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

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]

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]
Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV) Hosts (2018 Polish Champions)
Russia Zenit Kazan (CEV) 2018 European Champions
Brazil Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) 2018 South American Champions
Iran Khatam Ardakan (AVC)* 2018 Asian Champions
Russia Fakel Novy Urengoy (CEV) Wild Card
Italy Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)
Poland Asseco Resovia (CEV)
Italy Trentino Volley (CEV)

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

Pools composition

Pool A Pool B
Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów Iran Khatam Ardakan
Russia Fakel Novy Urengoy Poland Asseco Resovia
Italy Cucine Lube Civitanova Brazil Sada Cruzeiro
Russia Zenit Kazan Italy Trentino Volley

Squads

Venues

Pool A Pool B Final round
Host cities in Poland
Płock, Poland Rzeszów, Poland Częstochowa, Poland
Orlen Arena Hala Podpromie Hala Sportowa
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 7,100 Capacity: 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

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Italy Cucine Lube Civitanova 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 287 259 1.108 Semifinals
2 Russia Fakel Novy Urengoy 3 2 1 4 6 7 0.857 292 306 0.954
3 Russia Zenit Kazan 3 1 2 5 7 7 1.000 318 314 1.013
4 Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów 3 0 3 1 4 9 0.444 303 321 0.944
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Nov17:30PGE Skra Bełchatów Poland1–3Italy Cucine Lube Civitanova21–2525–2221–2525–27 92–99P2
26 Nov20:30Zenit Kazan Russia2–3Russia Fakel Novy Urengoy23–2528–2625–2122–2511–15109–112P2
27 Nov17:30Cucine Lube Civitanova Italy3–2Russia Zenit Kazan20–2525–2224–2625–2319–17113–113P2
27 Nov20:50Fakel Novy Urengoy Russia3–2Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów23–2527–2930–2825–2121–19126–122P2
29 Nov17:30Fakel Novy Urengoy Russia0–3Italy Cucine Lube Civitanova17–2518–2519–25  54–75P2
29 Nov20:30PGE Skra Bełchatów Poland1–3Russia Zenit Kazan16–2525–1727–2921–25 89–96P2

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Italy Trentino Volley 3 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 248 219 1.132 Semifinals
2 Poland Asseco Resovia 3 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 256 236 1.085
3 Brazil Sada Cruzeiro 3 1 2 4 6 6 1.000 283 268 1.056
4 Iran Khatam Ardakan 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 163 227 0.718
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Nov17:30Trentino Volley Italy3–0Iran Khatam Ardakan25–1925–1525–19  75–53P2
26 Nov20:30Asseco Resovia Poland3–2Brazil Sada Cruzeiro23–2525–1825–2324–2617–15114–107P2
28 Nov17:30Sada Cruzeiro Brazil1–3Italy Trentino Volley25–1726–2823–2525–27 99–97P2
28 Nov20:45Khatam Ardakan Iran0–3Poland Asseco Resovia21–2521–2511–25  53–75P2
29 Nov17:30Asseco Resovia Poland0–3Italy Trentino Volley24–2623–2520–25  67–76P2
29 Nov20:30Khatam Ardakan Iran0–3Brazil Sada Cruzeiro16–2525–2716–25  57–77P2

Final round

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

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Dec17:30Cucine Lube Civitanova Italy3–1Poland Asseco Resovia29–3125–1925–1425–23 104–87P2
1 Dec20:40Fakel Novy Urengoy Russia1–3Italy Trentino Volley25–2214–2516–2519–25 74–97P2

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec17:30Asseco Resovia Poland1–3Russia Fakel Novy Urengoy25–1920–2523–2523–25 91–94P2

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec20:30Cucine Lube Civitanova Italy1–3Italy Trentino Volley20–2525–2220–2518–25 83–97P2

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club World Championships up next on 2018 calendar". FIVB. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Qualification". FIVB.
  3. ↑ "Trentino return to world summit". FIVB. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Fakel outlast Resovia for Club Worlds Bronze". FIVB. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Russell named MVP to lead Club Worlds Dream Team". FIVB. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Pool Ranking Criteria". FIVB.
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