The structure of FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup 2023 includes a knockout format, consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals, and the grand finale.
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The fourth edition of the annual FIVB Volleyball Men’s Challenger Cup, which will serve as a qualifying event to the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League is scheduled to take place from July 28 to July 30, 2023. Hosted at the Aspire Ladies Sports Hall in Doha, Qatar, this international volleyball tournament will see eight nations’ teams vie for victory. Of these teams, four will be participating in the Challenger Cup for the first time – China, the Dominican Republic, Thailand, and Ukraine.
The structure of FIVB Volleyball Men’s Challenger Cup 2023 includes a knockout format, consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals, and the grand finale. The host nation, Qatar, will open its quarterfinal campaign against the team ranked lowest, i.e., Thailand, at the Aspire Ladies Sports Hall where a total of 2500 audience can be accommodated. The rest of the teams will be ranked from the 2nd to the 7th place based on the FIVB World Ranking as of July 15, 2023.
In the 2022 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Challenger Cup, Cuba emerged as the champions by prevailing over Turkey in the tournament’s final match. This victory secured Cuba a spot in the 2023 Nations League, effectively replacing Australia, which had ended up in the last position among the challenger teams in the 2022 edition. South Korea managed to clinch the third position by outplaying the Czech Republic in a match which determined the tournament’s third-place finisher.
All the timings are in Arabia Standard Time (UTC +03:00).
July 28, 2023
Tunisia vs Chile (Quarter-Final 1) – 11:00
Ukraine vs China (Quarter-Final 2) – 14:00
Qatar vs Thailand (Quarter-Final 3) – 17:00
Turkey vs Dominican Republic (Quarter-Final 4) – 20:00
July 29, 2023
Semi-final 1 – 16:00
Semi-final 2 – 19:00
July 30, 2023
Third-place match – 16:00
Final – 19:00
The LIVE Streaming of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Challenger Cup 2023 will be available on Volleyball world TV. To access the streaming, one has to subscribe to the VBTV premium which will cost $3.99 per month. The highlights of the matches of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Challenger Cup 2023 can be found on the YouTube channel of the Volleyball World.
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