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
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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]


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Contents






  • 1 Qualification


  • 2 Pools composition


  • 3 Preliminary round


    • 3.1 Pool A


    • 3.2 Pool B




  • 4 Final round


    • 4.1 Semifinals


    • 4.2 3rd place match


    • 4.3 Final




  • 5 Final standing


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Qualification



Six teams will compete in the tournament.[1]



















































Means of qualification
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country June 2018
Switzerland Lausanne
1
 Peru

North American Qualifier[6]
17–20 May 2018
Canada Edmonton
1
 Puerto Rico

Asian Qualifier[7]
18–20 May 2018
Kazakhstan Almaty
1
 Australiaa
South American Qualifier 25–27 May 2018
Peru Lima
1
 Colombiab

Golden European League[8]
19 May–15 June 2018
Hungary Budapest
2
 Bulgaria

 Hungary
Total 6


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 A Pool B

 Peru (Host)

 Puerto Rico (13)

 Colombia (28)

 Bulgaria (17)

 Hungary (30)

 Australia (42)


Preliminary round




  • Venue: Peru Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru

  • All times are Peru Time (UTC-05:00).





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 Jun 19:00 Peru  0–3  Colombia 24–26 12–25 12–25     48–76  
21 Jun 19:00 Colombia  3–0  Hungary 25–13 25–19 25–7     75–39  
22 Jun 19:00 Hungary  0–3  Peru 14–25 11–25 26–28     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 Jun 17:00 Bulgaria  3–0  Australia 25–11 25–16 25–15     75–42
P2 Report
21 Jun 17:00 Puerto Rico  3–0  Australia 25–10 25–19 25–15     75–44  
22 Jun 17:00 Bulgaria  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–18 25–18 25–14     75–50  


Final round






























































































 
Semifinals Final
 
           
 
23 June
 
 
 Colombia 3
 
24 June
 

 Puerto Rico
1
 

 Colombia
1
 
23 June
 
 Bulgaria
3
 
 Bulgaria 3
 
 

 Peru
0
 
3rd place match
 
 
24 June
 
 
 Puerto Rico 3
 
 

 Peru
2


Semifinals













































Date
Time

Score

Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
23 June 16:00 Colombia  3–1  Puerto Rico 23–25 27–25 25–10 25–18   100–78  
23 June 18:00 Bulgaria  3–0  Peru 25–21 25–22 25–18     75–61  


3rd place match































Date
Time

Score

Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
24 June 17:00 Puerto Rico  3–2  Peru 22–25 25–15 21–25 25–17 16–14 109–96  


Final































Date
Time

Score

Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
24 June 19:00 Colombia  1–3  Bulgaria 25–22 19–25 20–25 23–25   87–97  


Final standing











See also



  • 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

  • 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup



References





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  4. ^ "ALL SET FOR FINAL SIX AS WOMEN'S VNL POOL PLAY CONCLUDES". FIVB. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.


  5. ^ ab "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.


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  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.




External links




  • Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website


  • FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup – official website










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