2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fifth and last edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acted as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, the Philippines, between 4 and 7 July 2024.

The host Philippines were the only debutants in this edition.

The Czech Republic won the title and earned the right to participate in the 2025 Nations League after defeating Puerto Rico in the final. Vietnam defeated Belgium in the 3rd place match, but Belgium 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 CAVB12023 (2023)CSVHighest ranked in CSV12019 (2019)AVCHost country8 May 20240NoneNORCECA2023 NORCECA Final Four champions11 June 2023220182022 (2018, 2022)AVC2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions29 May 202412023 (2023)CEV2024 European Golden League champions15 June 202412023 (2023)CEV2024 European Golden League runners-up15 June 2024220192022 (2019)CEVWorld ranking17 June 202412022 (2022)

Format The tournament competed in a knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (Philippines) 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 (13) (24)Quarterfinal 3 (15) (20)Quarterfinal 4 (16) (17)

Venue All matchesManila, PhilippinesNinoy Aquino StadiumCapacity: 6,000

Squads

Knockout stage All times are Philippine 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–woman RosterEma Kneiflová, Silvie Pavlová, Helena Havelková, Magdalena Bukovská, Ela Koulisiani, Daniela Digrinová, Kateřina Valková, Veronika Dostálová, Magdaléna Jehlářová, Michaela Mlejnková (c), Klára Faltínová, Květa Grabovská, Gabriela Orvošová, Monika BrancuskáHead coach Ioannis Athanasopoulos

2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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