2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Qatar
City	Doha
Dates	28–30 July
Teams	8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Runners-up	Qatar
Third place	Ukraine
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Attendance	7,700 (963 per match)
Best scorer	Vicente Parraguirre (67 points)
Best spiker	Vicente Parraguirre (50.00%)
Best blocker	Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim (3.00 Avg)
Best server	Efe Bayram (2.33 Avg)
Best setter	Arslan Ekşi (25.00 Avg)
Best digger	Oleksandr Boiko (11.33 Avg)
Best receiver	Oleh Plotnytskyi (45.16%)
Official website
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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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Tunisia	CAVB	Highest ranked in CAVB	—	1	2022		6th place (2022)
Chile	CSV	Highest ranked in CSV	—	3	2018	2022	5th place (2018)
Qatar	AVC	Host country	1 June 2023^[1]	1	2022		7th place (2022)
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	North American Qualifier runners-up^[a]	31 July 2022	0	None		None
Turkey	CEV	2023 European Golden League champions	24 June 2023	2	2019	2022	Runners-up (2022)
Ukraine	CEV	2023 European Golden League runners-up	24 June 2023	0	None		None
China	AVC	2023 Nations League last placed challenger team	10 July 2023	0	None		None
Thailand	AVC	2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions	15 July 2023	0	None		None

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.^[4] Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

Match	Top ranker	Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1	Qatar (Hosts)	Thailand (58)
Quarterfinal 2	Turkey (12)	Dominican Republic (31)
Quarterfinal 3	Ukraine (13)	China (25)
Quarterfinal 4	Tunisia (18)	Chile (24)

Squads

Venue

All matches
Doha, Qatar
Aspire Ladies Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500

Knockout stage

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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

28 July

Qatar	3
		29 July
Thailand	0
		Qatar	3
28 July
		Chile	0
Tunisia	0
				30 July
Chile	3
				Qatar	2
28 July
				Turkey	3
Turkey	3
		29 July
Dominican Republic	1
		Turkey	3
28 July
		Ukraine	2	3rd place match
Ukraine	3
				30 July
China	1
				Chile	0

				Ukraine	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Jul	11:00	Tunisia	0–3	Chile	19–25	23–25	23–25		65–75	P2 Report
28 Jul	14:00	Ukraine	3–1	China	25–19	25–22	23–25	25–19	98–85	P2 Report
28 Jul	17:00	Qatar	3–0	Thailand	26–24	25–23	26–24		77–71	P2 Report
28 Jul	20:00	Turkey	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–17	24–26	25–19	99–82	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	16:00	Turkey	3–2	Ukraine	18–25	25–23	25–17	19–25	15–13	102–103	P2 Report
29 Jul	19:00	Qatar	3–0	Chile	25–21	25–22	27–25			77–68	P2 Report