2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fourth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, between 27 and 30 July 2023.

Five teams made their first appearance in the women's Challenger Cup in this edition: Kenya, Mexico, Sweden, Ukraine and Vietnam.

The host France won the title, defeating Sweden in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2024 Nations League replacing Croatia, the last placed challenger team in the 2023 edition. Colombia defeated Ukraine in the 3rd place match.

Qualification A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament. CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastCAVBHighest ranked in CAVB0NoneCSVHighest ranked in CSV220182022 (2018)CEVHost country1 June 202312022 (2022)NORCECA2022 NORCECA International League Final Four champions19 June 20220NoneAVC2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions25 June 20230NoneCEV2023 European Golden League champions28 June 20230NoneCEV2023 European Golden League runners-up28 June 20230NoneCEV2023 Nations League last placed challenger team2 July 2023220192022 (2022)

Format The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) with the host country (France) 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 10 July 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets except the host. MatchTop rankerBottom rankerQuarterfinal 1 (Hosts) (47)Quarterfinal 2 (17) (29)Quarterfinal 3 (19) (28)Quarterfinal 4 (20) (25)

Venue All matchesLaval, FranceEspace MayenneCapacity: 4,500

Knockout stage All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

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

14–woman RosterHéléna Cazaute (c), Amandine Giardino, Christina Bauer, Nina Stojiljković, Lucille Gicquel, Amandha Marine Sylves, Eva Brooklyn Elouga, Léandra Olinga-Andela, Émilie Respaut, Guewe Diouf, Amélie Rotar, Halimatou Bah, Sabine Haewegene, Juliette GelinHead coach Émile Rousseaux

2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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