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]
Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification
Six teams will compete in the tournament.[1]
Means of qualification
Date
Venue
Vacancies
Qualified
Host Country
June 2018
Lausanne
1
Peru
North American Qualifier[6]
17–20 May 2018
Edmonton
1
Puerto Rico
Asian Qualifier[7]
18–20 May 2018
Almaty
1
Australiaa
South American Qualifier
25–27 May 2018
Lima
1
Colombiab
Golden European League[8]
19 May–15 June 2018
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: 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
Rank
Team
Bulgaria
Colombia
Puerto Rico
4
Peru
5
Australia
Hungary
Qualified for the 2019 Nations League
2018 Challenger Cup Winners
Bulgaria 1st title
14–woman Roster
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Peru
Bulgaria (1st title)
Lausanne
Edmonton
Puerto Rico
Almaty
Australiaa
Colombiab
Budapest
Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru
