FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup

The FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The inaugural tournament was played between 20 and 24 June 2018 in Lima, Peru. Bulgaria won the inaugural edition, defeating Colombia in the final and qualified for the 2019 Nations League.

FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
SportVolleyball
Founded2017 (2017)
Inaugural season2018
CEOBrazil Ary Graça
No. of teams8
ContinentInternational (FIVB)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Croatia
(1st title)
Most titles Bulgaria
 Canada
 Croatia
(1 title each)
Streaming partner(s)Volleyball TV
Promotion toNations League
Official websiteVolleyball Challenger Cup

The creation of the tournament was announced in October 2017 (alongside with the announcement of the Nations League) as a joint project between the FIVB, the IMG and 21 national federations.[1] The Challenger Cup serves as a qualifying tournament for the aforementioned Nations League. The FIVB Challenger Cup is held before the Nations League Final Round (in 2018 and 2019 editions) but changed it in 2022 edition and the winner earns the right to participate in the next year's Nations League.[2][3]

A corresponding tournament for men's national teams is the FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup.

Format

Previous format

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in a round-robin format. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The first ranked teams play against the second ranked teams in this round. The winners of the semifinals advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The champion team will qualify for the next year's Nations League as a challenger team.[2][4]

New format

The eight qualified teams play in a knockout stage format. The top four teams in the quarterfinals will qualify for the semifinals. The winner of the quarterfinal 1 will play a semifinal match against the winner of the quarterfinal 4 and the winner of the quarterfinal 2 will play a semifinal match against the winner of the quarterfinal 3. The winners of the semifinals will advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The champion team will qualify for the next year's Nations league as a challenger team.[5]

Qualification
Confederation Slots
Host1
AVC (Asia)1
CAVB (Africa)1
CSV (South America)1
CEV (Europe)2
NORCECA (North America)1
Nations League (16th Place)1
Total8

Hosts

List of hosts by number of final championships hosted.

Times hosted Hosts Year(s)
2 Peru2018, 2019
1 Croatia2022

Appearance
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  •  •  – Did not enter / Did not qualify
  •    – Hosts
  • Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
TeamPeru
2018
(6)		Peru
2019
(6)		Croatia
2022
(8)		Total
 Argentina•3rd•1
 Australia5th••1
 Belgium••2nd1
 Bulgaria1st••1
 Cameroon••8th1
 Canada•1st•1
 Chinese Taipei•6th•1
 Colombia2nd•4th2
 Croatia•4th1st2
 Czech Republic•2nd6th2
 France••5th1
 Hungary6th••1
 Kazakhstan••7th1
 Peru4th5th•2
 Puerto Rico3rd•3rd2

Results summary
Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2018
Details		 Peru
Lima
Bulgaria		 3–1
Colombia
Puerto Rico		 3–2
Peru		 6
2019
Details
Canada		 3–2
Czech Republic
Argentina		 3–0
Croatia		 6
2020 Croatia
Zadar		 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022
Details
Croatia		 3–1
Belgium
Puerto Rico		 3–1
Colombia		 8

Medals summary
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Bulgaria1001
 Canada1001
 Croatia1001
4 Belgium0101
 Colombia0101
 Czech Republic0101
7 Puerto Rico0022
8 Argentina0011
Totals (8 entries)3339

Nations League qualifier
Year Remaining Challenger Teams Challenger Cup Winner
2018  Argentina Fall  Belgium Same position  Dominican Republic Same position  Poland Same position Only 4 challenger teams in the tournament  Bulgaria Rise
2019  Bulgaria Fall  Canada Rise
2022  Belgium Fall  Canada Same position  Bulgaria Same position  Croatia Rise

See also

References
  1. "FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League". FIVB.org. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. "Six teams line up for Volleyball Challenger Cup and one open berth in 2019 Men's and Women's VNL". FIVB.org. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. "Competition Formula". Volleyball World.
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