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2023 VBIC Women's Challenger Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	France
City	Laval
Dates	27–30 July
Teams	8 (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

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

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)

Pool standing procedure

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

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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	27 July
	France	3
					29 July
	Ukraine	2
					France	0
	28 July
					Croatia	3
	Croatia	3
									30 July
	South Korea	0
									Croatia	2
	27 July
									Sweden	3
	Colombia	0
					29 July
	Sweden	3
					Sweden	3
	28 July
					Kenya	0			3rd place match
	Kenya	3
									30 July
	Mexico	0
									France	3
									Kenya	0

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	Croatia
	France
4	Kenya
5	Ukraine
6	South Korea
7	Mexico
8	Colombia

Qualified for the 2024 Volleyball World league