2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

Volleyball competition held in China
%)Best blockerEgypt Mohamed Masoud (3.67 Avg)Best serverEgypt Reda Haikal (2.33 Avg)Best setterUkraine Serhii Yevstratov 32.00 Avg)Best diggerUkraine Yaroslav Pampushko (9.33 Avg)Best receiverBelgium Seppe Rotty (25.00%)Official websiteVolleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fifth and last 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 Linyi Olympic Sports Park Stadium in Linyi, China, between 4 and 7 July 2024.[1][2]

Three teams made their first appearance in the men's Challenger Cup in this edition: Belgium, Croatia and Mexico.[2]

The host China won the title and earned the right to participate in the 2025 Nations League after defeating Belgium in the final.[3][4] Egypt defeated Ukraine in the 3rd place match,[4] but Ukraine still qualified for the 2025 Nations League through FIVB World Ranking.[citation needed]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Egypt CAVB Highest ranked in CAVB — 1 2019 5th place (2019)
 Chile CSV Highest ranked in CSV — 4 2018 2023 4th place (2023)
 China AVC Host country 8 May 2024[1] 1 2023 5th place (2023)
 Mexico NORCECA 2023 NORCECA Final Four champions 11 June 2023 0 None None
 Qatar AVC 2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions 9 June 2024 2 2022 2023 Runners-up (2023)
 Ukraine CEV 2024 European Golden League champions 15 June 2024 1 2023 3rd place (2023)
 Croatia CEV 2024 European Golden League runners-up 15 June 2024 0 None None
 Belgium CEV World ranking 17 June 2024 0 None None

Format

The tournament competed in a knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (China) 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.[5] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

Match Top ranker Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1  China (Hosts)  Mexico (34)
Quarterfinal 2  Ukraine (14)  Chile (28)
Quarterfinal 3  Belgium (16)  Croatia (22)
Quarterfinal 4  Egypt (19)  Qatar (21)

Venue

All matches
Linyi, China
Linyi Olympic Sports Park Stadium
Capacity: 20,410

Squads

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
4 July
 
 
 China3
 
6 July
 
 Mexico0
 
 China3
 
5 July
 
 Egypt0
 
 Egypt3
 
7 July
 
 Qatar2
 
 China3
 
5 July
 
 Belgium1
 
 Ukraine3
 
6 July
 
 Chile1
 
 Ukraine2
 
4 July
 
 Belgium3 3rd place match
 
 Belgium3
 
7 July
 
 Croatia2
 
 Egypt3
 
 
 Ukraine2
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Jul 15:30 China  3–0  Mexico 25–23 25–17 25–23     75–63 P2 Report
4 Jul 19:30 Belgium  3–2  Croatia 25–20 25–18 22–25 15–25 15–13 102–101 P2 Report
5 Jul 15:30 Ukraine  3–1  Chile 20–25 25–23 25–19 25–19   95–86 P2 Report
5 Jul 19:30 Egypt  3–2  Qatar 25–16 23–25 27–25 20–25 15–13 110–104 P2 Report

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Jul 16:00 China  3–0  Egypt 25–15 27–25 25–19     77–59 P2 Report
6 Jul 20:00 Ukraine  2–3  Belgium 25–21 25–20 15–25 21–25 11–15 97–106 P2 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jul 13:30 Egypt  3–2  Ukraine 21–25 25–20 20–25 25–17 15–13 106–100 P2 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Jul 17:00 China  3–1  Belgium 25–20 25–20 22–25 25–22   97–87 P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
4  Ukraine
5  Croatia
6  Qatar
7  Chile
8  Mexico
Qualified for the 2025 Nations League
Qualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking

Source: VCC 2024 final standings

 2024 Men's Challenger Cup champions 

China
First title
14–man Roster
Jiang Chuan (c), Wang Hebin, Li Lei, Yu Yuantai, Wang Dongchen, Li Yongzhen, Yang Tianyuan, Zhai Dejun, Peng Shikun, Qu Zongshuai, Wang Jingyi, Rao Shuhan, Zhang Jingyin, Mao Tianyi
Head coach
Vital Heynen

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "China And The Philippines Set To Host Volleyball Challenger Cup 2024 VCC champions to join expanded VNL from 2025 onwards" (Press release). FIVB. 8 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup gets underway in Linyi". Volleyball World. 3 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "男排世挑杯中國3-1挫比利時奪魁 進軍2025世聯賽" [China defeated Belgium 3-1 in the Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup to win the title and advance to the 2025 Nations League]. Sina (in Chinese). 7 July 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "China return to the VNL with Challenger Cup gold". Volleyball World. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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