FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup


The FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup is an upcoming international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport's global governing body. The first tournament was played between 20 and 24 June, 2018 in Matosinhos, Portugal.
The creation of the tournament was announced in October 2017 as a joint project between the FIVB, the IMG and 21 national federations. The Challenger Cup serves as a qualifying tournament for the aforementioned Nations League. The FIVB Challenger Cup is held before the Nations League Final Round and the winner earns the right to participate in the next year's Nations League.
A corresponding tournament for women's national teams is the FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup.

Format

The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in a round-robin format. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The first ranked teams play against the second ranked teams in this round. The winners of the semifinals advance to compete for the Challenger Cup title. The winners will qualify for the next year's Nations League as a challenger team.

Qualification

Hosts

List of hosts by number of final championships hosted.
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Appearance

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Medals summary

Nations League qualifier