2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup will be the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by 6 national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. Tournament is scheduled to be held in Zadar, Croatia from 30 June to 4 July 2021.[1][2]

2021 Women's Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Croatia
CityZadar
Dates30 June–4 July 2021
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The winner will earn the right to participate in the 2022 Nations League replacing the last placed challenger team after the 2021 edition.

Qualification

A total of 6 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Croatia, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another two teams will qualify via European continental tournament. The remaining three vacancies will be filled by the top ranked teams from respective continental confederations not yet participating in the current edition of the Nations League as per the FIVB Volleyball World Ranking (as of 31 March 2021).

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifier
Host Country30 November 2020 Lausanne1 Croatia
2021 European Volleyball League2021TBD2TBD
TBD
FIVB World Rankings – AVCAs per 31 March 2021 Lausanne1TBD
FIVB World Rankings – NORCECAAs per 31 March 2021 Lausanne1TBD
FIVB World Rankings – CAVB or CSVAs per 31 March 2021 Lausanne1TBD
Total6

Venue
All matches
Zadar, Croatia
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Capacity: 8,500

See also
  • 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
  • 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup

References
  1. "Qualification system and host countries for the FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021 confirmed". cev.eu. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. Korać, Branimir (30 November 2020). "Hrvatska prva europska zemlja domaćin odbojkaškog Challenger kupa" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr.
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