2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

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2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
Copa Challenger de Femenino
Perú 2018
Plaza de Armas, Lima, Peru.jpg
Lima, host city
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
City Lima
Dates20–24 June
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Third placeFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Fourth placeFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Tournament statistics
Best scorer Flag of Colombia.svg Dayana Segovia (78 points)
Best spiker Flag of Colombia.svg Dayana Segovia (39.41 %)
Best blocker Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hristina Ruseva (1.54 Avg)
Best server Flag of Peru.svg Diana Dela Peña (0.43 Avg)
Best setter Flag of Colombia.svg María Alejandra Marín (31.14 Avg)
Best digger Flag of Peru.svg Esmeralda Sanchez (4.43 Avg)
Best receiver Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zhana Todorova (32.76 %)
Official website
Volleyball Challenger Cup
First

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 six 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]

Contents

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

Six teams will compete in the tournament. [1]

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia a AVC Asian qualifier 3rd place [6] 20 May 20180NoneNone
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico NORCECA North American qualifier champions [7] 20 May 20180NoneNone
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia b CSV South American qualifier runner-up 27 May 20180NoneNone
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru CSV Host country 15 June 20180NoneNone
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria CEV 2018 Golden League champions [8] 17 June 20180NoneNone
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary CEV 2018 Golden League runner-up [8] 17 June 20180NoneNone
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
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru (Host)Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (13)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (28)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (17)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (30)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (42)

Venue

All matches
Lima, Peru
Coliseo Eduardo Dibos
Capacity: 4,600
Coliseo Eduardo Dibos 2017 exterior.jpg

Preliminary round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 220660MAX151871.736 Final round
2Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2113331.0001261270.992
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2020060.000901530.588
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
20 Jun19:00 Peru  Flag of Peru.svg0–3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 24–2612–2512–25  48–76 Report
21 Jun19:00 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–0Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 25–1325–1925–7  75–39 Report
22 Jun19:00 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg0–3Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 14–2511–2526–28  51–78 Report

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 220660MAX150921.630 Final round
2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2113331.0001251191.050
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2020060.000861500.573
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
20 Jun17:00 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25–1125–1625–15  75–42 P2 Report
21 Jun17:00 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25–1025–1925–15  75–44 Report
22 Jun17:00 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–0Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 25–1825–1825–14  75–50 Report

Final round

 
 Semifinals Final
 
      
 
23 June – Lima
 
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3
 
24 June – Lima
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1
 
23 June – Lima
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3
 
 
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0
 
 3rd place match
 
 
24 June – Lima
 
 
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3
 
 
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
23 June16:00 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–1Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 23–2527–2525–1025–18 100–78 Report
23 June18:00 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–0Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25–2125–2225–18  75–61 Report

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
24 June17:00 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–2Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 22–2525–1521–2525–1716–14109–96 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
24 June19:00 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 25–2219–2520–2523–25 87–97 Report

Final standing

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