2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

2007 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	18 November – 2 December
Teams	12
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Bulgaria
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Gilberto Godoy Filho

The 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held from November 18 to December 2, 2007 in Japan.

Qualifying

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

The 5 2007 champions of their respective continental championship (5):
- Brazil, Spain, Australia, United States, Egypt
Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007 (4):
- Russia, Argentina, Tunisia, Puerto Rico
Host nation:
- Japan
Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007 (2):
- South Korea, Bulgaria

Squads

Competition System

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Men is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 other teams. Points are accumulated throughout the whole tournament. The final ranking is determined by the amount of points gained.

Venues

Site	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round
A	Saitama	Hiroshima	Fukuoka	Tokyo
	Saitama Super Arena	Hiroshima Green Arena	Marine Messe Fukuoka	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
	Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 4,750	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 10,000

B	Matsumoto	Toyama	Okayama	Tokyo
	Matsumoto City Gymnasium	Toyama City Gymnasium	Okayama Momotaro Arena	Komazawa Gymnasium
	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 3,875

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	21	10	1	30	4	7.500	852	673	1.266
2	Russia	20	9	2	29	9	3.222	899	742	1.212
3	Bulgaria	20	9	2	29	13	2.231	988	881	1.121
4	United States	19	8	3	28	12	2.333	947	843	1.123
5	Spain	18	7	4	22	15	1.467	848	825	1.028
6	Puerto Rico	17	6	5	20	19	1.053	878	869	1.010
7	Argentina	16	5	6	15	23	0.652	825	876	0.942
8	Australia	15	4	7	14	25	0.560	839	940	0.893
9	Japan	14	3	8	14	26	0.538	865	923	0.937
10	Egypt	14	3	8	13	27	0.481	829	922	0.899
11	South Korea	13	2	9	9	31	0.290	818	947	0.864
12	Tunisia	12	1	10	12	32	0.375	909	1056	0.861

First Round

Pool A

Venue: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	13:00	Australia	3–2	South Korea	22–25	25–20	23–25	25–20	29–27	124–117	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:50	Argentina	0–3	Russia	16–25	22–25	17–25			55–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:30	Japan	2–3	Tunisia	25–22	21–25	25–18	22–25	14–16	107–106	P2 P3
19 Nov	12:30	Australia	0–3	Russia	22–25	26–28	10–25			58–78	P2 P3
19 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–1	Tunisia	25–19	25–21	23–25	25–23		98–88	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56	P2 P3
20 Nov	12:30	Russia	3–1	Tunisia	22–25	25–15	25–12	25–16		97–68	P2 P3
20 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–0	South Korea	26–24	25–22	25–20			76–66	P2 P3
20 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Australia	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3

Pool B

Venue: Matsumoto City Gymnasium, Matsumoto, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Nov	12:30	Egypt	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	19–25	17–25		53–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Spain	25–21	19–25	25–20	25–17	94–83	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:00	Brazil	0–3	United States	26–28	28–30	20–25		74–83	P2 P3
19 Nov	13:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Egypt	25–19	25–18	23–25	25–18	98–80	P2 P3
19 Nov	15:30	Puerto Rico	3–1	United States	25–21	20–25	25–17	25–22	95–85	P2 P3
19 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Spain	30–28	25–17	25–16		80–61	P2 P3
20 Nov	13:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Puerto Rico	19–25	25–18	27–25	25–17	96–85	P2 P3
20 Nov	15:30	Spain	3–1	United States	21–25	25–20	27–25	25–20	98–90	P2 P3
20 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–18	25–14	25–17		75–49	P2 P3

Second Round

Pool A

Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	12:30	South Korea	0–3	Russia	16–25	14–25	19–25			49–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:00	Australia	3–1	Tunisia	25–22	35–37	26–24	25–22		111–105	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–19	26–24			76–66	P2 P3
23 Nov	12:30	South Korea	3–2	Tunisia	25–17	23–25	21–25	25–22	15–9	109–98	P2 P3
23 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–1	Australia	25–21	21–25	25–14	25–23		96–83	P2 P3
23 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Russia	19–25	20–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3

Pool B

Venue: Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	13:30	Egypt	0–3	Spain	19–25	21–25	19–25			59–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	15:30	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–21	25–17			75–51	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:30	Bulgaria	2–3	United States	27–29	25–20	30–28	22–25	12–15	116–117	P2 P3
23 Nov	12:00	Spain	0–3	Puerto Rico	18–25	22–25	18–25			58–75	P2 P3
23 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	25–14	25–21	25–19			75–54	P2 P3
23 Nov	18:00	Egypt	0–3	United States	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75	P2 P3

Third Round

Pool A

Venue: Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–2	Puerto Rico	19–25	22–25	25–16	25–21	15–13	106–100	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:00	Spain	0–3	Russia	21–25	13–25	15–25			49–75	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	Egypt	25–17	19–25	21–25	25–23	15–9	105–99	P2 P3
26 Nov	12:30	Argentina	0–3	Spain	24–26	22–25	18–25			64–76	P2 P3
26 Nov	15:00	Egypt	0–3	Russia	19–25	18–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Puerto Rico	23–25	23–25	21–25			67–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–1	Egypt	25–22	25–19	16–25	25–21		91–87	P2 P3
27 Nov	15:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	22–25	21–25	19–25			62–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	18:00	Japan	1–3	Spain	26–24	19–25	18–25	19–25		82–99	P2 P3

Pool B

Venue: Okayama Momotaro Arena, Okayama, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:30	Tunisia	1–3	United States	25–22	19–25	19–25	17–25	80–97	P2 P3
25 Nov	15:00	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–20	25–19		75–59	P2 P3
25 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Australia	25–19	25–19	25–21		75–59	P2 P3
26 Nov	13:00	South Korea	0–3	United States	18–25	15–25	18–25		51–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	15:30	Australia	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	19–25	13–25		49–75	P2 P3
26 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–16	25–21		75–56	P2 P3
27 Nov	13:00	Australia	0–3	United States	17–25	12–25	19–25		48–75	P2 P3
27 Nov	15:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Tunisia	26–24	22–25	25–15	25–17	98–81	P2 P3
27 Nov	18:30	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–17	25–20		75–57	P2 P3

Fourth Round

Pool A

Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	14:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	20–25	22–25	16–25			58–75	P2 P3
30 Nov	16:30	Bulgaria	3–2	Russia	25–21	23–25	25–22	22–25	15–12	110–105	P2 P3
30 Nov	19:30	Japan	0–3	United States	18–25	25–27	19–25			62–77	P2 P3
1 Dec	14:00	Argentina	0–3	United States	16–25	19–25	18–25			53–75	P2 P3
1 Dec	16:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–22	25–22	25–18			75–62	P2 P3
1 Dec	19:30	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	25–22	20–25	20–25	20–25		85–97	P2 P3
2 Dec	14:00	Argentina	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	22–25	23–25			62–75	P2 P3
2 Dec	16:30	Russia	3–2	United States	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–17	15–8	107–98	P2 P3
2 Dec	19:30	Japan	1–3	Brazil	25–23	21–25	19–25	18–25		83–98	P2 P3

Pool B

Venue: Komazawa Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	12:30	Puerto Rico	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–17	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
30 Nov	15:00	Egypt	3–1	South Korea	21–25	25–16	25–19	25–22		96–82	P2 P3
30 Nov	18:00	Australia	0–3	Spain	21–25	19–25	20–25			60–75	P2 P3
1 Dec	12:30	Egypt	3–1	Tunisia	25–21	18–25	25–21	25–22		93–89	P2 P3
1 Dec	15:00	Spain	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–17	28–26			78–65	P2 P3
1 Dec	18:00	Australia	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–21	15–25	25–18	25–21		90–85	P2 P3
2 Dec	12:00	Spain	3–1	Tunisia	25–16	25–22	21–25	25–18		96–81	P2 P3
2 Dec	14:30	South Korea	3–2	Puerto Rico	21–25	25–18	26–24	20–25	15–8	107–100	P2 P3
2 Dec	17:30	Australia	1–3	Egypt	14–25	25–23	21–25	22–25		82–98	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Russia
03 !	Bulgaria
4	United States
5	Spain
6	Puerto Rico
7	Argentina
8	Australia
9	Japan
10	Egypt
11	South Korea
12	Tunisia

2007 Men's World Cup Champions
Brazil 2nd title

12–man Roster

Bruno, Marcelinho, André Heller, Samuel, Giba

, Murilo, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Gustavo, Rodrigão, Dante

Head coach

Bernardinho

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Gilberto Godoy Filho

Best Scorer

Héctor Soto

Best Spiker

Dante Amaral

Best Blocker

José Luis Moltó

Best Server

Semen Poltavskiy

Best Setter

Miguel Angel Falasca

Best Libero

Sérgio Santos

External links

Official website

FIVB Volleyball World Cup

Men's

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