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 CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best performanceTotalFirstLastAVC Asian qualifier 3rd place 20 May 20180NoneNoneNORCECA North American qualifier champions 20 May 20180NoneNoneCSV South American qualifier runner-up 27 May 20180NoneNoneCSV Host country 15 June 20180NoneNoneCEV 2018 Golden League champions 17 June 20180NoneNoneCEV 2018 Golden League runner-up 17 June 20180NoneNone

Confederation qualification

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan Dates: 18–20 May 2018 Teams (round robin → qualified) (round robin) (round robin → qualified (withdrew))

Final positions (round robin)

CEV (Europe)

Teams

(Golden league) (Golden league) (Golden league → final round → qualified) (Golden league → final round) (Golden league) (Golden league → final round) (Golden league) (Golden league → final round → qualified) (Golden league) (Golden league) (Golden league) (Golden league)

Golden league Qualified for the final round Qualified as hosts for the final round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

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.

CSV (South America)

Venue: Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Dates: 25–27 May 2018 Teams (round robin) (round robin → qualified) (round robin → qualified as host country) (round robin)

Final positions (round robin)

NORCECA (North America)

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

Teams (first round → final round) (first round) (first round) (first round → final round → qualified) (first round)

First round Qualified for the final round

Pool A

Pool B

Final positions (final round) The winner qualified for a slot in the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup

References