2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2018 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the second straight time from 26 November to 2 December 2018.[1] Eight teams competed in the tournament, including four wild cards.[2]

2018 Men's Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Poland
Dates26 November – 2 December
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
ChampionsItaly Trentino Volley (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVPUnited States Aaron Russell (TRE)
Best SetterItaly Simone Giannelli (TRE)
Best OHSerbia Uroš Kovačević (TRE)
Russia Dmitry Volkov (FAK)
Best MBCuba Robertlandy Simón (LUB)
Serbia Dragan Stanković (LUB)
Best OPPBulgaria Tsvetan Sokolov (LUB)
Best LiberoFrance Jenia Grebennikov (TRE)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Attendance38,600 (2,413 per match)
Official website
FIVB Men's Club World Championship

In an all-Italian final Trentino Volley defeated Cucine Lube Civitanova and won the title for the fifth time.[3] Russia's Fakel Novy Urengoy claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's Asseco Resovia in the 3rd place match.[4] Aaron Russell from Trentino Volley was elected the Most Valuable Player.[5]

Qualification

Team (Confederation)Qualified as[2]
PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV)Hosts (2018 Polish Champions)
Zenit Kazan (CEV)2018 European Champions
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)2018 South American Champions
Khatam Ardakan (AVC)*2018 Asian Champions
Fakel Novy Urengoy (CEV)Wild Card
Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)
Asseco Resovia (CEV)
Trentino Volley (CEV)

* Khatam Ardakan replaced Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (2017 Asian Champions), who dissolved in March 2018.

Pools composition

Pool APool B
PGE Skra Bełchatów Khatam Ardakan
Fakel Novy Urengoy Asseco Resovia
Cucine Lube Civitanova Sada Cruzeiro
Zenit Kazan Trentino Volley

Squads

Venues

Pool APool BFinal round
Płock, Poland Rzeszów, Poland Częstochowa, Poland
Orlen ArenaHala PodpromieHala Sportowa
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 7,100Capacity: 7,000

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the points ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.[6]

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser[6]
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser[6]

Preliminary round

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1 Cucine Lube Civitanova3308933.0002872591.108Semifinals
2 Fakel Novy Urengoy3214670.8572923060.954
3 Zenit Kazan3125771.0003183141.013
4 PGE Skra Bełchatów3031490.4443033210.944
Source: [citation needed]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
26 Nov17:30PGE Skra Bełchatów 1–3 Cucine Lube Civitanova21–2525–2221–2525–27 92–99P2
26 Nov20:30Zenit Kazan 2–3 Fakel Novy Urengoy23–2528–2625–2122–2511–15109–112P2
27 Nov17:30Cucine Lube Civitanova 3–2 Zenit Kazan20–2525–2224–2625–2319–17113–113P2
27 Nov20:50Fakel Novy Urengoy 3–2 PGE Skra Bełchatów23–2527–2930–2825–2121–19126–122P2
29 Nov17:30Fakel Novy Urengoy 0–3 Cucine Lube Civitanova17–2518–2519–25  54–75P2
29 Nov20:30PGE Skra Bełchatów 1–3 Zenit Kazan16–2525–1727–2921–25 89–96P2

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1 Trentino Volley3309919.0002482191.132Semifinals
2 Asseco Resovia3215651.2002562361.085
3 Sada Cruzeiro3124661.0002832681.056
4 Khatam Ardakan3030090.0001632270.718
Source: [citation needed]
DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
26 Nov17:30Trentino Volley 3–0 Khatam Ardakan25–1925–1525–19  75–53P2
26 Nov20:30Asseco Resovia 3–2 Sada Cruzeiro23–2525–1825–2324–2617–15114–107P2
28 Nov17:30Sada Cruzeiro 1–3 Trentino Volley25–1726–2823–2525–27 99–97P2
28 Nov20:45Khatam Ardakan 0–3 Asseco Resovia21–2521–2511–25  53–75P2
29 Nov17:30Asseco Resovia 0–3 Trentino Volley24–2623–2520–25  67–76P2
29 Nov20:30Khatam Ardakan 0–3 Sada Cruzeiro16–2525–2716–25  57–77P2

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December
 
 
Civitanova3
 
2 December
 
Rzeszów1
 
Civitanova1
 
1 December
 
Trentino3
 
Novy Urengoy1
 
 
Trentino3
 
3rd place match
 
 
2 December
 
 
Asseco Resovia1
 
 
Novy Urengoy3

Semifinals

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
1 Dec17:30Cucine Lube Civitanova 3–1 Asseco Resovia29–3125–1925–1425–23 104–87P2
1 Dec20:40Fakel Novy Urengoy 1–3 Trentino Volley25–2214–2516–2519–25 74–97P2

3rd place match

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
2 Dec17:30Asseco Resovia 1–3 Fakel Novy Urengoy25–1920–2523–2523–25 91–94P2

Final

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
2 Dec20:30Cucine Lube Civitanova 1–3 Trentino Volley20–2525–2220–2518–25 83–97P2

Final standing

 2018 Men's Club World Champions 

Trentino Volley
5th title
13–man roster
Russell, Van Garderen, Nelli, Cavuto, Daldello, Vettori, De Angelis, Giannelli (c), Grebennikov, Candellaro, Kovačević, Codarin, Lisinac
Head coach
Lorenzetti

Awards

See also

References