2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

2016 World League
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FIVB Volleyball World League
Tournament details
Host nation  Poland (Group 1 Final)
Dates 16 June – 17 July
Teams 36
Venues 27 (in 27 host cities)
Champions  Serbia (1st title)
MVP Serbia Marko Ivović
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The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 27th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament which was played by a record of 36 teams from 16 June to 17 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Kraków, Poland.[1] After being runner-ups in five different occasions, Serbia finally claimed their first World League after prevailing over Brazil in straight sets.[2][3] The defending champions France claimed their first ever bronze medal at the World League after a fast victory in straight sets against Italy.[4] Marko Ivović was elected the most valuable player.[5]

Canada secured their promotion into the 2017 World League Group 1 by sweeping hosts Portugal in straight sets in the Group 2 final four held in Matosinhos.[6][7]

In the Group 3 final four, held in Frankfurt, Germany, Slovenia defeated the home team in four sets to crown their first ever World League appearance. Additionally, the team coached by former World League champion and MVP Andrea Giani earned a spot for the Intercontinental Group 2 in the next year.[8][9]

Qualification

Africa Asia and Oceania Europe North America South America

 Egypt
 Tunisia

 Australia
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Iran
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Qatar
 South Korea

 Canada
 Cuba
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico
 United States

 Argentina
 Brazil
 Venezuela

Format

Intercontinental round

Final round

Pools composition

The pools of Group 1 and Group 2 were announced on 18 August 2015.[10] The pools of Group 3 were announced on 29 October 2015.[12]

Group 1

Week 1
Pool A1
Australia		 Pool B1
Brazil		 Pool C1
Russia

 France
 Italy
 Australia
 Belgium

 United States
 Brazil
 Iran
 Argentina

 Serbia
 Bulgaria
 Russia
 Poland

Week 2
Pool D1
Poland		 Pool E1
Italy		 Pool F1
Serbia

 France
 Poland
 Argentina
 Russia

 United States
 Australia
 Italy
 Belgium

 Serbia
 Bulgaria
 Brazil
 Iran

Week 3
Pool G1
France		 Pool H1
United States		 Pool I1
Iran

 France
 Brazil
 Belgium
 Poland

 United States
 Bulgaria
 Australia
 Russia

 Serbia
 Italy
 Iran
 Argentina

Group 2

Week 1
Pool A2
Turkey		 Pool B2
Japan		 Pool C2
Czech Republic

 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Turkey
 Slovakia

 Japan
 South Korea
 Finland
 Cuba

 Canada
 China
 Egypt
 Czech Republic

Week 2
Pool D2
Slovakia		 Pool E2
Egypt		 Pool F2
Canada

 Netherlands
 Czech Republic
 Cuba
 Slovakia

 Japan
 Turkey
 Finland
 Egypt

 Canada
 China
 South Korea
 Portugal

Week 3
Pool G2
South Korea		 Pool H2
China		 Pool I2
Finland

 Netherlands
 South Korea
 Egypt
 Czech Republic

 Japan
 China
 Turkey
 Slovakia

 Canada
 Portugal
 Finland
 Cuba

Group 3

Week 1
Pool A3
Slovenia		 Pool B3
Mexico		 Pool C3
Greece

 Slovenia
 Tunisia
 Venezuela
 Qatar

 Mexico
 Spain
 Montenegro
 Germany

 Kazakhstan
 Greece
 Chinese Taipei
 Puerto Rico

Week 2
Pool D3
Greece		 Pool E3
Tunisia		 Pool F3
Kazakhstan

 Slovenia
 Puerto Rico
 Greece
 Qatar

 Mexico
 Venezuela
 Montenegro
 Tunisia

 Kazakhstan
 Germany
 Spain
 Chinese Taipei

Final round

Week 5
Group 1
Poland

Pool J1
 Poland
 Serbia
 France

Pool K1
 Brazil
 United States
 Italy

Week 4 Week 3
Group 2
Portugal		 Group 3
Germany

 Portugal
 Canada
 Turkey
 Netherlands

 Germany
 Slovenia
 Greece
 Chinese Taipei

Competition schedule

●Intercontinental round ●Final round
Week 1
17–20 Jun		 Week 2
24–27 Jun		 Week 3
1–4 Jul		 Week 4
9–10 Jul		 Week 5
13–17 Jul
Group 1 18 matches 18 matches 18 matches 10 matches
Group 2 18 matches 18 matches 18 matches 4 matches
Group 3 18 matches 18 matches 4 matches

Squads

There are 21 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 21 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Group 1

Qualified for the Group 1 final round
Qualified as hosts for the Group 1 final round
Relegated position

Ranking

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 8 1 23 25 8 3.125 793 681 1.164
2  United States 8 1 23 25 9 2.778 814 748 1.088
3  Serbia 7 2 21 23 11 2.091 810 738 1.098
4  France 6 3 20 23 10 2.300 806 735 1.097
5  Italy 6 3 19 20 10 2.000 715 654 1.093
6  Russia 5 4 15 15 14 1.071 698 662 1.054
7  Iran 4 5 9 15 22 0.682 777 861 0.902
8  Belgium 3 6 11 15 20 0.750 760 779 0.976
9  Argentina 3 6 10 16 20 0.800 824 835 0.987
10  Poland 3 6 8 11 22 0.500 755 815 0.926
11  Bulgaria 1 8 2 8 26 0.308 706 810 0.872
12  Australia 0 9 1 3 27 0.111 600 740 0.811

Week 1

Pool A1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun18:10France  3–0  Italy 25–2325–2225–18  75–63P2 P3
17 Jun20:40Australia  0–3  Belgium 27–2918–2522–25  67–79P2 P3
18 Jun17:40Belgium  0–3  Italy 15–2523–2521–25  59–75P2 P3
18 Jun20:10Australia  0–3  France 14–2518–2521–25  53–75P2 P3
19 Jun12:40Belgium  3–2  France 13–2526–2421–2525–1815–12100–104P2 P3
19 Jun15:10Australia  0–3  Italy 23–2523–2520–25  66–75P2 P3
Pool B1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jun14:10Brazil  3–0  Iran 25–1925–1628–26  78–61P2 P3
16 Jun17:15Argentina  1–3  United States 24–2623–2525–2222–25 94–98P2 P3
17 Jun14:10Brazil  3–0  Argentina 25–2125–1326–24  76–58P2 P3
17 Jun17:15United States  3–1  Iran 23–2525–1327–2526–24 101–87P2 P3
18 Jun20:30Iran  3–2  Argentina 25–2225–2021–2513–2515–1199–103P2 P3
18 Jun23:21Brazil  3–1  United States 25–1925–1522–2525–22 97–81P2 P3
Pool C1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun16:40Bulgaria  1–3  Poland 25–1919–2517–2520–25 81–94P2 P3
17 Jun19:10Russia  0–3  Serbia 22–2532–3417–25  71–84P2 P3
18 Jun16:40Bulgaria  0–3  Serbia 26–2825–2718–25  69–80P2 P3
18 Jun19:10Russia  3–0  Poland 25–2225–1925–22  75–63P2 P3
19 Jun16:40Serbia  3–0  Poland 25–2025–2025–23  75–63P2 P3
19 Jun19:10Russia  3–1  Bulgaria 20–2525–1825–1725–22 95–82P2 P3

Week 2

Pool D1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun17:10Russia  0–3  France 22–2534–3620–25  76–86P2 P3
24 Jun20:10Poland  3–1  Argentina 26–2431–2936–3825–22 118–113P2 P3
25 Jun17:10France  2–3  Argentina 25–1921–2523–2527–2513–15109–109P2 P3
25 Jun20:10Poland  1–3  Russia 17–2520–2525–2015–25 77–95P2 P3
26 Jun17:10Argentina  3–0  Russia 25–1825–2028–26  78–64P2 P3
26 Jun20:10Poland  0–3  France 28–3020–2529–31  77–86P2 P3
Pool E1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun17:00Belgium  2–3  United States 25–1720–2521–2525–2110–15101–103P2 P3
24 Jun20:10Australia  0–3  Italy 15–2527–2917–25  59–79P2 P3
25 Jun17:00United States  3–1  Australia 20–2525–1725–2325–20 95–85P2 P3
25 Jun20:00Italy  3–0  Belgium 25–2025–1731–29  81–66P2 P3
26 Jun15:30Australia  0–3  Belgium 21–2522–2517–25  60–75P2 P3
26 Jun18:30United States  3–0  Italy 25–2225–2325–23  75–68P2 P3
Pool F1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun16:00Iran  3–1  Bulgaria 18–2525–2025–2325–20 93–88P2 P3
23 Jun19:00Brazil  1–3  Serbia 25–1915–2521–2522–25 83–94P2 P3
24 Jun16:00Brazil  3–1  Iran 25–1824–2625–1625–17 99–77P2 P3
24 Jun19:00Serbia  3–1  Bulgaria 25–1821–2525–1925–23 96–85P2 P3
25 Jun16:00Bulgaria  0–3  Brazil 14–2521–2512–25  47–75P2 P3
25 Jun19:00Iran  1–3  Serbia 19–2526–2418–2521–25 84–99P2 P3

Week 3

Pool G1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul15:00Brazil  3–0  Poland 30–2825–2125–16  80–65P2 P3
1 Jul18:00France  3–0  Belgium 25–1928–2625–20  78–65P2 P3
2 Jul15:00Brazil  3–2  Belgium 20–2525–2322–2525–2315–11107–107P2 P3
2 Jul18:00France  3–1  Poland 22–2530–2825–2225–19 102–94P2 P3
3 Jul15:00Belgium  2–3  Poland 25–1923–2522–2525–2013–15108–104P2 P3
3 Jul18:00France  1–3  Brazil 21–2524–2625–2221–25 91–98P2 P3
Pool H1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul17:30Australia  0–3  Russia 19–2524–2612–25  55–76P2 P3
1 Jul19:30United States  3–1  Bulgaria 23–2525–2127–2525–21 100–92P2 P3
2 Jul17:30Bulgaria  0–3  Russia 20–2514–2518–25  52–75P2 P3
2 Jul19:30United States  3–0  Australia 25–1426–2425–15  76–53P2 P3
3 Jul12:37United States  3–0  Russia 35–3325–1725–21  85–71P2 P3
3 Jul15:00Bulgaria  3–2  Australia 25–2021–2525–1823–2516–14110–102P2 P3
Pool I1
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul18:00Italy  3–1  Argentina 25–1825–2022–2525–22 97–85P2 P3
1 Jul21:00Iran  3–2  Serbia 18–2522–2525–2225–2316–14106–109P2 P3
2 Jul18:00Serbia  0–3  Argentina 23–2522–2520–25  65–75P2 P3
2 Jul21:00Iran  0–3  Italy 20–2520–2521–25  61–75P2 P3
3 Jul18:00Italy  2–3  Serbia 19–2518–2525–1925–2215–17102–108P2 P3
3 Jul21:00Iran  3–2  Argentina 25–2322–2521–2525–2216–14109–109P2 P3

Group 2

Qualified for the Group 2 final round
Qualified as hosts for the Group 2 final round
Relegated position

Ranking

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Canada 8 1 24 26 7 3.714 787 677 1.162
2  Turkey 8 1 21 25 10 2.500 813 756 1.075
3  Netherlands 6 3 19 22 15 1.467 839 768 1.092
4  Finland 6 3 18 22 16 1.375 858 826 1.039
5  Czech Republic 5 4 13 19 19 1.000 837 850 0.985
6  China 4 5 12 13 17 0.765 681 681 1.000
7  Egypt 4 5 11 15 20 0.750 781 816 0.957
8  Slovakia 3 6 10 15 22 0.682 788 843 0.935
9  Cuba 3 6 9 18 24 0.750 891 917 0.972
10  South Korea 3 6 9 14 22 0.636 804 820 0.980
11  Japan 2 7 9 14 21 0.667 763 803 0.950
12  Portugal 2 7 7 13 23 0.565 758 843 0.899

Week 1

Pool A2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun14:30Netherlands  3–1  Slovakia 24–2625–1125–2325–22 99–82P2 P3
17 Jun17:30Turkey  3–1  Portugal 25–2225–2028–3025–19 103–91P2 P3
18 Jun14:30Portugal  0–3  Netherlands 14–2518–2517–25  49–75P2 P3
18 Jun17:30Turkey  3–0  Slovakia 27–2525–2325–22  77–70P2 P3
19 Jun14:30Portugal  2–3  Slovakia 25–1825–2121–2523–2517–19111–108P2 P3
19 Jun17:30Turkey  3–0  Netherlands 25–2125–2025–23  75–64P2 P3
Pool B2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun16:10Cuba  3–2  South Korea 33–3125–1814–2522–2515–6109–105P2 P3
17 Jun19:15Japan  3–0  Finland 26–2425–2025–23  76–67P2 P3
18 Jun16:10Japan  2–3  Cuba 25–2725–2125–1628–3011–15114–109P2 P3
18 Jun19:15Finland  3–2  South Korea 25–2225–2027–2919–2519–17115–113P2 P3
19 Jun16:10Cuba  1–3  Finland 18–2525–1523–2523–25 89–90P2 P3
19 Jun19:15Japan  3–0  South Korea 25–2125–1726–24  76–62P2 P3
Pool C2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun16:00Czech Republic  2–3  Egypt 25–2122–2520–2525–2212–15104–108P2 P3
17 Jun19:00China  0–3  Canada 18–2522–2521–25  61–75P2 P3
18 Jun15:10Canada  3–0  Egypt 25–2325–1925–16  75–58P2 P3
18 Jun18:10China  1–3  Czech Republic 25–2122–2523–2517–25 87–96P2 P3
19 Jun15:10Egypt  3–0  China 25–2028–2626–24  79–70P2 P3
19 Jun18:00Czech Republic  1–3  Canada 16–2523–2526–2424–26 89–100P2 P3

Week 2

Pool D2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Jun17:00Netherlands  2–3  Czech Republic 21–2525–1923–2525–2011–15105–104P2 P3
23 Jun20:10Slovakia  3–1  Cuba 25–1925–2322–2525–22 97–89P2 P3
24 Jun17:00Cuba  2–3  Czech Republic 19–2521–2526–2425–2211–15102–111P2 P3
24 Jun20:15Slovakia  1–3  Netherlands 14–2525–2114–2523–25 76–96P2 P3
25 Jun17:00Cuba  2–3  Netherlands 25–2325–1423–2523–2512–15108–102P2 P3
25 Jun20:10Czech Republic  3–2  Slovakia 23–2525–2319–2525–1815–11107–102P2 P3
Pool E2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun21:00Turkey  3–2  Japan 20–2519–2525–1925–2015–10104–99P2 P3
25 Jun00:00Egypt  0–3  Finland 22–2517–2522–25  61–75P2 P3
25 Jun21:00Turkey  3–2  Finland 19–2521–2525–2125–2215–11105–104P2 P3
26 Jun00:00Egypt  3–2  Japan 25–2223–2521–2525–2115–9109–102P2 P3
26 Jun21:00Finland  3–1  Japan 25–1831–2922–2525–21 103–93P2 P3
26 Jun23:40Egypt  3–1  Turkey 23–2525–1825–2331–29 104–95P2 P3
Pool F2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun17:40China  3–1  Portugal 25–1822–2525–1625–20 97–79P2 P3
24 Jun20:10Canada  3–0  South Korea 25–2025–2125–20  75–61P2 P3
25 Jun13:40Canada  3–0  China 25–2125–1925–17  75–57P2 P3
25 Jun16:10South Korea  0–3  Portugal 23–2526–2823–25  72–78P2 P3
26 Jun15:35South Korea  1–3  China 25–1823–2517–2523–25 88–93P2 P3
26 Jun18:20Canada  3–1  Portugal 24–2625–1525–2325–21 99–85P2 P3

Week 3

Pool G2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul16:03South Korea  3–0  Czech Republic 25–1825–2125–20  75–59P2 P3
1 Jul18:31Egypt  1–3  Netherlands 19–2525–2118–2516–25 78–96P2 P3
2 Jul14:02South Korea  3–2  Egypt 26–2425–2023–2528–3015–13117–112P2 P3
2 Jul17:20Czech Republic  1–3  Netherlands 20–2526–2423–2516–25 85–99P2 P3
3 Jul14:00South Korea  3–2  Netherlands 25–1622–2521–2525–2118–16111–103P2 P3
3 Jul17:01Czech Republic  3–0  Egypt 25–1932–3025–23  82–72P2 P3
Pool H2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul15:00Turkey  3–0  Japan 25–2125–2025–22  75–63P2 P3
1 Jul17:00China  3–0  Slovakia 25–1925–1825–22  75–59P2 P3
2 Jul15:00Slovakia  3–1  Japan 25–1825–2124–2625–22 99–87P2 P3
2 Jul17:40China  0–3  Turkey 25–2723–2518–25  66–77P2 P3
3 Jul15:00Turkey  3–2  Slovakia 25–1316–2521–2525–2215–10102–95P2 P3
3 Jul17:45China  3–0  Japan 25–1125–2225–20  75–53P2 P3
Pool I2
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul15:40Canada  3–2  Cuba 24–2625–2119–2525–1615–13108–101P2 P3
1 Jul18:40Finland  2–3  Portugal 25–2221–2525–1924–2612–15107–107P2 P3
2 Jul15:40Portugal  0–3  Canada 18–2522–2521–25  61–75P2 P3
2 Jul18:40Finland  3–1  Cuba 25–1925–1218–2525–21 93–77P2 P3
3 Jul15:10Cuba  3–2  Portugal 25–1922–2525–1920–2515–9107–97P2 P3
3 Jul18:10Finland  3–2  Canada 25–2218–2525–2021–2515–13104–105P2 P3

Group 3

Qualified for the Group 3 final round
Qualified as hosts for the Group 3 final round

Ranking

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Slovenia 5 1 15 16 5 3.200 513 441 1.163
2  Greece 5 1 15 15 6 2.500 516 462 1.117
3  Chinese Taipei 4 2 12 13 9 1.444 530 515 1.029
4  Montenegro 4 2 12 16 12 1.333 628 599 1.048
5  Venezuela 4 2 10 14 11 1.273 576 557 1.034
6  Qatar 3 3 9 11 10 1.100 477 480 0.994
7  Spain 3 3 9 13 12 1.083 556 552 1.007
8  Tunisia 3 3 8 10 13 0.769 537 549 0.978
9  Germany 2 4 7 11 13 0.846 534 535 0.998
10  Mexico 1 5 5 10 16 0.625 546 590 0.925
11  Kazakhstan 1 5 3 4 15 0.267 423 478 0.885
12  Puerto Rico 1 5 3 4 15 0.267 397 475 0.836

Week 1

Pool A3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun16:30Tunisia  0–3  Venezuela 22–2526–2820–25  68–78P2 P3
17 Jun20:00Slovenia  3–1  Qatar 25–1525–2118–2525–18 93–79P2 P3
18 Jun16:30Venezuela  3–1  Qatar 25–2725–1527–2525–23 102–90P2 P3
18 Jun20:00Tunisia  0–3  Slovenia 17–2520–2522–25  59–75P2 P3
19 Jun15:30Qatar  3–1  Tunisia 25–2225–2023–2525–20 98–87P2 P3
19 Jun19:00Venezuela  1–3  Slovenia 25–2322–2524–2622–25 93–99P2 P3
Pool B3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun18:00Montenegro  3–2  Germany 22–2525–2225–1721–2515–11108–100P2 P3
17 Jun21:00Mexico  2–3  Spain 22–2526–2419–2525–2212–15104–111P2 P3
18 Jun18:00Germany  1–3  Spain 20–2528–2616–2517–25 81–101P2 P3
18 Jun20:40Mexico  1–3  Montenegro 19–2525–2121–2523–25 88–96P2 P3
19 Jun16:00Spain  2–3  Montenegro 27–2523–2518–2525–2113–15106–111P2 P3
19 Jun19:00Mexico  3–1  Germany 25–2125–2015–2525–17 90–83P2 P3
Pool C3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jun18:00Chinese Taipei  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–2030–2825–15  80–63P2 P3
17 Jun21:00Kazakhstan  0–3  Greece 16–2526–2818–25  60–78P2 P3
18 Jun18:00Kazakhstan  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–2225–2328–26  78–71P2 P3
18 Jun21:00Greece  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–1625–2225–19  75–57P2 P3
19 Jun18:00Puerto Rico  3–0  Kazakhstan 29–2725–1925–21  79–67P2 P3
19 Jun21:00Greece  3–1  Chinese Taipei 22–2525–1825–2125–22 97–86P2 P3

Week 2

Pool D3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun18:00Slovenia  3–0  Qatar 25–2125–1825–20  75–59P2 P3
24 Jun21:00Greece  3–1  Puerto Rico 25–1725–1727–2926–24 103–87P2 P3
25 Jun18:00Slovenia  3–0  Puerto Rico 25–1625–2225–12  75–50P2 P3
25 Jun21:00Greece  0–3  Qatar 21–2517–2524–26  62–76P2 P3
26 Jun18:00Puerto Rico  0–3  Qatar 22–2523–2516–25  61–75P2 P3
26 Jun21:00Greece  3–1  Slovenia 25–2322–2525–2129–27 101–96P2 P3
Pool E3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun16:00Montenegro  2–3  Venezuela 19–2516–2525–1925–1513–1598–99P2 P3
24 Jun22:00Tunisia  3–1  Mexico 22–2525–2225–1725–18 97–82P2 P3
25 Jun16:00Mexico  2–3  Venezuela 25–2218–2521–2525–2310–1599–110P2 P3
25 Jun22:00Tunisia  3–2  Montenegro 22–2525–2731–2926–2419–17123–122P2 P3
26 Jun16:00Mexico  1–3  Montenegro 25–1817–2522–2519–25 83–93P2 P3
26 Jun22:00Tunisia  3–1  Venezuela 28–2625–2725–2325–18 103–94P2 P3
Pool F3
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Jun12:10Spain  1–3  Chinese Taipei 20–2522–2526–2420–25 88–99P2 P3
24 Jun15:40Kazakhstan  0–3  Germany 21–2519–2525–27  65–77P2 P3
25 Jun12:10Chinese Taipei  3–1  Germany 25–2316–2530–2825–21 96–97P2 P3
25 Jun15:40Kazakhstan  0–3  Spain 22–2518–2521–25  61–75P2 P3
26 Jun12:10Germany  3–1  Spain 25–2021–2525–1625–14 96–75P2 P3
26 Jun15:40Kazakhstan  1–3  Chinese Taipei 25–2323–2522–2522–25 92–98P2 P3

Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

Semifinals Final
1 July
  Germany  3  
  Chinese Taipei  0  
 
2 July
      Germany  1
    Slovenia  3
3rd place match
1 July 2 July
  Slovenia  3   Chinese Taipei  1
  Greece  0     Greece  3
Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Jul17:00Germany  3–0  Chinese Taipei 25–1625–1925–22  75–57P2 P3
1 Jul20:10Slovenia  3–0  Greece 25–2225–2025–16  75–58P2 P3
3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul14:00Chinese Taipei  1–3  Greece 19–2525–2225–2718–25 87–99P2 P3
Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Jul17:10Germany  1–3  Slovenia 19–2518–2525–2120–25 82–96P2 P3

Group 2

Final four (Week 4)

Semifinals Final
9 July
  Canada  3  
  Turkey  0  
 
10 July
      Canada  3
    Portugal  0
3rd place match
9 July 10 July
  Portugal  3   Turkey  1
  Netherlands  1     Netherlands  3
Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
9 Jul16:00Canada  3–0  Turkey 26–2425–1725–23  76–64P2 P3
9 Jul19:00Portugal  3–1  Netherlands 25–2226–2417–2529–27 97–98P2 P3
3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jul15:00Turkey  1–3  Netherlands 23–2530–2822–2522–25 97–103P2 P3
Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jul18:00Canada  3–0  Portugal 25–1925–2225–15  75–56P2 P3

Group 1

Pool play (Week 5)

Qualified for the Semifinals
Pool J1
Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Serbia 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 195 194 1.005
2  France 1 1 3 5 5 1.000 213 208 1.024
3  Poland 1 1 2 4 5 0.800 192 198 0.970
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jul20:30Poland  3–2  France 21–2517–2525–1728–2615–12106–105P2 P3
14 Jul20:30Poland  1–3  Serbia 23–2520–2525–1818–25 86–93P2 P3
15 Jul17:30Serbia  2–3  France 20–2519–2526–2425–1912–15102–108P2 P3
Pool K1
Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 188 167 1.126
2  Italy 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 160 171 0.936
3  United States 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 206 216 0.954
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Jul17:30Brazil  3–0  Italy 25–1825–2025–19  75–57P2 P3
14 Jul17:30United States  1–3  Italy 22–2525–2728–2621–25 96–103P2 P3
15 Jul20:30Brazil  3–2  United States 24–2621–2528–2625–2115–12113–110P2 P3

Final four (Week 5)

Semifinals Final
16 July
  Serbia  3  
  Italy  2  
 
17 July
      Serbia  3
    Brazil  0
3rd place match
16 July 17 July
  France  1   Italy  0
  Brazil  3     France  3
Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Jul17:30Serbia  3–2  Italy 23–2525–2125–2318–2515–11106–105P2 P3
16 Jul20:45France  1–3  Brazil 16–2525–2326–2831–33 98–109P2 P3
3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul17:30Italy  0–3  France 23–2521–2520–25  64–75P2 P3
Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Jul20:30Serbia  3–0  Brazil 25–2225–2225–21  75–65P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Serbia
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  Italy
5  Poland
 United States
7  Russia
8  Iran
9  Belgium
10  Argentina
11  Bulgaria
12  Australia
13  Canada
14  Portugal
15  Netherlands
16  Turkey
17  Finland
18  Czech Republic
19  China
20  Egypt
21  Slovakia
22  Cuba
23  South Korea
24  Japan
25  Slovenia
26  Germany
27  Greece
28  Chinese Taipei
29  Montenegro
30  Venezuela
31  Qatar
32  Spain
33  Tunisia
34  Mexico
35  Kazakhstan
36  Puerto Rico
 2016 World League Champions 

Serbia
1st title
14–man Roster for Group 1 Final Round
Aleksandar Okolić, Uroš Kovačević, Milan Katić, Dragan Stanković , Marko Ivović, Nikola Jovović, Miloš Nikić, Tomislav Dokić, Dražen Luburić, Aleksa Brđović, Neven Majstorović, Marko Podraščanin, Nikola Rosić, Srećko Lisinac
Head Coach
Nikola Grbić

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
Serbia Marko Ivović
  • Best Setter
Italy Simone Giannelli
  • Best Outside Spikers
Serbia Marko Ivović
France Antonin Rouzier
  • Best Middle Blockers
Brazil Maurício Souza
Serbia Srećko Lisinac
  • Best Opposite Spiker
Brazil Wallace de Souza
  • Best Libero
France Jenia Grebennikov

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 10 July 2016.[13][14][15]

Best scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name Points Name Points Name Points
1 Bulgaria Tsvetan Sokolov 155 Egypt Ahmed Elkotb 188 Montenegro Marko Bojić 125
2 Belgium Gert Van Walle 153 Netherlands Wouter Ter Maat 178 Venezuela Kervin Piñerua 116
3 Brazil Wallace de Souza 130 Finland Olli-Pekka Ojansivu 171 Slovenia Mitja Gasparini 113
4 Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 124 Portugal Alexandre Ferreira 164 Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-chen 100
5 Italy Luca Vettori 123 Japan Kunihiro Shimizu 158 Greece Rafail Koumentakis 99

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name % Name % Name %
1 Brazil Wallace de Souza 55.90 Turkey Baturalp Burak Güngör 56.95 Puerto Rico Steven Morales 55.70
2 Serbia Uroš Kovačević 55.56 Czech Republic Michal Finger 53.95 Greece Rafail Koumentakis 55.06
3 Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 54.59 Netherlands Maarten van Garderen 52.97 Greece Andreas-Dimitrios Frangos 54.97
4 France Earvin N'Gapeth 53.15 Canada John Gordon Perrin 52.50 Chinese Taipei Wang Ming-chun 54.48
5 France Antonin Rouzier 52.63 Portugal Alexandre Ferreira 51.59 Spain Andrés Villena 53.01

Best blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name Avg Name Avg Name Avg
1 Belgium Simon Van De Voorde 0.74 Netherlands Jasper Diefenbach 0.82 Montenegro Gojko Ćuk 1.07
2 Argentina Sebastián Solé 0.69 Finland Tommi Siirilä 0.76 Tunisia Omar Agrebi 1.00
3 Russia Dmitry Musersky 0.69 China Chen Longhai 0.60 Qatar Ibrahim Ibrahim 0.86
4 Iran Mohammad Mousavi 0.68 Canada Graham Vigrass 0.54 Mexico Tomás Aguilera 0.77
5 Serbia Srećko Lisinac 0.59 Netherlands Thomas Koelewijn 0.53 Venezuela Jonathan Quijada 0.72

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name Avg Name Avg Name Avg
1 Brazil Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 0.52 Finland Olli-Pekka Ojansivu 0.55 Slovenia Mitja Gasparini 0.71
2 Serbia Srećko Lisinac 0.47 Egypt Hossam Abdalla 0.51 Montenegro Marko Bojić 0.46
3 Italy Simone Giannelli 0.43 Czech Republic Donovan Dzavoronok 0.47 Venezuela Kervin Piñerua 0.40
4 Italy Ivan Zaytsev 0.40 South Korea Seo Jae-duck 0.36 Slovenia Klemen Čebulj 0.39
5 Argentina Cristian Poglajen 0.39 Japan Kunihiro Shimizu 0.34 Mexico Pedro Rangel 0.27

Best setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name Avg Name Avg Name Avg
1 France Benjamin Toniutti 9.06 South Korea Han Sun-soo 11.97 Venezuela José Carrasco 9.08
2 Poland Grzegorz Łomacz 8.82 China Li Runming 11.53 Kazakhstan Sergey Kuznetsov 8.84
3 Russia Sergey Grankin 6.90 Canada Tyler Sanders 9.44 Tunisia Khaled Ben Slimene 7.17
4 Italy Simone Giannelli 5.93 Finland Eemi Tervaportti 8.71 Chinese Taipei Huang Pei-hung 6.59
5 Argentina Luciano De Cecco 5.83 Egypt Hossam Abdalla 6.06 Tunisia Mehdi Ben Cheikh 6.39

Best diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name Avg Name Avg Name Avg
1 France Jenia Grebennikov 3.03 Finland Lauri Kerminen 2.50 Montenegro Nikola Lakčević 2.31
2 Argentina Alexis González 2.25 Egypt Ahmed Mohamed 1.66 Tunisia Tayeb Korbosli 2.09
3 Australia Luke Perry 2.23 Canada Tyler Sanders 1.56 Tunisia Ismaïl Moalla 1.78
4 Poland Paweł Zatorski 2.18 Canada Blair Cameron Bann 1.54 Mexico Jesús Rangel 1.65
5 United States Erik Shoji 2.12 China Tong Jiahua 1.37 Venezuela Héctor Mata 1.52

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Rank Name % Name % Name %
1 Poland Rafał Buszek 59.47 China Tong Jiahua 66.44 Venezuela Héctor Mata 61.03
2 United States Taylor Sander 57.96 South Korea Jung Ji-seok 65.12 Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi 59.35
3 France Earvin N'Gapeth 56.29 Canada Blair Cameron Bann 64.18 Chinese Taipei Lin Yung-shun 59.28
4 United States Erik Shoji 56.25 Canada John Gordon Perrin 60.81 Venezuela Jhonlen Barreto 58.91
5 France Jenia Grebennikov 56.10 Finland Lauri Kerminen 60.67 Kazakhstan Roman Fartov 58.33

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "MVP performance from Ivović caps Serbia's success". FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Serbia go down in history lifting the trophy for the first time". FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rouzier leads France to first ever bronze". FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Serbia win first ever World League title". FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Canada finish on top of 2016 World League Group 2". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Canada claim 2017 World League Group 1 spot". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Slovenia accomplish an elite World League debut with the gold medal". FIVB.org. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Slovenia secure a World League Group 2 ticket for 2017". FIVB.org. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Draw held for new World League format". FIVB.org. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Slovenia win European League title". FIVB.org. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Twelve teams to compete in World League Group 3". FIVB.org. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Group 1 statistics". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Group 2 statistics". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Group 3 statistics". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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