2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup

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2018 FIVB Men's Challenger Cup
Challenger Cup de Masculino
Portugal 2018
Edificio Transparente 2 (Porto).JPG
Matosinhos, host city
Tournament details
Host nation Portugal
CityMatosinhos
Dates20–24 June
Teams6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Czech Republic
Third place Estonia
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Attendance11,952 (1,195 per match)
Best scorerCuba Miguel Gutiérrez (67 points)
Best spikerPortugal Alexandre Ferreira (58.89 %)
Best blockerKazakhstan Nodirkhan Kadirkhanov (1.14 Avg)
Best serverPortugal Alexandre Ferreira (0.62 Avg)
Best setterChile (26.57 Avg)
Best diggerChile (2.00 Avg)
Best receiverChile (32.73 %)
Official website
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First

The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup, a new annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by 6 national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.[1][2][3] The tournament was held in Matosinhos, Portugal from 20 to 24 June 2018.[4]

Portugal won the title, defeating Czech Republic in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing South Korea, the last placed challenger team after the 2018 edition. Estonia defeated Cuba in the 3rd place match.[5]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup qualification

A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.[1]

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country June 2018 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Portugal
Asian Qualifier1 18–20 May 2018 Kazakhstan Almaty 1  Kazakhstan
South American Qualifier1 18–20 May 2018 Chile Santiago 1  Chile
2018 European Golden League 19 May – 14 June 2018 Czech Republic Karlovy Vary 2  Estonia
 Czech Republic
North American Qualifier 5–9 June 2018 Cuba Pinar del Río 1  Cuba
Total 6
1.^ Originally, the CAVB would have a direct spot in the Challenger Cup, while the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. However, FIVB fined the CAVB for not hosting any kind of qualifier event and the winners of the AVC and CSV qualifier booked a direct qualification.[6]

Pools composition[]

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 July 2017.[7] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 30th.

Pool A Pool B
 Portugal (Hosts)  Cuba (16)
 Estonia (32)  Czech Republic (27)
 Kazakhstan (35)  Chile (41)

Squads[]

Main article:

Venue[]

Pool standing procedure[]

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Portugal 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 113 1.327
2  Estonia 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 149 161 0.925
3  Kazakhstan 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 144 169 0.852
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 21:00 Portugal  3–0  Estonia 25–19 25–16 25–20     75–55 P2
21 Jun 18:00 Estonia  3–1  Kazakhstan 25–22 19–25 25–19 25–20   94–86 P2
22 Jun 21:00 Kazakhstan  0–3  Portugal 23–25 19–25 16–25     58–75 P2

Pool B[]

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Czech Republic 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 112 1.339
2  Cuba 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 179 183 0.978
3  Chile 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 158 192 0.823
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jun 18:00 Cuba  0–3  Czech Republic 19–25 22–25 21–25     62–75 P2
21 Jun 21:00 Czech Republic  3–0  Chile 25–15 25–17 25–18     75–50 P2
22 Jun 18:00 Chile  1–3  Cuba 36–38 22–25 31–29 19–25   108–117 P2

Final round[]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
23 June
 
 
 Czech Republic3
 
24 June
 
 Estonia1
 
 Czech Republic1
 
23 June
 
 Portugal3
 
 Portugal3
 
 
 Cuba0
 
3rd place match
 
 
24 June
 
 
 Estonia3
 
 
 Cuba0

Semifinals[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun 15:00 Czech Republic  3–1  Estonia 29–31 27–25 25–18 25–21   106–95 P2
23 Jun 18:00 Portugal  3–0  Cuba 25–22 25–21 26–24     76–67  

3rd place match[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun 15:00 Estonia  3–0  Cuba 30–28 25–21 25–16     80–65  

Final[]

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun 18:00 Czech Republic  1–3  Portugal 25–18 22–25 19–25 16–25   82–93  

Final standing[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "FIVB Executive Committee Embraces Digital Transformation". FIVB. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ "FIVB: Nasce la Volleyball Challenger Cup" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ "FIVB Announces Challenger Cup, Will Align With Nations League". Volleymob.com. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Portugal vence grupo C da Golden European League" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Portugal join world's elite for 2019 Men's VNL". FIVB. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Chile clasifica directo a la Challenger Cup" (in Spanish). . 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  7. ^ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 July 2017)". FIVB. 7 July 2017.

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