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

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Australia^a	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
Colombia^b	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

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates: 18–20 May 2018

Teams

Australia (round robin → qualified)
Chinese Taipei (round robin)
Kazakhstan (round robin → qualified (withdrew))

Final positions (round robin)

Pos	Team v t e	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)

Teams

Azerbaijan (Golden league)
Belarus (Golden league)
Bulgaria (Golden league → final round → qualified)
Czech Republic (Golden league → final round)
Croatia (Golden league)
Finland (Golden league → final round)
France (Golden league)
Hungary (Golden league → final round → qualified)
Portugal (Golden league)
Slovakia (Golden league)
Spain (Golden league)
Ukraine (Golden league)

Golden league

	Qualified for the final round
	Qualified as hosts for the final round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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

Venue: László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest, Hungary
Dates: 14–15 June 2018
The finalists in the final round qualified for the 2018 FIVB Challenger Cup.

Semifinals		Final

14 June

Bulgaria	3
		15 June
Finland	0
		Bulgaria	3
14 June
		Hungary	0
Hungary	3

Czech Republic	0
		3rd place match

		15 June

		Finland	1

		Czech Republic	3

CSV (South America)

Venue: Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru
Dates: 25–27 May 2018

Teams

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

Final positions (round robin)

Pos	Team v t e	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)

Venue: Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton, Canada
Dates: 17–20 May 2018

Teams

Canada (first round → final round)
Cuba (first round)
Nicaragua (first round)
Puerto Rico (first round → final round → qualified)
Trinidad and Tobago (first round)

First round

	Qualified for the final round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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)

The winner qualified for a slot in the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

Finals

1	Canada	2

2	Puerto Rico	3

References

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

[FIVB-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.

[CEV-4] "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.

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