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2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

2010 FIVB World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	25 September – 10 October
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
Officially opened by	Giorgio Napolitano
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament awards
MVP	Murilo Endres
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Attendance	339,324 (4,350 per match)
Official website
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The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Italy from 25 September to 10 October 2010. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to 2006 champion Brazil and host nation Italy, 22 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in ten venues across ten Italian cities, with the final being held at the PalaLottomatica, Rome.

The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Cuba in final. Brazil won their third straight world championship having won previously in 2002 and 2006.^[1] The podium was completed by Serbia who defeated Italy in the 3rd place match. Brazilian wing-spiker Murilo Endres was named the tournament MVP.^[2]

Brazil's victory continued their eight-year period of domination of world volleyball. Brazil has now won 15 of 17 major competitions since 2002. Brazil's third straight world championship equals the record for consecutive titles set by Italy in the 1990s.

Host[edit]

Finals hosts Italy. The tournament was held in ten Italy cities.

Catania

Florence

Milan

Modena

Reggio Calabria

Rome

Turin

Trieste

Verona

Qualification[edit]

The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams that would compete in the championship competition. Two spots were guaranteed to the host country Italy and 2006 champions Brazil. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 22 spots. Africa was granted three, Asia and Oceania four, Europe eight, North America five and South America two places. Qualification competitions took place ranging from January to August 2009.

Africa (CAVB)	Asia and Oceania (AVC)	Europe (CEV)	North America (NORCECA)	South America (CSV)
Pool C Winners:  Egypt Pool D Winners:  Tunisia Pool E Winners:  Cameroon	Pool G Winners:  China Pool G Runners-up:  Australia Pool H Winners:  Japan Pool H Runners-up:  Iran	Host Country:  Italy Pool I Winners:  Russia Pool I Runners-up:  Germany Pool J Winners:  Bulgaria Pool J Runners-up:  Czech Republic Pool K Winners:  Poland Pool K Runners-up:  France Pool L Winners:  Serbia Pool L Runners-up:  Spain	Pool F Winners:  United States Pool G Winners:  Puerto Rico Pool H Winners:  Cuba Pool I Winners:  Canada Pool I Runners-up:  Mexico	Defending Champions:  Brazil Pool A Winners:  Argentina Pool B Winners:  Venezuela

Pools composition[edit]

First round[edit]

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 28 July 2009.^[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in Rome, Italy on 28 October 2009. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 6th.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Italy (Hosts)	Brazil (1)	Russia (2)	United States (3)	Bulgaria (4)	Serbia (5)
Japan (12)	Spain (11)	Puerto Rico (10)	Argentina (9)	China (8)	Poland (7)
Egypt (18)	Cuba (13)	Australia (15)	Venezuela (15)	France (17)	Germany (14)
Iran (24)	Tunisia (20)	Cameroon (23)	Mexico (35)	Czech Republic (27)	Canada (21)

Second round[edit]

Pool G		Pool H		Pool I		Pool L		Pool M		Pool N
1A	Italy	1B	Cuba	1C	Russia	1D	United States	1E	France	1F	Poland
2C	Puerto Rico	2F	Serbia	2A	Egypt	2E	Czech Republic	2D	Argentina	2B	Brazil
3F	Germany	3D	Mexico	3B	Spain	3C	Cameroon	3A	Japan	3E	Bulgaria

Third round[edit]

Pool O		Pool P		Pool Q		Pool R
1G	Italy	1H	Serbia	1I	Spain	1L	Czech Republic
2L	United States	1M	Argentina	1N	Bulgaria	2G	Germany
2M	France	2I	Russia	2H	Cuba	2N	Brazil

Squads[edit]

Venues[edit]

Pool A, H and M	Pool B	Pool C and 5th–8th places	Pool D
Assago, Italy	Verona, Italy	Modena, Italy	Reggio Calabria, Italy
Mediolanum Forum	PalaOlimpia	PalaPanini	PalaCalafiore
Capacity: 11,500	Capacity: 6,200	Capacity: 5,100	Capacity: 7,200
Pool E	Florence Turin Trieste Modena Verona Catania Ancona Assago Reggio Calabria Rome		Pool F
Turin, Italy			Trieste, Italy
PalaRuffini			PalaTrieste
Capacity: 5,000			Capacity: 6,972
Pool G and I	Pool L and N	Pool O, R and Final four	Pool P, Q and 9th–12th places
Catania, Italy	Ancona, Italy	Rome, Italy	Florence, Italy
PalaCatania	PalaRossini	PalaLottomatica	Nelson Mandela Forum
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 10,710	Capacity: 5,500

First round[edit]

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• In the first round pool competitions, each pool played a round-robin schedule, with each team playing every other team. The top three teams advanced to the second round.

Pool A[edit]

Pool A featured host country Italy, as well as Egypt, Japan and Iran. Italy defeated all three teams, while the remaining teams each finished with a 1–2 record. Iran were eliminated by virtue of scoring the fewest points during the three-game schedule.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	262	207	1.266	Second round
2	Egypt	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	243	254	0.957
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	259	274	0.945
4	Iran	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	247	276	0.895

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:05	Egypt	3–0	Iran	25–21	25–17	25–21			75–59	P2 P3
25 Sep	21:05	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–16	25–14			75–50	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:05	Iran	3–1	Japan	15–25	25–17	26–24	25–23		91–89	P2 P3
26 Sep	21:05	Egypt	0–3	Italy	20–25	17–25	23–25			60–75	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:05	Japan	3–2	Egypt	32–34	23–25	25–19	25–17	15–13	120–108	P2 P3
27 Sep	21:05	Italy	3–2	Iran	25–21	25–10	21–25	26–28	15–13	112–97	P2 P3

Pool B[edit]

Pool B featured reigning champions Brazil, as well as Cuba, Spain and Tunisia. Cuba won all three of their matches. Tunisia were defeated in every match and eliminated from the competition. Brazil and Cuba would face each other again in the tournament final, where Brazil would repeat as world champions.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	296	263	1.125	Second round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	291	256	1.137
3	Spain	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	292	302	0.967
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	192	250	0.768

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:05	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–14	25–21	25–14			75–49	P2 P3
25 Sep	21:05	Spain	2–3	Cuba	25–23	18–25	19–25	25–20	13–15	100–108	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:05	Tunisia	0–3	Cuba	18–25	15–25	15–25			48–75	P2 P3
26 Sep	21:05	Brazil	3–1	Spain	30–28	21–25	25–20	25–19		101–92	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:05	Spain	3–1	Tunisia	25–23	25–22	25–27	25–23		100–95	P2 P3
27 Sep	21:05	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	34–32	18–25	23–25	25–21	15–12	115–115	P2 P3

Pool C[edit]

Pool C featured Russia, Puerto Rico, Cameroon and Australia. Russia won all their matches, while Australia were eliminated after going 0–3.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	283	224	1.263	Second round
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	272	264	1.030
3	Cameroon	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	213	237	0.899
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	253	296	0.855

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:05	Russia	3–0	Cameroon	25–11	25–20	25–22			75–53	P2 P3
25 Sep	21:05	Australia	1–3	Puerto Rico	22–25	22–25	28–26	19–25		91–101	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:05	Cameroon	0–3	Puerto Rico	22–25	23–25	19–25			64–75	P2 P3
26 Sep	21:05	Russia	3–1	Australia	25–17	25–12	24–26	25–20		99–75	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:05	Australia	1–3	Cameroon	25–21	22–25	21–25	19–25		87–96	P2 P3
27 Sep	21:05	Puerto Rico	2–3	Russia	25–21	14–25	21–25	25–23	11–15	96–109	P2 P3

Pool D[edit]

Pool D featured the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela. Venezuela were eliminated after not winning a single set.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	280	254	1.102	Second round
2	Argentina	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	259	228	1.136
3	Mexico	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	247	260	0.950
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	181	225	0.804

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:05	Venezuela	0–3	Argentina	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	P2 P3
25 Sep	21:05	United States	3–2	Mexico	22–25	19–25	25–18	25–22	15–11	106–101	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:05	Argentina	3–1	Mexico	25–12	25–19	17–25	25–15		92–71	P2 P3
26 Sep	21:05	Venezuela	0–3	United States	19–25	23–25	19–25			61–75	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:05	Mexico	3–0	Venezuela	25–22	25–20	25–20			75–62	P2 P3
27 Sep	21:05	United States	3–1	Argentina	22–25	27–25	25–22	25–20		99–92	P2 P3

Pool E[edit]

Pool E featured France, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and China. China were eliminated after not winning a match.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	306	268	1.142	Second round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	302	300	1.007
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	289	282	1.025
4	China	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	197	244	0.807

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:05	France	3–2	Czech Republic	25–19	22–25	25–21	24–26	15–10	111–101	P2 P3
25 Sep	21:05	Bulgaria	3–0	China	25–14	25–19	25–22			75–55	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:05	Czech Republic	3–1	China	25–21	19–25	25–18	25–22		94–86	P2 P3
26 Sep	21:05	France	3–2	Bulgaria	25–22	23–25	25–17	28–30	19–17	120–111	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:05	Bulgaria	1–3	Czech Republic	23–25	25–27	30–28	25–27		103–107	P2 P3
27 Sep	21:05	China	0–3	France	17–25	20–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3

Pool F[edit]

Pool F featured Poland, who won the silver medal in the last edition. The pool also featured Serbia, Germany and Canada.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	279	246	1.134	Second round
2	Serbia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	250	243	1.029
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	237	250	0.948
4	Canada	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	215	242	0.888

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	17:05	Poland	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–21	25–13			75–56	P2 P3
25 Sep	21:05	Germany	0–3	Serbia	21–25	21–25	13–25			55–75	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:05	Canada	3–1	Serbia	25–20	25–22	17–25	25–23		92–90	P2 P3
26 Sep	21:05	Poland	3–2	Germany	25–20	21–25	25–22	22–25	15–13	108–105	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:05	Germany	3–0	Canada	27–25	25–22	25–20			77–67	P2 P3
27 Sep	21:05	Serbia	1–3	Poland	19–25	18–25	25–21	23–25		85–96	P2 P3

Second round[edit]

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• In the second round, participants were divided into six pools of three teams, pools G–N, with each pool again playing a round-robin. The bottom team were eliminated from the competition, while the top two advanced to the third round.

Pool G[edit]

Pool G featured host Italy, as well as Germany and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico were eliminated after losing both matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	189	166	1.139	Third round
2	Germany	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	157	158	0.994
3	Puerto Rico	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	146	168	0.869

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:05	Puerto Rico	0–3	Germany	22–25	22–25	18–25			62–75	P2 P3
1 Oct	21:05	Germany	1–3	Italy	25–21	18–25	21–25	18–25		82–96	P2 P3
2 Oct	21:05	Italy	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–16	18–25	25–21		93–84	P2 P3

Pool H[edit]

Pool H featured Serbia, Cuba and Mexico. Mexico were eliminated after being defeated in both matches.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	166	145	1.145	Third round
2	Cuba	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	162	148	1.095
3	Mexico	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	117	152	0.770

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:05	Cuba	1–3	Serbia	25–16	19–25	22–25	19–25		85–91	P2 P3
1 Oct	21:05	Mexico	0–3	Cuba	17–25	25–27	15–25			57–77	P2 P3
2 Oct	17:05	Serbia	3–0	Mexico	25–23	25–18	25–19			75–60	P2 P3

Pool I[edit]

Pool I featured Spain, Russia and Egypt. Egypt were eliminated after not winning a match.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	4	6	3	2.000	207	189	1.095	Third round
2	Russia	2	1	1	3	5	3	1.667	179	160	1.119
3	Egypt	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	141	178	0.792

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	21:05	Russia	3–0	Egypt	25–21	25–17	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
1 Oct	17:05	Spain	3–2	Russia	17–25	22–25	25–21	25–20	15–13	104–104	P2 P3
2 Oct	17:05	Egypt	1–3	Spain	20–25	30–28	16–25	19–25		85–103	P2 P3

Pool L[edit]

Pool L featured the Czech Republic, United States and Cameroon. Cameroon did not win a match and were eliminated from the competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	150	115	1.304	Third round
2	United States	2	1	1	3	3	5	0.600	176	168	1.048
3	Cameroon	2	0	2	2	2	6	0.333	145	188	0.771

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:05	United States	0–3	Czech Republic	19–25	22–25	22–25			63–75	P2 P3
1 Oct	21:05	Cameroon	2–3	United States	25–23	14–25	27–25	20–25	7–15	93–113	P2 P3
2 Oct	17:05	Czech Republic	3–0	Cameroon	25–17	25–18	25–17			75–52	P2 P3

Pool M[edit]

Pool M featured Argentina, France and Japan. Japan did not win a match and were eliminated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	182	166	1.096	Third round
2	France	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	161	155	1.039
3	Japan	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	144	166	0.867

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	21:05	France	1–3	Argentina	25–16	17–25	23–25	21–25		86–91	P2 P3
1 Oct	17:05	Japan	0–3	France	19–25	22–25	23–25			64–75	P2 P3
2 Oct	21:05	Argentina	3–1	Japan	25–22	16–25	25–14	25–19		91–80	P2 P3

Pool N[edit]

Pool N featured Bulgaria, Brazil and Poland. Bulgaria swept eventual champion Brazil in three sets. Poland did not win a match and were eliminated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bulgaria	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	150	115	1.304	Third round
2	Brazil	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	133	131	1.015
3	Poland	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	113	150	0.753

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	21:05	Poland	0–3	Brazil	16–25	20–25	20–25			56–75	P2 P3
1 Oct	17:05	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	25–22	25–18	25–17			75–57	P2 P3
2 Oct	21:05	Brazil	0–3	Bulgaria	18–25	20–25	20–25			58–75	P2 P3

Third round[edit]

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
• In the third round, the twelve remaining teams were divided into four pools of three. No eliminations took place in the third round. The top finishers in each pool were seeded into the championship bracket for first to fourth place. The second finishers competed in a bracket to determine fifth to eighth place, while the bottom teams competed in a bracket to determine ninth through twelfth place.

Pool O[edit]

In pool O, Italy moved on to the semifinal match, the USA advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket and France moved on to the ninth to twelfth place competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	192	180	1.067	Semifinals
2	United States	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	171	145	1.179	5th–8th semifinals
3	France	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	137	175	0.783	9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Oct	17:05	France	0–3	United States	16–25	14–25	23–25			53–75	P2 P3
5 Oct	21:05	United States	1–3	Italy	25–14	23–25	26–28	22–25		96–92	P2 P3
6 Oct	21:05	Italy	3–1	France	25–18	25–20	25–27	25–19		100–84	P2 P3

Pool P[edit]

Pool P saw Serbia advance to the semifinal. Russia advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket and Argentina to the ninth to twelfth place event.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia	2	2	0	4	6	2	3.000	192	177	1.085	Semifinals
2	Russia	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	172	150	1.147	5th–8th semifinals
3	Argentina	2	0	2	2	1	6	0.167	134	171	0.784	9th–12th semifinals