FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 1989 in Italy. It was not held between 1993 and 2008, but since 2009, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Qatar and Brazil.

FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1989
Inaugural season	1989
No. of teams	4
Country	FIVB members
Continent	International (FIVB)
Most recent champion(s)	Lube Civitanova (1st title)
Most titles	Trentino (5 titles)

The current format of the tournament involves eight teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about one week; the winners of that year's AVC Club Volleyball Championship (Asia), African Clubs Championship (Africa), Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship (South America) and CEV Champions League (Europe), along with the host city's team and a nominated team from North America. The number of teams is increased through wild card invitees.

The current champions are Italy's Trentino, who defeated another Italian club Lube Civitanova 3–1 in the final of the 2018 edition, to win their fifth title in the competition and the first title since 2012. [1] Italian teams have been the most successful, with nine titles.

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1989 Details	Parma		Parma	3–0	CSKA Moscow		Pirelli Santo André	3–2	Banespa São Paulo		6
1990 Details	Milan		Gonzaga Milano	3–0	Banespa São Paulo		Parma	3–?	Porto Ravenna		8
1991 Details	São Paulo		Porto Ravenna	3–1	Banespa São Paulo		Gonzaga Milano	3–0	Novo Hamburgo		8
1992 Details	Treviso		Gonzaga Milano	3–2	Treviso		Olympiacos	3–?	Porto Ravenna		8
2009 Details	Doha		Trentino	3–0	Skra Bełchatów		Zenit Kazan	3–0	Paykan Tehran		8
2010 Details	Doha		Trentino	3–1	Skra Bełchatów		Paykan Tehran	3–2	Bolívar		8
2011 Details	Doha		Trentino	3–1	Jastrzębski Węgiel		Zenit Kazan	3–1	SESI São Paulo		8
2012 Details	Doha		Trentino	3–0	Sada Cruzeiro		Skra Bełchatów	3–2	Zenit Kazan		8
2013 Details	Betim		Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk		Trentino	3–1	UPCN San Juan		8
2014 Details	Belo Horizonte		Belogorie Belgorod	3–1	Al Rayyan		UPCN San Juan	3–2	Sada Cruzeiro		8
2015 Details	Betim		Sada Cruzeiro	3–1	Zenit Kazan		UPCN San Juan	3–2	Paykan Tehran		6
2016 Details	Betim		Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Zenit Kazan		Trentino	3–2	Bolívar		8
2017 Details	Poland		Zenit Kazan	3–0	Lube Civitanova		Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Skra Bełchatów		8
2018 Details	Poland		Trentino	3–1	Lube Civitanova		Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–1	Asseco Resovia		8
2019 Details	Betim		Lube Civitanova	3–1	Sada Cruzeiro		Zenit Kazan	3–0	Al-Rayyan		4

Results by confederation

Confederation	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth
CEV	12	10	10	5
CSV	3	4	4	7
AVC	—	1	1	3
CAVB	—	—	—	—
NORCECA	—	—	—	—
Total	15	15	15	15

Table current through 2018.

Medals summary

Medal table by club

Rank	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Trentino	5	0	2	7
2	Sada Cruzeiro	3	2	1	6
3	Gonzaga Milano	2	0	1	3
4	Zenit Kazan	1	2	3	6
5	Lube Civitanova	1	2	0	3
6	Parma	1	0	1	2
7	Belogorie Belgorod	1	0	0	1
	Porto Ravenna	1	0	0	1
9	Skra Bełchatów	0	2	1	3
10	Banespa São Paulo	0	2	0	2
11	Al Rayyan	0	1	0	1
	CSKA Moscow[upper-alpha 1]	0	1	0	1
	Jastrzębski Węgiel	0	1	0	1
	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	0	1	0	1
	Treviso	0	1	0	1
16	UPCN San Juan	0	0	2	2
17	Fakel Novy Urengoy	0	0	1	1
	Olympiacos	0	0	1	1
	Paykan Tehran	0	0	1	1
	Pirelli Santo André	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 clubs)		15	15	15	45

Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	10	3	4	17
2	Brazil	3	4	2	9
3	Russia[upper-alpha 1]	2	4	4	10
4	Poland	0	3	1	4
5	Qatar	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina	0	0	2	2
7	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		15	15	15	45

MVP by edition

• 1989 – None
• 1990 – Claudio Galli (Gonzaga Milano)
• 1991 – Karch Kiraly (Porto Ravenna)
• 1992 – Lorenzo Bernardi (Treviso)
• 2009 – Matey Kaziyski (Trentino)
• 2010 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
• 2011 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
• 2012 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
• 2013 – Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
• 2014 – Dmitry Muserskiy (Belogorie Belgorod)
• 2015 – Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)
• 2016 – William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)[2]
• 2017 – Osmany Juantorena (Lube Civitanova)[3]
• 2018 – Aaron Russell (Trentino)
• 2019 – Bruno Rezende (Lube Civitanova)

See also

• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

Notes

1. FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948-1991) and CIS (1992).

References

1. "Trentino return to world summit". FIVB.org. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
2. "Setter William Arjona the brightest star of Club World Champs dream team". FIVB.org. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
3. "Juantorena makes comeback for 4th MVP award". FIVB.org. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

External links

• FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship Honours (1989–2012)