2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup, a new annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by 6 national teams that acted as a qualifier for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. The tournament was held in Matosinhos, Portugal between 20 and 24 June.
Portugal won the title, defeating Czech Republic in the final, and earned the right to participate in the 2019 Nations League replacing the last placed challenger team after the 2018 edition. Estonia defeated Cuba 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 FIVB World Ranking as of 7 July 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 the hosts who ranked 30th.| Pool A | Pool B |
Venue
- Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary round
- All times are Western European Summer Time.
| Qualified for the [|Semifinals] |
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
- All times are Western European Summer Time.
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 5 |