2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

2011 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	4–18 November
Teams	12
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Carolina Costagrande
Official website
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Last updated June 16, 2024

The 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup was played from 4 to 18 November 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

Qualification

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

The host nation's team.
The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011.
Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011).
Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.

Competition	Date	Venue	Qualified
Host country	—	—	Japan
2011 African Championship	August 17–24, 2011	Nairobi	Kenya Algeria
2011 NORCECA Championship	September 12–17, 2011	Caguas	United States Dominican Republic
2011 Asian Championship	September 15–23, 2011	Taipei	China South Korea
2011 European Championship	Sep. 24 – Oct. 2, 2011	Serbia Italy	Serbia Germany
2011 South American Championship	Sep. 28 – Oct. 2, 2011	Callao	Brazil
Wild card^[1]	October 5, 2011	Tokyo	Italy Argentina
Total			12

FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)^[2]

Rank	Team	Continent
10	Germany	Europe
13	Dominican Republic	NORCECA
15	Algeria	Africa
18	South Korea	Asia
25	Argentina	South America

Squads

Venues

Round	Site A	Site B
1st	Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima	White Ring, Nagano
2nd	Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima	Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama
3rd	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo	Momotaro Arena, Okayama
4th	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Format

The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking was determined by the total points gained.

The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): Teams played against teams in the same group
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams played against teams in the other group

Pool standing procedure

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

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

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Italy	11	10	1	28	31	8	3.875	931	721	1.291
2	United States	11	9	2	26	27	10	2.700	892	726	1.229
3	China	11	8	3	26	30	13	2.308	997	821	1.214
4	Japan	11	8	3	24	27	11	2.455	889	739	1.203
5	Brazil	11	8	3	21	25	16	1.563	941	808	1.165
6	Germany	11	6	5	20	25	17	1.471	944	871	1.084
7	Serbia	11	5	6	18	22	19	1.158	926	877	1.056
8	Dominican Republic	11	5	6	12	17	25	0.680	861	927	0.929
9	South Korea	11	3	8	11	13	24	0.542	709	838	0.846
10	Argentina	11	3	8	9	9	26	0.346	686	809	0.848
11	Algeria	11	1	10	3	4	31	0.129	544	854	0.637
12	Kenya	11	0	11	0	3	33	0.091	561	890	0.630

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First round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	11:00	China	3–0	Algeria	25–13	25–14	25–19			75–46	P2 P3
4 Nov	14:30	Dominican Republic	1–3	Argentina	25–18	17–25	18–25	22–25		82–93	P2 P3
4 Nov	18:20	Italy	3–1	Japan	25–20	23–25	25–18	25–15		98–78	P2 P3
5 Nov	11:00	Algeria	0–3	Dominican Republic	7–25	15–25	20–25			42–75	P2 P3
5 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–2	China	25–20	22–25	21–25	25–21	15–12	108–103	P2 P3
5 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–0	Argentina	25–19	25–11	25–20			75–50	P2 P3
6 Nov	11:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	26–28	13–25	12–25			51–78	P2 P3
6 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–1	Algeria	25–18	25–12	20–25	25–16		95–71	P2 P3
6 Nov	18:20	China	3–2	Japan	20–25	25–19	20–25	25–23	15–13	105–105	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
4 Nov	11:00	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	27–25	25–22	25–22		77–69	P2 P3
4 Nov	14:30	Kenya	0–3	Germany	19–25	14–25	8–25		41–75	P2 P3
4 Nov	18:20	United States	3–1	Brazil	25–22	17–25	27–25	25–19	94–91	P2 P3
5 Nov	11:00	South Korea	0–3	Germany	20–25	16–25	15–25		51–75	P2 P3
5 Nov	15:00	Serbia	0–3	United States	16–25	25–27	20–25		61–77	P2 P3
5 Nov	18:20	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	25–15	25–16	25–9		75–40	P2 P3
6 Nov	11:00	Kenya	1–3	Serbia	25–19	22–25	11–25	11–25	69–94	P2 P3
6 Nov	15:00	Germany	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–23	23–25	21–25	90–98	P2 P3
6 Nov	18:20	United States	3–0	South Korea	25–10	25–12	25–13		75–35	P2 P3

Second round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
8 Nov	11:00	China	3–1	Dominican Republic	23–25	25–13	25–19	25–18	98–75	P2 P3
8 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Argentina	25–19	25–10	25–19		75–48	P2 P3
8 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–0	Algeria	25–8	25–10	25–17		75–35	P2 P3
9 Nov	11:00	Argentina	0–3	China	10–25	18–25	23–25		51–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Italy	14–25	14–25	15–25		43–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	18:20	Dominican Republic	0–3	Japan	20–25	19–25	16–25		55–75	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	11:00	United States	3–0	Kenya	25–16	25–13	25–21			75–50	P2 P3
8 Nov	15:00	South Korea	2–3	Brazil	25–22	18–25	25–18	13–25	8–15	89–105	P2 P3
8 Nov	18:20	Serbia	2–3	Germany	22–25	26–24	23–25	25–23	11–15	107–112	P2 P3
9 Nov	11:00	Kenya	0–3	South Korea	21–25	15–25	14–25			50–75	P2 P3
9 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	21–25	21–25	25–18	25–19	15–12	107–99	P2 P3
9 Nov	18:20	Germany	3–0	United States	32–30	25–19	26–24			83–73	P2 P3

Third round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	11:00	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–12	25–17			75–44	P2 P3
11 Nov	15:00	China	2–3	Brazil	23–25	27–25	25–21	20–25	15–17	110–113	P2 P3
11 Nov	19:20	Japan	0–3	Serbia	22–25	20–25	21–25			63–75	P2 P3
12 Nov	11:00	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–23	25–16	25–22			75–61	P2 P3
12 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Serbia	21–25	25–19	25–23	25–23		96–90	P2 P3
12 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–21	25–18	25–17			75–56	P2 P3
13 Nov	11:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia	29–27	25–19	25–20			79–66	P2 P3
13 Nov	15:00	China	3–0	South Korea	25–12	25–8	25–16			75–36	P2 P3
13 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–0	Brazil	26–24	25–19	25–23			76–66	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	11:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Kenya	25–18	25–14	26–28	25–19		101–79	P2 P3
11 Nov	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Germany	10–25	8–25	19–25			37–75	P2 P3
11 Nov	18:20	Argentina	0–3	United States	12–25	15–25	19–25			46–75	P2 P3
12 Nov	11:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	Germany	30–28	22–25	25–14	18–25	15–12	110–104	P2 P3
12 Nov	15:00	Argentina	3–0	Kenya	26–24	25–13	25–16			76–53	P2 P3
12 Nov	18:20	Algeria	0–3	United States	12–25	12–25	9–25			33–75	P2 P3
13 Nov	11:00	Argentina	0–3	Germany	22–25	17–25	18–25			57–75	P2 P3
13 Nov	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Kenya	19–25	25–20	25–16	25–23		94–84	P2 P3
13 Nov	18:20	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	21–25	19–25	14–25			54–75	P2 P3

Fourth round

Site A

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Nov	11:00	China	2–3	United States	21–25	29–31	25–18	25–19	10–15	110–108	P2 P3
16 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–2	Germany	22–25	22–25	25–21	25–13	15–13	109–97	P2 P3
16 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–0	Kenya	25–11	25–10	25–9			75–30	P2 P3
17 Nov	11:00	China	3–0	Kenya	25–7	25–15	25–10			75–32	P2 P3
17 Nov	15:00	Italy	1–3	United States	23–25	15–25	25–22	21–25		84–97	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–2	Germany	25–20	23–25	25–27	25–17	15–12	113–101	P2 P3
18 Nov	11:00	Italy	3–0	Kenya	25–6	25–10	25–17			75–33	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:00	China	3–0	Germany	25–18	25–18	25–21			75–57	P2 P3
18 Nov	18:20	Japan	3–0	United States	29–27	25–23	25–18			79–68	P2 P3

Site B

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Nov	11:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	Serbia	14–25	19–25	25–23	25–22	15–12	98–107	P2 P3
16 Nov	15:00	Algeria	0–3	South Korea	17–25	21–25	15–25			53–75	P2 P3
16 Nov	18:20	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	20–25	19–25	9–25			48–75	P2 P3
17 Nov	11:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	South Korea	25–19	25–17	26–28	21–25	15–12	112–101	P2 P3
17 Nov	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Brazil	18–25	8–25	13–25			39–75	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:20	Argentina	0–3	Serbia	15–25	18–25	23–25			56–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	11:00	Algeria	0–3	Serbia	19–25	14–25	18–25			51–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	14:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Brazil	21–25	10–25	17–25			48–75	P2 P3
18 Nov	17:00	Argentina	0–3	South Korea	17–25	26–28	23–25			66–78	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	United States
	China
4	Japan
5	Brazil
6	Germany
7	Serbia
8	Dominican Republic
9	South Korea
10	Argentina
11	Algeria
12	Kenya

	Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

2011 Women's World Cup champions
Italy 2nd title

Awards

Most Valuable Player^[3]
Carolina Costagrande
Best scorer^[4]
Bethania de la Cruz
Best spiker
Destinee Hooker
Best blocker
Christiane Furst
Best server
Bethania de la Cruz
Best digger
Yuko Sano
Best setter
Yoshie Takeshita
Best receiver
Fabiana de Oliveira
Best libero
Nam Jie-youn

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References

↑ "FIVB – World Cup wild cards announced". FIVB . Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women, As per January 15, 2011". FIVB . Retrieved 24 September 2011.
↑ MVP Carolina Costagrande (Image)
↑ Awarding Ceremony (Image)

External links

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[1] "FIVB – World Cup wild cards announced". FIVB . Retrieved 5 October 2011.

[2] "FIVB Senior World Ranking – Women, As per January 15, 2011". FIVB . Retrieved 24 September 2011.

[3] MVP Carolina Costagrande (Image)

[4] Awarding Ceremony (Image)

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2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

Contents

Qualification

Squads

Venues

Format

Pool standing procedure

Results

First round

Site A

Site B

Second round

Site A

Site B

Third round

Site A

Site B

Fourth round

Site A

Site B

Final standing

Awards

Related Research Articles

References

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