The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide teams which played in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup. The 2019 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.

Qualification summary

A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances Previous best performance
Total First Last
 Slovenia CEV Host country December 2018 0 None None
 Cuba NORCECA North American Qualifier winners 1 June 2019 1 2018 2018 4th place (2018)
 Egypt CAVB 1st World ranked team from CAVB 12 June 2019 0 None None
 Chile1 CSV 2019 Pan-American Cup best finishing team from CSV 21 June 2019 1 2018 2018 5th place (2018)
 Belarus CEV 2019 European Golden League runners-up 21 June 2019 0 None None
 Turkey CEV 2019 European Golden League champions 21 June 2019 0 None None
1.^ Originally, the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. But, South Korea, chosen by FIVB, refused to represent the AVC. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV booked a direct qualification.

Means of qualification

Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup

Continental qualification tournaments

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

FIVB selected South Korea to represent the AVC for the 2019 Challenger Cup via the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018[1] because less than 4 teams have registered to participate in the qualifier. But, South Korea refused to participate. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV directly qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup.

CAVB (Africa)

FIVB selected a team to represent the CAVB for the 2019 Challenger Cup via the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018 because CAVB did not host the qualifier.

Rank Team
1  Egypt

CEV (Europe)

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
4  Estonia
5  Latvia
 Spain
 Ukraine
8  Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
11  Belgium
 Finland

CSV (South America)

  • Venue: Auditorio Multifuncional de Colima, Colima City, Mexico
  • Dates: 16–21 June 2019
  • The best South American team not yet participating in the 2019 Nations League qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico
4  Chile
5  United States
6  Puerto Rico
7  Canada
8  Peru
9  Dominican Republic
10  Guatemala
11  Trinidad and Tobago
12  Suriname

NORCECA (North America)

Rank Team
1  Cuba
2  Puerto Rico
3  Mexico

References

  1. ↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men (as of 1 October 2018)". FIVB. 1 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Turkey and Belarus to fight for #EuroLeagueM gold". CEV. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cuba dominated Puerto Rico and secured seat for the World Final Challenger". NORCECA. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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