2001 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2001 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 12th edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from May 11 to June 30, 2001. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Italy France Spain Argentina	Poland Greece Russia Venezuela	Yugoslavia Japan Cuba Portugal	Brazil United States Netherlands Germany

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	21	9	3	30	15	2.000	1,059	972	1.090
2	France	20	8	4	27	21	1.286	1,117	1,074	1.040
3	Spain	17	5	7	23	28	0.821	1,109	1,148	0.966
4	Argentina	14	2	10	16	32	0.500	1,067	1,158	0.921

Results (Pool A)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 11	Italy	3-0	Argentina	25-18	25-19	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 55
May 11	Spain	0-3	France	16-25	20-25	20-25	NA	NA	56 - 75
May 13	Spain	2-3	France	22-25	25-20	19-25	25-23	11-15	102 - 108
May 13	Italy	3-0	Argentina	25-14	25-22	25-21	NA	NA	75 - 57
May 18	Spain	3-0	Italy	25-23	25-17	26-24	NA	NA	76 - 64
May 18	France	3-1	Argentina	21-25	27-25	25-19	25-20	NA	98 - 89
May 19	France	1-3	Argentina	25-27	25-23	22-25	22-25	NA	94 - 100
May 20	Spain	2-3	Italy	29-27	24-26	17-25	25-23	10-15	105 - 116
May 25	Argentina	1-3	France	22-25	26-24	28-30	22-25	NA	98 - 104
May 25	Italy	3-2	Spain	25-22	27-25	17-25	23-25	15-11	107 - 108
May 26	Argentina	3-1	France	25-20	20-25	25-22	26-24	NA	96 - 91
May 27	Italy	3-0	Spain	25-15	25-20	25-20	NA	NA	75 - 55
May 1	Italy	1-3	France	30-28	20-25	20-25	19-25	NA	89 - 103
May 2	Argentina	1-3	Spain	19-25	23-25	25-21	22-25	NA	89 - 96
May 3	Argentina	2-3	Spain	23-25	21-25	25-22	28-26	12-15	109 - 113
May 3	Italy	3-0	France	25-20	25-22	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 60
May 8	France	3-1	Spain	29-27	25-22	19-25	25-22	NA	98 - 96
May 9	Argentina	0-3	Italy	25-27	29-31	14-25	NA	NA	68 - 83
May 9	France	3-1	Spain	25-20	23-25	25-17	25-17	NA	98 - 79
May 10	Argentina	1-3	Italy	24-26	32-30	21-25	20-25	NA	97 - 106
May 15	Spain	3-2	Argentina	25-18	22-25	25-21	28-30	15-12	115 - 106
May 15	France	1-3	Italy	21-25	25-19	20-25	19-25	NA	85 - 94
May 16	France	3-2	Italy	25-20	19-25	19-25	25-21	15-09	103 - 100
May 17	Spain	3-2	Argentina	25-21	25-20	22-25	21-25	15-12	108 - 103

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Russia	20	8	4	28	14	2.000	-	-	-
2	Poland	19	7	5	25	22	1.136	-	-	-
3	Greece	18	6	6	24	25	0.960	-	-	-
4	Venezuela	15	3	9	16	32	0.500	-	-	-

Results (Pool B)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 11	Russia	3-0	Venezuela	25-20	25-13	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 52
May 11	Poland	3-0	Greece	25-21	25-22	25-21	NA	NA	75 - 64
May 12	Russia	3-0	Venezuela	25-17	25-18	25-21	NA	NA	75 - 56
May 12	Poland	2-3	Greece	25-23	26-28	22-25	27-25	15-17	115 - 118
May 18	Poland	1-3	Venezuela	19-25	25-15	24-26	24-26	NA	92 - 92
Jun 18	Greece	3-1	Russia	25-18	27-25	22-25	25-20	NA	99 - 88
Jun 19	Poland	3-0	Venezuela	25-20	25-19	25-22	NA	NA	75 - 61
Jun 19	Greece	3-0	Russia	25-23	26-24	25-21	NA	NA	76 - 68
Jun 25	Poland	1-3	Russia	33-31	23-25	21-25	23-25	NA	100 - 106
Jun 25	Venezuela	1-3	Greece	19-25	17-25	25-20	19-25	NA	80 - 95
Jun 26	Poland	0-3	Russia	23-25	22-25	19-25	NA	NA	64 - 75
Jun 27	Venezuela	2-3	Greece	18-25	26-24	26-24	21-25	08-15	99 - 113
Jun 1	Russia	1-3	Greece	22-25	23-25	25-21	23-25	NA	93 - 96
Jun 1	Venezuela	2-3	Poland	20-25	20-25	25-22	25-23	12-15	102 - 110
Jun 2	Russia	3-1	Greece	25-18	25-21	22-25	25-13	NA	97 - 77
Jun 3	Venezuela	2-3	Poland	23-25	20-25	25-23	32-30	14-16	114 - 119
Jun 8	Venezuela	0-3	Russia	14-25	21-25	13-25	NA	NA	48 - 75
Jun 8	Greece	0-3	Poland	18-25	19-25	19-25	NA	NA	56 - 75
Jun 9	Greece	1-3	Poland	21-25	25-21	22-25	24-26	NA	92 - 97
Jun 10	Venezuela	0-3	Russia	11-25	18-25	13-25	NA	NA	42 - 75
Jun 15	Russia	3-0	Poland	25-19	25-14	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 52
Jun 15	Greece	2-3	Venezuela	31-29	25-19	23-25	32-34	12-15	123 - 122
Jun 16	Russia	2-3	Poland	25-11	20-25	25-22	23-25	14-16	107 - 99
Jun 16	Greece	2-3	Venezuela	23-25	23-25	25-20	25-20	18-20	114 - 110

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Cuba	22	10	2	32	10	3.200	-	-	-
2	Yugoslavia	22	10	2	31	11	2.818	-	-	-
3	Japan	15	3	9	15	28	0.536	-	-	-
4	Portugal	13	1	11	5	34	0.147	-	-	-

Results (Pool C)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jun 11	Cuba	3-0	Portugal	25-15	25-21	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 59
Jun 12	Japan	0-3	Yugoslavia	17-25	22-25	24-26	NA	NA	63 - 76
Jun 12	Cuba	3-0	Portugal	25-20	25-16	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 54
Jun 13	Japan	1-3	Yugoslavia	27-25	19-25	23-25	16-25	NA	85 - 100
Jun 18	Cuba	3-0	Japan	25-20	25-21	25-14	NA	NA	75 - 55
Jun 19	Portugal	0-3	Yugoslavia	21-25	14-25	25-27	NA	NA	60 - 77
Jun 19	Cuba	3-1	Japan	25-17	25-17	24-26	25-23	NA	99 - 83
Jun 20	Portugal	0-3	Yugoslavia	14-25	15-25	16-25	NA	NA	45 - 75
Jun 25	Cuba	3-1	Yugoslavia	25-20	25-23	33-35	25-23	NA	108 - 101
Jun 26	Portugal	0-3	Japan	16-25	23-25	20-25	NA	NA	59 - 75
Jun 26	Cuba	3-0	Yugoslavia	25-21	26-24	25-19	NA	NA	76 - 64
Jun 27	Portugal	3-1	Japan	26-24	21-25	29-27	25-23	NA	101 - 99
Jun 1	Yugoslavia	3-0	Portugal	25-11	25-21	25-15	NA	NA	75 - 47
Jun 2	Japan	0-3	Cuba	19-25	15-25	23-25	NA	NA	57 - 75
Jun 3	Japan	1-3	Cuba	25-22	25-27	24-26	13-25	NA	87 - 100
Jun 3	Yugoslavia	3-0	Portugal	25-15	25-12	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 45
Jun 8	Yugoslavia	3-2	Japan	25-18	25-18	27-29	23-25	15-10	115 - 100
Jun 9	Portugal	1-3	Cuba	25-18	17-25	18-25	25-27	NA	85 - 95
Jun 10	Portugal	0-3	Cuba	25-27	17-25	17-25	NA	NA	59 - 77
Jun 10	Yugoslavia	3-0	Japan	25-23	25-16	25-22	NA	NA	75 - 61
Jun 15	Yugoslavia	3-1	Cuba	25-16	21-25	25-20	25-22	NA	96 - 83
Jun 16	Japan	3-1	Portugal	27-25	26-24	23-25	25-20	NA	101 - 94
Jun 16	Yugoslavia	3-1	Cuba	22-25	25-20	25-22	25-23	NA	97 - 90
Jun 17	Japan	3-0	Portugal	25-23	25-18	25-12	NA	NA	75 - 53

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	23	11	1	35	13	2.692	-	-	-
2	Netherlands	19	7	5	28	22	1.273	-	-	-
3	United States	18	6	6	20	25	0.800	-	-	-
4	Germany	12	0	12	11	36	0.306	-	-	-

Results (Pool D)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jun 11	Netherlands	2-3	Brazil	16-25	25-22	25-22	14-25	12-15	92 - 109
Jun 12	Germany	1-3	United States	34-36	26-28	25-20	21-25	NA	106 - 109
Jun 13	Germany	0-3	United States	23-25	22-25	10-25	NA	NA	55 - 75
Jun 13	Netherlands	1-3	Brazil	21-25	25-22	17-25	20-25	NA	83 - 97
Jun 19	United States	3-2	Netherlands	25-21	23-25	20-25	26-24	24-22	118 - 117
Jun 19	Germany	1-3	Brazil	21-25	14-25	25-22	22-25	NA	82 - 97
Jun 20	Germany	1-3	Brazil	14-25	25-19	23-25	24-26	NA	86 - 95
Jun 20	United States	1-3	Netherlands	23-25	25-19	22-25	20-25	NA	90 - 94
Jun 25	Netherlands	3-1	Germany	25-15	16-25	25-22	25-21	NA	91 - 83
Jun 26	United States	0-3	Brazil	22-25	12-25	15-25	NA	NA	49 - 75
Jun 27	Netherlands	3-2	Germany	25-22	25-16	20-25	26-28	15-10	111 - 101
Jun 27	United States	3-2	Brazil	13-25	20-25	27-25	25-22	15-13	100 - 110
Jun 2	Brazil	3-0	United States	25-19	25-11	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 49
Jun 2	Germany	1-3	Netherlands	19-25	25-16	23-25	21-25	NA	88 - 91
Jun 3	Brazil	3-0	United States	25-22	25-23	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 68
Jun 3	Germany	1-3	Netherlands	17-25	25-23	21-25	28-30	NA	91 - 103
Jun 9	Brazil	3-0	Netherlands	25-20	25-18	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 61
Jun 9	United States	3-2	Germany	25-20	25-23	23-25	22-25	15-12	110 - 105
Jun 10	Brazil	3-2	Netherlands	21-25	25-16	25-21	22-25	15-10	108 - 97
Jun 10	United States	3-0	Germany	32-30	25-15	25-16	NA	NA	82 - 61
Jun 15	Netherlands	3-1	United States	25-23	25-18	21-25	25-19	NA	96 - 85
Jun 16	Brazil	3-0	Germany	25-18	26-24	25-21	NA	NA	76 - 63
Jun 17	Brazil	3-1	Germany	25-07	25-19	19-25	25-13	NA	94 - 64
Jun 17	Netherlands	3-0	United States	25-17	29-27	25-17	NA	NA	79 - 61

Final round

Venue: Spodek, Katowice, Poland

Pool play

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool E

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	293	245	1.196
2	Yugoslavia	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	273	270	1.011
3	France	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	304	321	0.947
4	Poland	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	252	286	0.881

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Jun	Yugoslavia	2–3	France	25–18	31–33	26–28	25–21	11–15	118–115
25 Jun	Poland	1–3	Brazil	26–24	15–25	26–28	18–25		85–102
26 Jun	Poland	3–2	France	21–25	25–22	19–25	26–24	15–13	106–109
26 Jun	Yugoslavia	1–3	Brazil	25–19	15–25	19–25	21–25		80–94
27 Jun	Poland	0–3	Yugoslavia	22–25	22–25	17–25			61–75
27 Jun	Brazil	3–1	France	25–20	25–13	22–25	25–22		97–80

Pool F

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	285	252	1.131
2	Russia	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	312	308	1.013
3	Cuba	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	270	275	0.982
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	255	287	0.889

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Jun	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	20–25	18–25	26–24	25–27		89–101
25 Jun	Italy	2–3	Russia	26–24	26–28	24–26	25–18	13–15	114–111
26 Jun	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	21–25	25–16	25–21	25–19		96–81
26 Jun	Russia	2–3	Cuba	27–29	25–18	21–25	25–22	13–15	111–109
27 Jun	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	25–23	25–19	15–25	25–18		90–85
27 Jun	Cuba	0–3	Italy	21–25	17–25	22–25			60–75

Final four

Semifinals			Final

29 June
Yugoslavia	2
Italy	3

			30 June
			Italy	0
			Brazil	3


			3rd place match
29 June		30 June
Brazil	3	Yugoslavia	0
Russia	2		Russia	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jun	Yugoslavia	2–3	Italy	25–22	25–19	22–25	22–25	12–15	106–106
29 Jun	Brazil	3–2	Russia	25–19	25–19	24–26	23–25	20–18	117–107

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jun	Yugoslavia	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	23–25			63–75

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jun	Italy	0–3	Brazil	15–25	22–25	19–25			56–75

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Italy
03 !	Russia
4	Yugoslavia
5	Cuba
5	France
7	Netherlands
7	Poland
9	Greece
	Japan
	Spain
	United States
13	Argentina
	Germany
	Portugal
	Venezuela

2001 World League Champions
Brazil 2nd title

Team Roster Giovane Gávio, André Heller, Henrique Randow, Mauricio Lima, Gilberto Godoy Filho, André Nascimento, Sérgio Dutra Santos, Anderson Rodrigues, Nalbert Bitencourt, Gustavo Endres, Ricardo Garcia, Dante Amaral Head Coach Bernardo Rezende

Awards

Best Scorer
- Ivan Miljković

Best Spiker
- André Nascimento

Best Blocker
- Gustavo Endres

Best Server
- Luigi Mastrangelo

References

External links

International volleyball

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World Ranking

Worldwide	Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World Grand Champions Cup World League World Grand Prix Club World Championship

Youth	Youth Olympic Games Men's U23 World Championship Women's U23 World Championship Men's U21 World Championship Women's U20 World Championship Boys' U19 World Championship Girls' U18 World Championship

Africa	CAVB – African Championship U23 M - W Junior M - W Youth M - W African Club Championship All-Africa Games

Asia & Oceania	AVC – Asian Championship U23 M - W Junior Youth Asian Cup Asian Club Championship Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

Europe	CEV – European Championship Junior M - W Youth M - W European League

North America	NORCECA – NORCECA Championship Junior M - W Youth M - W Central American and Caribbean Games

South America	CSV – South American Championship U23 M - W Junior M - W Youth M - W Child M - W South American Club Championship

Americas	Pan American Games Men's Pan-American Cup Women's Pan-American Cup

Multi-sport events	Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games Lusophony Games

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