The 2026 Women's Volleyball Copa Sudamericana was the second edition of the Women's Volleyball Copa Sudamericana, the annual second-tier international volleyball competition organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) for women's national teams of South America. It was held in Lima, Peru from 22 to 26 July 2026.
Starting with this edition, the tournament was rebranded Copa Sudamericana instead of Copa América, the name it was known by in the inaugural edition.
The tournament served as qualifiers for other two international competitions. The top four teams—other than Brazil and Argentina—qualified for the 2026 Women's South American Volleyball Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Brazil and Argentina qualified automatically as the hosts and the top-ranked team in the FIVB Women's World Ranking (aside from Brazil), respectively. The top team—other than Peru and Brazil—qualified for the 2027 Pan American Games women's volleyball tournament in Lima, Peru, while Peru and Brazil qualified automatically as the hosts and the 2025 Junior Pan American Games women's volleyball tournament champions, respectively.
Brazil won their first Copa Sudamericana title by beating runners-up Colombia 3–0 in the final. Defending champion Argentina failed to retain the title but managed to finish on the podium after defeating Chile 3–0 in the third-place match. Colombia, Chile, Peru and Venezuela qualified for the 2026 Women's South American Championship, with Colombia also qualifying for the 2027 Pan American Games women's volleyball tournament.
Host and venue San Borja Coliseo Eduardo Dibós Capacity: 4,600 In January 2026, Gino Vegas, president of the Peruvian Volleyball Federation, confirmed Peru as the host nation for the tournament, reaffirming what had been announced by CSV President Marco Tulio Teixeira in June 2025 and by Gino Vegas himself in December 2025. Lima was confirmed as the host city on 4 June 2026.
The competition is entirely played at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibós located in the San Borja District of Lima. It was originally scheduled to take place at the Polideportivo Lucha Fuentes before being moved to the Coliseo Eduardo Dibós.
Teams Eight of the twelve CSV member associations entered the tournament.
Team Previous best performance (holders)2nd (2025)1stNone (Debut)2nd (2025)2nd (2025)1stNone (Debut)1stNone (Debut) (hosts)2nd (2025)2nd (2025)
Since Brazil's main team was competing in the 2026 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, they entered the tournament with an alternative squad called "Seleção B".
Competition format The competition format consisted of a two groups of four teams each, which were played on a single round-robin basis in the preliminary round. The group standing procedure was as follows:
Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost); Match points; Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser Sets ratio; Points ratio; If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Once the preliminary round is completed, the top two teams in each group advance to the semi-finals, while the third and fourth placed teams advanced to the semi-finals for 5th to 8th places. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final to define the champions while the losers of the semi-finals decide third and fourth place. Winners of the 5th to 8th semi-finals play for the fifth and sixth place while losers play for seventh and eighth place.
Preliminary round All match times are local times, PET (UTC-5).
Group A
Group B
Final round
5th–8th places
5th–8th semi-finals
7th place match
5th place match
1st–4th places
Semi-finals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
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1 Vivian Lima, 2 Bruninha, 4 Juju Gandra, 5 Jaqueline Schmitz, 6 Aline Segato, 7 Kenya Malachias, 9 Sabrina Machado, 10 Lanna Gabriella, 11 Karina Souza (C), 12 Lívia Santos, 13 Mariana Brambilla, 15 Glayce Vasconcelos, 20 Paulina Souza (L), 21 Kika (L).
Individual awards The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.
Most valuable player (MVP)
Best middle blockers
Best setter
Best opposite spiker
Best outside spikers
Best libero
See also 2026 AVC Women's Volleyball Cup 2026 Women's European Volleyball League 2026 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
References
External links Tournament results at FIVB Live Center