2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification

The 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup qualification was a series of tournaments held to decide which teams would play in the 2019 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup. The 2019 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

A total of 6 teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances			Previous best performance
Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Slovenia	CEV	Host country	December 2018	0	None		None
Cuba	NORCECA	North American Qualifier winners	1 June 2019	1	2018		4th place (2018)
Egypt	CAVB	1st World ranked team from CAVB	12 June 2019	0	None		None
Chile¹	CSV	2019 Pan-American Cup best finishing team from CSV	21 June 2019	1	2018		5th place (2018)
Belarus	CEV	2019 European Golden League runners-up	21 June 2019	0	None		None
Turkey	CEV	2019 European Golden League champions	21 June 2019	0	None		None

1.^ Originally, the representatives from AVC and CSV would play a playoff for a spot. But, South Korea, chosen by FIVB, refused to represent the AVC. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV booked a direct qualification.

Means of qualification

	Qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup

Continental qualification tournaments

AVC (Asia and Oceania)

FIVB selected South Korea to represent the AVC for the 2019 Challenger Cup via the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018^[1] because less than 4 teams have registered to participate in the qualifier. But, South Korea refused to participate. So the AVC–CSV playoff was canceled and the representatives from CSV directly qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup.

CAVB (Africa)

FIVB selected a team to represent the CAVB for the 2019 Challenger Cup via the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 October 2018 because CAVB did not host the qualifier.

Rank	Team
1	Egypt

CEV (Europe)

Final venue: Saku Suurhall, Tallinn, Estonia
Dates: 25 May – 22 June 2019
The top two teams qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup.^[2]

Rank	Team
	Turkey
	Belarus
	Netherlands
4	Estonia
5	Latvia
	Spain
	Ukraine
8	Croatia
	Czech Republic
	Slovakia
11	Belgium
11	Finland

CSV (South America)

Venue: Auditorio Multifuncional de Colima, Colima City, Mexico
Dates: 16–21 June 2019
The best South American team not yet participating in the 2019 Nations League qualified for the 2019 Challenger Cup.