FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
SportVolleyball
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
First season2018
Ceased2024
CEOBrazil Ary Graça
No. of teams8
ContinentInternational (FIVB)
Last
champion(s)		 Czech Republic
(1st title)
Most titles Bulgaria
 Canada
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 France
(1 title each)
Streaming partner(s)Volleyball TV
Promotion toNations League
Official websiteVolleyball Challenger Cup

The FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The Challenger Cup served as a qualifying tournament for the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), with the winner earning the right to participate in the following year's VNL.[1][2]

A corresponding tournament for men's national teams was the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup.

History

The Challenger Cup was first announced in October 2017 (alongside the announcement of the Nations League) as a joint project between the FIVB, the IMG and 21 national federations.[3] The inaugural tournament was played between 20 and 24 June 2018 in Lima, Peru. Bulgaria won the tournament, defeating Colombia in the final and qualified for the 2019 Nations League.

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the Challenger Cup were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the tournament returned in 2022, it had a new knockout formula and the number of participating teams had increased from six to eight.[2]

In 2024, FIVB announced that the world ranking would replace the Challenger Cup as the qualifier for the 2026 Nations League and the tournament was discontinued.[4]

Format

2018–2019

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in a round-robin format. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The first ranked teams play against the second ranked teams in this round. The winners of the semifinals advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The champion team will qualify for the next year's Nations League as a challenger team.[1][5]

2022–2024

The eight qualified teams play in a knockout stage format. The top four teams in the quarterfinals will qualify for the semifinals. The winner of the quarterfinal 1 will play a semifinal match against the winner of the quarterfinal 4 and the winner of the quarterfinal 2 will play a semifinal match against the winner of the quarterfinal 3. The winners of the semifinals will advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The champion team will qualify for the next year's Nations league as a challenger team.[6]

Qualification

Confederation Slots
AVC (Asia) 1
CAVB (Africa) 1
CSV (South America) 1
CEV (Europe) 2
NORCECA (North America) 1
Total 8 (6+H+VNL)

Hosts

List of hosts by number of final cups hosted.

Times hosted Hosts Year(s)
2  Peru 2018, 2019
1  Croatia 2022
 France 2023
 Philippines 2024

Appearance

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •    – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Team Peru
2018
(6)		 Peru
2019
(6)		 Croatia
2022
(8)		 France
2023
(8)		 Philippines
2024
(8)

Total

 Argentina • 3rd • • 8th 2
 Australia 5th • • • • 1
 Belgium • • 2nd • 4th 2
 Bulgaria 1st • • • • 1
 Cameroon • • 8th • • 1
 Canada • 1st • • • 1
 Chinese Taipei • 6th • • • 1
 Colombia 2nd • 4th 3rd • 3
 Croatia • 4th 1st 7th • 3
 Czech Republic • 2nd 6th • 1st 3
 France • • 5th 1st • 2
 Hungary 5th • • • • 1
 Kazakhstan • • 7th • • 1
 Kenya • • • 6th 5th 2
 Mexico • • • 5th • 1
 Peru 4th 5th • • • 2
 Philippines • • • • 7th 1
 Puerto Rico 3rd • 3rd • 2nd 3
 Sweden • • • 2nd 6th 2
 Ukraine • • • 4th • 1
 Vietnam • • • 8th 3rd 2

Results summary

Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2018
Details 		Peru
Lima
Bulgaria 		3–1
Colombia
Puerto Rico 		3–2
Peru 		6
2019
Details 		Peru
Lima
Canada 		3–2
Czech Republic
Argentina 		3–0
Croatia 		6
2020 Croatia
Zadar 		Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022
Details 		Croatia
Zadar
Croatia 		3–1
Belgium
Puerto Rico 		3–1
Colombia 		8
2023
Details 		France
Laval
France 		3–1
Sweden
Colombia 		3–1
Ukraine 		8
2024
Details 		Philippines
Manila
Czech Republic 		3–1
Puerto Rico
Vietnam 		3–1
Belgium 		8

Medals summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Czech Republic1102
2 Bulgaria1001
 Canada1001
 Croatia1001
 France1001
6 Puerto Rico0123
7 Colombia0112
8 Belgium0101
 Sweden0101
10 Argentina0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (11 entries)55515

Nations League qualifier

Year Relegated Challenger Team Remaining Challenger Teams Challenger Cup Winner
2018  Argentina Fall  Belgium Same position  Dominican Republic Same position  Poland Same position Only 4 challenger teams in the tournament  Bulgaria Rise
2019  Bulgaria Fall  Canada Rise
2021 None[7][8]  Canada Same position Cancelled[9]
2022  Belgium Fall  Bulgaria[a] Same position  Croatia Rise
2023  Croatia Fall  France Rise
2024 None[4]  Czech Republic Rise

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bulgaria replaced Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Russia was out of the Nations League.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". Volleyball World. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ "FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League". FIVB.org. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "VNL to expand to 18 teams in 2025". Volleyball World. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Six teams line up for Volleyball Challenger Cup and one open berth in 2019 Men's and Women's VNL". FIVB.org. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Competition Formula". Volleyball World. Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  7. ^ "Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 – Everything you need to know". IOC. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ^ "FIVB statement on participating teams at VNL 2021". FIVB. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  9. ^ "FIVB announces cancellation of Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021". Volleyball World. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  10. ^ "FIVB Declares Russia And Belarus Not Eligible For International And Continental Competitions". FIVB. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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