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 |
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
AVC (Asia and Oceania)
Teams
Final positions (round robin)
Source: [citation needed]
CEV (Europe)
Teams
Golden league
| 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
CSV (South America)
Teams
Final positions (round robin)
Source: [citation needed]
NORCECA (North America)
Teams
First round
| 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)
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.
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