The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide teams which played in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup. The 2018 Challenger Cup featured 6 teams. Only one place was allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places were determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.[1]

Qualification summary

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Kazakhstan1 AVC Asian Qualifier winners 20 May 2018 0 None None
 Chile1 CSV South American Qualifier winners 20 May 2018 0 None None
 Portugal CEV Host country 6 June 2018 0 None None
 Cuba NORCECA North American Qualifier winners 9 June 2018 0 None None
 Estonia CEV 2018 European Golden League champions 13 June 2018 0 None None
 Czech Republic CEV 2018 European Golden League runners-up 13 June 2018 0 None None
1.^ Originally, the CAVB would have a direct spot in the Challenger Cup, while the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. However, FIVB fined the CAVB for not hosting any kind of qualifier event and the winners of the AVC and CSV qualifier booked a direct qualification.[2]

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup
Already qualified as hosts for the 2018 Challenger Cup

Continental qualification tournaments

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

Rank Team
1  Kazakhstan
2  Pakistan
3  Chinese Taipei

CAVB (Africa)

CAVB was deprived of the right to participate in the 2018 Challenger Cup because it did not hosting any kind of qualifier event. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the winners of the AVC and CSV qualifier directly qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.

CEV (Europe)

  • Final venue: KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
  • Dates: 19 May – 14 June 2018
  • The top two teams which had not yet qualified to the 2018 Challenger Cup qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.[4]
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Estonia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czech Republic
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Turkey
4  Portugal
5  Netherlands
6  Belgium
7  Finland
8  Ukraine
9  Spain
10  Sweden
11  Slovakia
12  Slovenia

CSV (South America)

  • Venue: Centro Nacional de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago, Chile
  • Dates: 18–20 May 2018
  • The winners qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.[5]
Rank Team
1  Chile
2  Peru
3  Paraguay
4  Bolivia

NORCECA (North America)

  • Venue: Sala 19 de noviembre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Dates: 5–9 June 2018
  • The winners qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.[6]
Rank Team
1  Cuba
2  Puerto Rico
3  Guatemala
4  Trinidad and Tobago
5  Costa Rica

References

  1. ↑ "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chile clasifica directo a la Challenger Cup" (in Spanish). FEVOCHI. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Chinese Taipei battle for right to FIVB Challenger Cup playoff". AVC. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Estonia and hosts Czech Republic to contest Golden EuroLeague final". CEV. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Se viene el Clasificatorio Sudamericano Masculino al Challenger Cup en Chile" (in Spanish). CSV. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cuba wins tournament and qualify to World Final". NORCECA. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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