2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide which teams would play in the 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball 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.[1]


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
 Canada NORCECA North American Qualifier champions[2] 2 June 2019 0 None None
 Chinese Taipei AVC 1st World ranked team from AVC 12 June 2019 0 None None
 Argentinaa CSV 1st World ranked team from CSV 12 June 2019 0 None None
 Peru CSV Host country 17 June 2019 1 2018 4th place (2018)
 Czech Republic CEV 2019 Golden League champions 22 June 2019 0 None None
 Croatia CEV 2019 Golden League runner-up 22 June 2019 0 None None
Note
^a No team from African Volleyball Confederation participated in qualification process. So, the team from South American Volleyball Confederation automatically qualified for the tournament.

Confederation qualification

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

FIVB selected Kazakhstan to represent the Asian team for 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup via FIVB World Rankings, because less than four teams participated in the qualification tournament. But Kazakhstan and Australia teams refused to participate.

FIVB Rank AVC Rank Team WC 2015 OG 2016 WGP 2017 WCH 2018 Total
23 5  Kazakhstan 0 1 6 25 32
30 6  Australia 0 0 4 12 16
33 7  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 14 14

CEV (Europe)

Main article: 2019 Women's European Volleyball League

Teams

League round

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belarus
4  Spain
5  Hungary
6  Ukraine
7  Slovakia
8  Austria
9  Finland
10  France
11  Azerbaijan
12  Sweden
Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup


CSV (South America)

FIVB selected Argentina to represent the South American team for 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup via FIVB World Rankings.

FIVB Rank CSV Rank Team WC 2015 OG 2016 WGP 2017 WCH 2018 Total
11 2  Argentina 25 30 8 30 93

NORCECA (North America)

Main article: 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification (NORCECA)
  • Venue: Canada Sportplex Beau-Chateau, Quebec, Canada
  • Dates: 31 May-2 June 2018

Teams

Final positions (round robin)

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Canada 2 2 0 10 6 0 MAX 6 0 MAX 2019 Challenger Cup
2  Puerto Rico 2 1 1 5 3 3 1.000 3 3 1.000
3  Mexico 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 0 6 0.000
Source:

African–South American Playoff

Teams

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
World Ranking for Africa Decline Decline 1 Decline
World Ranking for South America 12 June 2019 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1  Argentina
Total 2

Result

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Decline Decline Argentina  3–0 bye 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0  

References

  1. ^ "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ "2019 Norceca Women Volleyball Nation League Challenge Cup Final Continental Qualification Tournament". NORCECA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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