2018 AVC Women's Challenge Cup

The 2018 AVC Women's Challenge Cup was supposed to be the inaugural edition of the AVC Women's Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), in that year with the Volleyball Association of Hong Kong, China.[1][2] But due to unforeseen reasons the tournament was not held.

2018 AVC Women's Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Hong Kong
CityHong Kong
Dates3–9 December (original schedule)
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
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Participating teams

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  Entrant teams

The tournament was open to AVC member associations ranked 11th and below or that did not participate in the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. Priority was given to teams that took part in the championship, then to the highest-ranked non-participating teams. The host could admit up to ten teams.[2]

Entrant teams

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The following teams entered the tournament.[2]

Country Zone Notes
  Hong Kong EAZVA Host, 2017 Asian Championship – 11th place
  Mongolia EAZVA
  Macau EAZVA
  Uzbekistan CAZVA
  Sri Lanka CAZVA 2017 Asian Championship – 13th place
  New Zealand OZVA 2017 Asian Championship – 12th place
  Fiji OZVA
  Malaysia SEAZVA

Pools composition

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The draw results.[3]

Pool A Pool B
  Hong Kong (Hosts)   Mongolia
  Uzbekistan   Macau
  Sri Lanka   Malaysia
  Fiji   New Zealand

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Volleyball fever to grip fans across asia in 2018". AVC. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Entry form submission for 2018 AVC tournaments now". AVC. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Draw results of all 2018 AVC Championships announced". AVC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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