2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2019 Men's Club World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
City	Betim
Dates	3–8 December
Teams	4  (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Cucine Lube Civitanova (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Bruno Rezende (LUB)
Best Setter	Bruno Rezende (LUB)
Best OH	Osmany Juantorena (LUB) Facundo Conte (SDC)
Best MB	Artem Volvich (ZEN) Robertlandy Simón (LUB)
Best OPP	Evandro Guerra (SDC)
Best Libero	Fabio Balaso (LUB)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Attendance	24,955 (2,496 per match)
Official website
FIVB Men's Club World Championship
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The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 15th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 3 to 8 December 2019. ^[1]

Cucine Lube Civitanova won their first title and Bruno Rezende was chosen to be MVP of the tournament.

Qualification

Team (Confederation)	Qualified as
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)	Hosts and 2019 South American Champions
Al-Rayyan (AVC)*	2019 Asian 3rd place
Shahrdari Varamin VC * (AVC)	2019 Asian Champions*
Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)	2019 European Champions
Zenit Kazan (CEV)	2019 European Runners-up

* Al-Rayyan replaced Shahrdari Varamin (2019 Asian Champions), who were banned by the FIVB. Panasonic Panthers (2019 Asian Runners-up), who were invited by the FIVB before Al-Rayyan, declined the invitation. ^[2]

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads

Venue

All matches
Betim, Brazil
Ginásio Poliesportivo Divino Braga
Capacity: 6,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the points ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other. ^[3]

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

Preliminary round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	247	213	1.160	Semifinals
2	Sada Cruzeiro	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	216	195	1.108
3	Zenit Kazan	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	258	256	1.008
4	Al-Rayyan	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	189	246	0.768

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Dec	18:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Al-Rayyan	25–16	25–18	25–13			75–47	P2
3 Dec	20:30	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Zenit Kazan	25–20	25–20	25–22			75–62	P2
4 Dec	18:00	Zenit Kazan	3–1	Al-Rayyan	21–25	25–20	25–23	25–21		96–89	P2
4 Dec	20:30	Sada Cruzeiro	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	23–25	28–30	15–25			66–80	P2
5 Dec	18:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	2–3	Zenit Kazan	25–12	25–23	12–25	20–25	10–15	92–100	P2
5 Dec	20:30	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Al-Rayyan	25–20	25–16	25–17			75–53	P2

Final round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	7 December
	Civitanova	3
					8 December
	Al-Rayyan	0
					Civitanova	3
	7 December
					Sada	1
	Sada	3
	Kazan	0
					3rd place match
					8 December
					Al-Rayyan	0
					Kazan	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	14:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Al-Rayyan	25–15	25–17	25–22			75–54	P2
7 Dec	17:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Zenit Kazan	25–21	25–22	25–23			75–66	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Dec	09:30	Al-Rayyan	0–3	Zenit Kazan	21–25	18–25	17–25			56–75	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Dec	12:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–1	Sada Cruzeiro	25–23	19–25	31–29	25–21		100–98	P2

Final standing

Rank Team Cucine Lube Civitanova Sada Cruzeiro Zenit Kazan 4 Al-Rayyan

2019 Men's Club World Champions  Cucine Lube Civitanova 1st title 14–man roster Anzani, Kovář, D'Hulst, Marchisio, Juantorena (c), Massari, Leal, Ghafour, Rychlicki, Diamantini, Simón, Bruno, Bieniek, Balaso Head coach De Giorgi

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Bruno Rezende (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

• Best setter

  Bruno Rezende (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

• Best outside spikers

  Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

  Facundo Conte (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best middle blockers

  Artem Volvich (Zenit Kazan)

  Robertlandy Simón (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

• Best opposite spiker

  Evandro Guerra (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best libero

  Fabio Balaso (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

See also

• 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

References

1. "Galaxy of champions line up for 2019 Men's Club World Championship". FIVB. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
2. "2019 Men's Club World Championship to be played in new format, invitation to Qatar's Al Rayyan SC". worldofvolley.com. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
3. "Pool Ranking Criteria". FIVB.

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Formula
• Statistics