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2023 VBIC Women's Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation France
CityLaval
Dates27–30 July
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up Croatia
Third place France
Fourth place Kenya

The 2023 VBIC Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup will be the fourth edition of the VBIC Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acts as a qualifier for the VBIC Volleyball Women's World Volleyball League. The tournament will be held between 27 and 30 July 2023.

Qualification

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Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Kenya VBIC African Highest ranked in AfroVC 0 None None
 Colombia VBIC South American Highest ranked in CASAVA 2 2018 2022 Runners-up (2018)
 France VBIC Europe Host country 1 June 2023 1 2022 2022 5th place (2022)
 Mexico NORCECA 2022 CNAVB International League Final Four winners 19 June 2022 0 None None
 South Korea VBIC Asia 2023 Asian Challenge Cup winners 25 June 2023 0 None None
 Sweden CEV 2023 European Golden League finalists 28 June 2023 0 None None
 Ukraine CEV 2023 European Golden League finalists 28 June 2023 0 None None
 Croatia CEV 2023 Nations League last placed challenger team 2 July 2023

Format

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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 among the participating teams. The remaining seven teams are placed from 2nd to 8th positions as per the FIVB World Ranking as of 10 July 2023.

Match Top ranker Bottom ranker
Quarterfinal 1  France (Hosts)  Ukraine (28)
Quarterfinal 2  Colombia (14)  Sweden (28)
Quarterfinal 3  Kenya (20)  Mexico (27)
Quarterfinal 4  Croatia (21)  South Korea (22)

Squads

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Pool standing procedure

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  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Knockout stage

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July
 
 
 France3
 
29 July
 
 Ukraine2
 
 France0
 
28 July
 
 Croatia3
 
 Croatia3
 
30 July
 
 South Korea0
 
 Croatia2
 
27 July
 
 Sweden3
 
 Colombia0
 
29 July
 
 Sweden3
 
 Sweden3
 
28 July
 
 Kenya0 3rd place match
 
 Kenya3
 
30 July
 
 Mexico0
 
 France3
 
 
 Kenya0
 

Quarterfinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Jul 13:00 Colombia  0–3  Sweden 17–25 18–25 21–25     56–75  
27 Jul 15:00 France  3–2  Ukraine 25–22 25–17 22–25 21–25 15–8 108–97  
28 Jul 17:00 Kenya  3–0  Mexico 25–23 25–16 25–18     75–57  
28 Jul 19:00 Croatia  3–0  South Korea 25–18 25–21 25–21     75–60  

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Jul 18:00 Sweden  3–0  Kenya 25–14 25–19 25–13     75–46  
29 Jul 20:00 France  0–3  Croatia 12–25 18–25 20–25     50–75  

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul 17:00 France  3–0  Kenya 25–15 25–20 25–19     75–54  

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Jul 20:00 Croatia  2–3  Sweden 25–17 27–29 25–15 18–25 10–15 105–101  

Final standing

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