2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup

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2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
Pokal FIVB Odbojka Challenger
Slovenija 2019
Tournament details
Host nationSlovenia
City Ljubljana
Dates3–7 July
Teams 6  (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Third placeFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Fourth placeFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Attendance3,480 (348 per match)
Best scorer Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Kuklinski (71 points)
Best spiker Flag of Cuba.svg Marlon Yant (59.38%)
Best blocker Flag of Belarus.svg Siarhei Busel (0.76 Avg)
Best server Flag of Belarus.svg Kanstantsin Tsiushkevich (0.88 Avg)
Best setter Flag of Slovenia.svg Gregor Ropret (6.21 Avg)
Best digger Flag of Chile.svg Sebastian Castillo (2.17 Avg)
Best receiver Flag of Chile.svg Sebastian Castillo (24.39%)
Official website
Volleyball Challenger Cup

The 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the second edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by six national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League. The tournament was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 3 to 7 July 2019. [1]

Contents

Slovenia won the title, defeating Cuba in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2020 Nations League replacing Portugal, the last placed challenger team after the 2019 edition. Belarus defeated Turkey in the 3rd place match. [2]

On 8 May 2020, FIVB announced that the 2020 Nations League and 2020 Challenger Cup was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. So the tournament eventually became the 2021 Nations League qualifier.

Qualification

A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performance
TotalFirstLast
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia CEV Host country December 20180NoneNone
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba NORCECA North American Qualifier winners 1 June 20191 2018 4th place (2018)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt CAVB 1st World ranked team from CAVB 12 June 20190NoneNone
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1 CSV 2019 Pan-American Cup best finishing team from CSV 21 June 20191 2018 5th place (2018)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus CEV 2019 European Golden League runners-up 21 June 20190NoneNone
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey CEV 2019 European Golden League champions 21 June 20190NoneNone
1. ^ Originally, the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. But, South Korea, chosen by FIVB, refused to represent the AVC. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV booked a direct qualification.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018. [3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Not more than two teams from the same Continental Confederation can go into a same pool. In case the third team from the same Continental Confederation is placed in the same pool as per the World Ranking, the third team will move to the other pool. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 17th.

Pool APool B
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (Hosts)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (13)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (33)Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (18)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (37)Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (48)

Squads

Venue

All matches
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Arena Stožice
Capacity: 12,480
Arena Stozice.jpg

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2206616.0001731221.418 Semifinals
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2113431.3331481550.955
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2020060.0001061500.707
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
3 Jul20:40 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 25–1525–1525–19  75–49 P2 Report
4 Jul20:30 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg3–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 25–1325–2225–22  75–57 P2 Report
5 Jul20:40 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23–2525–1625–1525–17 98–73 P2 Report

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2205632.0002061841.120 Semifinals
2Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2112450.8001931950.990
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2022460.6671972170.908
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
3 Jul17:30 Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25–2116–2525–2024–269–1599–107 P2 Report
4 Jul17:30 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25–2021–2525–2125–20 96–86 P2 Report
5 Jul17:30 Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 23–2518–2525–2325–227–1598–110 P2 Report

Final round

 
 Semifinals Final
 
      
 
6 July – Ljubljana
 
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 3
 
7 July – Ljubljana
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2
 
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0
 
6 July – Ljubljana
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3
 
 
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1
 
 3rd place match
 
 
7 July – Ljubljana
 
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1
 
 
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
6 Jul17:30 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg3–2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22–2525–2325–2220–2515–12107–107 P2 Report
6 Jul20:45 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 21–2527–2525–2025–18 98–88 P2 Report

Third place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul17:30 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg1–3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 20–2525–2016–2520–25 81–95 P2 Report

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
7 Jul20:30 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg0–3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 24–2621–2521–25  66–76 P2 Report

Final standing

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 Volleyball Challenger Cup to pave the way for 2020 VNL". FIVB. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Year in Review: Slovenia men, Canada women join VNL elite". FIVB. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men (as of 1 October 2018)". FIVB. 1 October 2018.
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