FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup

FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
Sport Volleyball
Founded 2017 (2017)
Inaugural season 2018
CEO Brazil Ary Graça
No. of teams 6
Continent International (FIVB)
Most recent
champion(s)		  Portugal (1st title)
Most titles  Portugal (1 title)
Official website FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup

The FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup is an upcoming international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament was played between 20 and 24 June, 2018 in Matosinhos, Portugal.

The creation of the tournament was announced in October 2017 (alongside with the announcement of the Nations League) as a joint project between the FIVB, the IMG and 21 national federations.[1] The Challenger Cup serves as a qualifying tournament for the aforementioned Nations League. The FIVB Challenger Cup is held before the Nations League Final Round and the winner earns the right to participate in the next year's Nations League.[2]

A corresponding tournament for women's national teams is the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup.

Format

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in a round-robin format. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The first ranked teams play against the second ranked teams in this round. The winners of the semifinals advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The winners will qualify for the next year's Nations League as a challenger team.[2][3]

Qualification

Confederation Slots
AVC (Asia)0 or 1 (intercontinental playoff with CSV representative)
CAVB (Africa)1
CSV (South America)0 or 1 (intercontinental playoff with AVC representative)
CEV (Europe)2
NORCECA (North America)1
Total6 (5+H)

Hosts

List of hosts by number of final championships hosted.

Times hosted Hosts Year(s)
1 Portugal2018

Appearance

Team Portugal
2018
(6)		 Total
 Chile5th1
 Cuba4th1
 Czech Republic2nd1
 Estonia3rd1
 Kazakhstan5th1
 Portugal1st1
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •    – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Results summary

Year Host Final 3rd Place Match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
2018 Portugal
Matosinhos
Portugal		 3–1
Czech Republic
Estonia		 3–0
Cuba		 6

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League". FIVB.org. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Six teams line up for Volleyball Challenger Cup and one open berth in 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB.org. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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