International volleyball tournament
Volleyball competition held in Peru
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Best blocker | Hristina Ruseva (1.54 Avg) |
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Best server | Diana Dela Peña (0.43 Avg) |
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Best setter | María Marín (31.14 Avg) |
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Best digger | Esmeralda Sanchez (4.43 Avg) |
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Best receiver | Zhana Todorova (32.76%) |
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The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, a new annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by six national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.[1][2][3] The tournament was held in Lima, Peru between 20 and 24 June.[4]
Bulgaria won the title, defeating Colombia in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing Argentina, 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]
Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
Total | First | Last |
Australiaa | AVC | Asian qualifier 3rd place[6] | 20 May 2018 | 0 | None | None |
Puerto Rico | NORCECA | North American qualifier champions[7] | 20 May 2018 | 0 | None | None |
Colombiab | CSV | South American qualifier runner-up | 27 May 2018 | 0 | None | None |
Peru | CSV | Host country | 15 June 2018 | 0 | None | None |
Bulgaria | CEV | 2018 Golden League champions[8] | 17 June 2018 | 0 | None | None |
Hungary | CEV | 2018 Golden League runner-up[8] | 17 June 2018 | 0 | None | None |
- Note
- ^a Australia replaced Kazakhstan, the Asian qualifier winners, who withdrew from the tournament.[9]
- ^b Originally, a CSV representative was to 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.
Venue
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
1 | Colombia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 151 | 87 | 1.736 | Final round |
2 | Peru | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 126 | 127 | 0.992 |
3 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 90 | 153 | 0.588 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
20 Jun | 19:00 | Peru ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png) | 0–3 | Colombia | 24–26 | 12–25 | 12–25 | | | 48–76 | Report |
21 Jun | 19:00 | Colombia ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png) | 3–0 | Hungary | 25–13 | 25–19 | 25–7 | | | 75–39 | Report |
22 Jun | 19:00 | Hungary ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png) | 0–3 | Peru | 14–25 | 11–25 | 26–28 | | | 51–78 | Report |
Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 92 | 1.630 | Final round |
2 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 125 | 119 | 1.050 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 86 | 150 | 0.573 | |
Source: [citation needed]
Final round
Semifinals
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
23 June | 16:00 | Colombia ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png) | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 23–25 | 27–25 | 25–10 | 25–18 | | 100–78 | Report |
23 June | 18:00 | Bulgaria ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png) | 3–0 | Peru | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–18 | | | 75–61 | Report |
3rd place match
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
24 June | 17:00 | Puerto Rico ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png) | 3–2 | Peru | 22–25 | 25–15 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 16–14 | 109–96 | Report |
Final
Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
24 June | 19:00 | Colombia ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png) | 1–3 | Bulgaria | 25–22 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 23–25 | | 87–97 | Report |
Final standing
Source: VCC 2018 final standing | 2018 Women's Challenger Cup champions | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png) Bulgaria First title | 14–woman Roster | Gergana Dimitrova, Nasya Dimitrova, Kristiana Petrova, Veselina Grigorova, Lora Kitipova, Petya Barakova, Monika Krasteva, Mira Todorova, Hristina Ruseva (c), Mariya Karakasheva, Zhana Todorova, Borislava Saykova, Silvana Chausheva, Aleksandra Milanova | Head coach | Ivan Petkov | |
See also
References
- ^ a b "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "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". Volleyball.it. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "ALL SET FOR FINAL SIX AS WOMEN'S VNL POOL PLAY CONCLUDES". FIVB. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Bulgaria amongst volleyball's cream for 2019 Women's VNL". FIVB. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "AVC Continental Qualifications for FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup – Women's Results". AVC. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Norceca Women Volleyball Nation League Challenge Cup Final Continental Qualification Tournament". NORCECA. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Hungary and Bulgaria to lock horns in Golden #EuroLeagueW 'grand finale'". CEV. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "VOLLEYROOS WOMEN GET LATE SECOND CHANCE". Volleyball Australia. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "CHILE CLASIFICA DIRECTO A LA CHALLENGER CUP" (in Spanish). Federación de Voleibol de Chile. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Women (as of August 2017)". FIVB. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
External links
- Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
- FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup Archived 2019-05-16 at the Wayback Machine – official website
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