2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

Men's World Cup World 2015 8–23 September 12 5 6 5 USA 2 ITA POL RUS USA Matt Anderson USA Micah Christenson ITA Osmany Juantorena JPN Yūki Ishikawa ARG Sebastián Sole IRI Mohammad Mousavi ITA Ivan Zaytsev USA Erik Shoji 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup The 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 8 to 23 September 2015 in Japan. The tournament served as a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two teams, USA and Italy, qualified for the Olympics,http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=37459&Language=en FIVB signs World Cup deal with Japan for 2015 and 2019 31 January 2013 FIVB 13 September 2019http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/usa-wrap-up-historic-world-cup-as?id=57751 USA wrap up historic World Cup as Italy join them on road to Rio 23 September 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country. United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matt Anderson was elected the Most Valuable Player.http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/usas-anderson-heads-mens-world-cup-dream?id=57749 USA's Anderson heads Men's World Cup Dream Team 23 September 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 Moreover, there were 3 record breakings. Firstly, Thomas Edgar broke the highest score points in a single match record in Australia's win over Egypt with 50 points.http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/edgars-50-point-performance-shoots-him-to-top?id=57339 Edgar's 50-point performance shoots him to top of all-time list 16 September 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 Secondly, in Canada's win over Australia in five sets (32–34, 25–14, 25–21, 27–29, 20–18), two tournament records were broken: the longest match (2 hours and 49 minutes) and the highest scoring game (245 points).http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/records-smashed-as-canada-deny-australia?id=57269 Records smashed as Canada deny Australia 13 September 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 Information The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament: Host country 2014 World champions 2 teams per continental confederation considered by World ranking, continental ranking, or continental championship But, on 10 March 2015, the FIVB announced a change of the continental events following each continental confederation's agreement.http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/world-cup-2015-qualification-process-confirmed?id=50810 World Cup 2015 qualification process confirmed 10 March 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 AVC used the World ranking as of 1 January 2015. CAVB used the African Championship. CEV used the European ranking as of 1 January 2015. CSV held a qualification tournament. NORCECA used the 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup. Changes Olympics places Only the winners and runners-up of the competition could secure the berths in the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was different from last edition which three medalists teams joined the Olympics. Qualification format The 2015 World Cup changed the format of the competition following the information above. There were not 2 wild card teams like 2011 edition. One of these spots belonged to the World champions, the other one belonged to the 2nd place of a continental event (2011 edition gave tickets to 4 of 5 continents, but 2015 edition gave tickets to all 5 continents). Competition format Competition rounds decreased from 4 in 2011 to 3. Combining rounds 1 (3 days) and 2 (2 days) in 2011 to 1 round of 5 days. The hosts also reduced the venues from 8 to 6. Pool standing procedure In 2011 edition, match points was the first criterion, but 2015 changed it to number of matches won. All criteria are shown in section Pool standing procedure.http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/puerto-rico-confirmed-as-new-hosts-of?id=52000 Puerto Rico confirmed as new hosts of U20 World Championship 13 May 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 Net touch In this edition, players can not touch the whole net and antennas, not just the white band like in 2011 edition.http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/new-net-touch-rule-approved?id=50229 New net touch rule approved 1 November 2014 FIVB 13 September 2019 Roster All 14 players (maximum 12 regular players and maximum 2 liberos) can play in every match and be named in score sheets. Individual awards Individual awards were given to players by positions, unlike previous editions when awards were given to players by volleyball skills. Attribution of points FIVB approved the proposal that in case the team hosting the Summer Olympics participated in a previous World Cup then they would keep the World Ranking points gained at the previous World Cup. Referee It was the first time in the competition when there was a challenge referee. In each match, there was a referee who controlled the challenge system. Qualification 12 teams participated in the World Cup. Only teams who had not yet qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics could compete in the tournament. Means of qualification Date Venue Qualified Host country 31 January 2013 SUI Lausanne JPN 2014 World Championship 30 Aug – 21 Sep 2014 POL Poland POL World Ranking for Asian Team 22 September 2014 THA Bangkok IRI AUS European Rankinghttp://www.cev.lu/Rankings/Men.aspx CEV European Ranking List - Men (as per 15.10.2014) 15 October 2014 CEV https://web.archive.org/web/20150427215938/http://www.cev.lu/Rankings/Men.aspx 27 April 2015 15 October 2014 LUX Luxembourg RUS ITA South American Qualifier 19–23 May 2015 COL Cali ARG VEN 2015 NORCECA Champions Cup 21–23 May 2015 USA Detroit CAN USA 2015 African Championship 22–30 July 2015 EGY Cairo EGY TUN Total 12 Squads Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in the tournament. The rosters of 14 players of each team can be seen in the article below. 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads Venues Site First round Second round Third round Japan right 320 Japan 34.385278 132.455278 Hiroshima left Japan 34.693889 135.502222 Osaka left Japan 35.689506 139.6917 Tokyo right Japan 34.710833 137.726111 Hamamatsu right Japan 36.7 137.216667 Toyama right A Hiroshima Osaka Tokyo Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium Yoyogi National Gymnasium Capacity: 4,750 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 13,291 200px 200px 200px B Hamamatsu Toyama Tokyo Hamamatsu Arena Toyama City Gymnasium Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 10,000 193px 210px 200px Format The competition system of the 2015 World Cup for men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining 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. The pools composition followed the Serpentine system based on the FIVB World Ranking where the host team was at the top position. There were no teams from CAVB on the drawing of lots day, the teams from CAVB were at the bottom position of pool composition. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 22 September 2014 except the hosts who ranked 21st.http://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/olympic-and-world-champions-to-meet-in?id=53400 Olympic and World champions to meet in World Cup 22 June 2015 FIVB 13 September 2019 Pool A Pool B JPN (Hosts) RUS (2) ITA (4) POL (3) USA (5) ARG (6) AUS (13) IRI (10) CAN (14) VEN (29) EGY (19) TUN (15) 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 bwins complete USA USA ITA ITA POL POL RUS RUS ARG ARG JPN JPN CAN CAN IRI IRI AUS AUS EGY EGY VEN VEN TUN TUN 7 3 0 0 1 0 899 746 6 3 1 0 0 1 918 780 3 6 1 0 1 0 1011 884 6 1 1 0 1 2 885 794 4 2 1 1 3 0 985 922 3 1 1 2 2 2 928 934 3 0 2 0 3 3 886 940 2 1 1 1 2 4 905 893 2 1 1 1 1 5 831 925 0 1 1 3 1 5 889 976 0 0 1 1 3 6 815 981 0 0 0 2 1 8 747 924 All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). First round Site A 8 Sep 12:10 CAN 1–3 ITA 19–25 20–25 25–22 13–25 P2 P3 8 Sep 15:10 USA 3–0 AUS 25–23 25–12 25–15 P2 P3 8 Sep 19:20 JPN 3–2 EGY 25–19 23–25 25–18 17–25 15–7 P2 P3 9 Sep 12:10 AUS 0–3 ITA 17–25 18–25 15–25 P2 P3 9 Sep 15:10 EGY 2–3 CAN 22–25 23–25 25–21 26–24 12–15 P2 P3 9 Sep 19:20 USA 3–1 JPN 25–23 21–25 25–11 25–14 P2 P3 10 Sep 12:10 ITA 3–1 EGY 20–25 26–24 25–22 25–13 P2 P3 10 Sep 15:10 CAN 0–3 USA 21–25 20–25 17–25 P2 P3 10 Sep 19:20 JPN 3–1 AUS 25–17 25–21 25–27 25–18 P2 P3 12 Sep 12:10 USA 3–0 ITA 25–18 25–23 29–27 P2 P3 12 Sep 15:10 AUS 3–2 EGY 23–25 26–24 25–23 20–25 15–13 P2 P3 12 Sep 19:20 JPN 3–0 CAN 25–17 25–15 25–21 P2 P3 13 Sep 12:10 EGY 0–3 USA 20–25 13–25 21–25 P2 P3 13 Sep 15:10 CAN 3–2 AUS 32–34 25–14 25–21 27–29 20–18 P2 P3 13 Sep 19:20 ITA 3–0 JPN 25–21 25–20 25–15 P2 P3 Site B 8 Sep 12:10 ARG 3–1 IRI 25–27 25–22 25–22 26–24 P2 P3 8 Sep 15:10 RUS 3–0 VEN 29–27 25–16 25–15 P2 P3 8 Sep 18:40 POL 3–0 TUN 25–17 25–15 25–20 P2 P3 9 Sep 12:10 ARG 3–2 VEN 30–32 25–15 24–26 25–13 15–10 P2 P3 9 Sep 15:20 TUN 1–3 IRI 17–25 25–21 14–25 20–25 P2 P3 9 Sep 18:40 POL 3–1 RUS 26–28 27–25 25–19 25–22 P2 P3 10 Sep 12:10 IRI 3–0 VEN 25–20 25–17 25–15 P2 P3 10 Sep 15:10 ARG 1–3 POL 18–25 25–19 21–25 25–27 P2 P3 10 Sep 18:40 RUS 3–0 TUN 25–17 25–16 29–27 P2 P3 12 Sep 12:10 POL 3–2 IRI 18–25 23–25 25–15 25–20 15–11 P2 P3 12 Sep 15:10 TUN 2–3 VEN 25–19 18–25 25–22 26–28 13–15 P2 P3 12 Sep 18:40 RUS 3–1 ARG 25–19 21–25 25–18 25–20 P2 P3 13 Sep 12:10 VEN 1–3 POL 27–25 23–25 16–25 23–25 P2 P3 13 Sep 15:10 ARG 3–0 TUN 25–20 25–19 25–20 P2 P3 13 Sep 18:40 IRI 0–3 RUS 24–26 18–25 20–25 P2 P3 Second round Site A 16 Sep 12:10 USA 3–0 VEN 25–18 25–16 25–20 P2 P3 16 Sep 15:10 ITA 3–0 IRI 25–19 25–23 25–21 P2 P3 16 Sep 19:20 JPN 3–0 TUN 25–21 25–19 25–19 P2 P3 17 Sep 12:10 USA 3–1 IRI 20–25 25–19 25–22 25–21 P2 P3 17 Sep 15:10 ITA 3–0 TUN 25–18 25–23 25–22 P2 P3 17 Sep 19:20 JPN 3–0 VEN 33–31 26–24 25–19 P2 P3 18 Sep 12:10 USA 3–0 TUN 25–14 25–19 29–27 P2 P3 18 Sep 15:10 ITA 3–0 VEN 25–16 25–22 25–18 P2 P3 18 Sep 19:20 JPN 2–3 IRI 25–22 25–23 18–25 21–25 12–15 P2 P3 Site B 16 Sep 12:10 EGY 0–3 ARG 18–25 19–25 21–25 P2 P3 16 Sep 15:10 CAN 1–3 POL 25–23 15–25 19–25 19–25 P2 P3 16 Sep 19:10 AUS 0–3 RUS 24–26 16–25 18–25 P2 P3 17 Sep 12:10 EGY 0–3 POL 20–25 23–25 18–25 P2 P3 17 Sep 15:10 CAN 0–3 RUS 21–25 16–25 19–25 P2 P3 17 Sep 19:10 AUS 0–3 ARG 21–25 23–25 16–25 P2 P3 18 Sep 12:10 EGY 0–3 RUS 20–25 24–26 18–25 P2 P3 18 Sep 15:10 ARG 3–1 CAN 25–21 23–25 29–27 25–22 P2 P3 18 Sep 19:10 AUS 0–3 POL 15–25 22–25 17–25 P2 P3 Third round Site A 21 Sep 10:30 ITA 3–0 RUS 25–15 26–24 25–18 P2 P3 21 Sep 14:15 JPN 0–3 ARG 24–26 22–25 21–25 P2 P3 21 Sep 17:10 USA 1–3 POL 25–17 19–25 23–25 15–25 P2 P3 22 Sep 10:30 ITA 3–2 ARG 22–25 25–20 25–21 20–25 16–14 P2 P3 22 Sep 14:15 JPN 1–3 POL 26–24 25–27 21–25 19–25 P2 P3 22 Sep 17:10 USA 3–0 RUS 25–23 26–24 25–17 P2 P3 23 Sep 10:30 ITA 3–1 POL 26–24 22–25 25–22 25–19 P2 P3 23 Sep 14:15 JPN 2–3 RUS 29–27 17–25 25–21 17–25 13–15 P2 P3 23 Sep 18:40 USA 3–1 ARG 25–20 25–21 17–25 25–20 P2 P3 Site B 21 Sep 11:10 EGY 3–2 TUN 23–25 25–21 23–25 25–17 15–11 P2 P3 21 Sep 14:10 CAN 3–0 VEN 25–18 25–22 25–23 P2 P3 21 Sep 17:10 AUS 3–0 IRI 27–25 27–25 25–22 P2 P3 22 Sep 11:10 EGY 3–1 VEN 25–18 20–25 25–18 25–20 P2 P3 22 Sep 14:10 CAN 3–0 IRI 25–23 29–27 26–24 P2 P3 22 Sep 17:10 AUS 3–0 TUN 25–19 25–17 25–19 P2 P3 23 Sep 11:10 EGY 0–3 IRI 18–25 11–25 23–25 P2 P3 23 Sep 14:10 CAN 3–0 TUN 25–19 25–21 25–17 P2 P3 23 Sep 17:10 AUS 3–1 VEN 25–16 25–21 22–25 25–21 P2 P3 Final standing Rank Team USA ITA POL 4 RUS 5 ARG 6 JPN 7 CAN 8 IRI 9 AUS 10 EGY 11 VEN 12 TUN Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics vb 2015 Men's World Cup champions USA 2nd Team roster Matt Anderson, Aaron Russell, Taylor Sander, David Lee (c), Paul Lotman, Kawika Shoji, Micah Christenson, Russell Holmes, Jayson Jablonsky, Murphy Troy, Maxwell Holt, David Smith, Erik Shoji, Dustin Watten Head coach John Speraw Awards 18em Most valuable player USA Matt Anderson Best setter USA Micah Christenson Best outside spikers ITA Osmany Juantorena JPN Yūki Ishikawa Best middle blockers ARG Sebastián Sole IRI Mohammad Mousavi Best opposite spiker ITA Ivan Zaytsev Best libero USA Erik Shoji Statistics leaders Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 EGY Ahmed Abdelhay 230 2 ARG Facundo Conte 214 3 ITA Ivan Zaytsev 197 4 JPN Kunihiro Shimizu 191 5 POL Bartosz Kurek 190 6 JPN Yūki Ishikawa 188 7 AUS Thomas Edgar 176 8 USA Matt Anderson 172 9 RUS Dmitriy Muserskiy 157 10 ITA Osmany Juantorena 156 Best Spikers Rank Name %Succ 1 ITA Ivan Zaytsev 59.15 2 ITA Osmany Juantorena 56.84 3 RUS Dmitriy Muserskiy 55.93 4 JPN Yūki Ishikawa 55.82 5 EGY Ahmed Abdelhay 55.50 6 RUS Maxim Mikhaylov 54.81 7 IRI Amir Ghafour 53.55 8 JPN Kunihiro Shimizu 53.53 9 ARG Facundo Conte 53.40 10 ITA Filippo Lanza 53.08 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg/set 1 ARG Sebastián Sole 0.81 2 IRI Mohammad Mousavi 0.80 3 USA Maxwell Holt 0.70 4 ITA Matteo Piano 0.63 5 ARG Facundo Conte 0.55 6 USA David Lee 0.54 7 AUS Nehemiah Mote 0.54 8 CAN Justin Duff 0.50 9 EGY Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou 0.49 10 CAN Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn 0.48 Best Servers Rank Name Avg/set 1 USA Matt Anderson 0.70 2 ITA Ivan Zaytsev 0.55 3 RUS Maxim Mikhaylov 0.51 4 POL Mateusz Bieniek 0.48 5 JPN Masahiro Yanagida 0.45 6 POL Bartosz Kurek 0.45 7 ARG Facundo Conte 0.43 8 USA Micah Christenson 0.43 9 EGY Ahmed Abdelhay 0.42 10 RUS Dmitriy Muserskiy 0.41 Best Setters Rank Name Avg/set 1 JPN Hideomi Fukatsu 10.17 2 USA Micah Christenson 9.57 3 ARG Luciano De Cecco 8.93 4 IRI Saeid Marouf 8.58 5 ITA Simone Giannelli 7.58 6 CAN TJ Sanders 7.20 7 VEN José Carrasco 6.63 8 POL Fabian Drzyzga 5.90 9 RUS Sergey Grankin 4.65 10 AUS Grigory Sukochev 4.38 Best Diggers Rank Name Avg/set 1 AUS Luke Perry 2.33 2 JPN Takeshi Nagano 2.33 3 USA Erik Shoji 2.22 4 ITA Massimo Colaci 2.11 5 TUN Tayeb Korbosli 1.92 6 POL Paweł Zatorski 1.76 7 IRI Mehdi Marandi 1.45 8 TUN Moalla Ismail 1.39 9 ITA Osmany Juantorena 1.39 10 JPN Yūki Ishikawa 1.31 Best Receivers Rank Name %Eff 1 EGY Badawy Mohamed Moneim 58.62 2 IRI Milad Ebadipour 57.89 3 IRI Mehdi Marandi 53.54 4 POL Rafał Buszek 52.20 5 ARG Luciano Zornetta 52.17 6 POL Michał Kubiak 51.79 7 CAN John Gordon Perrin 50.00 8 TUN Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi 50.00 9 CAN Nicholas Hoag 46.15 10 ITA Osmany Juantorena 45.28 References External links Official website Final standing Awards Statistics Volleyball Japan Asia Sports 2015 Men FIVB World Cup Men FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Category:International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan Category:Volleyball qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics