2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held in Japan from 8 to 23 September 2015 in. 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.

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
MVP Matt Anderson
Best Setter Micah Christenson
Best OH Osmany Juantorena
Yūki Ishikawa
Best MB Sebastián Sole
Mohammad Mousavi
Best OPP Ivan Zaytsev
Best Libero Erik Shoji
Official website

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]

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 Champions Cup.

Changes
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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 qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualified
Host Country31 January 2013 Lausanne1 Japan
2014 World Championship30 Aug – 21 Sep 2014 Poland1 Poland
World Ranking for Asian Team22 September 2014 Bangkok2 Iran
 Australia
European Ranking[9]15 October 2014 Luxembourg2 Russia
 Italy
South American Qualifier19–23 May 2015 Cali2 Argentina
 Venezuela
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup21–23 May 2015 Detroit2 Canada
 United States
2015 African Championship22–30 July 2015 Cairo2 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.

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

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. 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
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
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

Site A
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep12:10Canada  1–3  Italy 19–2520–2525–2213–25 77–97P2 P3
8 Sep15:10United States  3–0  Australia 25–2325–1225–15  75–50P2 P3
8 Sep19:20Japan  3–2  Egypt 25–1923–2525–1817–2515–7105–94P2 P3
9 Sep12:10Australia  0–3  Italy 17–2518–2515–25  50–75P2 P3
9 Sep15:10Egypt  2–3  Canada 22–2523–2525–2126–2412–15108–110P2 P3
9 Sep19:20United States  3–1  Japan 25–2321–2525–1125–14 96–73P2 P3
10 Sep12:10Italy  3–1  Egypt 20–2526–2425–2225–13 96–84P2 P3
10 Sep15:10Canada  0–3  United States 21–2520–2517–25  58–75P2 P3
10 Sep19:20Japan  3–1  Australia 25–1725–2125–2725–18 100–83P2 P3
12 Sep12:10United States  3–0  Italy 25–1825–2329–27  79–68P2 P3
12 Sep15:10Australia  3–2  Egypt 23–2526–2425–2320–2515–13109–110P2 P3
12 Sep19:20Japan  3–0  Canada 25–1725–1525–21  75–53P2 P3
13 Sep12:10Egypt  0–3  United States 20–2513–2521–25  54–75P2 P3
13 Sep15:10Canada  3–2  Australia 32–3425–1425–2127–2920–18129–116P2 P3
13 Sep19:20Italy  3–0  Japan 25–2125–2025–15  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  Iran 25–2725–2225–2226–24 101–95P2 P3
8 Sep15:10Russia  3–0  Venezuela 29–2725–1625–15  79–58P2 P3
8 Sep18:40Poland  3–0  Tunisia 25–1725–1525–20  75–52P2 P3
9 Sep12:10Venezuela  2–3  Argentina 32–3015–2526–2413–2510–1596–119P2 P3
9 Sep15:20Tunisia  1–3  Iran 17–2525–2114–2520–25 76–96P2 P3
9 Sep18:40Poland  3–1  Russia 26–2827–2525–1925–22 103–94P2 P3
10 Sep12:10Iran  3–0  Venezuela 25–2025–1725–15  75–52P2 P3
10 Sep15:10Argentina  1–3  Poland 18–2525–1921–2525–27 89–96P2 P3
10 Sep18:40Russia  3–0  Tunisia 25–1725–1629–27  79–60P2 P3
12 Sep12:10Poland  3–2  Iran 18–2523–2525–1525–2015–11106–96P2 P3
12 Sep15:10Tunisia  2–3  Venezuela 25–1918–2525–2226–2813–15107–109P2 P3
12 Sep18:40Russia  3–1  Argentina 25–1921–2525–1825–20 96–82P2 P3
13 Sep12:10Venezuela  1–3  Poland 27–2523–2516–2523–25 89–100P2 P3
13 Sep15:10Argentina  3–0  Tunisia 25–2025–1925–20  75–59P2 P3
13 Sep18:40Iran  0–3  Russia 24–2618–2520–25  62–76P2 P3

Site A
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep12:10United States  3–0  Venezuela 25–1825–1625–20  75–54P2 P3
16 Sep15:10Italy  3–0  Iran 25–1925–2325–21  75–63P2 P3
16 Sep19:20Japan  3–0  Tunisia 25–2125–1925–19  75–59P2 P3
17 Sep12:10United States  3–1  Iran 20–2525–1925–2225–21 95–87P2 P3
17 Sep15:10Italy  3–0  Tunisia 25–1825–2325–22  75–63P2 P3
17 Sep19:20Japan  3–0  Venezuela 33–3126–2425–19  84–74P2 P3
18 Sep12:10United States  3–0  Tunisia 25–1425–1929–27  79–60P2 P3
18 Sep15:10Italy  3–0  Venezuela 25–1625–2225–18  75–56P2 P3
18 Sep19:20Japan  2–3  Iran 25–2225–2318–2521–2512–15101–110P2 P3

Site B
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep12:10Egypt  0–3  Argentina 18–2519–2521–25  58–75P2 P3
16 Sep15:10Canada  1–3  Poland 25–2315–2519–2519–25 78–98P2 P3
16 Sep19:10Australia  0–3  Russia 24–2616–2518–25  58–76P2 P3
17 Sep12:10Egypt  0–3  Poland 20–2523–2518–25  61–75P2 P3
17 Sep15:10Canada  0–3  Russia 21–2516–2519–25  56–75P2 P3
17 Sep19:10Australia  0–3  Argentina 21–2523–2516–25  60–75P2 P3
18 Sep12:10Egypt  0–3  Russia 20–2524–2618–25  62–76P2 P3
18 Sep15:10Argentina  3-1  Canada 25–2123–2529–2725–22 102–95P2 P3
18 Sep19:10Australia  0–3  Poland 15–2522–2517–25  54–75P2 P3

Site A
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Sep10:30Italy  3–0  Russia 25–1526–2425–18  76–57P2 P3
21 Sep14:15Japan  0–3  Argentina 24–2622–2521–25  67–76P2 P3
21 Sep17:10United States  1–3  Poland 25–1719–2523–2515–25 82–92P2 P3
22 Sep10:30Italy  3–2  Argentina 22–2525–2025–2120–2516–14108–105P2 P3
22 Sep14:15Japan  1–3  Poland 26–2425–2721–2519–25 91–101P2 P3
22 Sep17:10United States  3–0  Russia 25–2326–2425–17  76–64P2 P3
23 Sep10:30Italy  3–1  Poland 26–2422–2525–2225–19 98–90P2 P3
23 Sep14:15Japan  2–3  Russia 29–2717–2525–2117–2513–15101–113P2 P3
23 Sep18:40United States  3–1  Argentina 25–2025–2117–2525–20 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  Tunisia 23–2525–2123–2525–1715–11111–99P2 P3
21 Sep14:10Canada  3–0  Venezuela 25–1825–2225–23  75–63P2 P3
21 Sep17:10Australia  3–0  Iran 27–2527–2525–22  79–72P2 P3
22 Sep11:10Egypt  3–1  Venezuela 25–1820–2525–1825–20 95–81P2 P3
22 Sep14:10Canada  3–0  Iran 25–2329–2726–24  80–74P2 P3
22 Sep17:10Australia  3–0  Tunisia 25–1925–1725–19  75–55P2 P3
23 Sep11:10Egypt  0–3  Iran 18–2511–2523–25  52–75P2 P3
23 Sep14:10Canada  3–0  Tunisia 25–1925–2125–17  75–57P2 P3
23 Sep17:10Australia  3–1  Venezuela 25–1625–2122–2525–21 97–83P2 P3

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

See also

References
  1. "FIVB signs World Cup deal with Japan for 2015 and 2019". FIVB. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. "USA wrap up historic World Cup as Italy join them on road to Rio". FIVB. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. "USA's Anderson heads Men's World Cup Dream Team". FIVB. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. "Edgar's 50-point performance shoots him to top of all-time list". FIVB. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. "Records smashed as Canada deny Australia". FIVB. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  6. "World Cup 2015 qualification process confirmed". FIVB. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. "Puerto Rico confirmed as new hosts of U20 World Championship". FIVB. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. "New net touch rule approved". FIVB. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  9. "CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 15.10.2014)". CEV. 15 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.
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