2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup, a new annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by six national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League.[1][2][3] The tournament was held in Matosinhos, Portugal from 20 to 24 June 2018.[4]
Challenger Cup de Masculino Portugal 2018 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host nation | Portugal |
City | Matosinhos |
Dates | 20–24 June |
Teams | 6 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Attendance | 11,952 (1,195 per match) |
Best scorer | ![]() |
Best spiker | ![]() |
Best blocker | ![]() |
Best server | ![]() |
Best setter | ![]() |
Best digger | ![]() |
Best receiver | ![]() |
Official website | |
Volleyball Challenger Cup | |
Portugal won the title, defeating Czech Republic in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing South Korea, the last placed challenger team after the 2018 edition. Estonia defeated Cuba in the 3rd place match.[5]
Qualification
editA total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.[1]
Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
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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.[6]
Pools composition
editTeams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 July 2017.[7] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 30th.
Pool A | Pool B |
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Portugal (Hosts) | Cuba (16) |
Estonia (32) | Czech Republic (27) |
Kazakhstan (35) | Chile (41) |
Squads
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Venue
edit- Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
Pool standing procedure
edit- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary round
edit- All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
Pool A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 113 | 1.327 | Semifinals |
2 | Estonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 149 | 161 | 0.925 | |
3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 144 | 169 | 0.852 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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20 Jun | 21:00 | Portugal | 3–0 | Estonia | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–20 | 75–55 | P2 Report | ||
21 Jun | 18:00 | Estonia | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–22 | 19–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | 94–86 | P2 Report | |
22 Jun | 21:00 | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Portugal | 23–25 | 19–25 | 16–25 | 58–75 | P2 Report |
Pool B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 112 | 1.339 | Semifinals |
2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 179 | 183 | 0.978 | |
3 | Chile | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 158 | 192 | 0.823 |
Final round
edit- All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
Semifinals | Final | |||||
23 June – Matosinhos | ||||||
Czech Republic | 3 | |||||
24 June – Matosinhos | ||||||
Estonia | 1 | |||||
Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
23 June – Matosinhos | ||||||
Portugal | 3 | |||||
Portugal | 3 | |||||
Cuba | 0 | |||||
3rd place match | ||||||
24 June – Matosinhos | ||||||
Estonia | 3 | |||||
Cuba | 0 |
Semifinals
editDate | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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23 Jun | 15:00 | Czech Republic | 3–1 | Estonia | 29–31 | 27–25 | 25–18 | 25–21 | 106–95 | P2 Report | |
23 Jun | 18:00 | Portugal | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–22 | 25–21 | 26–24 | 76–67 | P2 Report |
3rd place match
editDate | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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24 Jun | 15:00 | Estonia | 3–0 | Cuba | 30–28 | 25–21 | 25–16 | 80–65 | Report |
Final
editDate | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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24 Jun | 18:00 | Czech Republic | 1–3 | Portugal | 25–18 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 16–25 | 82–93 | Report |
Final standing
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Source: VCC 2018 final standing |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "FIVB Executive Committee Embraces Digital Transformation". FIVB. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "FIVB: Nasce la Volleyball Challenger Cup" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "FIVB Announces Challenger Cup, Will Align With Nations League". Volleymob.com. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Portugal vence grupo C da Golden European League" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Portugal join world's elite for 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Chile clasifica directo a la Challenger Cup" (in Spanish). FEVOCHI. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 July 2017)". FIVB. 7 July 2017.
External links
edit- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
- 2018 Challenger Cup – official website