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2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

FieldValue
competitionMen's World Cup
continentWorld
year2011
host
dates20 November – 4 December
teams12
confederations5
venues8
cities7
championsRUS
title_number2
secondPOL
thirdBRA
fourthITA
mvpRUS Maxim Mikhaylov
website2011 FIVB World Cup
last2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
next2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's 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.
CompetitionDateVenueQualifiedTotal12
Host country—―
2011 NORCECA Championship29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011PUR Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2011 European Championship10–18 September 2011AUT Austria
CZE Czech Republic
2011 South American Championship19–25 September 2011BRA Cuiabá, Brazil
2011 Asian Championship21–29 September 2011IRI Tehran, Iran
2011 African Championship23–29 September 2011MAR Tangier, Morocco
Wild card5 October 2011―

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

RankTeamContinent
5NORCECA
6Europe
8South America
11Asia
17Africa

Squads

Main article: 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup 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

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

First round

Site A

Site B

Second round

Site A

Site B

Third round

Site A

Site B

Fourth round

Site A

Site B

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Awards

  • 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

References

  1. (5 October 2011). "World Cup wild cards announced". [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
  2. (15 January 2011). "FIVB Senior World Ranking - Men (as of 15 January 2011)". [[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.
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