2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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.

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

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

Qualification A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament. CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastCAVBHighest ranked in CAVB12019 (2019)CSVHighest ranked in CSV420182023 (2023)AVCHost country8 May 202412023 (2023)NORCECA2023 NORCECA Final Four champions11 June 20230NoneAVC2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions9 June 2024220222023 (2023)CEV2024 European Golden League champions15 June 202412023 (2023)CEV2024 European Golden League runners-up15 June 20240NoneCEVWorld ranking17 June 20240None

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. Rankings are shown in brackets except the host. MatchTop rankerBottom rankerQuarterfinal 1 (Hosts) (34)Quarterfinal 2 (14) (28)Quarterfinal 3 (16) (22)Quarterfinal 4 (19) (21)

Venue All matchesLinyi, ChinaLinyi Olympic Sports Park StadiumCapacity: 20,410

Squads

Knockout stage All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

RankTeam45678 Qualified for the 2025 Nations League Qualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking Source: VCC 2024 final standings

14–man RosterJiang 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 TianyiHead coach Vital Heynen

2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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