2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

2011 Men's World Cup
Official website
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Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 20 – December 4
Teams	12
Venues	8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Russia (6th title)
MVP	Maxim Mikhaylov
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The 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from November 20 to December 4 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

Qualification summary

12 teams will participate in the World Cup:

• The host nation's team.
• The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011.
• Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011).
  • NB: If Japan win or finish as one of the best runners-up in the AVC Continental Championship the third ranked team from the tournament will compete.
• Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.

Competition	Date	Venue	Qualified
Host Nation			Japan
2011 NORCECA Championship	Aug. 29 – Sep. 3, 2011	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Cuba  United States
2011 European Championship	September 10–18, 2011	Austria Czech Republic	Serbia  Italy
2011 South American Championship	September 19–25, 2011	Cuiabá, Brazil	Brazil  Argentina
2011 Asian Championship	September 21–29, 2011	Tehran, Iran	Iran  China
2011 African Championship	September 23–29, 2011	Tangier, Morocco	Egypt
Wild Card	October 5, 2011		Russia  Poland[1]
Total			12

FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)^[2]

Rank	Team	Continent
5	United States	NORCECA
6	Italy	Europe
8	Argentina	South America
11	China	Asia
17	Cameroon	Africa

Squads

Venues

rounds	Site A	Site B
1st	Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya	Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima
2nd	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
3rd	Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka	Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu
4th	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Format

The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for men is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): Teams play against teams in the same group.
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams play against teams in the other group.

Results

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

	Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	29	10	1	30	8	3.750	916	781	1.173
2	Poland	26	8	3	30	15	2.000	1032	944	1.093
3	Brazil	24	8	3	29	14	2.071	983	857	1.147
4	Italy	24	8	3	28	15	1.867	1029	925	1.112
5	Cuba	20	7	4	25	19	1.316	964	964	1.000
6	United States	16	6	5	20	19	1.053	884	865	1.022
7	Argentina	16	5	6	21	21	1.000	929	925	1.004
8	Serbia	15	5	6	20	23	0.870	928	968	0.959
9	Iran	12	5	6	16	25	0.640	835	925	0.903
10	Japan	8	2	9	12	28	0.429	874	930	0.940
11	China	5	1	10	9	30	0.300	779	919	0.848
12	Egypt	3	1	10	7	30	0.233	755	905	0.834

First round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Nov	11:10	Serbia	0–3	Argentina	20–25	13–25	18–25			51–75	P2 P3
20 Nov	15:10	Poland	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–23	25–16			75–60	P2 P3
20 Nov	18:30	Iran	3–1	Japan	17–25	25–20	25–23	25–15		92–83	P2 P3
21 Nov	11:10	Cuba	3–0	Iran	25–17	25–17	25–22			75–56	P2 P3
21 Nov	15:10	Serbia	1–3	Poland	25–21	18–25	19–25	28–30		90–101	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:30	Argentina	3–2	Japan	25–22	21–25	11–25	25–15	15–12	97–99	P2 P3
22 Nov	11:10	Iran	3–2	Serbia	25–17	18–25	21–25	25–21	15–11	104–99	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:10	Poland	3–1	Argentina	18–25	25–20	25–23	25–22		93–90	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:30	Japan	0–3	Cuba	21–25	23–25	22–25			66–75	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Nov	11:10	China	0–3	United States	14–25	23–25	21–25			58–75	P2 P3
20 Nov	15:10	Italy	1–3	Russia	25–22	22–25	22–25	21–25		90–97	P2 P3
20 Nov	18:30	Egypt	0–3	Brazil	19–25	13–25	19–25			51–75	P2 P3
21 Nov	11:10	Egypt	0–3	Italy	22–25	15–25	20–25			57–75	P2 P3
21 Nov	15:10	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–17	25–18	16–25	25–16		91–76	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:30	Russia	3–0	China	25–18	25–20	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
22 Nov	11:10	China	0–3	Egypt	20–25	20–25	18–25			58–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:10	Italy	3–2	Brazil	25–16	20–25	18–25	25–21	22–20	110–107	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:30	United States	0–3	Russia	18–25	18–25	24–26			60–76	P2 P3

Second round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Nov	11:10	Argentina	3–1	Cuba	17–25	25–16	25–21	25–17		92–79	P2 P3
24 Nov	15:10	Poland	2–3	Iran	25–23	26–28	25–8	24–26	11–15	111–100	P2 P3
24 Nov	18:30	Serbia	3–2	Japan	25–21	25–22	18–25	22–25	15–12	105–105	P2 P3
25 Nov	11:10	Iran	3–2	Argentina	15–25	25–21	24–26	25–16	15–12	104–100	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:10	Cuba	3–1	Serbia	17–25	25–21	25–22	25–17		92–85	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:30	Japan	1–3	Poland	25–23	21–25	19–25	18–25		83–98	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Nov	11:10	Egypt	0–3	United States	19–25	20–25	20–25			59–75	P2 P3
24 Nov	15:10	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–16	25–19	25–22			75–57	P2 P3
24 Nov	18:30	Italy	3–0	China	25–10	25–18	25–14			75–42	P2 P3
25 Nov	11:10	Russia	3–1	Egypt	25–18	25–17	23–25	25–9		98–69	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:10	China	2–3	Brazil	25–23	10–25	18–25	25–19	8–15	86–107	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:30	United States	1–3	Italy	39–41	22–25	25–22	21–25		107–113	P2 P3

Third round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Nov	11:10	Iran	0–3	United States	15–25	25–27	14–25			54–77	P2 P3
27 Nov	15:10	Poland	3–1	China	17–25	25–20	25–21	25–19		92–85	P2 P3
27 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–1	Egypt	27–29	25–17	25–23	25–12		102–81	P2 P3
28 Nov	11:10	Iran	3–0	Egypt	25–18	25–21	25–15			75–54	P2 P3
28 Nov	15:10	Poland	3–0	United States	25–15	25–20	25–18			75–53	P2 P3
28 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–0	China	25–23	25–20	26–24			76–67	P2 P3
29 Nov	11:10	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–21	26–24	25–21			76–66	P2 P3
29 Nov	15:10	Iran	0–3	China	19–25	19–25	17–25			55–75	P2 P3
29 Nov	18:30	Japan	0–3	United States	37–39	16–25	15–25			68–89	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Nov	11:10	Serbia	0–3	Russia	16–25	16–25	15–25			47–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	15:10	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	22–25	20–25	21–25			63–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	18:30	Cuba	3–1	Italy	25–21	19–25	25–20	25–17		94–83	P2 P3
28 Nov	11:10	Argentina	0–3	Russia	23–25	22–25	19–25			64–75	P2 P3
28 Nov	15:10	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	17–25	25–22	25–23	20–25	15–12	102–107	P2 P3
28 Nov	18:30	Serbia	1–3	Italy	20–25	18–25	25–22	20–25		83–97	P2 P3
29 Nov	11:10	Cuba	1–3	Russia	23–25	27–25	18–25	12–25		80–100	P2 P3
29 Nov	15:10	Argentina	1–3	Italy	36–34	20–25	19–25	20–25		95–109	P2 P3
29 Nov	18:30	Serbia	3–1	Brazil	27–25	20–25	25–20	25–22		97–92	P2 P3

Fourth round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Dec	11:10	Iran	0–3	Brazil	20–25	18–25	16–25			54–75	P2 P3
2 Dec	15:10	Poland	3–2	Italy	17–25	20–25	25–23	25–21	15–12	102–106	P2 P3
2 Dec	18:30	Japan	0–3	Russia	23–25	16–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3
3 Dec	11:10	Iran	0–3	Russia	29–31	21–25	18–25			68–81	P2 P3
3 Dec	15:10	Poland	2–3	Brazil	25–18	25–21	18–25	19–25	12–15	99–104	P2 P3
3 Dec	18:30	Japan	0–3	Italy	22–25	24–26	22–25			68–76	P2 P3
4 Dec	11:10	Poland	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–23	22–25	25–17	15–17	110–107	P2 P3
4 Dec	15:10	Iran	1–3	Italy	13–25	17–25	25–20	18–25		73–95	P2 P3
4 Dec	18:30	Japan	0–3	Brazil	21–25	19–25	22–25			62–75	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Dec	11:10	Serbia	3–1	Egypt	25–20	19–25	25–22	28–26		97–93	P2 P3
2 Dec	15:10	Cuba	3–2	China	25–21	18–25	26–28	25–20	15–13	109–107	P2 P3
2 Dec	18:30	Argentina	2–3	United States	29–27	14–25	17–25	25–20	12–15	97–112	P2 P3
3 Dec	11:10	Serbia	3–1	China	24–26	25–18	25–19	25–12		99–75	P2 P3
3 Dec	15:10	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–21	25–17			75–58	P2 P3
3 Dec	18:30	Cuba	2–3	United States	20–25	25–14	18–25	25–22	11–15	99–101	P2 P3
4 Dec	11:10	Cuba	3–1	Egypt	26–24	23–25	25–23	25–20		99–92	P2 P3
4 Dec	14:10	Argentina	3–0	China	25–23	31–29	25–18			81–70	P2 P3
4 Dec	17:10	Serbia	3–0	United States	25–23	25–17	25–19			75–59	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Poland  Brazil 4  Italy 5  Cuba 6  United States 7  Argentina 8  Serbia 9  Iran 10  Japan 11  China 12  Egypt

2011 Men's World Cup Champions  Russia 6th title 14–man Roster Biriukov, Apalikov, Khtey , Sivozhelez, Makarov, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Yakovlev, Butko, Muserskiy, Kruglov, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev Head coach Alekno

Awards

Most Valuable Player[3] Maxim Mikhaylov Best Scorer Fernando Hernández Best Spiker Ahmed Abdelhay Best Blocker Marcin Możdżonek

Best Server Cristian Savani Best Setter Luciano De Cecco Best Receiver Sérgio Santos Best Libero Ren Qi

See also

• 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup

References

1. "FIVB – World Cup wild cards announced". FIVB. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
2. "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men, As per January 15, 2011". FIVB. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
3. http://www.fivb.ch/EN/Media/viewPressRelease.asp?No=33316&Language=en

External links

• Official website