2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification

The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification is a series of tournaments to decide teams which will play in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup. The 2019 Challenger Cup will feature 6 teams. Only one place will be allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations will compete.[1]

Qualification summary

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	June 2019	Lausanne	1	Peru
North American Qualifier[2]	29 May–2 June 2019	Châteauguay	1	Canada
World Ranking for Asia	12 June 2019	Bangkok	1	Chinese Taipei
African–South American Playoff	Cancel^a		1	Argentina
Golden European League	25 May–22 June 2019	Varaždin	2	Czech Republic
Golden European League	25 May–22 June 2019	Varaždin	2	Croatia
Total			6

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

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

FIVB selected Kazakhstan to represent the Asian team for 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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	OG 2016	WGP 2017	WCH 2018	Total
23	5	Kazakhstan	1	6	25	32
30	6	Australia	0	4	12	16
33	7	Chinese Taipei	0	0	14	14

CEV (Europe)

Teams

Austria (Golden league)
Azerbaijan (Golden league)
Belarus (Golden league → Final Round)
Czech Republic (Golden league → Final Round → Qualified)
Croatia (Golden league → Final Round → Qualified)
Finland (Golden league)

France (Golden league)
Hungary (Golden league)
Slovakia (Golden league)
Spain (Golden league → Final Round)
Sweden (Golden league)
Ukraine (Golden league)

League round

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)

FIVB selected Argentina to represent the South American team for 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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)

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

Teams

Canada (Round Robin → Qualified)
Mexico (Round Robin)
Puerto Rico (Round Robin)
~~Cuba~~ (Withdrew)

Final positions (Round Robin)

	Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Canada	2	0	10	6	0	MAX	150	108	1.389
2	Puerto Rico	1	1	5	3	3	1.000	136	122	1.115
3	Mexico	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	94	150	0.627

African–South American Playoff

Teams

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

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

"FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"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.

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[FIVB-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.

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