{"id":130037,"date":"2024-07-03T23:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=130037"},"modified":"2024-07-03T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:31:31","slug":"big-volleyball-back-to-manila-for-volleyball-challenger-cups-last-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/big-volleyball-back-to-manila-for-volleyball-challenger-cups-last-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG VOLLEYBALL BACK TO MANILA FOR VOLLEYBALL CHALLENGER CUP\u2019S LAST EDITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Argentina, Belgium, Czechia, Kenya, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Vietnam to vie for promotion to VNL 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>After a thrilling European Golden League semifinal, Sweden and Belgium will meet again in an intriguing Challenger Cup quarterfinal (source: cev.eu)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just two weeks after welcoming eight of the world\u2019s best men\u2019s national teams for a week of Volleyball Nations League action, Manila and its fantastic sports fans will set the stage for some more big volleyball as eight women\u2019s national teams from around the world take to the Ninoy Aquino Stadium for the fifth and final edition of the women\u2019s Volleyball Challenger Cup taking place from Thursday to Sunday of this week. The Philippines will host Argentina, Belgium, Czechia, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Vietnam in the single-elimination four-day tournament that will determine the last winner in the history of the competition and issue a ticket to VNL 2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b> Watch Volleyball Challenger Cup 2024 live on <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/vb.tv\/\"><b>VBTV<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130040\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n-172x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n-172x300.jpeg 172w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n-587x1024.jpeg 587w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n-580x1012.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n-500x872.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n-600x1047.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449782963_7984205294975079_7027901240369992122_n.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Thursday\u2019s tournament opener, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7012\/players\/\">Puerto Rico<\/a> will take on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7014\/players\/\">Kenya<\/a> at 15:00 local time (07:00 UTC). The Caribbean team, currently number 15 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/world-ranking\/women\">FIVB Volleyball World Ranking<\/a>, were the first to qualify for the Challenger Cup by winning the NORCECA Final Four last year. They have participated twice within the previous four editions of the competition and earned the bronze medals in both 2018 and 2022. For Kenya, the world\u2019s number 20 team, the tournament in Manila will be an important test ahead of their trip to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. They booked their spot in the Challenger Cup as the highest ranked African team for the second consecutive time. Upon their debut in 2023, they were eliminated by Colombia in the quarterfinals. Puerto Rico have won all six encounters with Kenya in world-level competitions since 2002, most recently claiming a 3-1 victory at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women\u2019s World Championship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130039\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-232x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-768x995.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-1186x1536.jpeg 1186w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-580x751.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-860x1114.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-1160x1503.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-500x648.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-800x1036.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-1280x1658.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n-600x777.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449778455_7984205474975061_4908974043180701107_n.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s second quarterfinal, at 18:30 (10:30) will feature an exciting all-European clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7037\/players\/\">Belgium<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7033\/players\/\">Sweden<\/a>. Belgium took up the last available vacancy in the Challenger Cup line-up as the highest ranked eligible team (number 13) not yet qualified. They will make their second appearance at the competition. In 2022, they settled for silver after losing to hosts Croatia in the final. The world\u2019s number 24 team Sweden qualified for Manila as the 2024 CEV Volleyball European Golden League champions and will also play in the Challenger Cup for the second time, after losing the 2023 final to hosts France. Belgium and Sweden met as many as six times in the European League over the last two editions of the continental competition and the Scandinavians won four of those matches, including a five-set thriller in one of last month\u2019s semifinals.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cWe are going to the Challenger Cup with an open mind and will go for the win 110% in every match. The Yellow Tigers have shown in the past that they are determined and resilient, and that will be no different in this tournament. Sweden no longer hold any secrets for us. We hope to surprise them with some new faces in our starting line-up.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kris Vansnick, head coach of Belgium<\/p>\n<p>The second day of quarterfinals in Manila will start at the same time with a duel between <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7034\/players\/\">Czechia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7015\/players\/\">Argentina<\/a>. The European side reserved their Challenger Cup berth by finishing European Golden League runners-up to Sweden after a dramatic five-set final. Currently ranked number 16 in the world, they will appear in the competition for the third time. Their best result so far was the silver medal in 2019, when they lost to Canada in another five-set final. Argentina, the world\u2019s number 17, on the other hand, qualified as the highest ranked eligible South American team. In their only previous appearance in 2019, they took bronze. In fact it was Czechia that shut out Argentina in one of the 2019 Challenger Cup semifinals to follow up on winning the previous two encounters with this opponent in the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. Argentina, however, celebrated a 3-1 victory over Czechia in their latest encounter at the 2022 World Championship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130041\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-181x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-181x300.jpeg 181w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-618x1024.jpeg 618w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-768x1273.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-927x1536.jpeg 927w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-580x961.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-860x1425.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-1160x1922.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-500x828.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-800x1326.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n-600x994.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449783975_7984205314975077_8753386941585263854_n.jpeg 1236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the last of four quarterfinals, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7011\/players\/\">Philippines<\/a> will try to take inspiration from the home fans on the stands to overcome <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/teams\/women\/7013\/players\/\">Vietnam<\/a> in an all-Asian battle. Competing as the host nation, the Philippines are set to make their debut in the Challenger Cup. They are currently number 55 in the World Ranking. Number 34 Vietnam qualified for the Challenger Cup by winning the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup, which took place in late May also in Manila, where the home team took bronze achieving their first-ever podium finish in any senior-level AVC competition. The Philippines and Vietnam did not meet at that continental tournament. In the eight most recent encounters between the two teams in official competition, Vietnam won seven times, while the Philippines\u2019 most recent victory over this opponent dates back to the 2017 Asian Championship.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130043\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-580x326.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-860x484.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-1160x653.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-1320x743.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b-600x338.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vietnam celebrate during the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup final (source: vfv.org.vn)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Saturday\u2019s semifinals, the winner of the Puerto Rico v Kenya quarterfinal will meet the winner of the Belgium v Sweden match-up, and the winner of the Philippines v Vietnam game will take on the winner of the Czechia v Argentina encounter. Sunday\u2019s bronze medal match is set to start at 15:00 local time (07:00 UTC). The final is scheduled three and a half hours later, at 18:30 (10:30).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130038\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-171x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-171x300.jpeg 171w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-584x1024.jpeg 584w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-768x1347.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-876x1536.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-580x1017.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-860x1508.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-1160x2034.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-500x877.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-800x1403.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n-600x1052.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/449147613_7984205454975063_4960249551500811347_n.jpeg 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/challenger-cup\/schedule\/\">Volleyball Challenger Cup 2024: full schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>QUICK LINKS<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mikasa Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikasasports_official\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikasasports_official<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p>AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina, Belgium, Czechia, Kenya, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Vietnam to vie for promotion to VNL 2025 After a thrilling European Golden League semifinal, Sweden and Belgium will meet again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":130042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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