The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup was the fourth edition of the

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, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. The tournament was held at Espace Mayenne in

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, France, between 27 and 30 July 2023. Five teams made their first appearance in the women's Challenger Cup in this edition: Kenya, Mexico,

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, Ukraine and Vietnam. The host France won the title, defeating

in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2024 Nations League replacing Croatia, the last placed challenger team in the 2023 edition.

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defeated Ukraine in the 3rd place match.

Qualification

Format

The tournament will compete in the knock-out format (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) with the host country (France) 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 10 July 2023. Rankings are shown in brackets except the host.

Squads

Venue

Knockout stage

* All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

''Source
VCC 2023 final standings
'

References

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
– official website
2023 Challenger Cup
– official website
Brackets
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