2023 FIVB Men's 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.

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.

Qualification A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament. CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastCAVBHighest ranked in CAVB12022 (2022)CSVHighest ranked in CSV320182022 (2018)AVCHost country1 June 202312022 (2022)NORCECANorth American Qualifier runners-up31 July 20220NoneCEV2023 European Golden League champions24 June 2023220192022 (2022)CEV2023 European Golden League runners-up24 June 20230NoneAVC2023 Nations League last placed challenger team10 July 20230NoneAVC2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions15 July 20230None

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. Rankings are shown in brackets except the host. MatchTop rankerBottom rankerQuarterfinal 1 (Hosts) (58)Quarterfinal 2 (12)Quarterfinal 3 (13) (25)Quarterfinal 4 (18) (24)

Squads

Venue All matchesDoha, QatarAspire Ladies Sports HallCapacity: 2,500

Knockout stage All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam45678 Qualified for the 2024 Nations League Source: VCC 2023 final standings

14–man RosterKaan Gürbüz, Arda Bostan, Bedirhan Bülbül, Burutay Subaşı, Mirza Lagumdžija, Arslan Ekşi (c), Adis Lagumdžija, Faik Samet Güneş, Mert Matić, Berkay Bayraktar, Efe Bayram, Enes Atlı, Volkan Döne, Vahit Emre SavaşHead coach Alberto Giuliani

2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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