2011 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates20 November – 4 December
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Italy
Tournament awards
MVPRussia Maxim Mikhaylov
Official website
2011 FIVB World Cup

The 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 20 November to 4 December 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

Qualification

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

  • The host country's team.
  • The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011.
  • Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011).
    • NB: If Japan win or finish as one of the best runners-up in the AVC Continental Championship the third ranked team from the tournament will compete.
  • Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.
CompetitionDateVenueQualified
Host country―― Japan
2011 NORCECA Championship29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Cuba
 United States
2011 European Championship10–18 September 2011Austria Austria
Czech Republic Czech Republic		 Serbia
 Italy
2011 South American Championship19–25 September 2011Brazil Cuiabá, Brazil Brazil
 Argentina
2011 Asian Championship21–29 September 2011Iran Tehran, Iran Iran
 China
2011 African Championship23–29 September 2011Morocco Tangier, Morocco Egypt
Wild card[1]5 October 2011― Russia
 Poland
Total12

FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)[2]

RankTeamContinent
5 United StatesNORCECA
6 ItalyEurope
8 ArgentinaSouth America
11 ChinaAsia
17 CameroonAfrica

Squads

Venues

RoundSite ASite B
1stNippon Gaishi Hall, NagoyaKagoshima Arena, Kagoshima
2ndOsaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, OsakaKumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
3rdFukuoka Convention Center, FukuokaHamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu
4thYoyogi National Gymnasium, TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Format

The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): Teams played against teams in the same group
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams played against teams in the other group

Pool standing procedure

  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  Russia 11 10 1 29 30 8 3.750 916 781 1.173
2  Poland 11 8 3 26 30 15 2.000 1032 944 1.093
3  Brazil 11 8 3 24 29 14 2.071 983 857 1.147
4  Italy 11 8 3 24 28 15 1.867 1029 925 1.112
5  Cuba 11 7 4 20 25 19 1.316 964 964 1.000
6  United States 11 6 5 16 20 19 1.053 884 865 1.022
7  Argentina 11 5 6 16 21 21 1.000 929 925 1.004
8  Serbia 11 5 6 15 20 23 0.870 928 968 0.959
9  Iran 11 5 6 12 16 25 0.640 835 925 0.903
10  Japan 11 2 9 8 12 28 0.429 874 930 0.940
11  China 11 1 10 5 9 30 0.300 779 919 0.848
12  Egypt 11 1 10 3 7 30 0.233 755 905 0.834
Source:

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Nov11:10Serbia 0–3 Argentina20–2513–2518–25  51–75P2 P3
20 Nov15:10Poland 3–0 Cuba25–2125–2325–16  75–60P2 P3
20 Nov18:30Iran 3–1 Japan17–2525–2025–2325–15 92–83P2 P3
21 Nov11:10Cuba 3–0 Iran25–1725–1725–22  75–56P2 P3
21 Nov15:10Serbia 1–3 Poland25–2118–2519–2528–30 90–101P2 P3
21 Nov18:30Argentina 3–2 Japan25–2221–2511–2525–1515–1297–99P2 P3
22 Nov11:10Iran 3–2 Serbia25–1718–2521–2525–2115–11104–99P2 P3
22 Nov15:10Poland 3–1 Argentina18–2525–2025–2325–22 93–90P2 P3
22 Nov18:30Japan 0–3 Cuba21–2523–2522–25  66–75P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Nov11:10China 0–3 United States14–2523–2521–25  58–75P2 P3
20 Nov15:10Italy 1–3 Russia25–2222–2522–2521–25 90–97P2 P3
20 Nov18:30Egypt 0–3 Brazil19–2513–2519–25  51–75P2 P3
21 Nov11:10Egypt 0–3 Italy22–2515–2520–25  57–75P2 P3
21 Nov15:10Brazil 3–1 United States25–1725–1816–2525–16 91–76P2 P3
21 Nov18:30Russia 3–0 China25–1825–2025–18  75–56P2 P3
22 Nov11:10China 0–3 Egypt20–2520–2518–25  58–75P2 P3
22 Nov15:10Italy 3–2 Brazil25–1620–2518–2525–2122–20110–107P2 P3
22 Nov18:30United States 0–3 Russia18–2518–2524–26  60–76P2 P3

Second round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Nov11:10Argentina 3–1 Cuba17–2525–1625–2125–17 92–79P2 P3
24 Nov15:10Iran 3–2 Poland23–2528–268–2526–2415–11100–111P2 P3
24 Nov18:30Serbia 3–2 Japan25–2125–2218–2522–2515–12105–105P2 P3
25 Nov11:10Iran 3–2 Argentina15–2525–2124–2625–1615–12104–100P2 P3
25 Nov15:10Cuba 3–1 Serbia17–2525–2125–2225–17 92–85P2 P3
25 Nov18:30Japan 1–3 Poland25–2321–2519–2518–25 83–98P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Nov11:10Egypt 0–3 United States19–2520–2520–25  59–75P2 P3
24 Nov15:10Brazil 3–0 Russia25–1625–1925–22  75–57P2 P3
24 Nov18:30Italy 3–0 China25–1025–1825–14  75–42P2 P3
25 Nov11:10Russia 3–1 Egypt25–1825–1723–2525–9 98–69P2 P3
25 Nov15:10China 2–3 Brazil25–2310–2518–2525–198–1586–107P2 P3
25 Nov18:30United States 1–3 Italy39–4122–2525–2221–25 107–113P2 P3

Third round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Nov11:10Iran 0–3 United States15–2525–2714–25  54–77P2 P3
27 Nov15:10Poland 3–1 China17–2525–2025–2125–19 92–85P2 P3
27 Nov18:30Japan 3–1 Egypt27–2925–1725–2325–12 102–81P2 P3
28 Nov11:10Iran 3–0 Egypt25–1825–2125–15  75–54P2 P3
28 Nov15:10Poland 3–0 United States25–1525–2025–18  75–53P2 P3
28 Nov18:30Japan 3–0 China25–2325–2026–24  76–67P2 P3
29 Nov11:10Poland 3–0 Egypt25–2126–2425–21  76–66P2 P3
29 Nov15:10Iran 0–3 China19–2519–2517–25  55–75P2 P3
29 Nov18:30Japan 0–3 United States37–3916–2515–25  68–89P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Nov11:10Serbia 0–3 Russia16–2516–2515–25  47–75P2 P3
27 Nov15:10Argentina 0–3 Brazil22–2520–2521–25  63–75P2 P3
27 Nov18:30Cuba 3–1 Italy25–2119–2525–2025–17 94–83P2 P3
28 Nov11:10Argentina 0–3 Russia23–2522–2519–25  64–75P2 P3
28 Nov15:10Cuba 3–2 Brazil17–2525–2225–2320–2515–12102–107P2 P3
28 Nov18:30Serbia 1–3 Italy20–2518–2525–2220–25 83–97P2 P3
29 Nov11:10Cuba 1–3 Russia23–2527–2518–2512–25 80–100P2 P3
29 Nov15:10Italy 3–1 Argentina34–3625–2025–1925–20 109–95P2 P3
29 Nov18:30Serbia 3–1 Brazil27–2520–2525–2025–22 97–92P2 P3

Fourth round

Site A

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec11:10Iran 0–3 Brazil20–2518–2516–25  54–75P2 P3
2 Dec15:10Poland 3–2 Italy17–2520–2525–2325–2115–12102–106P2 P3
2 Dec18:30Japan 0–3 Russia23–2516–2523–25  62–75P2 P3
3 Dec11:10Iran 0–3 Russia29–3121–2518–25  68–81P2 P3
3 Dec15:10Poland 2–3 Brazil25–1825–2118–2519–2512–1599–104P2 P3
3 Dec18:30Japan 0–3 Italy22–2524–2622–25  68–76P2 P3
4 Dec11:10Poland 2–3 Russia23–2525–2322–2525–1715–17110–107P2 P3
4 Dec15:10Iran 1–3 Italy13–2517–2525–2018–25 73–95P2 P3
4 Dec18:30Japan 0–3 Brazil21–2519–2522–25  62–75P2 P3

Site B

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec11:10Serbia 3–1 Egypt25–2019–2525–2228–26 97–93P2 P3
2 Dec15:10Cuba 3–2 China25–2118–2526–2825–2015–13109–107P2 P3
2 Dec18:30United States 3-2 Argentina27-2925-1425-1720-2515-12112–0P2 P3
3 Dec11:10Serbia 3–1 China24–2625–1825–1925–12 99–75P2 P3
3 Dec15:10Argentina 3–0 Egypt25–2025–2125–17  75–58P2 P3
3 Dec18:30United States 3-2 Cuba25–2014-2525-1822–2515–11101–56P2 P3
4 Dec11:10Cuba 3–1 Egypt26–2423–2525–2325–20 99–92P2 P3
4 Dec14:10Argentina 3–0 China25–2331–2925–18  81–70P2 P3
4 Dec17:10Serbia 3–0 United States25–2325–1725–19  75–59P2 P3

Final standing

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "World Cup wild cards announced". FIVB. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 15 January 2011)". FIVB. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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