2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2018 Men's Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	26 November – 2 December
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Attendance	38,600 (2,413 per match)
Official website
	FIVB Men's Club World Championship
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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]
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 (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
Cucine Lube Civitanova	Sada Cruzeiro
Zenit Kazan	Trentino Volley

Squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B	Final round	Płock Rzeszów Częstochowa class=notpageimage\| 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

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	287	259	1.108	Semifinals
2	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3	2	1	4	6	7	0.857	292	306	0.954	Semifinals
3	Zenit Kazan	3	1	2	5	7	7	1.000	318	314	1.013
4	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3	0	3	1	4	9	0.444	303	321	0.944

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	17:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	21–25	25–22	21–25	25–27		92–99	P2
26 Nov	20:30	Zenit Kazan	2–3	Fakel Novy Urengoy	23–25	28–26	25–21	22–25	11–15	109–112	P2
27 Nov	17:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Zenit Kazan	20–25	25–22	24–26	25–23	19–17	113–113	P2
27 Nov	20:50	Fakel Novy Urengoy	3–2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	23–25	27–29	30–28	25–21	21–19	126–122	P2
29 Nov	17:30	Fakel Novy Urengoy	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	17–25	18–25	19–25			54–75	P2
29 Nov	20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	1–3	Zenit Kazan	16–25	25–17	27–29	21–25		89–96	P2

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Trentino Volley	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	219	1.132	Semifinals
2	Asseco Resovia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	256	236	1.085	Semifinals
3	Sada Cruzeiro	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	283	268	1.056
4	Khatam Ardakan	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	163	227	0.718

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	17:30	Trentino Volley	3–0	Khatam Ardakan	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	P2
26 Nov	20:30	Asseco Resovia	3–2	Sada Cruzeiro	23–25	25–18	25–23	24–26	17–15	114–107	P2
28 Nov	17:30	Sada Cruzeiro	1–3	Trentino Volley	25–17	26–28	23–25	25–27		99–97	P2
28 Nov	20:45	Khatam Ardakan	0–3	Asseco Resovia	21–25	21–25	11–25			53–75	P2
29 Nov	17:30	Asseco Resovia	0–3	Trentino Volley	24–26	23–25	20–25			67–76	P2
29 Nov	20:30	Khatam Ardakan	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	16–25	25–27	16–25			57–77	P2

Final round

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Semifinals		Final

1 December

Civitanova	3
		2 December
Rzeszów	1
		Civitanova	1
1 December
		Trentino	3
Novy Urengoy	1

Trentino	3
		3rd place match

		2 December

		Asseco Resovia	1

		Novy Urengoy	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Dec	17:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Asseco Resovia	29–31	25–19	25–14	25–23		104–87	P2
1 Dec	20:40	Fakel Novy Urengoy	1–3	Trentino Volley	25–22	14–25	16–25	19–25		74–97	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Dec	17:30	Asseco Resovia	1–3	Fakel Novy Urengoy	25–19	20–25	23–25	23–25		91–94	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	1–3	Trentino Volley	20–25	25–22	20–25	18–25		83–97	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Trentino Volley
	Cucine Lube Civitanova
	Fakel Novy Urengoy
4	Asseco Resovia
5	Sada Cruzeiro
5	Zenit Kazan
7	Khatam Ardakan
7	PGE Skra Bełchatów

2018 Men's Club World Champions
Trentino Volley 5th title

13–man roster

Russell, Van Garderen, Nelli, Cavuto, Daldello, Vettori, De Angelis, Giannelli (c), Grebennikov, Candellaro, Kovačević, Codarin, Lisinac

Head coach

Lorenzetti

Awards

Most valuable player
Aaron Russell (Trentino Volley)
Best setter
Simone Giannelli (Trentino Volley)
Best outside spikers
Uroš Kovačević (Trentino Volley)

Dmitry Volkov (Fakel Novy Urengoy)
Best middle blockers
Robertlandy Simón (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

Dragan Stanković (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
Best opposite spiker
Tsvetan Sokolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
Best libero
Jenia Grebennikov (Trentino Volley)

References

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

External links

[1] "Club World Championships up next on 2018 calendar". FIVB. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[qualification-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.

[tiebreak-6] "Pool Ranking Criteria". FIVB.

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