2011 FIVB Volleyball World League

2011 World League
The Ergo Arena held the final
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
City	Gdańsk (Group 1 Final)
Dates	27 May – 10 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	47 (in 47 host cities)
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament awards
MVP	Maxim Mikhaylov
Official website
FIVB World League

The 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 22nd edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 May to 10 July 2011. The Final Round was held in Gdańsk, Poland.

Qualification

Top 14 teams of the 2010 edition directly qualified.
South Korea and Puerto Rico qualified through the qualification.
Japan replaced Netherlands, who withdrew from the tournament.
Portugal replaced Egypt, who withdrew from the tournament.

Asia and Oceania

Bulgaria
Finland
France
Germany
Italy

Poland
Portugal
Russia
Serbia

Cuba
Puerto Rico
United States

Argentina
Brazil

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Brazil	Russia	Serbia	Cuba
Poland	Bulgaria	Argentina	Italy
United States	Germany	Finland	France
Puerto Rico	Japan	Portugal	South Korea

Squads

Pool standing procedure

World League Final

World League Finals Day 3

Match points
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Intercontinental round

All times are local.
The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Poland finish lower than second in Pool A, they will still qualify along with the best three second place teams across all four pools.

	Qualified for the Final round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	30	10	2	32	10	3.200	1026	890	1.153
2	United States	23	8	4	26	19	1.368	1050	1006	1.044
3	Poland	18	6	6	21	19	1.105	945	914	1.034
4	Puerto Rico	1	0	12	5	36	0.139	813	1024	0.794

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
27 May	20:40	Poland	3–0	United States	25–20	25–22	25–19	75–61	P2 P3
27 May	20:31	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	15–25	19–25	16–25	50–75	P2 P3
28 May	17:10	Poland	0–3	United States	22–25	19–25	35–37	76–87	P2 P3
28 May	20:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	19–25	29–31	23–25	71–81	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Jun	20:37	Puerto Rico	1–3	United States	26–24	27–29	17–25	17–25	87–103	P2 P3
4 Jun	10:10	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–23	26–24	25–21		76–68	P2 P3
4 Jun	20:40	Puerto Rico	1–3	United States	23–25	24–26	25–22	12–25	84–98	P2 P3
5 Jun	10:10	Brazil	3–1	Poland	28–26	23–25	26–24	25–23	102–98	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
10 Jun	20:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	21–25	23–25	14–25		58–75	P2 P3
11 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	19–25	25–21	25–19	25–21	94–86	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	22–25	15–25	21–25		58–75	P2 P3
12 Jun	09:50	Brazil	1–3	United States	21–25	22–25	25–16	24–26	92–92	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
17 Jun	19:00	United States	0–3	Poland	22–25	19–25	20–25		61–75	P2 P3
18 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–10	25–23		75–53	P2 P3
18 Jun	19:00	United States	3–1	Poland	25–21	15–25	25–18	25–22	90–86	P2 P3
19 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–10	25–20	25–20		75–50	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Jun	20:40	Poland	3–1	Puerto Rico	24–26	28–26	25–22	25–17	102–91	P2 P3
24 Jun	19:10	United States	1–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	25–21	19–25	85–96	P2 P3
25 Jun	17:10	Poland	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–19	25–22	25–20		75–61	P2 P3
25 Jun	19:10	United States	3–1	Brazil	25–20	25–23	22–25	25–23	97–91	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	20:40	Poland	1–3	Brazil	23–25	25–18	16–25	24–26		88–94	P2 P3
30 Jun	20:40	Poland	0–3	Brazil	17–25	14–25	21–25			52–75	P2 P3
1 Jul	19:10	United States	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–27	25–22	25–12	25–27	15–8	115–96	P2 P3
2 Jul	19:10	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–22	25–19			75–54	P2 P3

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	31	11	1	34	9	3.778	1046	857	1.221
2	Bulgaria	22	7	5	27	22	1.227	1057	1045	1.011
3	Germany	15	5	7	23	28	0.821	1111	1127	0.986
4	Japan	4	1	11	10	35	0.286	884	1069	0.827

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 May	18:10	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–20	25–18			75–60	P2 P3
28 May	18:10	Russia	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–19	25–12	25–12		97–68	P2 P3
28 May	18:10	Bulgaria	2–3	Germany	25–21	18–25	21–25	25–15	10–15	99–101	P2 P3
29 May	18:10	Bulgaria	3–2	Germany	25–21	23–25	25–22	20–25	15–9	108–102	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Germany	29–27	25–23	25–23		79–73	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–15	25–22		75–60	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–21	25–16	25–20	97–82	P2 P3
5 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–17	25–19		75–50	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–15	25–20	25–18			75–53	P2 P3
11 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–14	27–25	25–20			77–59	P2 P3
11 Jun	19:10	Germany	3–2	Japan	20–25	23–25	25–23	25–11	18–16	111–100	P2 P3
12 Jun	20:10	Germany	2–3	Japan	21–25	22–25	29–27	25–19	14–16	111–112	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–15	25–20			75–57	P2 P3
18 Jun	18:10	Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	25–18	25–21	18–25	18–25	15–13	101–102	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–18	25–21			75–54	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:10	Germany	1–3	Bulgaria	24–26	22–25	25–20	23–25		94–96	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	19:40	Germany	2–3	Russia	14–25	25–22	25–21	23–25	7–15	94–108	P2 P3
24 Jun	19:40	Germany	1–3	Russia	29–27	20–25	17–25	26–28		92–105	P2 P3
25 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–21	25–23			75–64	P2 P3
26 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–2	Japan	25–21	20–25	25–13	21–25	15–10	106–94	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Russia	25–22	18–25	30–28	25–20		98–95	P2 P3
30 Jun	18:40	Germany	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–21	25–20	25–21		97–87	P2 P3
1 Jul	18:10	Bulgaria	2–3	Russia	14–25	25–23	13–25	25–22	12–15	89–110	P2 P3
1 Jul	19:10	Germany	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–22	25–20			75–56	P2 P3

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	25	9	3	29	15	1.933	1003	958	1.047
2	Serbia	21	7	5	26	21	1.238	1111	1035	1.073
3	Finland	17	5	7	24	27	0.889	1115	1148	0.971
4	Portugal	9	3	9	16	32	0.500	1028	1116	0.921

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	16:00	Portugal	3–2	Finland	23–25	27–25	25–21	24–26	15–13	114–110	P2 P3
28 May	18:10	Argentina	0–3	Serbia	14–25	21–25	22–25			57–75	P2 P3
29 May	16:00	Portugal	3–1	Finland	25–18	23–25	25–21	25–23		98–87	P2 P3
29 May	18:10	Argentina	3–0	Serbia	25–21	26–24	25–20			76–65	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Jun	20:10	Serbia	1–3	Finland	27–25	24–26	20–25	25–27	96–103	P2 P3
3 Jun	21:30	Portugal	0–3	Argentina	21–25	20–25	19–25		60–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	16:00	Portugal	1–3	Argentina	23–25	21–25	25–14	22–25	91–89	P2 P3
4 Jun	20:10	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–21	25–15	25–21		75–57	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	19:10	Finland	2–3	Argentina	17–25	25–21	20–25	25–23	10–15	97–109	P2 P3
10 Jun	20:10	Serbia	2–3	Portugal	22–25	25–19	26–28	25–23	13–15	111–110	P2 P3
11 Jun	19:10	Finland	0–3	Argentina	21–25	24–26	19–25			64–76	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:10	Serbia	3–0	Portugal	26–24	25–18	29–27			80–69	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	18:40	Finland	2–3	Serbia	20–25	25–23	17–25	36–34	11–15	109–122	P2 P3
18 Jun	18:40	Finland	3–2	Serbia	25–23	25–23	22–25	20–25	15–11	107–107	P2 P3
18 Jun	21:00	Argentina	3–1	Portugal	25–16	25–17	22–25	26–24		98–82	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:00	Argentina	3–0	Portugal	25–19	25–18	25–17			75–54	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	21:16	Argentina	3–2	Finland	21–25	25–17	19–25	26–24	15–11	106–102	P2 P3
24 Jun	21:10	Argentina	1–3	Finland	14–25	17–25	25–23	26–28		82–101	P2 P3
25 Jun	16:00	Portugal	2–3	Serbia	21–25	25–19	31–29	17–25	11–15	105–113	P2 P3
26 Jun	16:10	Portugal	1–3	Serbia	14–25	27–25	19–25	22–25		82–100	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	20:10	Serbia	3–1	Argentina	25–18	23–25	25–18	25–22		98–83	P2 P3
30 Jun	18:40	Finland	3–2	Portugal	22–25	16–25	25–19	25–17	15–13	103–99	P2 P3
30 Jun	20:10	Serbia	0–3	Argentina	23–25	25–27	21–25			69–77	P2 P3
1 Jul	18:40	Finland	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	P2 P3

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	28	10	2	31	12	2.583	1039	898	1.157
2	Cuba	23	8	4	26	19	1.368	1048	1016	1.031
3	France	11	3	9	18	29	0.621	1042	1106	0.942
4	South Korea	10	3	9	14	29	0.483	905	1014	0.893

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
27 May	20:40	France	0–3	Italy	14–25	20–25	12–25		46–75	P2 P3
28 May	14:10	South Korea	3–0	Cuba	25–20	29–27	25–18		79–65	P2 P3
29 May	14:10	South Korea	1–3	Cuba	25–21	23–25	18–25	18–25	84–96	P2 P3
29 May	17:40	France	0–3	Italy	15–25	23–25	25–27		63–77	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	18:40	Italy	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–21	27–25			77–65	P2 P3
4 Jun	14:10	South Korea	3–1	France	25–21	24–26	25–20	25–16		99–83	P2 P3
5 Jun	14:10	South Korea	3–1	France	27–25	19–25	25–23	25–16		96–89	P2 P3
5 Jun	20:10	Italy	3–2	Cuba	25–14	23–25	25–17	22–25	18–16	113–97	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	20:40	France	1–3	Cuba	27–29	27–25	23–25	31–33		108–112	P2 P3
11 Jun	14:10	South Korea	1–3	Italy	25–23	19–25	21–25	20–25		85–98	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:10	France	2–3	Cuba	25–23	21–25	25–22	22–25	9–15	102–110	P2 P3
12 Jun	14:10	South Korea	2–3	Italy	15–25	22–25	25–21	25–22	10–15	97–108	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
17 Jun	20:10	Italy	1–3	France	25–21	30–32	23–25	22–25	100–103	P2 P3
18 Jun	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	20–25	22–25	20–25		62–75	P2 P3
18 Jun	20:40	Italy	3–1	France	25–20	18–25	25–22	25–17	93–84	P2 P3
19 Jun	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	23–25	13–25	18–25		54–75	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	20:10	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
24 Jun	20:40	France	2–3	Cuba	25–21	22–25	25–21	22–25	12–15	106–107	P2 P3
26 Jun	19:10	France	1–3	Cuba	25–21	20–25	15–25	23–25		83–96	P2 P3
26 Jun	21:10	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–13	25–21			75–49	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
29 Jun	20:10	France	3–1	South Korea	23–25	27–25	25–16	25–15	100–81	P2 P3
29 Jun	20:40	Italy	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–22	32–30		82–73	P2 P3
1 Jul	20:40	Italy	0–3	Cuba	21–25	20–25	25–27		66–77	P2 P3
1 Jul	20:40	France	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–18	25–22		75–60	P2 P3

Final round

Venue: Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot, Poland
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool play

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	7	2	1	8	4	2.000	276	257	1.074
2	Poland	4	2	1	6	7	0.857	264	286	0.923
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	241	242	0.996
4	Italy	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	229	225	1.018

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	17:25	Argentina	3–1	Italy	20–25	25–20	25–22	25–22		95–89	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:10	Poland	3–2	Bulgaria	25–20	23–25	14–25	25–22	15–13	102–105	P2 P3
7 Jul	17:25	Bulgaria	0–3	Argentina	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:10	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–15	25–20	25–20			75–55	P2 P3
8 Jul	17:25	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	22–25	21–25			65–75	P2 P3
8 Jul	20:10	Poland	3–2	Argentina	18–25	25–22	25–20	24–26	15–13	107–106	P2 P3

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	254	207	1.227
2	Brazil	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	256	265	0.966
3	United States	2	1	2	5	8	0.625	283	296	0.956
4	Cuba	2	0	3	4	9	0.444	268	293	0.915

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	11:10	Russia	3–1	United States	29–31	25–16	25–21	25–22		104–90	P2 P3
6 Jul	13:40	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	18–25	21–25	25–16	30–28	15–12	109–106	P2 P3
7 Jul	11:10	Cuba	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	20–25			60–75	P2 P3
7 Jul	13:40	United States	1–3	Brazil	25–15	22–25	22–25	15–25		84–90	P2 P3
8 Jul	11:10	United States	3–2	Cuba	23–25	25–21	25–18	21–25	15–13	109–102	P2 P3
8 Jul	13:55	Brazil	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	17–25			57–75	P2 P3

Final four

Semifinals			Final

9 July
Argentina	0
Brazil	3

			10 July
			Brazil	2
			Russia	3


			3rd place match
9 July		10 July
Russia	3	Argentina	0
Poland	1		Poland	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	17:10	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	22–25	40–42	23–25			85–92	P2 P3
9 Jul	20:00	Russia	3–1	Poland	25–22	25–23	22–25	25–17		97–87	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	17:10	Argentina	0–3	Poland	18–25	23–25	22–25			63–75	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:10	Brazil	2–3	Russia	25–23	25–27	23–25	25–22	11–15	109–112	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Russia
02 !	Brazil
03 !	Poland
4	Argentina
5	Bulgaria
6	Italy
7	United States
8	Cuba
9	Serbia
10	Finland
11	Germany
12	France
13	South Korea
14	Portugal
15	Japan
16	Puerto Rico

2011 World League Champions
Russia 2nd title

14–man Roster for Final Round

Ilinykh, Apalikov, Khtey

, Grankin, Biriukov, Sokolov, Berezhko, Butko, Muserskiy, Shcherbinin, Spiridonov, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Stepanyan

Head Coach

Alekno

Awards

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Maxim Mikhaylov

Best Scorer

Bartosz Kurek

Best Spiker

Théo Lopes

Best Blocker

Maxim Mikhaylov

Best Server

Dmitriy Muserskiy

Best Setter

Luciano De Cecco

Best Receiver

Murilo Endres

Best Libero

Krzysztof Ignaczak

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South America	CSV South American Championship Men Women Men's U23 Women's U22 Men's Junior Women's Junior Boys' Youth Girls' Youth Boys' U17 Girls' U16 South American Club Championship Men Women

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Seasons	Osaka 1990 Milan 1991 Genoa 1992 São Paulo 1993 Milan 1994 Rio de Janeiro 1995 Rotterdam 1996 Moscow 1997 Milan 1998 Mar del Plata 1999 Rotterdam 2000 Katowice 2001 Belo Horizonte 2002 Madrid 2003 Rome 2004 Belgrade 2005 Moscow 2006 Katowice 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2008 Belgrade 2009 Córdoba 2010 Gdańsk 2011 Sofia 2012 Mar del Plata 2013 Florence 2014 Rio de Janeiro 2015 Kraków 2016 Curitiba 2017
Qualification	1990–2009: not held 2010 2011 2012 2013 since 2014: not held
Squads	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
FIVB Volleyball World League statistics

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