2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 7th edition of the event. It was held in Zürich, Switzerland, from 9 to 13 October 2013. Vakıfbank Istanbul won the title and Jovana Brakočević was named Most Valuable Player.^[1]

2013 Women's Club World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
Dates	9–13 October
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Saalsporthalle (in Zürich host cities)
Champions	Vakıfbank Istanbul (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jovana Brakočević (Vakıfbank Istanbul)
Official website
fivb.org
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Qualification

Team	Qualified as
Voléro Zürich	Hosts
Kenya Prisons	2013 African Champions
Guangdong Evergrande	2013 Asian Champions
Iowa Ice	2013 NORCECA Representatives
Unilever Vôlei	2013 South American Champions
Vakıfbank Istanbul	2013 European Champions

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Guangdong Evergrande Kenya Prisons Voléro Zürich	Iowa Ice Unilever Vôlei Vakıfbank Istanbul

Squads

Main article: 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship squads

Venue

All rounds
Zürich
Saalsporthalle
Capacity: 2,300

Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria:
number of matches won, sets ratio and points ratio

Preliminary round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).^[2]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Voléro Zürich	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	180	133	1.353	Semifinals
2	Guangdong Evergrande	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	172	143	1.203
3	Kenya Prisons	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	74	150	0.493

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 9	20:30	Guangdong Evergrande	3–0	Kenya Prisons	25–14	25–11	25–13			75–38	P2 P3
Oct 10	20:30	Voléro Zürich	3–1	Guangdong Evergrande	26–24	25–21	29–31	25–21		105–97	P2 P3
Oct 11	17:30	Voléro Zürich	3–0	Kenya Prisons	25–17	25–13	25–6			75–36	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Vakıfbank Istanbul	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	171	126	1.357	Semifinals
2	Unilever Vôlei	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	156	148	1.054
3	Iowa Ice	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	97	150	0.647

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 9	17:30	Unilever Vôlei	3–0	Iowa Ice	25–14	25–16	25–22			75–52	P2 P3
Oct 10	17:30	Vakıfbank Istanbul	3–0	Iowa Ice	25–16	25–12	25–17			75–45	P2 P3
Oct 11	20:30	Unilever Vôlei	1–3	Vakıfbank Istanbul	20–25	18–25	25–21	18–25		81–96	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	October 12 – Zürich
	Vakıfbank Istanbul	3
					October 13 – Zürich
	Guangdong Evergrande	0
					Vakıfbank Istanbul	3
	October 12 – Zürich
					Unilever Vôlei	0
	Voléro Zürich	0
	Unilever Vôlei	3
					3rd place
					October 13 – Zürich
					Guangdong Evergrande	3
					Voléro Zürich	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 12	15:10	Vakıfbank Istanbul	3–0	Guangdong Evergrande	28–26	25–15	25–20			78–61	P2 P3
Oct 12	18:10	Voléro Zürich	0–3	Unilever Vôlei	23–25	20–25	16–25			59–75	P2 P3

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 13	14:10	Guangdong Evergrande	3–1	Voléro Zürich	24–26	25–23	25–18	25–21		99–88	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 13	17:10	Vakıfbank Istanbul	3–0	Unilever Vôlei	25–23	27–25	25–16			77–64	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team Vakıfbank Istanbul Unilever Vôlei Guangdong Evergrande 4 Voléro Zürich 5 Iowa Ice Kenya Prisons

2013 Women's Club World Champions  Vakıfbank Istanbul 1st title Team roster Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma (c), Gizem Güreşen, Kübra Akman, Jovana Brakočević, Güldeniz Önal, Bahar Toksoy, Jelena Nikolić, Christiane Fürst, Çağla Akın, Polen Uslupehlivan, Naz Aydemir, Carolina Costagrande Head coach Giovanni Guidetti

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Jovana Brakočević ( Vakıfbank Istanbul)^[1]

• Best opposite spiker

  Sarah Pavan ( Unilever Vôlei)

• Best Outside Hitters

  Kenia Carcaces ( Voléro Zürich)

  Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma ( Vakıfbank Istanbul)

• Best Middle Blockers

  Christiane Fürst ( Vakıfbank Istanbul)

  Carol ( Unilever Vôlei)

• Best setter

  Shen Jingsi ( Guangdong Evergrande)

• Best libero

  Yuko Sano ( Voléro Zürich)