2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

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]

2018 Women's Challenger Cup
Copa Challenger de Femenino
Perú 2018
Lima, host city
Tournament details
Host nation Peru
CityLima
Dates20–24 June
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Bulgaria (1st title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Puerto Rico
Fourth place Peru
Tournament statistics
Best scorer Dayana Segovia (78 points)
Best spiker Dayana Segovia (39.41 %)
Best blocker Hristina Ruseva (1.54 Avg)
Best server Diana De la Peña (0.43 Avg)
Best setter María Alejandra Marín (31.14 Avg)
Best digger Esmeralda Sanchez (4.43 Avg)
Best receiver Zhana Todorova (32.76 %)
Official website

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]

Qualification
Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification

Six teams will compete in the tournament.[1]

Means of qualification DateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host CountryJune 2018 Lausanne1 Peru
North American Qualifier[6]17–20 May 2018 Edmonton1 Puerto Rico
Asian Qualifier[7]18–20 May 2018 Almaty1 Australiaa
African–South American PlayoffCancelb1 Colombia
Golden European League[8]19 May–15 June 2018 Budapest2 Bulgaria
 Hungary
Total6
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 APool B
 Peru (Host) Puerto Rico (13)
 Colombia (28) Bulgaria (17)
 Hungary (30) Australia (42)

Preliminary round
Qualified for Final round

Pool A

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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 Jun19:00Peru  0–3  Colombia 24–2612–2512–25  48–76 
21 Jun19:00Colombia  3–0  Hungary 25–1325–1925–7  75–39 
22 Jun19:00Hungary  0–3  Peru 14–2511–2526–28  51–78 

Pool B

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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 Jun17:00Bulgaria  3–0  Australia 25–1125–1625–15  75–42P2 Report
21 Jun17:00Puerto Rico  3–0  Australia 25–1025–1925–15  75–44 
22 Jun17:00Bulgaria  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–1825–1825–14  75–50 

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
23 June
 
 
 Colombia3
 
24 June
 
 Puerto Rico1
 
 Colombia 1
 
23 June
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Peru0
 
3rd place match
 
 
24 June
 
 
 Puerto Rico3
 
 
 Peru2

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 June16:00Colombia  3–1  Puerto Rico 23–2527–2525–1025–18 100–78 
23 June18:00Bulgaria  3–0  Peru 25–2125–2225–18  75–61 

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 June17:00Puerto Rico  3–2  Peru 22–2525–1521–2525–1716–14109–96 

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 June19:00Colombia  1–3  Bulgaria 25–2219–2520–2523–25 87–97 

Final standing

See also

References
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  2. "FIVB: Nasce la Volleyball Challenger Cup" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. "FIVB Announces Challenger Cup, Will Align With Nations League". Volleyball.it. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. "ALL SET FOR FINAL SIX AS WOMEN'S VNL POOL PLAY CONCLUDES". FIVB. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. "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. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. "Hungary and Bulgaria to lock horns in Golden #EuroLeagueW 'grand finale'". CEV. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. "VOLLEYROOS WOMEN GET LATE SECOND CHANCE". Volleyball Australia. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  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.
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