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)
Teams
- 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
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Czech Republic | |
| Croatia | |
| 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 |
Teams
- Canada (round robin → qualified)
- Mexico (round robin)
- Puerto Rico (round robin)
Cuba(withdrew)
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 |
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 | 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
- "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.