# 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide which teams would play in the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup. The 2018 Challenger Cup featured 6 teams. Only one place was allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places was determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.

## Qualification summary

| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| Australia | AVC | Asian qualifier 3rd place | 20 May 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Puerto Rico | NORCECA | North American qualifier champions | 20 May 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Colombia | CSV | South American qualifier runner-up | 27 May 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Peru | CSV | Host country | 15 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Bulgaria | CEV | 2018 Golden League champions | 17 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
| Hungary | CEV | 2018 Golden League runner-up | 17 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |

### Note

    ^a Australia replaced Kazakhstan, the Asian qualifier winners, who withdrew from the tournament.
    ^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.

## Confederation qualification
### AVC (Asia and Oceania)

* Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Dates: 18–20 May 2018

#### Teams

* Australia (round robin → qualified)
* Chinese Taipei (round robin)
* Kazakhstan (round robin → qualified (withdrew))

#### Final positions (round robin)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 174 | 117 | 1.487 | 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 150 | 157 | 0.955 | |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 100 | 150 | 0.667 | |

### CEV (Europe)
#### Teams

* Azerbaijan (Golden league)
* Belarus (Golden league)
* Bulgaria (Golden league → final round → qualified)
* Czech Republic (Golden league → final round)
* Croatia (Golden league)
* Finland (Golden league → final round)
* France (Golden league)
* Hungary (Golden league → final round → qualified)
* Portugal (Golden league)
* Slovakia (Golden league)
* Spain (Golden league)
* Ukraine (Golden league)

#### Golden league

* Qualified for the final round
* Qualified as hosts for the final round

##### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3.200 | 513 | 436 | 1.177 | Final round |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2.286 | 549 | 492 | 1.116 | |
| 3 | Ukraine | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 483 | 491 | 0.984 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0.167 | 397 | 523 | 0.759 | |

##### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1.556 | 533 | 471 | 1.132 | Final round |
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1.667 | 536 | 508 | 1.055 | Final round as host country |
| 3 | Croatia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1.000 | 529 | 549 | 0.964 | |
| 4 | France | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0.313 | 432 | 502 | 0.861 | |

##### Pool C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 6.000 | 493 | 411 | 1.200 | Final round |
| 2 | Belarus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 0.923 | 531 | 535 | 0.993 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.600 | 515 | 526 | 0.979 | |
| 4 | Spain | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0.500 | 482 | 549 | 0.878 | |

#### Final round

* Venue: László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest, Hungary
* Dates: 14–15 June 2018
* The finalists in the final round qualified for the 2018 FIVB Challenger Cup.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 14 June | 14 June |
| Bulgaria | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Finland | 0 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Finland | 0 | Bulgaria | 3 |
| 14 June | 14 June | | Bulgaria | 3 |
| 14 June | 14 June | Hungary | 0 |
| Hungary | 3 | Hungary | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 15 June | 15 June |
| | | Finland | 1 |
| | | Czech Republic | 3 |

### CSV (South America)

* Venue: Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru
* Dates: 25–27 May 2018

#### Teams

* Chile (round robin)
* Colombia (round robin → qualified)
* Peru (round robin → qualified as host country)
* Venezuela (round robin)

#### Final positions (round robin)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 249 | 167 | 1.491 | Qualified as host |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 223 | 175 | 1.274 | 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 159 | 201 | 0.791 | |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 137 | 225 | 0.609 | |

### NORCECA (North America)

* Venue: Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton, Canada
* Dates: 17–20 May 2018

#### Teams

* Canada (first round → final round)
* Cuba (first round)
* Nicaragua (first round)
* Puerto Rico (first round → final round → qualified)
* Trinidad and Tobago (first round)

#### First round

* Qualified for the final round

##### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 50 | 1.500 | 3 | 0 | MAX | Qualified for the final |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 75 | 0.667 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | |

##### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 103 | 1.456 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Qualified for the final |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 137 | 107 | 1.280 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 150 | 0.487 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | |

### Final positions (final round)

* The winner qualified for a slot in the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
| Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Canada | 2 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 |