2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification explained

The 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide which teams would play in the 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup. The 2019 Challenger Cup featured 6 teams. Only one place was allocated to the hosts. The remaining 5 places were determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five FIVB confederations competed.^[1]

Qualification summary

A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
	NORCECA	North American Qualifier champions^[2]	2 June 2019	0	None	None
	AVC	1st World ranked team from AVC	12 June 2019	0	None	None
	CSV	1st World ranked team from CSV	12 June 2019	0	None	None
	CSV	Host country	17 June 2019	1	2018	4th place (2018)
	CEV	2019 Golden League champions	22 June 2019	0	None	None
	CEV	2019 Golden League runner-up	22 June 2019	0	None	None

Confederation qualification

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

FIVB selected Kazakhstan to represent the Asian team for 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup via FIVB World Rankings, because less than four teams participated in the qualification tournament. But Kazakhstan and Australia teams refused to participate.

FIVB Rank	AVC Rank				Total
23	5	1	6	25	32
30	6	0	4	12	16
33	7	0	0	14	14

CEV (Europe)

See main article: 2019 Women's European Volleyball League.

Teams

(Golden league)
(Golden league)
(Golden league → final round)
(Golden league → final round → qualified)
(Golden league → final round → qualified)
(Golden league)
(Golden league)
(Golden league)
(Golden league)
(Golden league → final round)
(Golden league)
(Golden league)

League round

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12

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup

CSV (South America)

FIVB selected Argentina to represent the South American team for 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup via FIVB World Rankings.

NORCECA (North America)

See main article: 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification (NORCECA).

Venue: Sportplex Beau-Chateau, Quebec, Canada
Dates: 31 May-2 June 2018

Teams

(round robin → qualified)
(round robin)
(round robin)
(withdrew)

Final positions (round robin)

African–South American Playoff

Teams

width=30%	Means of qualification	width=23%	Date!	width=20%	Venue!	width=7%	Vacancies!	width=20%	Qualified
World Ranking for Africa	Decline	Decline	1	Decline
World Ranking for South America	12 June 2019		1
Total			2

Result

Notes and References

Web site: FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation. FIVB.org. 7 December 2016. 12 December 2016.
Web site: 2019 Norceca Women Volleyball Nation League Challenge Cup Final Continental Qualification Tournament. NORCECA. 28 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529104422/http://www.norceca.net/2019%20Events/VNL_Women%20%20FINAL%20FOUR%20Qualification%20%20_Canada/FIVB%20Volleyball%20Nations%20League%20-Women.htm. 29 May 2019. dead.