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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 edit

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 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 edit

AVC (Asia and Oceania) edit

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification (AVC)

Teams edit

Final positions (round robin) edit

Pos Team
 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 Volleyball Women's 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) edit

Main article: 2018 Women's European Volleyball League

Teams edit

Golden league edit

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 edit

 
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) edit

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification (CSV)

Teams edit

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

Final positions (round robin) edit

Pos Team
 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 Volleyball Women's 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) edit

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification (NORCECA)

Teams edit

First round edit

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) edit

Finals
   
1   Canada 2
2   Puerto Rico 3

References edit

  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.
  4. ^ a b "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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