2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

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Host nation Japan
Dates8–23 September
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
2015 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates8–23 September
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Poland
Fourth place Russia
Tournament awards
MVPUnited States Matt Anderson
Best SetterUnited States Micah Christenson
Best OHItaly Osmany Juantorena
Japan Yūki Ishikawa
Best MBArgentina Sebastián Sole
Iran Mohammad Mousavi
Best OPPItaly Ivan Zaytsev
Best LiberoUnited States Erik Shoji
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2015 FIVB World Cup

The 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 8 to 23 September 2015 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. Matt 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]

Changes

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 Champions Cup.
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  1. Olympics places
    Only the winners and runners-up of the competition could secure the berths in the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was different from last edition which three medalists teams joined the Olympics.
  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 standing procedure
    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 Summer Olympics 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 Summer Olympics could compete in the tournament.

Means of qualificationDateVenueQualified
Host country31 January 2013Switzerland Lausanne Japan
2014 World Championship30 Aug – 21 Sep 2014Poland Poland Poland
World Ranking for Asian Team22 September 2014Thailand Bangkok Iran
 Australia
European Ranking[9]15 October 2014Luxembourg Luxembourg Russia
 Italy
South American Qualifier19–23 May 2015Colombia Cali Argentina
 Venezuela
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup21–23 May 2015United States Detroit Canada
 United States
2015 African Championship22–30 July 2015Egypt Cairo Egypt
 Tunisia
Total12

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

Format

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

Results

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

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

First round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep12:10Canada 1–3 Italy19–2520–2525–2213–25 77–97P2 P3
8 Sep15:10United States 3–0 Australia25–2325–1225–15  75–50P2 P3
8 Sep19:20Japan 3–2 Egypt25–1923–2525–1817–2515–7105–94P2 P3
9 Sep12:10Australia 0–3 Italy17–2518–2515–25  50–75P2 P3
9 Sep15:10Egypt 2–3 Canada22–2523–2525–2126–2412–15108–110P2 P3
9 Sep19:20United States 3–1 Japan25–2321–2525–1125–14 96–73P2 P3
10 Sep12:10Italy 3–1 Egypt20–2526–2425–2225–13 96–84P2 P3
10 Sep15:10Canada 0–3 United States21–2520–2517–25  58–75P2 P3
10 Sep19:20Japan 3–1 Australia25–1725–2125–2725–18 100–83P2 P3
12 Sep12:10United States 3–0 Italy25–1825–2329–27  79–68P2 P3
12 Sep15:10Australia 3–2 Egypt23–2526–2425–2320–2515–13109–110P2 P3
12 Sep19:20Japan 3–0 Canada25–1725–1525–21  75–53P2 P3
13 Sep12:10Egypt 0–3 United States20–2513–2521–25  54–75P2 P3
13 Sep15:10Canada 3–2 Australia32–3425–1425–2127–2920–18129–116P2 P3
13 Sep19:20Italy 3–0 Japan25–2125–2025–15  75–56P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep12:10Argentina 3–1 Iran25–2725–2225–2226–24 101–95P2 P3
8 Sep15:10Russia 3–0 Venezuela29–2725–1625–15  79–58P2 P3
8 Sep18:40Poland 3–0 Tunisia25–1725–1525–20  75–52P2 P3
9 Sep12:10Argentina 3–2 Venezuela30–3225–1524–2625–1315–10119–96P2 P3
9 Sep15:20Tunisia 1–3 Iran17–2525–2114–2520–25 76–96P2 P3
9 Sep18:40Poland 3–1 Russia26–2827–2525–1925–22 103–94P2 P3
10 Sep12:10Iran 3–0 Venezuela25–2025–1725–15  75–52P2 P3
10 Sep15:10Argentina 1–3 Poland18–2525–1921–2525–27 89–96P2 P3
10 Sep18:40Russia 3–0 Tunisia25–1725–1629–27  79–60P2 P3
12 Sep12:10Poland 3–2 Iran18–2523–2525–1525–2015–11106–96P2 P3
12 Sep15:10Tunisia 2–3 Venezuela25–1918–2525–2226–2813–15107–109P2 P3
12 Sep18:40Russia 3–1 Argentina25–1921–2525–1825–20 96–82P2 P3
13 Sep12:10Venezuela 1–3 Poland27–2523–2516–2523–25 89–100P2 P3
13 Sep15:10Argentina 3–0 Tunisia25–2025–1925–20  75–59P2 P3
13 Sep18:40Iran 0–3 Russia24–2618–2520–25  62–76P2 P3

Second round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep12:10United States 3–0 Venezuela25–1825–1625–20  75–54P2 P3
16 Sep15:10Italy 3–0 Iran25–1925–2325–21  75–63P2 P3
16 Sep19:20Japan 3–0 Tunisia25–2125–1925–19  75–59P2 P3
17 Sep12:10United States 3–1 Iran20–2525–1925–2225–21 95–87P2 P3
17 Sep15:10Italy 3–0 Tunisia25–1825–2325–22  75–63P2 P3
17 Sep19:20Japan 3–0 Venezuela33–3126–2425–19  84–74P2 P3
18 Sep12:10United States 3–0 Tunisia25–1425–1929–27  79–60P2 P3
18 Sep15:10Italy 3–0 Venezuela25–1625–2225–18  75–56P2 P3
18 Sep19:20Japan 2–3 Iran25–2225–2318–2521–2512–15101–110P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep12:10Egypt 0–3 Argentina18–2519–2521–25  58–75P2 P3
16 Sep15:10Canada 1–3 Poland25–2315–2519–2519–25 78–98P2 P3
16 Sep19:10Australia 0–3 Russia24–2616–2518–25  58–76P2 P3
17 Sep12:10Egypt 0–3 Poland20–2523–2518–25  61–75P2 P3
17 Sep15:10Canada 0–3 Russia21–2516–2519–25  56–75P2 P3
17 Sep19:10Australia 0–3 Argentina21–2523–2516–25  60–75P2 P3
18 Sep12:10Egypt 0–3 Russia20–2524–2618–25  62–76P2 P3
18 Sep15:10Argentina 3–1 Canada25–2123–2529–2725–22 102–95P2 P3
18 Sep19:10Australia 0–3 Poland15–2522–2517–25  54–75P2 P3

Third round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep10:30Italy 3–0 Russia25–1526–2425–18  76–57P2 P3
21 Sep14:15Japan 0–3 Argentina24–2622–2521–25  67–76P2 P3
21 Sep17:10United States 1–3 Poland25–1719–2523–2515–25 82–92P2 P3
22 Sep10:30Italy 3–2 Argentina22–2525–2025–2120–2516–14108–105P2 P3
22 Sep14:15Japan 1–3 Poland26–2425–2721–2519–25 91–101P2 P3
22 Sep17:10United States 3–0 Russia25–2326–2425–17  76–64P2 P3
23 Sep10:30Italy 3–1 Poland26–2422–2525–2225–19 98–90P2 P3
23 Sep14:15Japan 2–3 Russia29–2717–2525–2117–2513–15101–113P2 P3
23 Sep18:40United States 3–1 Argentina25–2025–2117–2525–20 92–86P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep11:10Egypt 3–2 Tunisia23–2525–2123–2525–1715–11111–99P2 P3
21 Sep14:10Canada 3–0 Venezuela25–1825–2225–23  75–63P2 P3
21 Sep17:10Australia 3–0 Iran27–2527–2525–22  79–72P2 P3
22 Sep11:10Egypt 3–1 Venezuela25–1820–2525–1825–20 95–81P2 P3
22 Sep14:10Canada 3–0 Iran25–2329–2726–24  80–74P2 P3
22 Sep17:10Australia 3–0 Tunisia25–1925–1725–19  75–55P2 P3
23 Sep11:10Egypt 0–3 Iran18–2511–2523–25  52–75P2 P3
23 Sep14:10Canada 3–0 Tunisia25–1925–2125–17  75–57P2 P3
23 Sep17:10Australia 3–1 Venezuela25–1625–2122–2525–21 97–83P2 P3

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

References

External links

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