2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide which teams would play in the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup. The 2018 Challenger Cup featured 6 teams. Only one place was allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places was determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.[1]

Qualification summary

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Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Australiaa AVC Asian qualifier 3rd place[2] 20 May 2018 0 None None
  Puerto Rico NORCECA North American qualifier champions[3] 20 May 2018 0 None None
  Colombiab CSV South American qualifier runner-up 27 May 2018 0 None None
  Peru CSV Host country 15 June 2018 0 None None
  Bulgaria CEV 2018 Golden League champions[4] 17 June 2018 0 None None
  Hungary CEV 2018 Golden League runner-up[4] 17 June 2018 0 None None
Note
^a Australia replaced Kazakhstan, the Asian qualifier winners, who withdrew from the tournament.[5]
^b Originally, a CSV representative was to face a team from Africa in a playoff for a spot in the Challenger Cup. According to the Chilean Volleyball Federation (FEVOCHI), however, FIVB fined the African Volleyball Confederation for not hosting any kind of qualifier event.[6]

Confederation qualification

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AVC (Asia and Oceania)

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Teams

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Final positions (round robin)

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 174 117 1.487 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
2   Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 150 157 0.955
3   Australia 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 100 150 0.667
Source: [citation needed]

CEV (Europe)

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Teams

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Golden league

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Qualified for the final round
Qualified as hosts for the final round
Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Bulgaria 6 5 1 15 16 5 3.200 513 436 1.177 Final round
2   Azerbaijan 6 5 1 15 16 7 2.286 549 492 1.116
3   Ukraine 6 2 4 6 8 13 0.615 483 491 0.984
4   Portugal 6 0 6 0 3 18 0.167 397 523 0.759
Source: [citation needed]
Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Finland 6 4 2 13 14 9 1.556 533 471 1.132 Final round
2   Hungary 6 4 2 12 15 9 1.667 536 508 1.055 Final round as host country
3   Croatia 6 3 3 8 12 12 1.000 529 549 0.964
4   France 6 1 5 3 5 16 0.313 432 502 0.861
Source: [citation needed]
Pool C
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Czech Republic 6 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 493 411 1.200 Final round
2   Belarus 6 3 3 8 12 13 0.923 531 535 0.993
3   Slovakia 6 2 4 6 9 15 0.600 515 526 0.979
4   Spain 6 1 5 5 8 16 0.500 482 549 0.878
Source: [citation needed]

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 June
 
 
  Bulgaria3
 
15 June
 
  Finland0
 
  Bulgaria3
 
14 June
 
  Hungary0
 
  Hungary3
 
 
  Czech Republic0
 
3rd place match
 
 
15 June
 
 
  Finland1
 
 
  Czech Republic3

CSV (South America)

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Teams

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  •   Chile (round robin)
  •   Colombia (round robin → qualified)
  •   Peru (round robin → qualified as host country)
  •   Venezuela (round robin)

Final positions (round robin)

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Peru 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 249 167 1.491 Qualified as host
2   Colombia 3 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 223 175 1.274 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
3   Chile 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 159 201 0.791
4   Venezuela 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 137 225 0.609
Source: [citation needed]

NORCECA (North America)

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Teams

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First round

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Qualified for the final round
Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1   Canada 1 1 0 5 75 50 1.500 3 0 MAX Qualified for the final
2   Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 1 0 50 75 0.667 0 3 0.000
Source: [citation needed]
Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1   Puerto Rico 2 2 0 10 150 103 1.456 6 0 MAX Qualified for the final
2   Cuba 2 1 1 5 137 107 1.280 3 3 1.000
3   Nicaragua 2 0 2 0 73 150 0.487 0 6 0.000
Source: [citation needed]

Final positions (final round)

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Finals
   
1   Canada 2
2   Puerto Rico 3

References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ "AVC Continental Qualifications for FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup – Women's Results". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Norceca Women Volleyball Nation League Challenge Cup Final Continental Qualification Tournament". NORCECA. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Hungary and Bulgaria to lock horns in Golden #EuroLeagueW 'grand finale'". CEV. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ "VOLLEYROOS WOMEN GET LATE SECOND CHANCE". Volleyball Australia. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ "CHILE CLASIFICA DIRECTO A LA CHALLENGER CUP" (in Spanish). Federación de Voleibol de Chile. Retrieved 8 June 2018.