2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 2019 FIVB Men's World Cup was the 14th edition of the event, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held from 1 to 15 October 2019 in Japan.^[1] That was the first time since 1989 that FIVB decided not to allocate any spots in the Olympics, due to Japan hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics.

2019 Men's World Cup

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Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	1–15 October
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Alan Souza
Best Setter	Micah Christenson
Best OH	Wilfredo León Yūki Ishikawa
Best MB	Maxwell Holt Lucas Saatkamp
Best OPP	Yūji Nishida
Best Libero	Thales Hoss
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Attendance	152,460 (2,310 per match)
Best scorer	Gabriele Nelli
Best spiker	Agustín Loser
Best blocker	Ivan Iakovlev
Best server	Yūji Nishida
Best setter	Matías Sánchez
Best digger	Luke Perry
Best receiver	Santiago Danani
Official website
FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2019
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Qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the competition by being one of the top two teams of each continental federation based on FIVB World Ranking on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as hosts, and Poland who qualified as 2018 World Champions).

	Qualified to 2019 FIVB World Cup
	Host and 2018 World Champion

Rank	Team	WC 2015	OG 2016	WL 2017	WCH 2018	Total	Note
1	Brazil	80	100	45	90	315	CSV first team
2	United States	100	80	40	80	300	NORCECA first team
3	Italy	90	90	24	62	266	CEV first team
4	Poland	80	50	32	100	262	2018 World champion
5	Russia	70	70	38	56	234	CEV second team
6	Canada	30	50	42	45	167	NORCECA second team
7	Argentina	50	50	28	33	161	CSV second team
8	Iran	25	50	26	36	137	AVC first team
9	France	0	30	50	50	130
10	Serbia	0	2	38	70	110
11	Japan	40	2	20	30	92	Host
12	Belgium	0	1	34	45	80
13	Egypt	5	30	10	30	75	CAVB first team
14	Bulgaria	0	2	30	40	72
15	Netherlands	0	0	18	50	68
16	Australia	5	3	19	36	63	AVC second team
17	Slovenia	0	0	22	40	62
18	Cuba	0	20	0	30	50
19	Finland	0	1	13	33	47
20	China	0	2	17	25	44
21	Mexico	0	20	6	14	40
22	Tunisia	5	3	5	25	38	CAVB second team

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances
				Total	First	Last
Japan	AVC	Host country	31 January 2013	13	1965	2015
Poland	CEV	World Champions	30 September 2018	6	1965	2015
Iran	AVC	World Ranking for AVC	1 January 2019	3	1991	2015
Australia				2	2007	2015
Egypt	CAVB	World Ranking for CAVB		7	1977	2015
Tunisia				8	1969	2015
Italy	CEV	World Ranking for CEV		7	1981	2015
Russia1				11	1965	2015
Brazil	CSV	World Ranking for CSV		11	1969	2011
Argentina				6	1985	2015
United States	NORCECA	World Ranking for NORCECA		10	1977	2015
Canada				5	1977	2015

Notes

¹ Competed as Soviet Union; 5th appearance as Russia.

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads

Venues

Site	First round	Second and Third round	Hiroshima Fukuoka Nagano
A	Fukuoka	Hiroshima
	Marine Messe Fukuoka	Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (Green Arena)
	Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 7,000
B	Nagano	Hiroshima
	White Ring	Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (Sub Arena)
	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 1,200

Format

Pool A	Pool B
Japan (Host)	Brazil (1)
United States (2)	Russia (5)
Italy (3)	Canada (6)
Poland (4)	Iran (8)
Argentina (7)	Egypt (13)
Tunisia (22)	Australia (16)

The competition system of the 2019 World Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the other 11 teams.

The teams were divided into 2 pools of 6 teams each. In round 1, total 30 matches in 5 days, each teams played against the other teams from the same pool. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each team played against the teams from another pool. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019 except the hosts who ranked 11th.^[2]

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	11	11	0	32	33	5	6.600	925	752	1.230
2	Poland	11	9	2	28	30	9	3.333	941	787	1.196
3	United States	11	9	2	27	29	12	2.417	960	778	1.234
4	Japan	11	8	3	22	26	16	1.625	967	902	1.072
5	Argentina	11	6	5	19	24	20	1.200	984	969	1.015
6	Russia	11	5	6	15	20	23	0.870	939	961	0.977
7	Italy	11	5	6	14	19	22	0.864	903	904	0.999
8	Iran	11	4	7	12	19	25	0.760	965	1042	0.926
9	Canada	11	4	7	12	19	28	0.679	976	1058	0.922
10	Egypt	11	2	9	8	15	29	0.517	927	1025	0.904
11	Australia	11	2	9	5	9	29	0.310	790	904	0.874
12	Tunisia	11	1	10	4	6	31	0.194	696	891	0.781

Source: Standings

First round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	12:30	Argentina	3–2	United States	25–21	25–20	19–25	21–25	15–12	105–103	Report
1 Oct	15:00	Poland	3–0	Tunisia	25–16	25–23	25–12			75–51	Report
1 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–0	Italy	25–17	25–19	25–21			75–57	Report
2 Oct	12:30	Tunisia	1–3	Argentina	19–25	18–25	25–23	14–25		76–98	Report
2 Oct	15:00	Italy	1–3	United States	25–19	19–25	14–25	19–25		77–94	Report
2 Oct	19:20	Poland	3–1	Japan	25–23	25–17	19–25	25–17		94–82	Report
4 Oct	12:30	Argentina	2–3	Italy	28–26	25–17	12–25	18–25	10–15	93–108	Report
4 Oct	15:00	United States	3–1	Poland	25–19	25–20	24–26	27–25		101–90	Report
4 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	25–23	25–21	25–11			75–55	Report
5 Oct	12:30	Poland	3–1	Argentina	27–29	25–17	25–18	26–24		103–88	Report
5 Oct	15:00	Tunisia	0–3	Italy	19–25	21–25	18–25			58–75	Report
5 Oct	19:20	Japan	0–3	United States	19–25	19–25	21–25			59–75	Report
6 Oct	12:30	Italy	0–3	Poland	18–25	18–25	22–25			58–75	Report
6 Oct	15:00	United States	3–0	Tunisia	25–10	25–18	25–17			75–45	Report
6 Oct	19:20	Argentina	1–3	Japan	19–25	20–25	28–26	22–25		89–101	Report

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	11:00	Australia	1–3	Egypt	22–25	25–21	23–25	18–25		88–96	Report
1 Oct	14:00	Russia	3–1	Iran	25–21	25–18	24–26	25–22		99–87	Report
1 Oct	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–14	25–22	25–14			75–50	Report
2 Oct	11:00	Egypt	3–1	Iran	22–25	26–24	25–18	26–24		99–91	Report
2 Oct	14:00	Russia	3–2	Canada	23–25	16–25	25–17	25–23	15–10	104–100	Report
2 Oct	18:00	Australia	0–3	Brazil	15–25	20–25	17–25			52–75	Report
4 Oct	11:00	Iran	3–1	Canada	18–25	25–23	27–25	25–19		95–92	Report
4 Oct	14:00	Australia	3–2	Russia	25–16	22–25	26–28	25–21	15–12	113–102	Report
4 Oct	18:00	Brazil	3–1	Egypt	25–19	21–25	25–19	25–22		96–85	Report
5 Oct	11:00	Egypt	2–3	Canada	25–27	25–27	25–16	25–22	9–15	109–107	Report
5 Oct	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–16	25–22	25–22			75–60	Report
5 Oct	17:00	Australia	1–3	Iran	22–25	25–18	18–25	25–27		90–95	Report
6 Oct	11:00	Russia	3–1	Egypt	25–19	21–25	25–19	25–21		96–84	Report
6 Oct	14:00	Iran	1–3	Brazil	27–25	21–25	25–27	22–25		95–102	Report
6 Oct	17:00	Canada	3–1	Australia	18–25	28–26	25–20	25–22		96–93	Report

Second round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	12:30	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–19	25–21	25–22			75–62	Report
9 Oct	15:00	Poland	3–1	Russia	25–27	25–21	25–18	25–22		100–88	Report
9 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–22	25–22			75–61	Report
10 Oct	12:30	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–19	25–18	25–16			75–53	Report
10 Oct	15:00	Italy	3–0	Australia	30–28	25–13	25–22			80–63	Report
10 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–1	Russia	25–22	21–25	25–22	25–16		96–85	Report
11 Oct	12:30	Poland	3–0	Australia	25–18	25–20	25–9			75–47	Report
11 Oct	15:00	Italy	1–3	Russia	25–13	25–27	26–28	12–25		88–93	Report
11 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–2	Egypt	25–14	18–25	25–23	28–30	15–13	111–105	Report

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Oct	11:00	Tunisia	2–3	Canada	20–25	25–20	27–29	25–20	12–15	109–109	Report
9 Oct	14:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	19–25	19–25	24–26			62–76	Report
9 Oct	18:00	United States	3–1	Iran	25–18	22–25	25–18	25–12		97–73	Report
10 Oct	11:00	Argentina	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–22	25–20			75–58	Report
10 Oct	14:00	Tunisia	0–3	Iran	24–26	17–25	22–25			63–76	Report
10 Oct	18:00	United States	0–3	Brazil	23–25	22–25	17–25			62–75	Report
11 Oct	11:00	Argentina	2–3	Iran	25–27	25–23	25–19	17–25	10–15	102–109	Report
11 Oct	14:00	Tunisia	0–3	Brazil	17–25	14–25	13–25			44–75	Report
11 Oct	18:00	United States	3–2	Canada	21–25	25–11	20–25	25–19	15–13	106–93	Report

Third round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	12:30	Canada	3–2	Italy	19–25	25–17	15–25	25–23	18–16	102–106	Report
13 Oct	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–23	25–19	16–25	15–11	100–103	Report
13 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–1	Iran	25–16	26–28	25–13	25–21		101–78	Report
14 Oct	12:30	Poland	3–0	Canada	25–23	26–24	25–20			76–67	Report
14 Oct	15:00	Italy	3–2	Iran	25–27	27–29	30–28	25–17	15–13	122–114	Report
14 Oct	19:20	Japan	1–3	Brazil	17–25	26–24	14–25	25–27		82–101	Report
15 Oct	12:30	Poland	3–0	Iran	25–18	25–18	25–16			75–52	Report
15 Oct	15:00	Italy	0–3	Brazil	20–25	22–25	15–25			57–75	Report
15 Oct	19:20	Japan	3–2	Canada	22–25	25–20	25–23	23–25	15–9	110–102	Report

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	11:00	Argentina	3–1	Russia	25–23	25–23	21–25	25–16		96–87	Report
13 Oct	14:00	United States	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–13	25–16			75–43	Report
13 Oct	17:00	Tunisia	3–1	Egypt	25–23	14–25	25–17	25–18		89–83	Report
14 Oct	11:00	United States	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–11	25–16			75–50	Report
14 Oct	14:00	Argentina	3–1	Egypt	25–27	25–17	25–22	25–17		100–83	Report
14 Oct	17:00	Tunisia	0–3	Australia	21–25	17–25	21–25			59–75	Report
15 Oct	11:00	United States	3–1	Egypt	22–25	25–16	25–14	25–13		97–68	Report
15 Oct	14:00	Tunisia	0–3	Russia	16–25	16–25	15–25			47–75	Report
15 Oct	18:00	Argentina	3–0	Australia	25–20	25–21	26–24			76–65	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Poland  United States 4  Japan 5  Argentina 6  Russia 7  Italy 8  Iran 9  Canada 10  Egypt 11  Australia 12  Tunisia

2019 Men's World Cup champions  Brazil 3rd title Team roster Bruno Rezende (c), Isac Santos, Maurício Borges Silva, Fernando Kreling, Yoandy Leal, Douglas Souza, Maurício Souza, Lucas Saatkamp, Thales Hoss, Ricardo Lucarelli Souza, Felipe Roque, Alan Souza, Maique Nascimento, Flávio Gualberto Head coach Renan dal Zotto

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Alan Souza

• Best setter

  Micah Christenson

• Best outside spikers

  Wilfredo León

  Yūki Ishikawa

• Best middle blockers

  Maxwell Holt

  Lucas Saatkamp

• Best opposite spiker

  Yūji Nishida

• Best libero

  Thales Hoss

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of October 1, 2019^[update].^[3]

Best Scorers Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total 1 Gabriele Nelli 155 13 17 185 2 Hamza Nagga 161 3 11 175 3 Yūji Nishida 139 6 29 174 4 Alan Souza 140 10 15 165 5 Yūki Ishikawa 137 15 9 159

Best Spikers Player Spikes Faults Shots Total % 1 Agustín Loser 123 13 48 184 66.85 2 Wilfredo León 89 15 45 149 59.73 3 Alan Souza 140 30 72 242 57.85 4 Fedor Voronkov 121 32 65 218 55.50 5 Yūji Nishida 139 47 65 251 55.38

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Avg 1 Ivan Iakovlev 39 26 65 130 0.91 2 Aliasghar Mojarad 29 48 66 143 0.66 3 Maxwell Holt 23 28 36 87 0.56 4 Lucas Saatkamp 20 23 52 95 0.53 5 Karol Kłos 20 27 36 83 0.51

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Total Avg 1 Yūji Nishida 29 36 82 147 0.69 2 Aaron Russell 19 30 104 153 0.46 3 Ivan Iakovlev 19 45 116 180 0.44 4 Ricardo Lucarelli 16 18 101 135 0.42 5 Gabriele Nelli 17 37 91 145 0.41

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Total Avg 1 Matías Sánchez 478 4 419 901 10.86 2 Riccardo Sbertoli 378 2 495 875 9.22 3 Micah Christenson 300 4 345 649 7.32 4 Bruno Rezende 259 4 381 644 6.82 5 Sergey Grankin 255 3 333 591 5.93

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Total Avg 1 Luke Perry 94 45 37 176 2.47 2 Thales Hoss 86 30 24 140 2.26 3 Fabio Balaso 91 42 35 168 2.22 4 Erik Shoji 82 36 27 145 2.00 5 Saddem Hmissi 72 30 18 120 1.95

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve Total % 1 Santiago Danani 170 10 57 237 67.51 2 Luke Perry 116 7 40 163 66.87 3 Thales Hoss 124 9 41 174 66.09 4 Erik Shoji 112 10 53 175 58.29 5 Jan Martínez 128 7 79 214 56.54