2018_FIVB_Volleyball_Women's_Challenger_Cup
2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
International volleyball tournament
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]
Quick Facts Copa Challenger de Femenino Perú 2018, Tournament details ...
| Copa Challenger de Femenino Perú 2018 | |
|---|---|
Lima, host city | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |  Peru |
| City | Lima |
| Dates | 20–24 June |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Champions |  Bulgaria (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Colombia |
| Third place |  Puerto Rico |
| Fourth place | Peru |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Best scorer | Dayana Segovia (78 points) |
| Best spiker | Dayana Segovia (39.41 %) |
| Best blocker | Hristina Ruseva (1.54 Avg) |
| Best server | Diana Dela Peña (0.43 Avg) |
| Best setter | María Alejandra Marín (31.14 Avg) |
| Best digger | Esmeralda Sanchez (4.43 Avg) |
| Best receiver | Zhana Todorova (32.76 %) |
| Official website | |
| Volleyball Challenger Cup | |
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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]
Six teams will compete in the tournament.[1]
More information Country, Confederation ...
| 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 | |
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- ^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]
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 A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 20 Jun | 19:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Colombia | 24–26 | 12–25 | 12–25 | 48–76 | Report | ||
| 21 Jun | 19:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Hungary | 25–13 | 25–19 | 25–7 | 75–39 | Report | ||
| 22 Jun | 19:00 | Hungary | 0–3 | Peru | 14–25 | 11–25 | 26–28 | 51–78 | Report | ||
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Pool B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 20 Jun | 17:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Australia | 25–11 | 25–16 | 25–15 | 75–42 | P2 Report | ||
| 21 Jun | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Australia | 25–10 | 25–19 | 25–15 | 75–44 | Report | ||
| 22 Jun | 17:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–14 | 75–50 | Report | ||
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| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 23 June – Lima | ||||||
| Colombia | 3 | |||||
| 24 June – Lima | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 1 | |||||
| Colombia | 1 | |||||
| 23 June – Lima | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | |||||
| Peru | 0 | |||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||
| 24 June – Lima | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 3 | |||||
| Peru | 2 | |||||
Semifinals
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 23 June | 16:00 | Colombia | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 23–25 | 27–25 | 25–10 | 25–18 | 100–78 | Report | |
| 23 June | 18:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Peru | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 75–61 | Report | ||
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3rd place match
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 24 June | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–2 | Peru | 22–25 | 25–15 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 16–14 | 109–96 | Report |
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Final
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 24 June | 19:00 | Colombia | 1–3 | Bulgaria | 25–22 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 23–25 | 87–97 | Report | |
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More information Rank, Team ...
Source: VCC 2018 final standing |
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