2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

2014 Men's World Championship
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Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	30 August–21 September
Teams	24
Venues	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
MVP	Mariusz Wlazły
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The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Poland from 30 August to 21 September 2014. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to the host nation Poland, 23 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in seven venues across seven Polish cities, with the final being held at Spodek, Katowice.

The tournament was won by the host country Poland, who beat Brazil (who won the previous three titles) in the final. Poland became the fourth team in the history of the competition to be crowned in their own country, joining the Soviet Union (1952 and 1962) and Czechoslovakia (1966).^[1]

563,263 fans^{[lower-alpha 1]} watched the matches during the 18-day event, smashing the previous records in the competition. In Italy four years earlier, the total was 339,324, while in Japan in 2006 it was 298,352.^[2]

Information

On 4 September 2008 the FIVB announced it had agreed a partnership deal for Poland to host the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in 2014. “This will be the biggest and most beautiful sports event in the world, not only in volleyball but throughout the whole sports family,” said FIVB Honorary Life President Rubén Acosta. “Poland – I’m sure about it – will make this championship very special.”

Acosta and FIVB President Wei Jizhong agreed the deal in Warsaw following negotiations with the Polish Minister of Sport, Mirosław Drzewiecki; Mirosław Błaszczyk, President of the Board of Administration of Polsat Television; Polsat Television Sports Department Director, Marian Kmita and Polish Volleyball Federation President, Mirosław Przedpełski.

It was the first time Poland had hosted an FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. Matches were played in Kraków, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Łódź, Bydgoszcz and Warsaw.

Volleyball in Poland has enjoyed a huge surge in popularity during the 2000s. The Polish Men’s team finished as runners-up at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Japan and a year later, Katowice hosted one of the best-ever FIVB Volleyball World League Final Rounds.

Official song

2014 was the first time in the history of the FIVB World Championships that a host nation had released a song specifically for the tournament. The official song was "Start a Fire" by Margaret.^[3]

Qualification

The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams that would compete in the championship competition. Hosts Poland were granted automatic qualification. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 23 spots. Africa was granted three, Asia and Oceania four, Europe eight, North America five, and South America three places.

Africa (CAVB)	Asia and Oceania (AVC)	Europe (CEV)	North America (NORCECA)	South America (CSV)
Pool T Winners:  Cameroon Pool U Winners:  Egypt Pool V Winners:  Tunisia	Pool A Winners:  Australia Pool B Winners:  Iran Pool C Winners:  China Pool D Winners:  South Korea	Hosts:  Poland 2013 European Champions:  Russia 2013 European Runners-up:  Italy Pool I Winners:  Bulgaria Pool J Winners:  Serbia Pool K Winners:  Germany Pool L Winners:  Belgium Pool M Winners:  Finland Third Round Best Runners-up:  France	Pool O Winners:  United States Pool P Winners:  Cuba Pool Q Winners:  Canada Pool R Winners:  Mexico Playoff Winners:  Puerto Rico	2013 South Am Champions:  Brazil 2013 South Am Runners-up:  Argentina Qualifier Winners:  Venezuela

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 7 October 2013.^[4] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking.^[5] The draw was held in Warsaw, Poland on 27 January 2014. Because the qualification process was in progress on 27 January 2014, the best world rankings of CAVB (13, 15 and 19) and NORCECA (4, 7, 11, 20 and 22) were used when the draw was made.^[6] Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 5th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Poland (Hosts)	Brazil (1)	Russia (2)	Italy (3)
Argentina (7)	Cuba (7)	Bulgaria (6)	United States (4)
Serbia (9)	Germany (10)	Canada (11)	Iran (12)
Australia (14)	Tunisia (13)	Egypt (15)	France (16)
Cameroon (19)	South Korea (21)	China (18)	Puerto Rico (20)
Venezuela (31)	Finland (30)	Mexico (22)	Belgium (37)

Squads

Venues

Opening match (30 August)	Pool A (excl. 30 August) and F	Pool B, F, G and Final four	Pool C
Warsaw, Poland	Wrocław, Poland	Katowice, Poland	Gdańsk / Sopot, Poland
National Stadium	Centennial Hall	Spodek	Ergo Arena
Capacity: 62,100	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 11,409

Pool D	Pool E, H and 5th–6th places	Pool E	Warsaw Wroclaw Katowice Gdańsk/ Sopot Kraków Łódź Bydgoszcz
Kraków, Poland	Łódź, Poland	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Kraków Arena	Atlas Arena	Łuczniczka
Capacity: 15,328	Capacity: 13,805	Capacity: 8,500

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

First round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The top four teams from the pool A and D qualified for the pool E, whereas the top four teams from the pool B and C qualified for the pool F.

	Qualified for the Pool E
	Qualified for the Pool F

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	15	5	0	15	1	15.000	400	311	1.286
2	Serbia	12	4	1	12	6	2.000	425	396	1.073
3	Argentina	9	3	2	10	6	1.667	372	342	1.088
4	Australia	5	2	3	7	11	0.636	384	397	0.967
5	Venezuela	4	1	4	5	13	0.385	366	424	0.863
6	Cameroon	0	0	5	3	15	0.200	382	459	0.832

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	20:15	Poland	3–0	Serbia	25–19	25–18	25–18			75–55	P2 P3
31 Aug	16:30	Venezuela	0–3	Argentina	23–25	17–25	19–25			59–75	P2 P3
31 Aug	20:25	Cameroon	0–3	Australia	22–25	15–25	18–25			55–75	P2 P3
02 Sep	13:10	Argentina	1–3	Serbia	17–25	25–20	21–25	21–25		84–95	P2 P3
02 Sep	16:40	Venezuela	3–1	Cameroon	25–22	25–21	31–33	25–14		106–90	P2 P3
02 Sep	20:25	Australia	0–3	Poland	17–25	19–25	22–25			58–75	P2 P3
04 Sep	13:10	Cameroon	0–3	Argentina	17–25	18–25	23–25			58–75	P2 P3
04 Sep	16:40	Serbia	3–1	Australia	25–23	25–22	22–25	25–17		97–87	P2 P3
04 Sep	20:25	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–13	25–14			75–47	P2 P3
06 Sep	13:10	Argentina	3–0	Australia	25–18	25–19	25–18			75–55	P2 P3
06 Sep	16:40	Venezuela	0–3	Serbia	20–25	17–25	22–25			59–75	P2 P3
06 Sep	20:25	Cameroon	1–3	Poland	27–25	23–25	16–25	22–25		88–100	P2 P3
07 Sep	13:10	Australia	3–2	Venezuela	25–20	23–25	21–25	25–16	15–9	109–95	P2 P3
07 Sep	16:40	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–20	25–23			75–63	P2 P3
07 Sep	20:25	Serbia	3–1	Cameroon	25–21	24–26	29–27	25–17		103–91	P2 P3

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	14	5	0	15	3	5.000	428	352	1.216
2	Germany	12	4	1	12	5	2.400	398	338	1.178
3	Finland	8	3	2	10	8	1.250	415	396	1.048
4	Cuba	6	2	3	9	12	0.750	448	466	0.961
5	South Korea	4	1	4	6	13	0.462	390	441	0.884
6	Tunisia	1	0	5	4	15	0.267	361	447	0.808

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	13:10	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–21	25–19	25–17			75–57	P2 P3
01 Sep	16:40	Finland	3–2	Cuba	18–25	21–25	27–25	25–23	15–12	106–110	P2 P3
01 Sep	20:25	South Korea	3–1	Tunisia	24–26	26–24	25–21	25–18		100–89	P2 P3
03 Sep	13:10	Cuba	0–3	Germany	16–25	21–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3
03 Sep	16:40	Finland	3–0	South Korea	25–22	26–24	25–15			76–61	P2 P3
03 Sep	20:25	Tunisia	0–3	Brazil	18–25	10–25	17–25			45–75	P2 P3
05 Sep	13:10	South Korea	1–3	Cuba	21–25	25–23	14–25	22–25		82–98	P2 P3
05 Sep	16:40	Germany	3–1	Tunisia	25–13	25–19	21–25	25–12		96–69	P2 P3
05 Sep	20:25	Brazil	3–0	Finland	27–25	25–21	26–24			78–70	P2 P3
06 Sep	13:10	Cuba	3–2	Tunisia	16–25	25–20	25–23	20–25	15–13	101–106	P2 P3
06 Sep	16:40	Finland	1–3	Germany	20–25	25–19	24–26	19–25		88–95	P2 P3
06 Sep	20:25	South Korea	2–3	Brazil	25–21	13–25	21–25	25–17	13–15	97–103	P2 P3
07 Sep	13:10	Tunisia	0–3	Finland	18–25	14–25	20–25			52–75	P2 P3
07 Sep	16:40	Germany	3–0	South Korea	25–13	25–16	25–21			75–50	P2 P3
07 Sep	20:25	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	22–25	25–23	25–18	25–17		97–83	P2 P3

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	14	5	0	15	3	5.000	429	347	1.236
2	Canada	11	4	1	12	5	2.400	392	349	1.123
3	Bulgaria	10	3	2	13	8	1.625	462	437	1.057
4	China	6	2	3	6	11	0.545	386	408	0.946
5	Mexico	2	1	4	5	14	0.357	370	442	0.837
6	Egypt	2	0	5	5	15	0.333	411	467	0.880

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Sep	13:10	Russia	3–0	Canada	25–21	25–19	25–21			75–61	P2 P3
01 Sep	16:40	Mexico	0–3	Bulgaria	16–25	17–25	21–25			54–75	P2 P3
01 Sep	20:25	China	3–1	Egypt	25–20	25–20	23–25	33–31		106–96	P2 P3
03 Sep	13:10	Bulgaria	2–3	Canada	25–17	17–25	25–20	24–26	8–15	99–103	P2 P3
03 Sep	16:40	Mexico	1–3	China	25–20	19–25	20–25	20–25		84–95	P2 P3
03 Sep	20:25	Egypt	0–3	Russia	22–25	15–25	15–25			52–75	P2 P3
05 Sep	13:10	China	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75	P2 P3
05 Sep	16:40	Canada	3–0	Egypt	25–14	25–19	25–22			75–55	P2 P3
05 Sep	20:25	Russia	3–1	Mexico	21–25	25–20	25–14	25–17		96–76	P2 P3
06 Sep	13:10	Bulgaria	3–2	Egypt	25–22	26–24	23–25	20–25	15–11	109–107	P2 P3
06 Sep	16:40	Mexico	0–3	Canada	17–25	18–25	19–25			54–75	P2 P3
06 Sep	20:25	China	0–3	Russia	22–25	11–25	21–25			54–75	P2 P3
07 Sep	13:10	Egypt	2–3	Mexico	25–16	20–25	21–25	25–21	10–15	101–102	P2 P3
07 Sep	16:40	Canada	3–0	China	26–24	27–25	25–17			78–66	P2 P3
07 Sep	20:25	Russia	3–2	Bulgaria	20–25	23–25	25–20	25–23	15–11	108–104	P2 P3

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	12	4	1	14	7	2.000	469	437	1.073
2	Iran	11	4	1	13	7	1.857	462	420	1.100
3	United States	9	3	2	12	9	1.333	461	419	1.100
4	Italy	5	2	3	9	12	0.750	462	473	0.977
5	Belgium	5	1	4	9	12	0.750	437	467	0.936
6	Puerto Rico	3	1	4	3	13	0.231	315	390	0.808

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	13:10	Italy	1–3	Iran	16–25	25–23	21–25	22–25		84–98	P2 P3
31 Aug	16:40	Belgium	2–3	United States	21–25	25–17	16–25	25–21	11–15	98–103	P2 P3
31 Aug	20:25	Puerto Rico	0–3	France	23–25	22–25	24–26			69–76	P2 P3
02 Sep	13:10	United States	2–3	Iran	23–25	19–25	25–19	25–18	15–17	107–104	P2 P3
02 Sep	16:40	Belgium	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–19	25–17	25–20			75–56	P2 P3
02 Sep	20:25	France	2–3	Italy	25–20	25–20	23–25	13–25	12–15	98–105	P2 P3
04 Sep	13:10	Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	15–25	8–25	20–25			43–75	P2 P3
04 Sep	16:40	Iran	1–3	France	18–25	25–14	19–25	27–29		89–93	P2 P3
04 Sep	20:25	Italy	3–1	Belgium	26–28	25–15	25–16	28–26		104–85	P2 P3
06 Sep	13:10	United States	1–3	France	25–19	17–25	15–25	21–25		78–94	P2 P3
06 Sep	16:40	Belgium	1–3	Iran	23–25	15–25	25–21	20–25		83–96	P2 P3
06 Sep	20:25	Puerto Rico	3–1	Italy	19–25	25–19	25–23	25–22		94–89	P2 P3
07 Sep	13:10	France	3–2	Belgium	25–14	21–25	25–20	22–25	15–12	108–96	P2 P3
07 Sep	16:40	Iran	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–17	25–22	25–14			75–53	P2 P3
07 Sep	20:25	Italy	1–3	United States	18–25	20–25	25–23	17–25		80–98	P2 P3

Second round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round were taken into account for the second round.
• The top three teams in each pool qualified for the third round.

Qualified for the Third round

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	17	5	2	19	11	1.727	693	649	1.068
2	Poland	16	6	1	19	8	2.375	636	568	1.120
3	Iran	15	5	2	18	11	1.636	659	623	1.058
4	United States	14	4	3	17	12	1.417	673	633	1.063
5	Serbia	9	3	4	12	14	0.857	601	617	0.974
6	Argentina	8	3	4	11	15	0.733	570	602	0.947
7	Italy	5	2	5	10	18	0.556	615	645	0.953
8	Australia	0	0	7	4	21	0.190	509	619	0.822

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	16:40	ŁUC	Argentina	1–3	France	25–21	17–25	27–29	18–25		87–100	P2 P3
10 Sep	16:40	ATA	Serbia	3–0	Italy	25–19	29–27	25–22			79–68	P2 P3
10 Sep	20:25	ATA	Poland	1–3	United States	27–29	22–25	27–25	23–25		99–104	P2 P3
10 Sep	20:25	ŁUC	Australia	1–3	Iran	23–25	21–25	25–21	17–25		86–96	P2 P3
11 Sep	16:40	ŁUC	Argentina	0–3	Iran	15–25	23–25	16–25			54–75	P2 P3
11 Sep	16:40	ATA	Serbia	1–3	United States	25–23	29–31	17–25	21–25		92–104	P2 P3
11 Sep	20:25	ATA	Poland	3–1	Italy	19–25	25–18	25–20	26–24		95–87	P2 P3
11 Sep	20:25	ŁUC	Australia	1–3	France	22–25	18–25	32–30	17–25		89–105	P2 P3
13 Sep	16:40	ŁUC	Argentina	3–1	Italy	17–25	25–21	30–28	25–21		97–95	P2 P3
13 Sep	16:40	ATA	Serbia	1–3	France	27–25	23–25	23–25	20–25		93–100	P2 P3
13 Sep	20:25	ATA	Poland	3–2	Iran	25–17	25–16	24–26	19–25	16–14	109–98	P2 P3
13 Sep	20:25	ŁUC	Australia	0–3	United States	15–25	19–25	20–25			54–75	P2 P3
14 Sep	16:40	ŁUC	Argentina	3–2	United States	19–25	28–26	25–20	23–25	15–11	110–107	P2 P3
14 Sep	16:40	ATA	Serbia	1–3	Iran	25–27	25–22	22–25	18–25		90–99	P2 P3
14 Sep	20:25	ATA	Poland	3–2	France	25–18	21–25	25–23	22−25	15−12	108–103	P2 P3
14 Sep	20:25	ŁUC	Australia	1–3	Italy	23–25	14–25	25–21	18−25		80–96	P2 P3

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	21	7	0	21	2	10.500	578	476	1.214
2	Russia	17	6	1	19	6	3.167	592	498	1.189
3	Germany	15	5	2	15	8	1.875	537	497	1.080
4	Canada	10	4	3	12	13	0.923	574	560	1.025
5	Finland	6	2	5	9	17	0.529	561	602	0.932
6	Cuba	6	1	6	11	18	0.611	601	660	0.911
7	Bulgaria	5	1	6	8	18	0.444	534	604	0.884
8	China	4	2	5	6	19	0.316	508	588	0.864

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	16:40	SPO	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	25–15	25–21	25–21			75–57	P2 P3
10 Sep	16:40	CEH	Finland	0–3	Russia	10–25	18–25	16–25			44–75	P2 P3
10 Sep	20:25	SPO	Germany	3–0	China	25–19	25–22	25–17			75–58	P2 P3
10 Sep	20:25	CEH	Cuba	2–3	Canada	27–25	18–25	25–23	11–25	13–15	94–113	P2 P3
11 Sep	16:40	SPO	Brazil	3–0	China	25–14	25–23	25–18			75–55	P2 P3
11 Sep	16:40	CEH	Finland	0–3	Canada	25–27	25–27	19–25			69–79	P2 P3
11 Sep	20:25	SPO	Germany	3–1	Bulgaria	25–16	25–15	23–25	25–17		98–73	P2 P3
11 Sep	20:25	CEH	Cuba	1–3	Russia	18–25	25–23	15–25	19–25		77–98	P2 P3
13 Sep	16:40	SPO	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–23	29–27			79–69	P2 P3
13 Sep	16:40	CEH	Finland	2–3	China	25–22	22–25	23–25	25–20	14–16	109–108	P2 P3
13 Sep	20:25	SPO	Germany	0–3	Russia	17–25	18–25	24–26			59–76	P2 P3
13 Sep	20:25	CEH	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria	25–23	25–18	30–28			80–69	P2 P3
14 Sep	16:40	SPO	Brazil	3–1	Russia	25–21	24–26	25–19	25–19		99–85	P2 P3
14 Sep	16:40	CEH	Finland	3–0	Bulgaria	25–18	25–21	25–18			75–57	P2 P3
14 Sep	20:25	SPO	Germany	3–0	Canada	28–26	25–22	25−23			78–71	P2 P3
14 Sep	20:25	CEH	Cuba	2–3	China	25–19	20–25	25−18	20−25	11–15	101–102	P2 P3

Third round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• The pool E and F winners were placed in different pools, while the second and third placed teams were drawn.
• The top two teams in each pool qualified for the semifinals, whereas the third ranked teams in each pool qualified for the 5th place match.

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th place match

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	5	2	0	6	2	3.000	182	163	1.117
2	Germany	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	136	131	1.038
3	Iran	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	157	181	0.867

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	20:25	France	3–0	Germany	25–15	26–24	25–22			76–61	P2 P3
17 Sep	20:25	Germany	3–0	Iran	25–15	25–21	25–19			75–55	P2 P3
18 Sep	20:25	France	3–2	Iran	25–20	25–23	22–25	19–25	15–9	106–102	P2 P3

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	4	2	0	6	4	1.500	211	210	1.005
2	Brazil	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	180	166	1.084
3	Russia	1	0	2	2	6	0.333	168	183	0.918

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	20:25	Poland	3–2	Brazil	25–22	22–25	14–25	25–18	17–15	103–105	P2 P3
17 Sep	20:25	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–22	25–20	25–21			75–63	P2 P3
18 Sep	20:25	Poland	3–2	Russia	25–22	25–22	21–25	22–25	15–11	108–105	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

5th–6th places

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	13:40	Iran	0–3	Russia	19–25	21–25	18–25			58–75	P2 P3

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	20 September
	France	2
	Brazil	3
					21 September
					Brazil	1
					Poland	3
					3rd place match
	20 September			21 September
	Germany	1		France	0
	Poland	3			Germany	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	16:40	France	2–3	Brazil	18–25	25–23	23–25	25–22	12–15	103–110	P2 P3
20 Sep	20:25	Germany	1–3	Poland	24–26	26–28	25–23	21–25		96–102	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:40	France	0–3	Germany	21–25	24–26	23–25			68–76	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	20:25	Brazil	1–3	Poland	25–18	22–25	23–25	22–25		92–93	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Poland  Brazil  Germany 4  France 5  Russia 6  Iran 7  Canada  United States 9  Finland  Serbia 11  Argentina  Cuba 13  Bulgaria  Italy 15  Australia  China 17  Belgium  Mexico  South Korea  Venezuela 21  Cameroon  Egypt  Puerto Rico  Tunisia Qualified for the 2015 World Cup

2014 Men's World Champions  Poland 2nd title 14–man Roster Nowakowski, Winiarski , Konarski, Zagumny, Kłos, Wrona, Wlazły, Drzyzga, Kubiak, Ignaczak, Zatorski, Możdżonek, Mika, Buszek Head Coach Antiga

Awards

Most Valuable Player Mariusz Wlazły Best Setter Lukas Kampa Best Outside Spikers Ricardo Lucarelli Murilo Endres

Best Middle Blockers Marcus Böhme Karol Kłos Best Opposite Spiker Mariusz Wlazły Best Libero Jenia Grebennikov

Prize money

Prize Money for the Final Standing Champions – $200,000 Runners-up – $125,000 3rd place – $75,000

Prize Money for the Awards Most Valuable Player – $30,000 Best Setter – $10,000 Best Outside Spiker – $10,000 (2 players) Best Middle Blocker – $10,000 (2 players) Best Opposite Spiker – $10,000 Best Libero – $10,000

See also

• 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

Notes

1. FIVB announced that the final attendance for this tournament was 563,263. But, in fact, the total number of spectators based on match reports was 586,887, not 563,263.

References

1. "Poland dethrone Brazil as men’s champions". FIVB. 21 September 2014.
2. "Record numbers watch Poland triumph". FIVB. 21 September 2014.
3. "Start a Fire (official song)". Magic Records Poland. 30 August 2014.
4. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 7 October 2013)". FIVB. 7 October 2013.
5. "FIVB – SPORTS REGULATIONS – Volleyball" (PDF). FIVB. 15 May 2013. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
6. "2014 Men's World Championship PressKit" (PDF). FIVB. p. 6.

External links

• Official website (English)
• Official website (Polish)
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Formula and Prize Money
• Statistics