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The 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan. The tournament was a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Host country Japan
Dates22 August – 6 September
Teams12
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
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2015 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates22 August – 6 September
Teams12
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions China (4th title)
Runners-up Serbia
Third place United States
Tournament awards
MVPChina Zhu Ting
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The top two ranked teams, China and Serbia, qualified for the Olympics,[1] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

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.[2]

  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 Olympic Games. 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 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.[3]
  5. Net touch
    In this edition, players can not touch the whole net and antennas, not just the white band like in 2011 edition.[4]
  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.[3]
  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.[2] Only teams who had not yet qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games could compete in the tournament.

More information Means of qualification, Date ...
Means of qualificationDateVenueQualified
Host country31 January 2013Switzerland Lausanne Japan
2014 World Championship23 Sep – 12 Oct 2014Italy Italy United States
World Ranking for Asian Team13 October 2014Thailand Bangkok China
 South Korea
European Ranking[5]15 October 2014Luxembourg Luxembourg Russia
 Serbia
South American Qualifier3–7 June 2015Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina
 Peru
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup5–7 June 2015Cuba Havana Dominican Republic
 Cuba
2015 African Championship12–20 June 2015Kenya Nairobi Kenya
 Algeria
Total12
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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.

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads

Venues

More information Site, First round ...
Site First round Second round Third round
A TokyoSendaiNagoya
Yoyogi National GymnasiumSendai GymnasiumNippon Gaishi Hall
Capacity: 13,291Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 10,000
B MatsumotoOkayamaKomaki
Matsumoto City GymnasiumMomotaro ArenaPark Arena Komaki
Capacity: 6,000Capacity: 11,000Capacity: 5,000
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Format

More information Group 1, Group 2 ...
Group 1Group 2
 Japan (Host) United States (1)
 Dominican Republic (6) China (3)
 Russia (7) Serbia (8)
 Argentina (14) South Korea (10)
 Kenya (19) Peru (23)
 Cuba (26) Algeria (25)
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The competition system of the 2015 World Cup for women 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 team plays against the other teams from the same group. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each teams play against the teams from another group.
The pools composition followed the Serpentine system based on the World ranking where the host team was at the top position. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 13 October 2014 except the hosts who ranked 4th.[6]

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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  China 11 10 1 30 30 7 4.286 900 658 1.368
2  Serbia 11 10 1 26 31 11 2.818 964 739 1.304
3  United States 11 9 2 28 29 7 4.143 839 617 1.360
4  Russia 11 9 2 27 30 8 3.750 889 702 1.266
5  Japan 11 7 4 22 27 14 1.929 922 779 1.184
6  South Korea 11 5 6 16 18 19 0.947 816 787 1.037
7  Dominican Republic 11 5 6 16 18 21 0.857 835 859 0.972
8  Argentina 11 4 7 12 15 23 0.652 738 819 0.901
9  Cuba 11 4 7 11 13 25 0.520 740 876 0.845
10  Kenya 11 2 9 5 7 29 0.241 683 844 0.809
11  Peru 11 1 10 5 9 30 0.300 732 899 0.814
12  Algeria 11 0 11 0 0 33 0.000 326 825 0.395
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Source: [citation needed]

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

First round

Site A

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Aug12:10Dominican Republic 0–3 Russia15–2518–2518–25  51–75P2 P3
22 Aug14:40Cuba 3–1 Kenya27–2525–2312–2525–22 89–95P2 P3
22 Aug19:20Argentina 0–3 Japan16–2519–2512–25  47–75P2 P3
23 Aug12:10Kenya 0–3 Dominican Republic26–2824–2617–25  67–79P2 P3
23 Aug15:10Argentina 3–0 Cuba25–1525–2125–23  75–59P2 P3
23 Aug19:20Japan 2–3 Russia25–1218–2521–2525–2313–15102–100P2 P3
24 Aug12:10Dominican Republic 3–1 Argentina25–2125–2219–2525–15 94–83P2 P3
24 Aug15:10Russia 3–0 Kenya25–1625–2125–21  75–58P2 P3
24 Aug19:20Cuba 0–3 Japan15–2512–2516–25  43–75P2 P3
26 Aug12:10Argentina 0–3 Russia10–2510–2516–25  36–75P2 P3
26 Aug15:10Cuba 1–3 Dominican Republic22–2522–2525–1823–25 92–93P2 P3
26 Aug19:20Japan 3–0 Kenya25–1525–2025–12  75–47P2 P3
27 Aug12:10Russia 3–0 Cuba25–1925–1325–18  75–50P2 P3
27 Aug15:10Kenya 0–3 Argentina12–2517–2520–25  49–75P2 P3
27 Aug19:20Dominican Republic 2–3 Japan18–2525–2032–3015–2513–15103–115P2 P3
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Site B

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Aug12:10United States 3–0 South Korea25–1525–2225–15  75–52P2 P3
22 Aug15:10Serbia 1–3 China25–1923–2515–2519–25 82–94P2 P3
22 Aug18:40Peru 3–0 Algeria25–1625–1325–16  75–45P2 P3
23 Aug12:10South Korea 3–0 Peru25–1925–1825–18  75–55P2 P3
23 Aug15:10China 3–0 Algeria25–525–1125–8  75–24P2 P3
23 Aug18:40Serbia 3–2 United States25–2022–2518–2525–1915–6105–95P2 P3
24 Aug12:10Algeria 0–3 South Korea8–259–2519–25  36–75P2 P3
24 Aug15:10Peru 0–3 Serbia10–2517–2510–25  37–75P2 P3
24 Aug18:40United States 3–0 China25–2325–1725–23  75–63P2 P3
26 Aug12:10United States 3–0 Peru25–1725–1525–12  75–44P2 P3
26 Aug15:10Serbia 3–0 Algeria25–725–1125–3  75–21P2 P3
26 Aug18:40China 3–1 South Korea23–2525–1525–2025–23 98–83P2 P3
27 Aug12:10Algeria 0–3 United States7–252–255–25  14–75P2 P3
27 Aug15:10Peru 0–3 China11–2518–2517–25  46–75P2 P3
27 Aug18:40South Korea 0–3 Serbia16–2519–2516–25  51–75P2 P3
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Second round

Site A

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug12:10Dominican Republic 0–3 Serbia18–2522–2522–25  62–75P2 P3
30 Aug15:10Russia 3–0 South Korea25–2026–2425–22  76–66P2 P3
30 Aug19:20Japan 3–0 Peru25–1925–2125–15  75–55P2 P3
31 Aug12:10Dominican Republic 3–1 Peru25–1825–1922–2525–17 97–79P2 P3
31 Aug15:10Russia 2–3 Serbia25–2225–2214–2523–2512–1599–109P2 P3
31 Aug19:20Japan 3–0 South Korea25–1726–2425–17  76–58P2 P3
1 Sep12:10Russia 3–0 Peru25–1425–1025–20  75–44P2 P3
1 Sep15:10Dominican Republic 1–3 South Korea25–1817–2523–2518–25 83–93P2 P3
1 Sep19:20Japan 2–3 Serbia26–2417–2514–2525–219–1591–110P2 P3
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Site B

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug12:10Argentina 3–0 Algeria25–1125–825–11  75–30P2 P3
30 Aug15:10Kenya 0–3 United States15–2516–2513–25  44–75P2 P3
30 Aug18:40Cuba 0–3 China19–2510–2514–25  43–75P2 P3
31 Aug12:10Cuba 3–0 Algeria25–1725–1625–14  75–47P2 P3
31 Aug15:10Argentina 0–3 United States16–2519–2514–25  49–75P2 P3
31 Aug18:40Kenya 0–3 China7–2515–2514–25  36–75P2 P3
1 Sep12:10Kenya 3–0 Algeria25–1425–1125–11  75–36P2 P3
1 Sep15:10Argentina 0–3 China14–2515–2520–25  49–75P2 P3
1 Sep18:40Cuba 0–3 United States15–2511–2515–25  41–75P2 P3
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Third round

Site A

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Sep12:10Dominican Republic 0–3 China16–2517–2519–25  52–75P2 P3
4 Sep15:10Russia 3–0 United States25–1731–2925–23  81–69P2 P3
4 Sep19:20Japan 3–0 Algeria25–825–1025–6  75–24P2 P3
5 Sep12:10Dominican Republic 3–0 Algeria25–1125–1225–7  75–30P2 P3
5 Sep15:10Russia 1–3 China23–2515–2525–2320–25 83–98P2 P3
5 Sep19:20Japan 1–3 United States25–2023–2520–2510–25 78–95P2 P3
6 Sep12:10Russia 3–0 Algeria25–525–625–8  75–19P2 P3
6 Sep15:10Dominican Republic 0–3 United States10–2519–2517–25  46–75P2 P3
6 Sep19:20Japan 1–3 China17–2525–2221–2522–25 85–97P2 P3
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Site B

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
4 Sep12:10Argentina 3–2 Peru16–2525–2021–2525–2215–12102–104P2 P3
4 Sep15:10Cuba 0–3 Serbia22–2519–2515–25  56–75P2 P3
4 Sep18:40Kenya 0–3 South Korea16–2516–2519–25  51–75P2 P3
5 Sep12:10Cuba 3–1 Peru13–2525–1625–1825–19 88–78P2 P3
5 Sep15:10Kenya 0–3 Serbia11–2514–2519–25  44–75P2 P3
5 Sep18:40Argentina 0–3 South Korea21–2517–2520–25  58–75P2 P3
6 Sep11:10Kenya 3–2 Peru23–2529–2725–2725–2315–13117–115P2 P3
6 Sep14:10Argentina 2–3 Serbia16–2519–2525–2025–234–1589–108P2 P3
6 Sep17:10Cuba 3–2 South Korea25–2218–2516–2530–2815–13104–113P2 P3
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Final standing

More information Rank, Team ...
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Awards

Statistics leaders

More information Best Scorers, Rank ...
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More information Best Servers, Rank ...
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More information Best Diggers, Rank ...
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References

External links

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