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.
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 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
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 | |
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)
Notes
- FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948-1991) and CIS (1992).
References
- "Trentino return to world summit". FIVB.org. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- "Setter William Arjona the brightest star of Club World Champs dream team". FIVB.org. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- "Juantorena makes comeback for 4th MVP award". FIVB.org. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.