2018 FIVB Volleyball 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]

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)
Champions Trentino Volley (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Aaron Russell (TRE)
Best Setter Simone Giannelli (TRE)
Best OH Uroš Kovačević (TRE)
Dmitry Volkov (FAK)
Best MB Robertlandy Simón (LUB)
Dragan Stanković (LUB)
Best OPP Tsvetan Sokolov (LUB)
Best Libero Jenia Grebennikov (TRE)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Official website
FIVB Men's Club World Championship

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 Rzeszów in the 3rd place match.[4] Aaron Russell from Trentino Volley was elected the Most Valuable Player.[5]

Qualification
Team (Confederation) Qualified as[2]
PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV) Hosts (2018 Polish Champions)
Zenit Kazan (CEV) 2018 European Champions
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) 2018 South American Champions
Khatam Ardakan (AVC)* 2018 Asian Champions
Fakel Novy Urengoy (CEV) Wild Card
Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (CEV)
Trentino Volley (CEV)

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

Pools composition
Pool A Pool B
PGE Skra Bełchatów Khatam Ardakan
Fakel Novy Urengoy Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Cucine Lube Civitanova Sada Cruzeiro
Zenit Kazan Trentino Volley

Squads
Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship 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
Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Cucine Lube Civitanova 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 287 259 1.108
2 Fakel Novy Urengoy 2 1 4 6 7 0.857 292 306 0.954
3 Zenit Kazan 1 2 5 7 7 1.000 318 314 1.013
4 PGE Skra Bełchatów 0 3 1 4 9 0.444 303 321 0.944
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Nov17:30PGE Skra Bełchatów 1–3 Cucine Lube Civitanova 21–2525–2221–2525–27 92–99P2
26 Nov20:30Zenit Kazan 2–3 Fakel Novy Urengoy 23–2528–2625–2122–2511–15109–112P2
27 Nov17:30Cucine Lube Civitanova 3–2 Zenit Kazan 20–2525–2224–2625–2319–17113–113P2
27 Nov20:50Fakel Novy Urengoy 3–2 PGE Skra Bełchatów 23–2527–2930–2825–2121–19126–122P2
29 Nov17:30Fakel Novy Urengoy 0–3 Cucine Lube Civitanova 17–2518–2519–25  54–75P2
29 Nov20:30PGE Skra Bełchatów 1–3 Zenit Kazan 16–2525–1727–2921–25 89–96P2

Pool B
Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points
W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1 Trentino Volley 3 0 9 9 1 9.000 248 219 1.132
2 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 2 1 5 6 5 1.200 256 236 1.085
3 Sada Cruzeiro 1 2 4 6 6 1.000 283 268 1.056
4 Khatam Ardakan 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 163 227 0.718
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Nov17:30Trentino Volley 3–0 Khatam Ardakan 25–1925–1525–19  75–53P2
26 Nov20:30Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 3–2 Sada Cruzeiro 23–2525–1825–2324–2617–15114–107P2
28 Nov17:30Sada Cruzeiro 1–3 Trentino Volley 25–1726–2823–2525–27 99–97P2
28 Nov20:45Khatam Ardakan 0–3 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 21–2521–2511–25  53–75P2
29 Nov17:30Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 0–3 Trentino Volley 24–2623–2520–25  67–76P2
29 Nov20:30Khatam Ardakan 0–3 Sada Cruzeiro 16–2525–2716–25  57–77P2

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December
 
 
 Civitanova3
 
2 December
 
 Rzeszów1
 
 Civitanova1
 
1 December
 
 Trentino3
 
 Novy Urengoy1
 
 
 Trentino3
 
3rd place match
 
 
2 December
 
 
 Rzeszów1
 
 
 Novy Urengoy3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Dec17:30Cucine Lube Civitanova 3–1 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 29–3125–1925–1425–23 104–87P2
1 Dec20:40Fakel Novy Urengoy 1–3 Trentino Volley 25–2214–2516–2519–25 74–97P2

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec17:30Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 1–3 Fakel Novy Urengoy 25–1920–2523–2523–25 91–94P2

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Dec20:30Cucine Lube Civitanova 1–3 Trentino Volley 20–2525–2220–2518–25 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. "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. "Pool Ranking Criteria". FIVB.
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