# 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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.
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.

## 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 |
| Tunisia | CAVB | Highest ranked in CAVB | — | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 6th place (2022) |
| Chile | CSV | Highest ranked in CSV | — | 3 | 2018 | 2022 | 5th place (2018) |
| Qatar | AVC | Host country | 1 June 2023 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 7th place (2022) |
| Dominican Republic | NORCECA | North American Qualifier runners-up | 31 July 2022 | 0 | None | 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 | None |
| China | AVC | 2023 Nations League last placed challenger team | 10 July 2023 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Thailand | AVC | 2023 Asian Challenge Cup champions | 15 July 2023 | 0 | None | 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. 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) |

## Venue

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

## Knockout stage

* All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 28 July | 28 July | | | |
| Qatar | 3 | | | |
| Qatar | 3 | 29 July | 29 July | | |
| Thailand | 0 | 29 July | 29 July | |
| Thailand | 0 | Qatar | 3 | |
| 28 July | 28 July | | Qatar | 3 | |
| 28 July | 28 July | Chile | 0 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | Chile | 0 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| Chile | 3 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| Chile | 3 | | | | Qatar | 2 |
| 28 July | 28 July | | | | | Qatar | 2 |
| 28 July | 28 July | | | | Turkey | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | | | | Turkey | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 29 July | 29 July | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 29 July | 29 July | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | Turkey | 3 | | | |
| 28 July | 28 July | | Turkey | 3 | | | |
| 28 July | 28 July | Ukraine | 2 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Ukraine | 3 | Ukraine | 2 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Ukraine | 3 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| China | 1 | | | | 30 July | 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 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 16:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Ukraine | 21–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | | 58–75 | P2 Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 19:00 | Qatar | 2–3 | Turkey | 13–25 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 9–15 | 90–108 | P2 Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Turkey |
| | Qatar |
| | Ukraine |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Dominican Republic |
| 7 | Thailand |
| 8 | Tunisia |
* Qualified for the 2024 Nations League
* 2023 Men's Challenger Cup champions
* Turkey First title
* 14–man Roster
* Kaan Gürbüz, Arda Bostan, Bedirhan Bülbül, Burutay Subaşı, Mirza Lagumdžija, Arslan Ekşi (c), Adis Lagumdžija, Faik Samet Güneş, Mert Matić, Berkay Bayraktar, Efe Bayram, Enes Atlı, Volkan Döne, Vahit Emre Savaş
* Head coach
* Alberto Giuliani