2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

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2021 Women's Challenger Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Croatia
CityZadar
DatesCancelled
30 June–4 July 2021
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup was originally to be held as the third edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by 6 national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. Tournament was scheduled to be held in Zadar, Croatia from 30 June to 4 July 2021.[1][2] On 16 April 2021, FIVB announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on international travel.[3]

The winner would earn the right to participate in the 2022 Nations League replacing the last placed challenger team after the 2021 edition.

Qualification[]

A total of 6 teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Croatia, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another two teams will qualify via European continental tournament. The remaining three vacancies will be filled by the top ranked teams from respective continental confederations not yet participating in the current edition of the Nations League as per the FIVB Volleyball World Ranking (as of 31 March 2021).

Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualifier
Host Country 30 November 2020 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Croatia
2021 European Volleyball League 28 May – 20 June 2021 Bulgaria Ruse 2  Bulgaria
 Spain
FIVB World Rankings – AVC As per 31 March 2021 Switzerland Lausanne 1 TBD
FIVB World Rankings – NORCECA As per 31 March 2021 Switzerland Lausanne 1 TBD
FIVB World Rankings – CAVB or CSV As per 31 March 2021 Switzerland Lausanne 1 TBD
Total 6

Venue[]

All matches
Zadar, Croatia
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Capacity: 8,500
Dvorana Visnjik Zadar.jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Qualification system and host countries for the FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021 confirmed". cev.eu. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ Korać, Branimir (30 November 2020). "Hrvatska prva europska zemlja domaćin odbojkaškog Challenger kupa" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr.
  3. ^ "FIVB announces cancellation of Volleyball Challenger Cup 2021". fivb.com. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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