2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA) explained

The NORCECA qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship saw member nations compete for five places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.[1] The top three teams from the 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, plus two teams from the final four qualified for the 2018 World Championship.[2] Therefore, the first two rounds of the 2018 World Championship qualification also acted as qualifiers for the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Originally the 2017 NORCECA Championship was the only competition from the area to offer the 2018 World Championship qualification quota, but due to the pass of hurricanes Irma and Maria for the Caribbean sea, Cuba and Puerto Rico were unable to compete, NORCECA authorities decided to make the final four tournament - Cuba, Puerto Rico and the 4th and 5th placed teams of the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Pools composition

41 NORCECA national teams entered qualification. The top six ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016[3] (United States, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Costa Rica) automatically qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship or the final four. But, Bonaire and Saba later withdrew.

First round

CAZOVA

14 CAZOVA national teams entered qualification. The top two ranked teams from CAZOVA did not compete in the first round and automatically qualified for the second round. Teams ranked 3–14 from CAZOVA were seeded following the serpentine system according to their position in the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016.[3] Pools composition was determined by taking into consideration – as far as possible – the geographical location of the various countries. But, Bonaire later withdrew. Rankings are shown in brackets.

width=33%Pool Awidth=33%Pool Bwidth=33%Pool C
(14) (16) (20)
(27) (23) (24)
(28) (29) (34)
(40) (39) (36)

ECVA

14 ECVA national teams entered qualification. The top two ranked teams from ECVA did not compete in the first round and automatically qualified for the second round. Teams ranked 3–14 from ECVA were seeded following the serpentine system according to their position in the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016.[3] Pools composition was determined by taking into consideration – as far as possible – the geographical location of the various countries. But, Saba later withdrew. Rankings are shown in brackets.

width=33%Pool Awidth=33%Pool Bwidth=33%Pool C
(19) (18) (22)
(31) (30) (25)
(37) (33) (32)
(38) (35) (41)

AFECAVOL

7 AFECAVOL national teams entered qualification. One round was held with a Round-robin tournament of all 7 teams. NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016[3] are shown in brackets.

AFECAVOL
(8)
(9)
(10)
(13)
(17)
(21)
(26)

Second round

CAZOVA

NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016[3] are shown in brackets.

width=50%Pool Dwidth=50%Pool E
(7) (11)
Ranked 4th in CAZOVARanked 3rd in CAZOVA
Ranked 5th in CAZOVARanked 6th in CAZOVA
Ranked 8th in CAZOVARanked 7th in CAZOVA

ECVA

NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016[3] are shown in brackets.

width=50%Pool Dwidth=50%Pool E
(12) (15)
2nd best result in ECVA First RoundBest result in ECVA First Round
3rd best result in ECVA First Round4th best result in ECVA First Round
6th best result in ECVA First Round5th best result in ECVA First Round

Final round

Final four
2017 NORCECA Championship 4th
2017 NORCECA Championship 5th

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

First round

CAZOVA Pool A

CAZOVA Pool B

CAZOVA Pool C

ECVA Pool A

Finals

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Team
1
2
3
4
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the Second round

ECVA Pool B

Finals

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=250Team
1
2
3
4
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the Second round

ECVA Pool C

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Team
1
2
3
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the Second round

AFECAVOL

Second round

2017 CAZOVA Championship

Preliminary round

CAZOVA Pool E

Final round

=7th place match

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=Quarterfinals

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=Semifinals

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=5th place match

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=3rd place match

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=Final

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Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Team
4
5
6
7
8
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship

ECVA Pool D

Finals

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Team
1
2
3
4
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship

ECVA Pool E

Finals

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=250Team
1
2
3
4
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship

Final round

2017 NORCECA Championship

See main article: 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship.

Final four

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations . 2 February 2016 . FIVB.
  2. Web site: Three spots to World Championship available in Colorado . 25 September 2017 . . 1 October 2017.
  3. Web site: 2015 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking . . 11 May 2016.

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