2023 AVC Women's Challenge Cup

The 2023 AVC Women's Challenge Cup, also known as the 2023 AVC Challenge Cup for Women, was the fourth edition of the AVC Women's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and in that year with the Indonesian Volleyball Federation (PBVSI). The tournament was held at Tridharma Sports Hall in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia, between 18 and 25 June 2023. The winner of the tournament, Vietnam, qualified for the 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup.^[1][2][3]

2023 AVC Women's Challenge Cup

Piala Tantangan Bola Voli Putri Asia 2023
Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Indonesia
City	Gresik, East Java
Dates	18–25 June
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Vietnam (1st title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	India
Tournament awards
MVP	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy
Best Setter	Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh
Best OH	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy Wu Fang-yu
Best MB	Đinh Thị Trà Giang Wilda Nurfadhilah
Best OPP	Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi
Best Libero	Yulis Indahyani
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Attendance	22,500 (776 per match)
Official website
2023 AVC Women's Challenge Cup
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Vietnam won their first title by defeating host Indonesia in a tie-break final. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal after defeating India in straight sets. Trần Thị Thanh Thúy named as the MVP of the tournament.^[4]

Team

Qualification

Following the AVC regulations, the maximum of 16 teams in all AVC events was selected by:^[5]

• 1 team for the host country
• 10 teams based on the final standing of the previous edition
• 5 teams from each of 5 zones (with a qualification tournament if needed)

Qualified team

Country	Zone	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Indonesia	SEAVA	Host country	20 December 2022[6]	0	None		None
Australia	OZVA	1st OZVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Chinese Taipei	EAZVA	1st EAZVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Hong Kong	EAZVA	2nd EAZVA team	2 February 2023	1	2022		Champions (2022)
India	CAVA	1st CAVA team	2 February 2023	1	2022		Runners-up (2022)
Iran	CAVA	2nd CAVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Kazakhstan	CAVA	3rd CAVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Macau	EAZVA	3rd EAZVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Mongolia	EAZVA	4th EAZVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Philippines	SEAVA	1st SEAVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None
Uzbekistan	CAVA	4th CAVA team	2 February 2023	1	2022		4th place (2022)
Vietnam	SEAVA	2nd SEAVA team	2 February 2023	0	None		None

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 16 March 2023.^[7]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Indonesia (Hosts)	Hong Kong (1)	India (2)	Uzbekistan (4)
Macau (–)	Chinese Taipei (–)	Australia (–)	Mongolia (–)
Philippines (–)	Iran (–)	Kazakhstan (–)*	Vietnam (–)

* Kazakhstan withdrew from the tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Pool standing procedure

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Squads

The full list of team squads were announced on the competition daily bulletin.^[8]

Preliminary round

• All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:00)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	80	1.875	Pool E
2	Philippines	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	122	110	1.109
3	Macau	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	68	150	0.453	9th–11th places

Source: Daily Bulletin 4 AVC Challenge Cup 2023
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	11:30	Macau	0–3	Indonesia	7–25	18–25	8–25			33–75	Report
19 Jun	14:00	Philippines	3–0	Macau	25–14	25–12	25–9			75–35	Report
20 Jun	19:00	Indonesia	3–0	Philippines	25–17	25–20	25–10			75–47	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	99	1.515	Pool F
2	Iran	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	153	170	0.900
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	147	181	0.812	9th–11th places

Source: Daily Bulletin 4 AVC Challenge Cup 2023

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	14:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Chinese Taipei	14–25	20–25	18–25			52–75	Report
19 Jun	16:30	Iran	3–2	Hong Kong	22–25	25–20	25–17	19–25	15–8	106–95	Report
20 Jun	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iran	25–18	25–16	25–13			75–47	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	India	1	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	88	77	1.143	Pool E
2	Australia	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	77	88	0.875

Source: Daily Bulletin 4 AVC Challenge Cup 2023

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	16:30	Australia	1–3	India	25–13	16–25	22–25	14–25		77–88	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	76	1.974	Pool F
2	Uzbekistan	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	129	171	0.754
3	Mongolia	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	137	169	0.811	9th–11th places

Source: Daily Bulletin 4 AVC Challenge Cup 2023

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	19:00	Vietnam	3–0	Mongolia	25–12	25–17	25–12			75–41	Report
19 Jun	19:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Vietnam	11–25	6–25	18–25			35–75	Report
20 Jun	16:30	Mongolia	2–3	Uzbekistan	20–25	25–14	25–15	16–25	10–15	96–94	Report

Classification round

• All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:00).
• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	145	1.552	Semifinals
2	India	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	258	261	0.989
3	Australia	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	219	248	0.883	5th–8th semifinals
4	Philippines	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	241	289	0.834

Source: Daily Bulletin 6 AVC Challenge Cup 2023
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	16:30	Philippines	3–2	India	25–22	26–28	11–25	29–27	18–16	109–118	Report
21 Jun	19:00	Indonesia	3–0	Australia	25–13	25–17	25–16			75–46	Report
23 Jun	16:30	Philippines	1–3	Australia	18–25	22–25	25–21	20–25		85–96	Report
23 Jun	19:00	Indonesia	3–0	India	25–21	25–15	25–16			75–52	Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	128	1.758	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	206	161	1.280
3	Iran	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	159	203	0.783	5th–8th semifinals
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	127	225	0.564

Source: Daily Bulletin 6 AVC Challenge Cup 2023

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	11:30	Iran	0–3	Vietnam	10–25	9–25	18–25			37–75	Report
21 Jun	14:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–7	25–16	25–16			75–39	Report
23 Jun	08:30	Iran	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–18	25–17	25–18			75–53	Report
23 Jun	14:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Vietnam	20–25	17–25	19–25			56–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:00).

9th–11th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
9	Hong Kong	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	184	135	1.363
10	Mongolia	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	172	143	1.203
11	Macau	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	72	150	0.480

Source: Daily Bulletin 8 AVC Challenge Cup 2023

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	09:00	Hong Kong	3–2	Mongolia	25–21	25–14	22–25	22–25	15–12	109–97	Report
24 Jun	09:00	Mongolia	3–0	Macau	25–9	25–11	25–14			75–34	Report
25 Jun	09:00	Macau	0–3	Hong Kong	12–25	12–25	14–25			38–75	Report

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	24 June
	Australia	3
					25 June
	Uzbekistan	1
					Australia	1
	24 June
					Iran	3
	Philippines	0
	Iran	3
					7th place match
					25 June
					Uzbekistan	1
					Philippines	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	11:30	Australia	3–1	Uzbekistan	25–21	17–25	28–26	25–19		95–91	Report
24 Jun	14:00	Philippines	0–3	Iran	20–25	13–25	16–25			49–75	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	11:30	Uzbekistan	1–3	Philippines	14–25	25–13	18–25	18–25		75–88	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	14:00	Australia	1–3	Iran	20–25	25–19	18–25	20–25		83–94	Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	24 June
	Indonesia	3
					25 June
	Chinese Taipei	2
					Indonesia	2
	24 June
					Vietnam	3
	India	0
	Vietnam	3
					3rd place match
					25 June
					Chinese Taipei	3
					India	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	16:30	Indonesia	3–2	Chinese Taipei	22–25	26–24	22–25	25–20	15–12	110–106	Report
24 Jun	19:00	India	0–3	Vietnam	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	16:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	India	25–13	25–15	25–18			75–46	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	19:00	Indonesia	2–3	Vietnam	18–25	27–25	25–21	20–25	13–15	103–111	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Vietnam  Indonesia  Chinese Taipei 4  India 5  Iran 6  Australia 7  Philippines 8  Uzbekistan 9  Hong Kong 10  Mongolia 11  Macau Qualified for the 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup

2023 AVC Challenge Cup champions  Vietnam First title 14–woman roster Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (c), Nguyễn Thị Kim Liên, Phạm Thị Nguyệt Anh, Trần Thị Bích Thủy, Hoàng Thị Kiều Trinh, Nguyễn Khánh Đang, Võ Thị Kim Thoa, Nguyễn Thị Trinh, Vi Thị Như Quỳnh, Đoàn Thị Xuân, Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh, Trần Tú Linh, Lý Thị Luyến, Đinh Thị Trà Giang Head coach Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt

Awards

Trần Thị Thanh Thúy was the 2023 AVC Challenge Cup Most Valuable Player

• Most valuable player

   Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (VIE)

• Best setter

   Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh (VIE)

• Best outside spikers

   Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (VIE)

   Wu Fang-yu (TPE)

• Best middle blockers

   Đinh Thị Trà Giang (VIE)

   Wilda Nurfadhilah (INA)

• Best opposite spiker

   Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi (INA)

• Best libero

   Yulis Indahyani (INA)

See also

• 2023 AVC Men's Challenge Cup
• 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup