2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments held to decide which teams would play in the 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup. The 2019 Challenger Cup featured 6 teams. Only one place was allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places were determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.

Qualification summary

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A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
  Slovenia CEV Host country December 2018 0 None None
  Cuba NORCECA North American Qualifier winners 1 June 2019 1 2018 4th place (2018)
  Egypt CAVB 1st World ranked team from CAVB 12 June 2019 0 None None
  Chile1 CSV 2019 Pan-American Cup best finishing team from CSV 21 June 2019 1 2018 5th place (2018)
  Belarus CEV 2019 European Golden League runners-up 21 June 2019 0 None None
  Turkey CEV 2019 European Golden League champions 21 June 2019 0 None None
1.^ Originally, the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. But, South Korea, chosen by FIVB, refused to represent the AVC. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV booked a direct qualification.

Means of qualification

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Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup

Continental qualification tournaments

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AVC (Asia and Oceania)

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FIVB selected South Korea to represent the AVC for the 2019 Challenger Cup via the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018[1] because less than 4 teams have registered to participate in the qualifier. But, South Korea refused to participate. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV directly qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup.

CAVB (Africa)

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FIVB selected a team to represent the CAVB for the 2019 Challenger Cup via the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018 because CAVB did not host the qualifier.

Rank Team
1   Egypt

CEV (Europe)

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Rank Team
    Turkey
    Belarus
    Netherlands
4   Estonia
5   Latvia
  Spain
  Ukraine
8   Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Slovakia
11   Belgium
  Finland

CSV (South America)

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Rank Team
    Cuba
    Argentina
    Mexico
4   Chile
5   United States
6   Puerto Rico
7   Canada
8   Peru
9   Dominican Republic
10   Guatemala
11   Trinidad and Tobago
12   Suriname

NORCECA (North America)

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Rank Team
1   Cuba
2   Puerto Rico
3   Mexico


References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men (as of 1 October 2018)". FIVB. 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Turkey and Belarus to fight for #EuroLeagueM gold". CEV. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Cuba dominated Puerto Rico and secured seat for the World Final Challenger". NORCECA. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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