2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification
The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup qualification is a series of tournaments to decide teams which will play in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup. The 2019 Challenger Cup will feature 6 teams. Only one place will be allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations will compete.[1]
Qualification summary[edit]
A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | |||||
 Canada
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NORCECA | North American Qualifier champions[2] | 2 June 2019 | 0 | None | None | |
 Chinese Taipei
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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 | 2018 | 4th place (2018) |
 Czech Republic
|
CEV | 2019 Golden League champions | 22 June 2019 | 0 | None | None | |
 Croatia
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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[edit]
AVC (Asia and Oceania)[edit]
FIVB selected Kazakhstan to represent the Asian team for 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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)[edit]
Teams[edit]
Austria (Golden league)
Azerbaijan (Golden league)
Belarus (Golden league → final round)
Czech Republic (Golden league → final round → qualified)
Croatia (Golden league → final round → qualified)
Finland (Golden league)
France (Golden league)
Hungary (Golden league)
Slovakia (Golden league)
Spain (Golden league → final round)
Sweden (Golden league)
Ukraine (Golden league)
League round[edit]
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
|
Czech Republic
|
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Croatia
|
|
 Belarus
|
| 4 |  Spain
|
| 5 |  Hungary
|
| 6 |  Ukraine
|
| 7 |  Slovakia
|
| 8 |  Austria
|
| 9 |  Finland
|
| 10 |  France
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| 11 |  Azerbaijan
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| 12 |  Sweden
|
| Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup |
CSV (South America)[edit]
FIVB selected Argentina to represent the South American team for 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's 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)[edit]
Teams[edit]
Canada (round robin → qualified)
Mexico (round robin)
Puerto Rico (round robin)
Cuba
Final positions (round robin)[edit]
| 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
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2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | |
| 3 |  Mexico
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
African–South American Playoff[edit]
Teams[edit]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Ranking for Africa | Decline | Decline | 1 | Decline |
| World Ranking for South America | 12 June 2019 |  Rio de Janeiro |
1 | Argentina
|
| Total | 2 | |||
Result[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "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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