title: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup qualification
text: # 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup qualification
  
  The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments to decide teams which played in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup. The 2018 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.
  
  ## Qualification summary
  
  | Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
  | Kazakhstan | AVC | Asian Qualifier winners | 20 May 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
  | Chile | CSV | South American Qualifier winners | 20 May 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
  | Portugal | CEV | Host country | 6 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
  | Cuba | NORCECA | North American Qualifier winners | 9 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
  | Estonia | CEV | 2018 European Golden League champions | 13 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
  | Czech Republic | CEV | 2018 European Golden League runners-up | 13 June 2018 | 0 | None | None | None |
  
      1.^ Originally, the CAVB would have a direct spot in the Challenger Cup, while the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. However, FIVB fined the CAVB for not hosting any kind of qualifier event and the winners of the AVC and CSV qualifier booked a direct qualification.
  
  ## Means of qualification
  
  * Qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup
  * Already qualified as hosts for the 2018 Challenger Cup
  
  ## Continental qualification tournaments
  
  ### AVC (Asia and Oceania)
  
  * Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  * Dates: 18–20 May 2018
  * The winners qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Kazakhstan |
  | 2 | Pakistan |
  | 3 | Chinese Taipei |
  
  ### CAVB (Africa)
  
  CAVB was deprived of the right to participate in the 2018 Challenger Cup because it did not hosting any kind of qualifier event. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the winners of the AVC and CSV qualifier directly qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.
  
  ### CEV (Europe)
  
  * Final venue: KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
  * Dates: 19 May – 14 June 2018
  * The top two teams which had not yet qualified to the 2018 Challenger Cup qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Estonia |
  | | Czech Republic |
  | | Turkey |
  | 4 | Portugal |
  | 5 | Netherlands |
  | 6 | Belgium |
  | 7 | Finland |
  | 8 | Ukraine |
  | 9 | Spain |
  | 10 | Sweden |
  | 11 | Slovakia |
  | 12 | Slovenia |
  
  ### CSV (South America)
  
  * Venue: Centro Nacional de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago, Chile
  * Dates: 18–20 May 2018
  * The winners qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Chile |
  | 2 | Peru |
  | 3 | Paraguay |
  | 4 | Bolivia |
  
  ### NORCECA (North America)
  
  * Venue: Sala 19 de noviembre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
  * Dates: 5–9 June 2018
  * The winners qualified for the 2018 Challenger Cup.
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Cuba |
  | 2 | Puerto Rico |
  | 3 | Guatemala |
  | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
  | 5 | Costa Rica |
  