2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup

The 2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup was the fifth edition of the AVC Women's Challenge Cup, an annual international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and this year with the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF). It was held from 22 to 29 May 2024 in Manila, Philippines.^[1][2] The winners of the tournament, Vietnam, qualified for the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup.^[3]

2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup

Official logo
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
City	Manila
Dates	22–29 May
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Vietnam (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Philippines
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament awards
MVP	Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền
Best Setter	Jia de Guzman
Best OH	Caitlin Tipping Sana Anarkulova
Best MB	Lê Thanh Thúy Yuliya Yakimova
Best OPP	Angel Canino
Best Libero	Nguyễn Khánh Đang
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Attendance	50,731 (1,749 per match)
Official website
2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup
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Vietnam won their second consecutive title after defeating Kazakhstan in the final.^[4][5] The host Philippines defeated Australia in the 3rd place match and took the bronze medal.^[6][7] Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền was named as the MVP of the tournament.^[8][9]

Host selection

The Philippines had submitted its bid to host the tournament by December 2023.^[10]

Team

Qualification

Following AVC regulations, the maximum of 12 teams for the next AVC Challenge Cup was selected through the following criteria:^[3]

• 1 team for the host country
• 1 team: the defending champion from the previous edition (2023)
• 5 other top-ranked teams from the previous edition
• 5 other entrant teams with consideration given for FIVB world rankings

Qualified teams

Country	Zone	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
				Total	First	Last
Philippines	SEAVA	Host country	April 2024	1	2023		7th place (2023)
Vietnam	SEAVA	Defending champions	23 June 2023	1	2023		Champions (2023)
Indonesia	SEAVA	2023 Challenge Cup runners-up	23 June 2023	1	2023		Runners-up (2023)
Chinese Taipei	EAZVA	2023 Challenge Cup 3rd placers	23 June 2023	1	2023		3rd place (2023)
India	CAVA	2023 Challenge Cup 4th placers	23 June 2023	2	2022	2023	Runners-up (2022)
Iran	CAVA	2023 Challenge Cup 5th placers	24 June 2023	1	2023		5th place (2023)
Australia	OZVA	2023 Challenge Cup 6th placers	24 June 2023	1	2023		6th place (2023)
Kazakhstan	CAVA	Additional entrant teams	3 May 2024	0	None		None
Hong Kong	EAZVA		3 May 2024	2	2022	2023	Champions (2022)
Singapore	SEAVA		3 May 2024	1	2022		5th place (2022)

 China,  Japan,  South Korea,  Thailand which are part of the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League are ineligible to submit entries to this tournament.^[3]

Venues

All matches (except 9th place match)	9th place match
Manila, Philippines
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (Rizal Memorial Coliseum & Ninoy Aquino Stadium)
Capacity: 6,100	Capacity: 6,000

Pools composition

The overview of pools was released on 3 May 2024.^[11]

Pool A	Pool B
Philippines (Hosts)	Vietnam (1)
Chinese Taipei (3)	Indonesia (2)
India (4)	Kazakhstan (–)
Iran (5)	Singapore (–)
Australia (6)	Hong Kong (–)

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.^[12]

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Philippines (H)	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	344	258	1.333	Semifinals
2	Australia	4	3	1	9	10	6	1.667	385	369	1.043
3	India	4	2	2	6	8	6	1.333	323	305	1.059	5th–8th semifinals
4	Iran	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	310	347	0.893
5	Chinese Taipei	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	267	350	0.763	9th place match

Source: 2024 AVC Challenge Cup - Women
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	13:00	India	3–0	Iran	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–61	P2 Report
22 May	19:00	Australia	3–1	Chinese Taipei	23–25	25–15	25–19	25–18		98–77	P2 Report
23 May	13:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	India	19–25	13–25	16–25			48–75	P2 Report
23 May	19:00	Philippines	3–1	Australia	22–25	25–19	25–16	25–21		97–81	P2 Report
24 May	10:00	Iran	3–1	Chinese Taipei	24–26	25–20	25–18	28–26		102–90	P2 Report
24 May	19:00	India	1–3	Philippines	25–22	21–25	17–25	18–25		81–97	P2 Report
25 May	16:00	Australia	3–1	India	26–24	25–16	19–25	29–27		99–92	P2 Report
25 May	19:00	Philippines	3–0	Iran	25–16	25–13	25–15			75–44	P2 Report
26 May	16:00	Iran	1–3	Australia	24–26	23–25	27–25	29–31		103–107	P2 Report
26 May	19:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Philippines	13–25	21–25	18–25			52–75	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Vietnam	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	343	244	1.406	Semifinals
2	Kazakhstan	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	306	221	1.385
3	Hong Kong	4	2	2	6	6	6	1.000	236	253	0.933	5th–8th semifinals
4	Indonesia	4	1	3	3	4	9	0.444	264	292	0.904
5	Singapore	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	165	304	0.543	9th place match

Source: 2024 AVC Challenge Cup - Women

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 May	10:00	Singapore	0–3	Kazakhstan	15–25	9–25	17–25			41–75	P2 Report
22 May	16:00	Hong Kong	0–3	Vietnam	13–25	17–25	16–25			46–75	P2 Report
23 May	10:00	Indonesia	0–3	Hong Kong	22–25	24–26	19–25			65–76	P2 Report
23 May	16:00	Vietnam	3–0	Singapore	25–8	29–27	25–10			79–45	P2 Report
24 May	13:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Vietnam	14–25	19–25	25–14	23–25		81–89	P2 Report
24 May	16:00	Singapore	0–3	Indonesia	14–25	13–25	14–25			41–75	P2 Report
25 May	10:00	Hong Kong	3–0	Singapore	25–14	25–12	25–12			75–38	P2 Report
25 May	13:00	Indonesia	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	13–25	22–25			52–75	P2 Report
26 May	10:00	Vietnam	3–1	Indonesia	25–17	25–15	25–27	25–13		100–72	P2 Report
26 May	13:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Hong Kong	25–17	25–18	25–4			75–39	P2 Report

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	13:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Singapore	27–25	25–10	25–10			77–45	P2 Report

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	28 May
	India	3
					29 May
	Indonesia	1
					India	3
	28 May
					Iran	0
	Hong Kong	1
	Iran	3
					7th place match
					29 May
					Indonesia	3
					Hong Kong	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	10:00	India	3–1	Indonesia	25–16	30–32	25–20	27–25		107–93	P2 Report
28 May	13:00	Hong Kong	1–3	Iran	24–26	24–26	25–19	19–25		92–96	P2 Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	10:00	Indonesia	3–0	Hong Kong	25–15	25–19	25–20			75–54	P2 Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	13:00	India	3–0	Iran	25–17	25–16	25–11			75–44	P2 Report

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	28 May
	Philippines	0
					29 May
	Kazakhstan	3
					Kazakhstan	0
	28 May
					Vietnam	3
	Vietnam	3
	Australia	0
					3rd place match
					29 May
					Philippines	3
					Australia	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	16:00	Vietnam	3–0	Australia	25–21	25–19	25–16			75–56	P2 Report
28 May	19:00	Philippines	0–3	Kazakhstan	23–25	21–25	14–25			58–75	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	16:00	Philippines	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–15	25–7			75–45	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 May	19:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Vietnam	20–25	22–25	22–25			64–75	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Vietnam  Kazakhstan  Philippines 4  Australia 5  India 6  Iran 7  Indonesia 8  Hong Kong 9  Chinese Taipei 10  Singapore Qualified for the 2024 FIVB Challenger Cup Qualified as hosts for the 2024 FIVB Challenger Cup

2024 Asian Challenge Cup champions  Vietnam Second title 14–woman roster Nguyễn Thị Trà My, Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (c), Lê Thị Yến, Lê Thanh Thúy, Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền, Hoàng Thị Kiều Trinh, Nguyễn Khánh Đang, Võ Thị Kim Thoa, Nguyễn Thị Trinh, Vi Thị Như Quỳnh, Phạm Thị Hiền, Đoàn Thị Lâm Oanh, Trần Tú Linh, Đinh Thị Trà Giang Head coach Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt

Awards

Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền was the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup Most Valuable Player

• Most valuable player

   Nguyễn Thị Bích Tuyền (VIE)

• Best setter

   Jia de Guzman (PHI)

• Best outside spikers

   Caitlin Tipping (AUS)

   Sana Anarkulova (KAZ)

• Best middle blockers

   Lê Thanh Thúy (VIE)

   Yuliya Yakimova (KAZ)

• Best opposite spiker

   Angel Canino (PHI)

• Best libero

   Nguyễn Khánh Đang (VIE)

See also

• 2024 AVC Men's Challenge Cup
• 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup