2000 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2000 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 11th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 26 May to 16 July 2000. The Final Round was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Argentina  Canada  Italy  Yugoslavia	Cuba  France  Netherlands  Russia	Brazil  Poland  Spain  United States

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Yugoslavia	12	9	3	32	15	21
Italy	12	8	4	28	23	20
Argentina	12	4	8	23	28	16
Canada	12	3	9	15	32	15

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	9	3	31	14	21
France	12	7	5	24	21	19
Cuba	12	5	7	21	24	17
Netherlands	12	3	9	13	30	15

Netherlands qualified as host of the Final Six

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
United States	12	10	2	31	15	22
Brazil	12	8	4	28	16	20
Poland	12	5	7	21	24	17
Spain	12	1	11	9	34	13

Final round

• Venue: Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pool play

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the 3rd place match

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	9	4	1	13	8	1.625	460	462	0.996
2	Russia	8	3	2	13	7	1.857	454	413	1.099
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	11	8	1.375	440	403	1.092
4	Brazil	7	2	3	8	11	0.727	414	421	0.983
5	Netherlands	7	2	3	7	12	0.583	409	435	0.940
6	United States	6	1	4	8	14	0.571	472	515	0.917

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Jul	Russia	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65
10 Jul	Italy	3–1	United States	25–19	20–25	25–20	25–23		95–87
10 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–23	25–21			75–65
11 Jul	Italy	3–2	Russia	26–24	19–25	25–22	13–25	17–15	100–111
11 Jul	United States	3–2	Brazil	22–25	19–25	25–23	25–23	15–11	106–107
11 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Netherlands	25–19	15–25	25–20	25–13		90–77
12 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	United States	25–15	19–25	36–34	25–14		105–88
12 Jul	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–19	25–21	26–24			76–64
12 Jul	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25–16	25–17	26–24			76–57
14 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–0	Brazil	25–21	30–28	25–16			80–65
14 Jul	Russia	3–1	United States	25–22	23–25	25–20	25–21		98–88
14 Jul	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	25–23	25–27	25–19	25–22		100–91
15 Jul	Italy	3–2	Yugoslavia	16–25	25–15	17–25	25–23	15–12	98–100
15 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Russia	25–22	20–25	25–11	18–25	15–11	103–94
15 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	United States	25–19	19–25	25–18	26–28	15–13	110–103

Finals

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Yugoslavia	0–3	Brazil	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Italy	3–2	Russia	25–22	18–25	20–25	25–21	15–13	103–106

Final standing

Rank Team  Italy  Russia  Brazil 4  Yugoslavia 5  Netherlands 6  United States 7  France 8  Argentina  Cuba  Poland 11  Canada  Spain

2000 World League Champions  Italy 8th title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Andrea Sartoretti

• Best Server
  • Goran Vujević

• Best Spiker
  • Guido Görtzen

• Best Blocker
  • Martin van der Horst

External links

• 2000 World League Results
• Sports123