3 | |||||||||
| 28 July | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 2 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 3 | |||||||||
| 30 July | ||||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||
| Chile | 0 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 3 | |||||||||
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
3rd place match
Final
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.
