The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the

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, a new annual women's international

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tournament contested by six 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

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in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing

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, 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

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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,

*All times are

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( 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
– official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball, Challenger Cup, Women, 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup FIVB 2018 in Peruvian women's sport International volleyball competitions hosted by Peru June 2018 sports events in South America Sports competitions in Lima 2010s in Lima