FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1965
Inaugural season	1965
CEO	Ary Graça
No. of teams	12
Continent	International (FIVB)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (2nd title)
Most titles	Russia (6 titles)
Official website	FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, except for 1973 when no tournament was held, but since 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is United States, which won its second title at the 2015 tournament.

The current format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying.

The 13 World Cup tournaments have been won by six different national teams. Russia have won six times (four as Soviet Union). The other World Cup winners are Brazil and United States, with two titles each; and Cuba, Italy and Germany as (East Germany), with one title each.

History

Origins

The World Cup was created in 1965 with the purpose of partially filling the gap between the two most important volleyball tournaments, the Olympic Games and the World Championship, which take place in alternating 4-year cycles. The establishment of a third international competition would leave only one in every four years with no major events. The World Cup has a smaller entry than the World Championship, with at most 12 teams.

The World Cup was to be held in the year following the Olympic Games. The first two tournaments were for men's volleyball only; in 1973, a women's tournament was also introduced. Originally, each tournament had a different host, but in 1977 the competition was transferred to Japan on a permanent basis.

In the 1990s, the installment of annual international events such as the World League and the Grand Prix made the original motivations for the creation of the World Cup obsolete. Instead of letting a consolidated event disappear for lack of interest, the FIVB decided to change its format in 1991: it would be held in the year preceding, and not following, the Olympic Games; and it would be considered a first international Olympic qualification tournament, granting the winners a direct berth in the games.

This move saved the competition. The possibility of securing an early berth for the Olympic Games, thus avoiding extraneous and in some cases tight continental qualification procedures, became a consistent motivation for the national federations to participate in the World Cup. In 1995, the number of Olympic spots granted at the competition was increased to three, as it remained until 2011. In 2015 the number of spots was only two again.

Winners

Russia (considered as the inheritors of the records of the former Soviet Union), Brazil and United States are the only teams that managed to win the Men's World Cup more than once.

The soviets took the gold at the opening edition of the tournament, in 1965. Four years later, the winner was also a socialist nation, East Germany.

Scheduled for Uruguay, the 1973 edition was cancelled. In 1977, competition was resumed in Japan, and the Soviet Union came back for two wins in a row. In 1985, they were once again runners-up, but lost the decisive match to United Statesin five sets. In 1989, Cuba surprised the world and beat a rising Italy to take the gold.

With the competition now set as a qualifying event for the Olympic Games, Soviet Union, led by Dmitri Fomin won the title in 1991, at the brink of dissolution. The Italians, who hadn't participated in this edition, finally conquered their gold medal in 1995. Inheriting a large part of the former Soviet volleyball programme, Russia were the winners in 1999.

The following two editions, played in 2003 and 2007 respectively, were won by favorites Brazil. In 2011, Russia regained the title, while the 2015 edition was won by the United States for the second time. s

Competition formula

The World Cup is the most stable from all competition formulas employed by the FIVB. The following rules apply:

The competition takes place in Japan.
Twelve teams participate in each event: ten qualified, two per invitation.
- Japan are always pre-qualified as host nation.
- The winners of the FIVB World Championship in the previous year are automatically granted a spot.
- The champion and runner-up of each continental tournament of that year are granted two spots.
- Since the 1999 edition, only teams not yet qualified for the following Olympic Games can compete in the World Cup; hence hosts of the following year's Olympic Games are not allowed to compete.
The competition is divided in exactly two phases (called "legs").
- Teams are divided in two pools.
  - At the first leg, each team plays one match against all other teams in its pool.
- At the second leg, each team plays one match against all the teams in the other pool.
- Matches take place continuously through two weeks, with one-day breaks every two or three days. Each day, six matches are played.
- Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: match points, numbers of matches won, sets ratio (the total number of sets won divided by the total number of sets lost), points ratio, direct confrontation.
Top two teams in overall standings, regardless of pools, qualify for the following Olympic Games.
The tournament implements very tight line-up restrictions: only twelve players are allowed, and no replacement is permitted, even in the case of injuries.

Results Summary

Year	Host	Final			3rd place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Teams
1965 Details	Poland	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Poland	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Japan	11
1969 Details	East Germany	East Germany	Round-robin	Japan	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Bulgaria	12
1977 Details	Japan	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Japan	Cuba	Round-robin	Poland	12
1981 Details	Japan	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Cuba	Brazil	Round-robin	Poland	8
1985 Details	Japan	United States	Round-robin	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin	Brazil	8
1989 Details	Japan	Cuba	Round-robin	Italy	Soviet Union	Round-robin	United States	8
1991 Details	Japan	Soviet Union	Round-robin	Cuba	United States	Round-robin	Japan	12
1995 Details	Japan	Italy	Round-robin	Netherlands	Brazil	Round-robin	United States	12
1999 Details	Japan	Russia	Round-robin	Cuba	Italy	Round-robin	United States	12
2003 Details	Japan	Brazil	Round-robin	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro	Round-robin	United States	12
2007 Details	Japan	Brazil	Round-robin	Russia	Bulgaria	Round-robin	United States	12
2011 Details	Japan	Russia	Round-robin	Poland	Brazil	Round-robin	Italy	12
2015 Details	Japan	United States	Round-robin	Italy	Poland	Round-robin	Russia	12
2019 Details	Japan		Round-robin			Round-robin		12

Medals Summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia^{[upper-alpha 1]}	6	2	2	10
2	Brazil	2	0	3	5
3	United States	2	0	1	3
4	Cuba	1	3	1	5
4	Italy	1	3	1	5
6	Germany^{[upper-alpha 2]}	1	0	0	1
7	Poland	0	2	1	3
8	Japan	0	2	0	2
9	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
10	Czech Republic^{[upper-alpha 3]}	0	0	2	2
11	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
11	Serbia^{[upper-alpha 4]}	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

Participating Nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
• – Did not enter / Did not qualify
– Hosts
= – More than one team tied for that rank
Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Team^[1]	1965 (11)	1969 (12)	1977 (12)	1981 (8)	1985 (8)	1989 (8)	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (12)	2003 (12)	2007 (12)	2011 (12)	2015 (12)	Total
Algeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	9th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Argentina	•	•	•	•	5th	•	•	7th	9th	•	7th	7th	5th	6
Australia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	•	9th	2
Brazil	•	6th	8th	3rd	4th	5th	6th	3rd	5th	1st	1st	3rd	•	11
Bulgaria	9th	4th	6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	4
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Canada	•	•	12th	•	•	•	•	10th	8th	7th	•	•	7th	5
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	•	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
China	•	•	5th	5th	•	•	•	9th	11th	10th	•	11th	•	6
Cuba	•	9th	3rd	2nd	•	1st	2nd	6th	2nd	•	•	5th	•	8
Egypt	•	•	11th	•	8th	•	•	11th	•	12th	10th	12th	10th	7
France	11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5th	•	•	•	2
Germany	See East Germany and West Germany						7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Hungary	7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	•	•	•	•	9th	8th	3
Italy	•	•	•	7th	•	2nd	•	1st	3rd	2nd	•	4th	2nd	7
Japan	4th	2nd	2nd	6th	6th	6th	4th	5th	10th	9th	9th	10th	6th	13
Mexico	•	•	9th	•	•	•	10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Netherlands	10th	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	2
Poland	2nd	8th	4th	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	3rd	6
Puerto Rico	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	•	1
Romania	6th	7th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Russia	See Soviet Union							•	1st	•	2nd	1st	4th	4
Serbia	See Yugoslavia							See SCG			•	8th	•	1
South Korea	•	•	7th	•	7th	7th	5th	8th	7th	6th	11th	•	•	8
Spain	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th	•	5th	•	•	2
Tunisia	•	11th	•	8th	•	•	8th	12th	12th	11th	12th	•	12th	9
United States	•	•	10th	•	1st	4th	3rd	4th	4th	4th	4th	6th	1st	10
Venezuela	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th	•	•	11th	2
Discontinued nations
Czechoslovakia	3rd	5th	•	•	3rd	•	•	See Czech Republic						3
East Germany	5th	1st	•	•	•	•	See Germany							2
Serbia and Montenegro	See Yugoslavia							•	•	3rd	See Serbia			1
Soviet Union	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	See Russia						7
West Germany	•	10th	•	•	•	•	See Germany							1
Yugoslavia	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	See SCG			See Serbia			1

MVP by edition

1995 – Andrea Giani (ITA)
1999 – Roman Yakovlev (RUS)
2003 – Takahiro Yamamoto (JPN)
2007 – Giba (BRA)
2011 – Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS)
2015 – Matt Anderson (USA)

Notes

↑ FIVB considers Russia (since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).
↑ After the German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany (since 1991) and absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records.
↑ FIVB considers Czech Republic (since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993).
↑ FIVB considers Serbia (since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1948–1991), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).

References

↑ "FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup 2011". fivb.org. Retrieved 2016-08-25.

External links

FIVB

FIVB Volleyball World Cup

Men's

Tournaments	Poland 1965 East Germany 1969 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015
Squads	1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Uruguay 1973 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015
Squads	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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FIVB Volleyball World Cup winners
1965: Soviet Union 1969: East Germany 1977: Soviet Union 1981: Soviet Union 1985: United States 1989: Cuba 1991: Soviet Union 1995: Italy 1999: Russia 2003: Brazil 2007: Brazil 2011: Russia 2015: United States 2019: TBD

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