Czech women's volleyball team qualifies for elite Nations League for first time

The Czech women's volleyball team have made it through to the elite Nations League for the first time after winning the Challenger Cup in Manila on Sunday. The Czechs beat Puerto Rico 3:1 in four sets of 25:23, 25:20, 18:25 and 25:18 in the final of the qualifying tournament in the Philippines. They will now compete against 17 other national teams next season in the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.

This is the Czech team's third attempt at winning the Challenger Cup. In 2019 in Peru, they lost 2:3 to Canada in the final, and in 2022 they got knocked out in the quarterfinal, losing to Belgium.