2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide which teams would play in the 2019 FIVB Women'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.[1]


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
  Canada NORCECA North American Qualifier champions[2] 2 June 2019 0 None None
  Chinese Taipei AVC 1st World ranked team from AVC 12 June 2019 0 None None
  Argentinaa CSV 1st World ranked team from CSV 12 June 2019 0 None None
  Peru CSV Host country 17 June 2019 1 2018 4th place (2018)
  Czech Republic CEV 2019 Golden League champions 22 June 2019 0 None None
  Croatia CEV 2019 Golden League runner-up 22 June 2019 0 None None
Note
^a No team from African Volleyball Confederation participated in qualification process. So, the team from South American Volleyball Confederation automatically qualified for the tournament.

Confederation qualification

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AVC (Asia and Oceania)

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FIVB selected Kazakhstan to represent the Asian team for 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup via FIVB World Rankings, because less than four teams participated in the qualification tournament. But Kazakhstan and Australia teams refused to participate.

FIVB Rank AVC Rank Team WC 2015 OG 2016 WGP 2017 WCH 2018 Total
23 5   Kazakhstan 0 1 6 25 32
30 6   Australia 0 0 4 12 16
33 7   Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 14 14

CEV (Europe)

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Teams

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League round

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Rank Team
    Czech Republic
    Croatia
    Belarus
4   Spain
5   Hungary
6   Ukraine
7   Slovakia
8   Austria
9   Finland
10   France
11   Azerbaijan
12   Sweden
Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup


CSV (South America)

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FIVB selected Argentina to represent the South American team for 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup via FIVB World Rankings.

FIVB Rank CSV Rank Team WC 2015 OG 2016 WGP 2017 WCH 2018 Total
11 2   Argentina 25 30 8 30 93

NORCECA (North America)

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  • Venue:   Sportplex Beau-Chateau, Quebec, Canada
  • Dates: 31 May-2 June 2018

Teams

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Final positions (round robin)

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1   Canada 2 2 0 10 6 0 MAX 6 0 MAX 2019 Challenger Cup
2   Puerto Rico 2 1 1 5 3 3 1.000 3 3 1.000
3   Mexico 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 0 6 0.000
Source: [citation needed]

African–South American Playoff

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Teams

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Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
World Ranking for Africa Decline Decline 1 Decline
World Ranking for South America 12 June 2019   Rio de Janeiro 1   Argentina
Total 2

Result

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Decline Decline Argentina   3–0 bye 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0  

References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ "2019 Norceca Women Volleyball Nation League Challenge Cup Final Continental Qualification Tournament". NORCECA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.