2013 Montreux Volley Masters

The 2013 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between May 28 – June 2, 2013. Eight teams^[1] participated in this tournament.

2013 Montreux Volley Masters

Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
Dates	May 28 – June 2
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (6th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Fernanda Garay (BRA)
Official website
volleymasters.ch
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The tournament returned after being cancelled in 2012 due to the 2012 Summer Olympics. Brazil defeated Russia to win their sixth title, with Fernanda Garay being awarded Most Valuable Player.^[2]

Participating teams

Group A	Group B
Switzerland (Host)  Brazil  China  Russia	Japan (Defending champion)  Italy  Dominican Republic  Germany

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	227	178	1.275	Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	233	206	1.131
3	China	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	225	235	0.957
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	159	225	0.707

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	18:30	China	1–3	Russia	22–25	18–25	28–26	15–25		83–101	Report
28 May	21:00	Brazil	3–0	Switzerland	25–21	25–23	25–10			75–54	Report
29 May	18:30	Brazil	3–0	China	25–19	27–25	25–23			77–67	Report
30 May	16:30	China	3–0	Switzerland	25–22	25–17	25–18			75–57	Report
30 May	18:30	Russia	0–3	Brazil	14–25	20–25	23–25			57–75	Report
31 May	16:30	Russia	3–0	Switzerland	25–9	25–22	25–17			75–48	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	260	225	1.156	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	231	208	1.111
3	Japan	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	264	265	0.996
4	Germany	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	214	271	0.790

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	16:30	Japan	0–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	16–25	22–25			57–75	Report
29 May	16:30	Dominican Republic	3–1	Germany	25–15	21–25	25–20	25–16		96–76	Report
29 May	21:00	Japan	3–2	Italy	21–25	27–25	25–21	21–25	15–12	109–108	Report
30 May	21:00	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–11	27–25	25–20			77–56	Report
31 May	18:30	Italy	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–17	25–20			75–60	Report
31 May	21:00	Germany	1–3	Japan	21–25	25–23	22–25	14–25		82–98	Report

Classification round

	5th–8th place				5th place
	1 June 2013 – Montreux
	China	3
					2 June 2013 – Montreux
	Germany	0
					China	1
	1 June 2013 – Montreux
					Japan	3
	Japan	3
	Switzerland	0

5th–8th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	14:00	China	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–19	25–21			75–59	Report
1 Jun	16:00	Japan	3–0	Switzerland	25–20	25–15	25–14			75–49	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	11:00	China	1–3	Japan	20–25	25–27	25–13	19–25		89–90	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	1 June 2013 – Montreux
	Brazil	3
					2 June 2013 – Montreux
	Dominican Republic	0
					Brazil	3
	1 June 2013 – Montreux
					Russia	0
	Italy	2
	Russia	3
					3rd place
					2 June 2013 – Montreux
					Dominican Republic	3
					Italy	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–18	32–30			82–67	Report
1 Jun	21:00	Italy	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–21	23–25	25–13	11–15	107–99	Report

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	13:30	Dominican Republic	3–1	Italy	15–25	25–22	25–18	26–24		91–89	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–23	25–22			75–68	Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Russia
	Dominican Republic
4	Italy
5	Japan
6	China
7	Germany
	Switzerland

Awards

• MVP:  Fernanda Garay (BRA)^[2]
• Best scorer:  Zhu Ting (CHN)
• Best spiker:  Miyu Nagaoka (JPN)
• Best blocker:  Irina Zaryazhko (RUS)
• Best setter:  Dani Lins (BRA)
• Best server:  Daria Isaeva (RUS)
• Best receiver:  Monica De Gennaro (ITA)
• Best libero:  Wang Mengjie (CHN)