2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification

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

Qualification summary

Means of qualification DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host CountryJune 2018 Lausanne1 Peru
North American Qualifier[2]17–20 May 2018 Edmonton1 Puerto Rico
Asian Qualifier[3]18–20 May 2018 Almaty1 Australiaa
African–South American PlayoffCancelb1 Colombia
Golden European League[4]19 May–15 June 2018 Budapest2 Bulgaria
 Hungary
Total6
Note
^a Australia replaces Kazakhstan, the Asian qualifier winners, who withdrew from the tournament.[5]
^b Originally, a CSV representative would 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)

Qualified for 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Kazakhstan 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 174 117 1.487
2  Chinese Taipei 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 150 157 0.955
3  Australia 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 100 150 0.667

CEV (Europe)

Teams

Golden league

Qualified for the final round
Qualified as hosts for the final round
Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Bulgaria 5 1 15 16 5 3.200 513 436 1.177
2  Azerbaijan 5 1 15 16 7 2.286 549 492 1.116
3  Ukraine 2 4 6 8 13 0.615 483 491 0.984
4  Portugal 0 6 0 3 18 0.167 397 523 0.759
Pool B
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Finland 4 2 13 14 9 1.556 533 471 1.132
2  Hungary 4 2 12 15 9 1.667 536 508 1.055
3  Croatia 3 3 8 12 12 1.000 529 549 0.964
4  France 1 5 3 5 16 0.313 432 502 0.861
Pool C
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Czech Republic 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 493 411 1.200
2  Belarus 3 3 8 12 13 0.923 531 535 0.993
3  Slovakia 2 4 6 9 15 0.600 515 526 0.979
4  Spain 1 5 5 8 16 0.500 482 549 0.878

Final round

 
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)

  • Venue: Coliseo Manuel Bonilla, 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)

Qualified for 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
Qualified as host
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Peru 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 249 167 1.491
2  Colombia 2 1 6 7 3 2.333 223 175 1.274
3  Chile 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 159 201 0.791
4  Venezuela 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 137 225 0.609

NORCECA (North America)

Teams

First round

Qualified for the final round
Pool A
Matches Pts Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Canada 1 0 5 75 50 1.500 3 0 MAX
2  Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 50 75 0.667 0 3 0.000
Pool B
Matches Pts Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Puerto Rico 2 0 10 150 103 1.456 6 0 MAX
2  Cuba 1 1 5 137 107 1.280 3 3 1.000
3  Nicaragua 0 2 0 73 150 0.487 0 6 0.000

Final positions (Final round)

Finals
   
1  Canada 2
2  Puerto Rico 3

References

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