FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup

The FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament was played between 20 and 24 June, 2018 in Matosinhos, Portugal.

FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
SportVolleyball
Founded2017 (2017)
Inaugural season2018
CEO Ary Graça
No. of teams6
ContinentInternational (FIVB)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Slovenia (1st title)
Most titles Portugal
 Slovenia (1 title each)
Official websiteFIVB Challenger Cup

The creation of the tournament was announced in October 2017 (alongside with the announcement of the Nations League) as a joint project between the FIVB, the IMG and 21 national federations.[1] The Challenger Cup serves as a qualifying tournament for the aforementioned Nations League. The FIVB Challenger Cup is held before the Nations League Final Round and the winner earns the right to participate in the next year's Nations League.[2]

A corresponding tournament for women's national teams is the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup.

Format

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in a round-robin format. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The first ranked teams play against the second ranked teams in this round. The winners of the semifinals advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The winners will qualify for the next year's Nations League as a challenger team.[2][3]

Qualification
Confederation Slots
AVC (Asia)0 or 1 (intercontinental playoff with CSV representative)
CAVB (Africa)1
CSV (South America)0 or 1 (intercontinental playoff with AVC representative)
CEV (Europe)2
NORCECA (North America)1
Total6 (5+H)

Hosts

List of hosts by number of final championships hosted.

Times hosted Hosts Year(s)
2 Portugal2018, 2021
1 Slovenia2019

Appearance
Team
2018
(6)
2019
(6)
2021
(6)		 Total
 Belarus•3rd1
 Chile5th6th2
 Cuba4th2nd2
 Czech Republic2nd•1
 Egypt•5th1
 Estonia3rd•1
 Kazakhstan5th•1
 Portugal1st•Q2
 Slovenia•1st•1
 Turkey•4th1
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •    – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Results summary
Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2018
Matosinhos
Portugal		 3–1
Czech Republic
Estonia		 3–0
Cuba		 6
2019
Ljubljana
Slovenia		 3–0
Cuba
Belarus		 3–1
Turkey		 6
2020 Originally scheduled to be held in Gondomar, Portugal, canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
Gondomar		 – – 6

Medals summary
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Portugal1001
 Slovenia1001
3 Cuba0101
 Czech Republic0101
5 Belarus0011
 Estonia0011
Totals (6 nations)2226

Nations League qualifier
Year Remaining Challenger Teams Challenger Cup Winner
2018  Australia  Bulgaria  Canada  South Korea  Portugal
2019  Portugal  Slovenia

See also

References
  1. "FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League". FIVB.org. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. "Six teams line up for Volleyball Challenger Cup and one open berth in 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB.org. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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