| Competition: | FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Other Titles: | Challenger Cup de Masculino Portugal 2018 |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Host: | Portugal |
| City: | Matosinhos |
| Dates: | 20–24 June |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | POR |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Second: | CZE |
| Third: | EST |
| Fourth: | CUB |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Website: | Volleyball Challenger Cup |
| Last: | first |
| Next: | 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup |
The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup, a new annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by six national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Men's Volleyball 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]
See main article: 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification.
A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.
Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 July 2017.[6] 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.
| width=50% | Pool A | width=50% | Pool B |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Hosts) | (16) | ||
| (32) | (27) | ||
| (35) | (41) |
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
| width=40 | Rank | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2019 Nations League |
| 13–man Roster | |
| Caique da Silva, José Belo, Filip Cveticanin, Marco Ferreira, Alexandre Ferreira (c), Januário Silva, José Monteiro, João Simões, Phelipe Martins, Lourenço Martins, Valdir Sequeira, Miguel Tavares Rodrigues, João Fidalgo | |
| Head coach | |
| Hugo Silva |