2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

Volleyball competition held in Japan Men's World Cup World 2011 20 November – 4 December 12 5 8 7 RUS 2 POL BRA ITA RUS Maxim Mikhaylov 2007 2015 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. Competition Date Venue Qualified Host country — ― JPN 2011 NORCECA Championship 29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011 PUR Mayagüez, Puerto Rico CUB USA 2011 European Championship 10–18 September 2011 AUT Austria CZE Czech Republic SRB ITA 2011 South American Championship 19–25 September 2011 BRA Cuiabá, Brazil BRA ARG 2011 Asian Championship 21–29 September 2011 IRI Tehran, Iran IRI CHN 2011 African Championship 23–29 September 2011 MAR Tangier, Morocco EGY Wild cardhttp://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=32277&Language=en World Cup wild cards announced 5 October 2011 FIVB 13 September 2019 5 October 2011 ― RUS POL Total 12 FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/VB_Ranking_M_2011-01.asp FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 15 January 2011) 15 January 2011 FIVB 13 September 2019 Rank Team Continent 5 USA NORCECA 6 ITA Europe 8 ARG South America 11 CHN Asia 17 CMR Africa Squads 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads Venues Round Site A Site B 1st Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima 2nd Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto 3rd Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu 4th Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Tokyo 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 Match points Number of matches won Sets ratio Points ratio 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 main Volleyball Q points complete RUS RUS POL POL BRA BRA ITA ITA CUB CUB USA USA ARG ARG SRB SRB IRI IRI JPN JPN CHN CHN EGY EGY 9 1 1 0 30 8 916 781 7 1 0 3 30 15 1032 944 6 2 1 2 29 14 983 857 7 1 2 1 28 15 1029 925 5 2 3 1 25 19 964 964 4 2 5 0 20 19 884 865 4 1 4 2 21 21 929 925 4 1 5 1 20 23 928 968 2 3 6 0 16 25 835 925 2 0 7 2 12 28 874 930 1 0 8 2 9 30 779 919 1 0 10 0 7 30 755 905 All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). First round Site A 20 Nov 11:10 SRB 0–3 ARG 20–25 13–25 18–25 P2 P3 20 Nov 15:10 POL 3–0 CUB 25–21 25–23 25–16 P2 P3 20 Nov 18:30 IRI 3–1 JPN 17–25 25–20 25–23 25–15 P2 P3 21 Nov 11:10 CUB 3–0 IRI 25–17 25–17 25–22 P2 P3 21 Nov 15:10 SRB 1–3 POL 25–21 18–25 19–25 28–30 P2 P3 21 Nov 18:30 ARG 3–2 JPN 25–22 21–25 11–25 25–15 15–12 P2 P3 22 Nov 11:10 IRI 3–2 SRB 25–17 18–25 21–25 25–21 15–11 P2 P3 22 Nov 15:10 POL 3–1 ARG 18–25 25–20 25–23 25–22 P2 P3 22 Nov 18:30 JPN 0–3 CUB 21–25 23–25 22–25 P2 P3 Site B 20 Nov 11:10 CHN 0–3 USA 14–25 23–25 21–25 P2 P3 20 Nov 15:10 ITA 1–3 RUS 25–22 22–25 22–25 21–25 P2 P3 20 Nov 18:30 EGY 0–3 BRA 19–25 13–25 19–25 P2 P3 21 Nov 11:10 EGY 0–3 ITA 22–25 15–25 20–25 P2 P3 21 Nov 15:10 BRA 3–1 USA 25–17 25–18 16–25 25–16 P2 P3 21 Nov 18:30 RUS 3–0 CHN 25–18 25–20 25–18 P2 P3 22 Nov 11:10 CHN 0–3 EGY 20–25 20–25 18–25 P2 P3 22 Nov 15:10 ITA 3–2 BRA 25–16 20–25 18–25 25–21 22–20 P2 P3 22 Nov 18:30 USA 0–3 RUS 18–25 18–25 24–26 P2 P3 Second round Site A 24 Nov 11:10 ARG 3–1 CUB 17–25 25–16 25–21 25–17 P2 P3 24 Nov 15:10 IRI 3–2 POL 23–25 28–26 8–25 26–24 15–11 P2 P3 24 Nov 18:30 SRB 3–2 JPN 25–21 25–22 18–25 22–25 15–12 P2 P3 25 Nov 11:10 IRI 3–2 ARG 15–25 25–21 24–26 25–16 15–12 P2 P3 25 Nov 15:10 CUB 3–1 SRB 17–25 25–21 25–22 25–17 P2 P3 25 Nov 18:30 JPN 1–3 POL 25–23 21–25 19–25 18–25 P2 P3 Site B 24 Nov 11:10 EGY 0–3 USA 19–25 20–25 20–25 P2 P3 24 Nov 15:10 BRA 3–0 RUS 25–16 25–19 25–22 P2 P3 24 Nov 18:30 ITA 3–0 CHN 25–10 25–18 25–14 P2 P3 25 Nov 11:10 RUS 3–1 EGY 25–18 25–17 23–25 25–9 P2 P3 25 Nov 15:10 CHN 2–3 BRA 25–23 10–25 18–25 25–19 8–15 P2 P3 25 Nov 18:30 USA 1–3 ITA 39–41 22–25 25–22 21–25 P2 P3 Third round Site A 27 Nov 11:10 IRI 0–3 USA 15–25 25–27 14–25 P2 P3 27 Nov 15:10 POL 3–1 CHN 17–25 25–20 25–21 25–19 P2 P3 27 Nov 18:30 JPN 3–1 EGY 27–29 25–17 25–23 25–12 P2 P3 28 Nov 11:10 IRI 3–0 EGY 25–18 25–21 25–15 P2 P3 28 Nov 15:10 POL 3–0 USA 25–15 25–20 25–18 P2 P3 28 Nov 18:30 JPN 3–0 CHN 25–23 25–20 26–24 P2 P3 29 Nov 11:10 POL 3–0 EGY 25–21 26–24 25–21 P2 P3 29 Nov 15:10 IRI 0–3 CHN 19–25 19–25 17–25 P2 P3 29 Nov 18:30 JPN 0–3 USA 37–39 16–25 15–25 P2 P3 Site B 27 Nov 11:10 SRB 0–3 RUS 16–25 16–25 15–25 P2 P3 27 Nov 15:10 ARG 0–3 BRA 22–25 20–25 21–25 P2 P3 27 Nov 18:30 CUB 3–1 ITA 25–21 19–25 25–20 25–17 P2 P3 28 Nov 11:10 ARG 0–3 RUS 23–25 22–25 19–25 P2 P3 28 Nov 15:10 CUB 3–2 BRA 17–25 25–22 25–23 20–25 15–12 P2 P3 28 Nov 18:30 SRB 1–3 ITA 20–25 18–25 25–22 20–25 P2 P3 29 Nov 11:10 CUB 1–3 RUS 23–25 27–25 18–25 12–25 P2 P3 29 Nov 15:10 ITA 3–1 ARG 34–36 25–20 25–19 25–20 P2 P3 29 Nov 18:30 SRB 3–1 BRA 27–25 20–25 25–20 25–22 P2 P3 Fourth round Site A 2 Dec 11:10 IRI 0–3 BRA 20–25 18–25 16–25 P2 P3 2 Dec 15:10 POL 3–2 ITA 17–25 20–25 25–23 25–21 15–12 P2 P3 2 Dec 18:30 JPN 0–3 RUS 23–25 16–25 23–25 P2 P3 3 Dec 11:10 IRI 0–3 RUS 29–31 21–25 18–25 P2 P3 3 Dec 15:10 POL 2–3 BRA 25–18 25–21 18–25 19–25 12–15 P2 P3 3 Dec 18:30 JPN 0–3 ITA 22–25 24–26 22–25 P2 P3 4 Dec 11:10 POL 2–3 RUS 23–25 25–23 22–25 25–17 15–17 P2 P3 4 Dec 15:10 IRI 1–3 ITA 13–25 17–25 25–20 18–25 P2 P3 4 Dec 18:30 JPN 0–3 BRA 21–25 19–25 22–25 P2 P3 Site B 2 Dec 11:10 SRB 3–1 EGY 25–20 19–25 25–22 28–26 P2 P3 2 Dec 15:10 CUB 3–2 CHN 25–21 18–25 26–28 25–20 15–13 P2 P3 2 Dec 18:30 USA 3-2 ARG 27-29 25-14 25-17 20-25 15-12 P2 P3 3 Dec 11:10 SRB 3–1 CHN 24–26 25–18 25–19 25–12 P2 P3 3 Dec 15:10 ARG 3–0 EGY 25–20 25–21 25–17 P2 P3 3 Dec 18:30 USA 3-2 CUB 25–20 14-25 25-18 22–25 15–11 P2 P3 4 Dec 11:10 CUB 3–1 EGY 26–24 23–25 25–23 25–20 P2 P3 4 Dec 14:10 ARG 3–0 CHN 25–23 31–29 25–18 P2 P3 4 Dec 17:10 SRB 3–0 USA 25–23 25–17 25–19 P2 P3 Final standing Rank Team RUS POL BRA 4 ITA 5 CUB 6 USA 7 ARG 8 SRB 9 IRI 10 JPN 11 CHN 12 EGY Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics vb 2011 Men's World Cup champions RUS 6th Team roster Biriukov, Apalikov, Khtey (c), Sivozhelez, Makarov, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Yakovlev, Butko, Muserskiy, Kruglov, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev Head coach Alekno Awards 18em Most valuable player RUS Maxim Mikhaylov Best scorer CUB Fernando Hernández Best spiker EGY Ahmed Abdelhay Best blocker POL Marcin Możdżonek Best server ITA Cristian Savani Best setter ARG Luciano De Cecco Best receiver BRA Sérgio Santos Best libero CHN Ren Qi References External links Official website Awards Volleyball Japan Asia Sports 2011 Men World Cup Men World Cup Men 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup