2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

2018 Women's Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Peru
City Lima
Dates 20–24 June
Teams 6
Champions  Bulgaria (1st title)
Official website
Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup, a new annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by 6 national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[1][2][3] The tournament was held in Lima, Peru between 20 and 24 June.[4]

Bulgaria won the title, defeating Colombia in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing the last placed challenger team after the 2018 edition.[5] Puerto Rico defeated Peru in the third place match.[5]

Qualification

Six teams will compete in the tournament.[1]

Means of qualification DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host CountryJune 2018Switzerland Lausanne1 Peru
North American Qualifier[6]17–20 May 2018Canada Edmonton1 Puerto Rico
Asian Qualifier[7]18–20 May 2018Kazakhstan Almaty1 Australiaa
South American Qualifier25–27 May 2018Peru Lima1 Colombiab
Golden European League[8]19 May–15 June 2018Hungary Budapest2 Bulgaria
 Hungary
Total6
Note
^a Australia replaces Kazakhstan, the Asian qualifier winners, who withdrew from the tournament.[9]
^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.[10]

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of August 2017.[11] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except hosts who ranked 26th.

Pool APool B
 Peru (Host) Puerto Rico (13)
 Colombia (28) Bulgaria (17)
 Hungary (30) Australia (42)

Preliminary round

Qualified for Final round

Pool A

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Colombia 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 151 87 1.736
2  Peru 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 126 127 0.992
3  Hungary 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 90 153 0.588

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun19:00Peru  0–3  Colombia 24–2612–2512–25  48–76 
21 Jun19:00Colombia  3–0  Hungary 25–1325–1925–7  75–39 
22 Jun19:00Hungary  0–3  Peru 14–2511–2526–28  51–78 

Pool B

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Bulgaria 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 92 1.630
2  Puerto Rico 1 1 3 3 3 1.000 125 119 1.050
3  Australia 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 86 150 0.573

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun17:00Bulgaria  3–0  Australia 25–1125–1625–15  75–42P2 Report
21 Jun17:00Puerto Rico  3–0  Australia 25–1025–1925–15  75–44 
22 Jun17:00Bulgaria  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–1825–1825–14  75–50 

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
23 June
 
 
 Colombia3
 
24 June
 
 Puerto Rico1
 
 Colombia 1
 
23 June
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Peru0
 
3rd place match
 
 
24 June
 
 
 Puerto Rico3
 
 
 Peru2

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 June16:00Colombia  3–1  Puerto Rico 23–2527–2525–1025–18 100–78 
23 June18:00Bulgaria  3–0  Peru 25–2125–2225–18  75–61 

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 June17:00Puerto Rico  3–2  Peru 22–2525–1521–2525–1716–14109–96 

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 June19:00Colombia  1–3  Bulgaria 25–2219–2520–2523–25 87–97 

Final standing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "FIVB: Nasce la Volleyball Challenger Cup" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "FIVB Announces Challenger Cup, Will Align With Nations League". Volleyball.it. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "ALL SET FOR FINAL SIX AS WOMEN'S VNL POOL PLAY CONCLUDES". FIVB. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Bulgaria amongst volleyball's cream for 2019 Women's VNL". FIVB. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "2018 Norceca Women Volleyball Nation League Challenge Cup Final Continental Qualification Tournament". NORCECA. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "AVC Continental Qualifications for FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup – Women's Results". AVC. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hungary and Bulgaria to lock horns in Golden #EuroLeagueW 'grand finale'". CEV. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "VOLLEYROOS WOMEN GET LATE SECOND CHANCE". Volleyball Australia. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "CHILE CLASIFICA DIRECTO A LA CHALLENGER CUP" (in Spanish). Federación de Voleibol de Chile. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women (as of August 2017)". FIVB. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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