2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments held to decide which teams would play in the 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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

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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

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

Continental qualification tournaments

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AVC (Asia and Oceania)

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Rank Team
1   Kazakhstan
2   Pakistan
3   Chinese Taipei


CAVB (Africa)

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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)

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  • Final venue:   KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
  • Dates: 19 May – 14 June 2018
  • The top two teams that had not yet qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.[4]
Rank Team
    Estonia
    Czech Republic
    Turkey
4   Portugal
5   Netherlands
6   Belgium
7   Finland
8   Ukraine
9   Spain
10   Sweden
11   Slovakia
12   Slovenia

CSV (South America)

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Rank Team
1   Chile
2   Peru
3   Paraguay
4   Bolivia


NORCECA (North America)

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Rank Team
1   Cuba
2   Puerto Rico
3   Guatemala
4   Trinidad and Tobago
5   Costa Rica

References

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  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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