2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

2015 Men's World Cup
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2015 World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Japan
Dates 8–23 September
Teams 12
Venues 6 (in 5 host cities)
Champions  United States (2nd title)
MVP United States Matthew Anderson
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The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from September 8 to September 23 in Japan. The tournament served as a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two teams, USA and Italy, qualified for the Olympics,[1][2] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matthew Anderson was elected the Most Valuable Player.[3] Moreover, there were 3 record breakings. Firstly, Thomas Edgar broke the highest score points in a single match record in Australia's win over Egypt with 50 points.[4] Secondly, in Canada's win over Australia in five sets (32-34, 25-14, 25-21, 27-29, 20-18), two tournament records were broken: the longest match (2 hours and 49 minutes) and the highest scoring game (245 points).[5]

Information

The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament:[1]

  1. Host country
  2. 2014 World champions
  3. 2 teams per continental confederation considered by World ranking, continental ranking, or continental championship

But, on 10 March 2015, the FIVB announced a change of the continental events following each continental confederation's agreement.[6]

  1. AVC used the World ranking as of 1 January 2015.
  2. CAVB used the African Championship.
  3. CEV used the European ranking as of 1 January 2015.
  4. CSV held a qualification tournament.
  5. NORCECA used the 2015 NORCECA Champion Cup (Final Four).

Changes

  1. Olympics places
    Only the winners and runners-up of the competition could secure the berths in the 2016 Olympics games. It was different from last edition which three medalists teams joined the Olympics games.
  2. Qualification format
    The 2015 World Cup changed the format of the competition following the information above. There were not 2 wild card teams like 2011 edition. One of these spots belonged to the World champions, the other one belonged to the 2nd place of a continental event (2011 edition gave tickets to 4 of 5 continents, but 2015 edition gave tickets to all 5 continents).
  3. Competition format
    Competition rounds decreased from 4 in 2011 to 3. Combining rounds 1 (3 days) and 2 (2 days) in 2011 to 1 round of 5 days. The hosts also reduced the venues from 8 to 6.
  4. Pool ranking criteria
    In 2011 edition, match points was the first criterion, but 2015 changed it to number of matches won. All criteria are shown in section Pool standing procedure.[7]
  5. Net touch
    In this edition, players can not touch the whole net and antennas, not just the white band like in 2011 edition.[8]
  6. Roster
    All 14 players (maximum 12 regular players and maximum 2 liberos) can play in every match and be named in score sheets.
  7. Individual awards
    Individual awards were given to players by positions, unlike previous editions when awards were given to players by volleyball skills.
  8. Attribution of points
    FIVB approved the proposal that in case the team hosting the Olympic Games participated in a previous World Cup then they would keep the World Ranking points gained at the previous World Cup.[7]
  9. Referee
    It was the first time in the competition when there was a challenge referee. In each match, there was a referee who controlled the challenge system.

Qualification

12 teams participated in the World Cup.[6] Only teams who had not yet qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games could compete in the tournament.

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host country31 January 2013Switzerland Lausanne1 Japan
2014 World Championship30 Aug–21 Sep 2014Poland Poland1 Poland
World Ranking for Asian Team22 September 2014Thailand Bangkok2 Iran
 Australia
European Ranking[9]15 October 2014Luxembourg Luxembourg2 Russia
 Italy
South American Qualifier19–23 May 2015Colombia Cali2 Argentina
 Venezuela
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup21–23 May 2015United States Detroit2 Canada
 United States
2015 African Championship22–30 July 2015Egypt Cairo2 Egypt
 Tunisia
Total12

Format

The competition system of the 2015 World Cup for men is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams.

The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each. In round 1, total 30 matches in 5 days, each teams play against the other teams from the same group. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each team plays against the teams from the another group.

The pool composition followed the Serpentine system based on the World ranking where the host team was at the top position. There were no teams from CAVB on the drawing of lots day, the teams from CAVB were at the bottom position of pool composition. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014 except the hosts who ranked 21st.[10]
Group 1Group 2
 Japan (Hosts) Russia (2)
 Italy (4) Poland (3)
 United States (5) Argentina (6)
 Australia (13) Iran (10)
 Canada (14) Venezuela (29)
 Egypt (19) Tunisia (15)

Squads

Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in the tournament. The rosters of 14 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Venues

Site First round Second round Third round
A HiroshimaOsakaTokyo
Hiroshima Prefectural Sports CenterOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumYoyogi National Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,750Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 13,291
B HamamatsuToyamaTokyo
Hamamatsu ArenaToyama City GymnasiumTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 10,000

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  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

Results

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 10 1 30 31 6 5.167 899 746 1.205
2  Italy 10 1 29 30 8 3.750 918 780 1.177
3  Poland 10 1 29 31 11 2.818 1011 884 1.144
4  Russia 8 3 23 25 12 2.083 885 794 1.115
5  Argentina 7 4 21 26 16 1.625 985 922 1.068
6  Japan 5 6 16 21 21 1.000 928 934 0.994
7  Canada 5 6 13 18 22 0.818 886 940 0.943
8  Iran 4 7 12 16 24 0.667 905 893 1.013
9  Australia 4 7 12 15 24 0.625 831 925 0.898
10  Egypt 2 9 8 13 30 0.433 889 976 0.911
11  Venezuela 1 10 3 8 32 0.250 815 981 0.831
12  Tunisia 0 11 2 5 33 0.152 747 924 0.808

First round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
08 Sep 12:10 Canada  1–3  Italy 19–25 20–25 25–22 13–25   77–97 P2 P3
08 Sep 15:10 United States  3–0  Australia 25–23 25–12 25–15     75–50 P2 P3
08 Sep 19:20 Japan  3–2  Egypt 25–19 23–25 25–18 17–25 15–7 105–94 P2 P3
09 Sep 12:10 Australia  0–3  Italy 17–25 18–25 15–25     50–75 P2 P3
09 Sep 15:10 Egypt  2–3  Canada 22–25 23–25 25–21 26–24 12–15 108–110 P2 P3
09 Sep 19:20 United States  3–1  Japan 25–23 21–25 25–11 25–14   96–73 P2 P3
10 Sep 12:10 Italy  3–1  Egypt 20–25 26–24 25–22 25–13   96–84 P2 P3
10 Sep 15:10 Canada  0–3  United States 21–25 20–25 17–25     58–75 P2 P3
10 Sep 19:20 Japan  3–1  Australia 25–17 25–21 25–27 25–18   100–83 P2 P3
12 Sep 12:10 United States  3–0  Italy 25–18 25–23 29–27     79–68 P2 P3
12 Sep 15:10 Australia  3–2  Egypt 23–25 26–24 25–23 20–25 15–13 109–110 P2 P3
12 Sep 19:20 Japan  3–0  Canada 25–17 25–15 25–21     75–53 P2 P3
13 Sep 12:10 Egypt  0–3  United States 20–25 13–25 21–25     54–75 P2 P3
13 Sep 15:10 Canada  3–2  Australia 32–34 25–14 25–21 27–29 20–18 129–116 P2 P3
13 Sep 19:20 Italy  3–0  Japan 25–21 25–20 25–15     75–56 P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
08 Sep 12:10 Argentina  3–1  Iran 25–27 25–22 25–22 26–24   101–95 P2 P3
08 Sep 15:10 Russia  3–0  Venezuela 29–27 25–16 25–15     79–58 P2 P3
08 Sep 18:40 Poland  3–0  Tunisia 25–17 25–15 25–20     75–52 P2 P3
09 Sep 12:10 Venezuela  2–3  Argentina 32–30 15–25 26–24 13–25 10–15 96–119 P2 P3
09 Sep 15:20 Tunisia  1–3  Iran 17–25 25–21 14–25 20–25   76–96 P2 P3
09 Sep 18:40 Poland  3–1  Russia 26–28 27–25 25–19 25–22   103–94 P2 P3
10 Sep 12:10 Iran  3–0  Venezuela 25–20 25–17 25–15     75–52 P2 P3
10 Sep 15:10 Argentina  1–3  Poland 18–25 25–19 21–25 25–27   89–96 P2 P3
10 Sep 18:40 Russia  3–0  Tunisia 25–17 25–16 29–27     79–60 P2 P3
12 Sep 12:10 Poland  3–2  Iran 18–25 23–25 25–15 25–20 15–11 106–96 P2 P3
12 Sep 15:10 Tunisia  2–3  Venezuela 25–19 18–25 25–22 26–28 13–15 107–109 P2 P3
12 Sep 18:40 Russia  3–1  Argentina 25–19 21–25 25–18 25–20   96–82 P2 P3
13 Sep 12:10 Venezuela  1–3  Poland 27–25 23–25 16–25 23–25   89–100 P2 P3
13 Sep 15:10 Argentina  3–0  Tunisia 25–20 25–19 25–20     75–59 P2 P3
13 Sep 18:40 Iran  0–3  Russia 24–26 18–25 20–25     62–76 P2 P3

Second round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 12:10 United States  3–0  Venezuela 25–18 25–16 25–20     75–54 P2 P3
16 Sep 15:10 Italy  3–0  Iran 25–19 25–23 25–21     75–63 P2 P3
16 Sep 19:20 Japan  3–0  Tunisia 25–21 25–19 25–19     75–59 P2 P3
17 Sep 12:10 United States  3–1  Iran 20–25 25–19 25–22 25–21   95–87 P2 P3
17 Sep 15:10 Italy  3–0  Tunisia 25–18 25–23 25–22     75–63 P2 P3
17 Sep 19:20 Japan  3–0  Venezuela 33–31 26–24 25–19     84–74 P2 P3
18 Sep 12:10 United States  3–0  Tunisia 25–14 25–19 29–27     79–60 P2 P3
18 Sep 15:10 Italy  3–0  Venezuela 25–16 25–22 25–18     75–56 P2 P3
18 Sep 19:20 Japan  2–3  Iran 25–22 25–23 18–25 21–25 12–15 101–110 P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep 12:10 Egypt  0–3  Argentina 18–25 19–25 21–25     58–75 P2 P3
16 Sep 15:10 Canada  1–3  Poland 25–23 15–25 19–25 19–25   78–98 P2 P3
16 Sep 19:10 Australia  0–3  Russia 24–26 16–25 18–25     58–76 P2 P3
17 Sep 12:10 Egypt  0–3  Poland 20–25 23–25 18–25     61–75 P2 P3
17 Sep 15:10 Canada  0–3  Russia 21–25 16–25 19–25     56–75 P2 P3
17 Sep 19:10 Australia  0–3  Argentina 21–25 23–25 16–25     60–75 P2 P3
18 Sep 12:10 Egypt  0–3  Russia 20–25 24–26 18–25     62–76 P2 P3
18 Sep 15:10 Canada  1–3  Argentina 21–25 25–23 27–29 22–25   95–102 P2 P3
18 Sep 19:10 Australia  0–3  Poland 15–25 22–25 17–25     54–75 P2 P3

Third round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep 10:30 Italy  3–0  Russia 25–15 26–24 25–18     76–57 P2 P3
21 Sep 14:15 Japan  0–3  Argentina 24–26 22–25 21–25     67–76 P2 P3
21 Sep 17:10 United States  1–3  Poland 25–17 19–25 23–25 15–25   82–92 P2 P3
22 Sep 10:30 Italy  3–2  Argentina 22–25 25–20 25–21 20–25 16–14 108–105 P2 P3
22 Sep 14:15 Japan  1–3  Poland 26–24 25–27 21–25 19–25   91–101 P2 P3
22 Sep 17:10 United States  3–0  Russia 25–23 26–24 25–17     76–64 P2 P3
23 Sep 10:30 Italy  3–1  Poland 26–24 22–25 25–22 25–19   98–90 P2 P3
23 Sep 14:15 Japan  2–3  Russia 29–27 17–25 25–21 17–25 13–15 101–113 P2 P3
23 Sep 18:40 United States  3–1  Argentina 25–20 25–21 17–25 25–20   92–86 P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep 11:10 Egypt  3–2  Tunisia 23–25 25–21 23–25 25–17 15–11 111–99 P2 P3
21 Sep 14:10 Canada  3–0  Venezuela 25–18 25–22 25–23     75–63 P2 P3
21 Sep 17:10 Australia  3–0  Iran 27–25 27–25 25–22     79–72 P2 P3
22 Sep 11:10 Egypt  3–1  Venezuela 25–18 20–25 25–18 25–20   95–81 P2 P3
22 Sep 14:10 Canada  3–0  Iran 25–23 29–27 26–24     80–74 P2 P3
22 Sep 17:10 Australia  3–0  Tunisia 25–19 25–17 25–19     75–55 P2 P3
23 Sep 11:10 Egypt  0–3  Iran 18–25 11–25 23–25     52–75 P2 P3
23 Sep 14:10 Canada  3–0  Tunisia 25–19 25–21 25–17     75–57 P2 P3
23 Sep 17:10 Australia  3–1  Venezuela 25–16 25–21 22–25 25–21   97–83 P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team
1st  United States
2nd  Italy
3rd  Poland
4  Russia
5  Argentina
6  Japan
7  Canada
8  Iran
9  Australia
10  Egypt
11  Venezuela
12  Tunisia
Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games

 2015 Men's World Cup Champions 

United States
2nd title
14–man Roster
Matthew Anderson, Aaron Russell, Taylor Sander, David Lee , Paul Lotman, Kawika Shoji, Micah Christenson, Russell Holmes, Jayson Jablonsky, Murphy Troy, Maxwell Holt, David Smith, Erik Shoji, Dustin Watten
Head Coach
John Speraw

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
United States Matthew Anderson
  • Best Setter
United States Micah Christenson
  • Best Outside Hitters
Italy Osmany Juantorena
Japan Yūki Ishikawa
  • Best Middle Blockers
Argentina Sebastián Sole
Iran Mohammad Mousavi
  • Best Opposite Hitter
Italy Ivan Zaytsev
  • Best Libero
United States Erik Shoji

Statistics leaders

Best Scorers
Rank Name Points
1 Egypt Ahmed Abdelhay230
2 Argentina Facundo Conte214
3 Italy Ivan Zaytsev197
4 Japan Kunihiro Shimizu191
5 Poland Bartosz Kurek190
6 Japan Yūki Ishikawa188
7 Australia Thomas Edgar176
8 United States Matthew Anderson172
9 Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy157
10 Italy Osmany Juantorena156
Best Spikers
Rank Name %Succ
1 Italy Ivan Zaytsev59.15
2 Italy Osmany Juantorena56.84
3 Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy55.93
4 Japan Yūki Ishikawa55.82
5 Egypt Ahmed Abdelhay55.50
6 Russia Maxim Mikhaylov54.81
7 Iran Amir Ghafour53.55
8 Japan Kunihiro Shimizu53.53
9 Argentina Facundo Conte53.40
10 Italy Filippo Lanza53.08
Best Blockers
Rank Name Avg/set
1 Argentina Sebastián Sole0.81
2 Iran Mohammad Mousavi0.80
3 United States Maxwell Holt0.70
4 Italy Matteo Piano0.63
5 Argentina Facundo Conte0.55
6 United States David Lee0.54
7 Australia Nehemiah Mote0.54
8 Canada Justin Duff0.50
9 Egypt Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou0.49
10 Canada Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn0.48

Best Servers
Rank Name Avg/set
1 United States Matthew Anderson0.70
2 Italy Ivan Zaytsev0.55
3 Russia Maxim Mikhaylov0.51
4 Poland Mateusz Bieniek0.48
5 Japan Masahiro Yanagida0.45
6 Poland Bartosz Kurek0.45
7 Argentina Facundo Conte0.43
8 United States Micah Christenson0.43
9 Egypt Ahmed Abdelhay0.42
10 Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy0.41
Best Setters
Rank Name Avg/set
1 Japan Hideomi Fukatsu10.17
2 United States Micah Christenson9.57
3 Argentina Luciano De Cecco8.93
4 Iran Saeid Marouf8.58
5 Italy Simone Giannelli7.58
6 Canada Tyler Sanders7.20
7 Venezuela José Carrasco6.63
8 Poland Fabian Drzyzga5.90
9 Russia Sergey Grankin4.65
10 Australia Grigory Sukochev4.38

Best Diggers
Rank Name Avg/set
1 Australia Luke Perry2.33
2 Japan Takeshi Nagano2.33
3 United States Erik Shoji2.22
4 Italy Massimo Colaci2.11
5 Tunisia Tayeb Korbosli1.92
6 Poland Paweł Zatorski1.76
7 Iran Mehdi Marandi1.45
8 Tunisia Moalla Ismail1.39
9 Italy Osmany Juantorena1.39
10 Japan Yūki Ishikawa1.31
Best Receivers
Rank Name %Eff
1 Egypt Badawy Mohamed Moneim58.62
2 Iran Milad Ebadipour57.89
3 Iran Mehdi Marandi53.54
4 Poland Rafał Buszek52.20
5 Argentina Luciano Zornetta52.17
6 Poland Michał Kubiak51.79
7 Canada John Gordon Perrin50.00
8 Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi50.00
9 Canada Nicholas Hoag46.15
10 Italy Osmany Juantorena45.28

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "FIVB signs World Cup deal with Japan for 2015 and 2019". FIVB. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "USA wrap up historic World Cup as Italy join them on road to Rio". FIVB. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "USA’s Anderson heads Men’s World Cup Dream Team". FIVB. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "EDGAR'S 50-POINT PERFORMANCE SHOOTS HIM TO TOP OF ALL-TIME LIST". FIVB. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "RECORDS SMASHED AS CANADA DENY AUSTRALIA". FIVB. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "World Cup 2015 qualification process confirmed". FIVB. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Change in 2015 World Cup". FIVB. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "New net touch rule approved". FIVB. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "European Ranking". CEV. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Drawing of lots". FIVB. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

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