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. The tournament was held in Lima, Peru between 20 and 24 June.
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. Puerto Rico defeated Peru in the third place match.
Qualification
Six teams will compete in the tournament.
Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of August 2017. 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 APool B (Host) (13) (28) (17) (30) (42)
Venue All matchesLima, PeruColiseo Eduardo DibosCapacity: 4,600
Preliminary round Venue: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru All times are Peru Time (UTC-05:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45 Qualified for the 2019 Nations League
14–woman RosterGergana 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 MilanovaHead coachIvan Petkov
See also 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
References
External links Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup – official website