The 2018 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the

Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship The Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship is a sport, sport competition for national women's volleyball teams with players under 19 years, currently held biannually and organized by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) ...

, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the

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(CSV). The tournament will be held in

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from 8 to 12 July 2018. A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CSV qualifiers for the

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. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the CSV representatives.

Competing nations

The following national teams participated: * * * * * * * *

Preliminary round

*All times are local ( UTC−5).

Pool A

Pool B

Final rounds

5–8th-place classification

5–8th semifinals

Seventh-place match

Fifth-place match

Championship

Semifinals

Third-place match

Final

Final standing

All-Star Team

*Most valuable player ** *Best Outside Hitters ** ** *Best setter ** *Best Middle Blockers ** ** *Best Opposite ** *Best libero **

References

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