2014 Montreux Volley Masters

The 2014 Montreux Volley Masters was a women's volleyball competition held in Montreux, Switzerland between May 27 – June 1, 2014. Eight teams participated in this tournament.^[1]

2014 Montreux Volley Masters

Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
Dates	May 27 – June 1
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Margareta Kozuch (GER)
Official website
volleymasters.ch
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Germany defeated United States to win their first title, with Margareta Kozuch being awarded Most Valuable Player.^[2]

Participating teams

Group A[3]	Group B[3]
Brazil (Defending champion)  China  Russia   Switzerland (Host)	Dominican Republic  Germany  Japan  United States

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	285	253	1.126	Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	295	268	1.101
3	Brazil	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	295	273	1.081
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	144	225	0.640

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 May	16:30	Brazil	3–0	Switzerland	25–13	25–20	25–13			75–46	Report
27 May	21:00	China	3–2	Russia	25–22	23–25	16–25	25–18	15–9	104–99	Report
28 May	18:30	Brazil	3–2	China	25–19	14–25	23–25	26–24	15–13	103–106	Report
29 May	16:30	China	3–0	Switzerland	25–16	25–22	25–13			75–51	Report
29 May	18:30	Russia	3–2	Brazil	35–33	25–20	26–28	20–25	15–11	121–117	Report
30 May	16:30	Russia	3–0	Switzerland	25–19	25–13	25–15			75–47	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	196	1.260	Semifinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	241	215	1.121
3	Japan	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	191	218	0.876
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	176	226	0.779

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 May	18:30	United States	3–1	Germany	22–25	25–20	25–23	25–21		97–89	Report
28 May	16:30	Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–21	25–20	25–21			75–62	Report
28 May	21:00	United States	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–22	25–20			75–59	Report
29 May	21:00	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic	26–24	25–19	25–23			76–66	Report
30 May	18:30	Japan	0–3	Germany	15–25	25–27	16–25			56–77	Report
30 May	21:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	19–25	15–25	14–25			48–75	Report

Classification round

	5th–8th place				5th place
	31 May 2014 – Montreux
	Brazil	3
					1 June 2014 – Montreux
	Dominican Republic	0
					Brazil	3
	31 May 2014 – Montreux
					Japan	1
	Japan	3
	Switzerland	0

5th–8th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	27–25	25–16	27–25			79–66	Report
31 May	16:00	Japan	3–0	Switzerland	25–17	25–16	25–19			75–52	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	11:00	Brazil	3–1	Japan	19–25	25–20	25–11	25–22		94–78	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	31 May 2014 – Montreux
	China	0
					1 June 2014 – Montreux
	Germany	3
					Germany	3
	31 May 2014 – Montreux
					United States	1
	United States	3
	Russia	1
					3rd place
					1 June 2014 – Montreux
					China	2
					Russia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	18:30	China	0–3	Germany	22–25	18–25	21–25			61–75	Report
31 May	21:00	United States	3–1	Russia	25–23	22–25	25–20	25–21		97–89	Report

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	13:30	China	2–3	Russia	25–19	19–25	25–17	22–25	11–15	102–101	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Jun	16:00	Germany	3–1	United States	25–19	19–25	25–17	25–21		94–82	Report

Final standings

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

Awards

• MVP:  Margareta Kozuch (GER)^[2]
• Best scorer:  Natalia Malykh (RUS)
• Best spiker:  Maren Brinker (GER)
• Best blocker:  Ana Carolina da Silva (BRA)
• Best setter:  Ekaterina Kosianenko (RUS)
• Best server:  Rachael Adams (USA)
• Best receiver:  Yana Shcherban (RUS)
• Best libero:  Lenka Dürr (GER)