2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held in Japan from 20 November to 4 December 2011. 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.

2011 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates20 November – 4 December
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions Russia (6th title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Italy
Tournament awards
MVP Maxim Mikhaylov
Official website
2011 FIVB World Cup

Qualification

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

  • The host country'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.
CompetitionDateVenueQualified
Host Country Japan
2011 NORCECA Championship29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Cuba
 United States
2011 European Championship10–18 September 2011 Austria
Czech Republic		 Serbia
 Italy
2011 South American Championship19–25 September 2011 Cuiabá, Brazil Brazil
 Argentina
2011 Asian Championship21–29 September 2011 Tehran, Iran Iran
 China
2011 African Championship23–29 September 2011 Tangier, Morocco Egypt
Wild Card[1]5 October 2011 Russia
 Poland
Total12

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

RankTeamContinent
5 United StatesNORCECA
6 ItalyEurope
8 ArgentinaSouth America
11 ChinaAsia
17 CameroonAfrica

Squads
Main article: 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads

Venues
RoundSite ASite B
1stNippon Gaishi Hall, NagoyaKagoshima Arena, Kagoshima
2ndOsaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, OsakaKumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
3rdFukuoka Convention Center, FukuokaHamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu
4thYoyogi National Gymnasium, TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Format

The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was 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 played against teams in the same group.
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams played against teams in the other group.

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
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 Nov11:10Serbia  0–3  Argentina 20–2513–2518–25  51–75P2 P3
20 Nov15:10Poland  3–0  Cuba 25–2125–2325–16  75–60P2 P3
20 Nov18:30Iran  3–1  Japan 17–2525–2025–2325–15 92–83P2 P3
21 Nov11:10Cuba  3–0  Iran 25–1725–1725–22  75–56P2 P3
21 Nov15:10Serbia  1–3  Poland 25–2118–2519–2528–30 90–101P2 P3
21 Nov18:30Argentina  3–2  Japan 25–2221–2511–2525–1515–1297–99P2 P3
22 Nov11:10Iran  3–2  Serbia 25–1718–2521–2525–2115–11104–99P2 P3
22 Nov15:10Poland  3–1  Argentina 18–2525–2025–2325–22 93–90P2 P3
22 Nov18:30Japan  0–3  Cuba 21–2523–2522–25  66–75P2 P3

Site B
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Nov11:10China  0–3  United States 14–2523–2521–25  58–75P2 P3
20 Nov15:10Italy  1–3  Russia 25–2222–2522–2521–25 90–97P2 P3
20 Nov18:30Egypt  0–3  Brazil 19–2513–2519–25  51–75P2 P3
21 Nov11:10Egypt  0–3  Italy 22–2515–2520–25  57–75P2 P3
21 Nov15:10Brazil  3–1  United States 25–1725–1816–2525–16 91–76P2 P3
21 Nov18:30Russia  3–0  China 25–1825–2025–18  75–56P2 P3
22 Nov11:10China  0–3  Egypt 20–2520–2518–25  58–75P2 P3
22 Nov15:10Italy  3–2  Brazil 25–1620–2518–2525–2122–20110–107P2 P3
22 Nov18:30United States  0–3  Russia 18–2518–2524–26  60–76P2 P3

Second round

Site A
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Nov11:10Argentina  3–1  Cuba 17–2525–1625–2125–17 92–79P2 P3
24 Nov15:10Poland  2–3  Iran 25–2326–2825–824–2611–15111–100P2 P3
24 Nov18:30Serbia  3–2  Japan 25–2125–2218–2522–2515–12105–105P2 P3
25 Nov11:10Iran  3–2  Argentina 15–2525–2124–2625–1615–12104–100P2 P3
25 Nov15:10Cuba  3–1  Serbia 17–2525–2125–2225–17 92–85P2 P3
25 Nov18:30Japan  1–3  Poland 25–2321–2519–2518–25 83–98P2 P3

Site B
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Nov11:10Egypt  0–3  United States 19–2520–2520–25  59–75P2 P3
24 Nov15:10Brazil  3–0  Russia 25–1625–1925–22  75–57P2 P3
24 Nov18:30Italy  3–0  China 25–1025–1825–14  75–42P2 P3
25 Nov11:10Russia  3–1  Egypt 25–1825–1723–2525–9 98–69P2 P3
25 Nov15:10China  2–3  Brazil 25–2310–2518–2525–198–1586–107P2 P3
25 Nov18:30United States  1–3  Italy 39–4122–2525–2221–25 107–113P2 P3

Third round

Site A
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Nov11:10Iran  0–3  United States 15–2525–2714–25  54–77P2 P3
27 Nov15:10Poland  3–1  China 17–2525–2025–2125–19 92–85P2 P3
27 Nov18:30Japan  3–1  Egypt 27–2925–1725–2325–12 102–81P2 P3
28 Nov11:10Iran  3–0  Egypt 25–1825–2125–15  75–54P2 P3
28 Nov15:10Poland  3–0  United States 25–1525–2025–18  75–53P2 P3
28 Nov18:30Japan  3–0  China 25–2325–2026–24  76–67P2 P3
29 Nov11:10Poland  3–0  Egypt 25–2126–2425–21  76–66P2 P3
29 Nov15:10Iran  0–3  China 19–2519–2517–25  55–75P2 P3
29 Nov18:30Japan  0–3  United States 37–3916–2515–25  68–89P2 P3

Site B
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Nov11:10Serbia  0–3  Russia 16–2516–2515–25  47–75P2 P3
27 Nov15:10Argentina  0–3  Brazil 22–2520–2521–25  63–75P2 P3
27 Nov18:30Cuba  3–1  Italy 25–2119–2525–2025–17 94–83P2 P3
28 Nov11:10Argentina  0–3  Russia 23–2522–2519–25  64–75P2 P3
28 Nov15:10Cuba  3–2  Brazil 17–2525–2225–2320–2515–12102–107P2 P3
28 Nov18:30Serbia  1–3  Italy 20–2518–2525–2220–25 83–97P2 P3
29 Nov11:10Cuba  1–3  Russia 23–2527–2518–2512–25 80–100P2 P3
29 Nov15:10Argentina  1–3  Italy 36–3420–2519–2520–25 95–109P2 P3
29 Nov18:30Serbia  3–1  Brazil 27–2520–2525–2025–22 97–92P2 P3

Fourth round

Site A
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec11:10Iran  0–3  Brazil 20–2518–2516–25  54–75P2 P3
2 Dec15:10Poland  3–2  Italy 17–2520–2525–2325–2115–12102–106P2 P3
2 Dec18:30Japan  0–3  Russia 23–2516–2523–25  62–75P2 P3
3 Dec11:10Iran  0–3  Russia 29–3121–2518–25  68–81P2 P3
3 Dec15:10Poland  2–3  Brazil 25–1825–2118–2519–2512–1599–104P2 P3
3 Dec18:30Japan  0–3  Italy 22–2524–2622–25  68–76P2 P3
4 Dec11:10Poland  2–3  Russia 23–2525–2322–2525–1715–17110–107P2 P3
4 Dec15:10Iran  1–3  Italy 13–2517–2525–2018–25 73–95P2 P3
4 Dec18:30Japan  0–3  Brazil 21–2519–2522–25  62–75P2 P3

Site B
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec11:10Serbia  3–1  Egypt 25–2019–2525–2228–26 97–93P2 P3
2 Dec15:10Cuba  3–2  China 25–2118–2526–2825–2015–13109–107P2 P3
2 Dec18:30Argentina  2–3  United States 29–2714–2517–2525–2012–1597–112P2 P3
3 Dec11:10Serbia  3–1  China 24–2625–1825–1925–12 99–75P2 P3
3 Dec15:10Argentina  3–0  Egypt 25–2025–2125–17  75–58P2 P3
3 Dec18:30Cuba  2–3  United States 20–2525–1418–2525–2211–1599–101P2 P3
4 Dec11:10Cuba  3–1  Egypt 26–2423–2525–2325–20 99–92P2 P3
4 Dec14:10Argentina  3–0  China 25–2331–2925–18  81–70P2 P3
4 Dec17:10Serbia  3–0  United States 25–2325–1725–19  75–59P2 P3

Final standing

Awards
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See also

References
  1. "World Cup wild cards announced". FIVB. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 15 January 2011)". FIVB. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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