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tournament contested by 6 national teams that acts as a qualifier for the

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. The tournament was held in

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, Peru between 20 and 24 June.

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won the title, defeating Colombia in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing the last placed challenger team after the 2018 edition.

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defeated

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in the third place match.

Qualification

Six teams will compete in the tournament.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their

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as of August 2017. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except hosts who ranked 26th.

Venue

Preliminary round

*Venue: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos,

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*All times are Peru Time ( UTC-05:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

References

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
– official website
FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup
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