Bangkok, April 12, 2024 – Defending champions Vietnam, Indonesia, Chinese Taipei and hosts Philippines are contenders teams qualified for the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup for Women, due to take place at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila from May 22 to 29, 2024, vying for the lone spot up for grabs at the FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup later this year.
AVC, the Asia’s volleyball-governing body, on Thursday circulated email with related attachment issues among its affiliated National Federations, inviting them to submit their entries for the 2024 AVC Challenger Cup for Women, which is open to the Federations that have fulfilled their obligations and financial responsibilities with regard to the FIVB and AVC. However, the four Asian teams which are already in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in 2024 comprising China, Japan, Thailand and Korea cannot submit their national entries for the eight-day tournament.
With reference to the email, the entry form has to be sent to both the AVC Headquarters and the organisers (Philippine National Volleyball Federation) before, but not later than April 28 and no late entry is available. Reconfirmation of number of entry by AVC will be made within April 29, with reconfirmation of participation the following day. Drawing of lots will be held on May 3.
The number of entry is limited to a maximum of 12 teams in the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup for Women (as well as the AVC Challenge Cup for Men). However, although the tournament is open to teams submitting their entries in according with the instructions set out on the competition regulations, the 12 teams qualification pathway has already been confirmed for the AVC Challenge Cup for Women. The qualified teams are as follows.
1 team: Hosts Philippines
1 team: The winner of the previous AVC Challenge Cup for Women
5 teams: The 5 best-ranked teams of the previous AVC Challenge Cup for Women
5 teams: The remaining 5 vacancies, the best world ranking teams will be considered (in case that the teams have no world ranking, the qualified teams will be decided by AVC, Volleyball World and the organisers).
As a consequence of the event, the eventual winning team in the final standing of the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup for Women shall secure a spot at the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup, set to be held from July 4 to 7, if held in a 4-day format, or from July 5 to 7, if staged as a 3-day event. The host nation of the world-class competition which serves as a qualifying tournament for the…
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