# 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fifth and last 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 Linyi Olympic Sports Park Stadium in Linyi, China, between 4 and 7 July 2024.
Three teams made their first appearance in the men's Challenger Cup in this edition: Belgium, Croatia and Mexico.
The host China won the title and earned the right to participate in the 2025 Nations League after defeating Belgium in the final. Egypt defeated Ukraine in the 3rd place match, but Ukraine still qualified for the 2025 Nations League through FIVB World Ranking.

## Qualification

A total of 8 teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| Egypt | CAVB | Highest ranked in CAVB | — | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | 5th place (2019) |
| Chile | CSV | Highest ranked in CSV | — | 4 | 2018 | 2023 | 4th place (2023) |
| China | AVC | Host country | 8 May 2024 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 5th place (2023) |
| Mexico | NORCECA | 2023 NORCECA Final Four champions | 11 June 2023 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Qatar | AVC | 2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions | 9 June 2024 | 2 | 2022 | 2023 | Runners-up (2023) |
| Ukraine | CEV | 2024 European Golden League champions | 15 June 2024 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 3rd place (2023) |
| Croatia | CEV | 2024 European Golden League runners-up | 15 June 2024 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Belgium | CEV | World ranking | 17 June 2024 | 0 | None | None | None |

## Format

The tournament competed in a knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final), with the host country (China) 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.
| Match | Top ranker | Bottom ranker |
| Quarterfinal 1 | China (Hosts) | Mexico (34) |
| Quarterfinal 2 | Ukraine (14) | Chile (28) |
| Quarterfinal 3 | Belgium (16) | Croatia (22) |
| Quarterfinal 4 | Egypt (19) | Qatar (21) |

## Venue

* All matches
* Linyi, China
* Linyi Olympic Sports Park Stadium
* Capacity: 20,410

## Knockout stage

* All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 4 July | 4 July | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | 6 July | 6 July | | |
| Mexico | 0 | 6 July | 6 July | |
| Mexico | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 5 July | 5 July | | China | 3 | |
| 5 July | 5 July | Egypt | 0 | |
| Egypt | 3 | Egypt | 0 | |
| Egypt | 3 | | | | 7 July | 7 July |
| Qatar | 2 | | | | 7 July | 7 July |
| Qatar | 2 | | | | China | 3 |
| 5 July | 5 July | | | | | China | 3 |
| 5 July | 5 July | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| Ukraine | 3 | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 6 July | 6 July | | | |
| Chile | 1 | 6 July | 6 July | | | |
| Chile | 1 | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
| 4 July | 4 July | | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
| 4 July | 4 July | Belgium | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Belgium | 3 | Belgium | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Belgium | 3 | | | | 7 July | 7 July |
| Croatia | 2 | | | | 7 July | 7 July |
| Croatia | 2 | | | | Egypt | 3 |
| | | | | | Ukraine | 2 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Jul | 15:30 | China | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–23 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–63 | P2 Report |
| 4 Jul | 19:30 | Belgium | 3–2 | Croatia | 25–20 | 25–18 | 22–25 | 15–25 | 15–13 | 102–101 | P2 Report |
| 5 Jul | 15:30 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Chile | 20–25 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | 95–86 | P2 Report |
| 5 Jul | 19:30 | Egypt | 3–2 | Qatar | 25–16 | 23–25 | 27–25 | 20–25 | 15–13 | 110–104 | P2 Report |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Jul | 16:00 | China | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–15 | 27–25 | 25–19 | | | 77–59 | P2 Report |
| 6 Jul | 20:00 | Ukraine | 2–3 | Belgium | 25–21 | 25–20 | 15–25 | 21–25 | 11–15 | 97–106 | P2 Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jul | 13:30 | Egypt | 3–2 | Ukraine | 21–25 | 25–20 | 20–25 | 25–17 | 15–13 | 106–100 | P2 Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jul | 17:00 | China | 3–1 | Belgium | 25–20 | 25–20 | 22–25 | 25–22 | | 97–87 | P2 Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | Belgium |
| | Egypt |
| 4 | Ukraine |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Qatar |
| 7 | Chile |
| 8 | Mexico |
* Qualified for the 2025 Nations League
* Qualified for the 2025 Nations League via FIVB World Ranking
* 2024 Men's Challenger Cup champions
* China First title
* 14–man Roster
* Jiang Chuan (c), Wang Hebin, Li Lei, Yu Yuantai, Wang Dongchen, Li Yongzhen, Yang Tianyuan, Zhai Dejun, Peng Shikun, Qu Zongshuai, Wang Jingyi, Rao Shuhan, Zhang Jingyin, Mao Tianyi
* Head coach
* Vital Heynen