2015_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_World_Cup

2015 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	8–23 September
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament awards
MVP	Matt Anderson
Best Setter	Micah Christenson
Best OH	Osmany Juantorena ; Yūki Ishikawa
Best MB	Sebastián Sole ; Mohammad Mousavi
Best OPP	Ivan Zaytsev
Best Libero	Erik Shoji
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2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

Volleyball competition held in Japan

The 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 8 to 23 September 2015 in Japan. The tournament served as a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two teams, USA and Italy, qualified for the Olympics,^[1]^[2] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

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United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matt Anderson was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[3] Moreover, there were 3 record breakings. Firstly, Thomas Edgar broke the highest score points in a single match record in Australia's win over Egypt with 50 points.^[4] Secondly, in Canada's win over Australia in five sets (32–34, 25–14, 25–21, 27–29, 20–18), two tournament records were broken: the longest match (2 hours and 49 minutes) and the highest scoring game (245 points).^[5]

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Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Qualified
Host country	31 January 2013	Lausanne	Japan
2014 World Championship	30 Aug – 21 Sep 2014	Poland	Poland
World Ranking for Asian Team	22 September 2014	Bangkok	Iran
World Ranking for Asian Team	22 September 2014	Bangkok	Australia
European Ranking^[9]	15 October 2014	Luxembourg	Russia
European Ranking^[9]	15 October 2014	Luxembourg	Italy
South American Qualifier	19–23 May 2015	Cali	Argentina
South American Qualifier	19–23 May 2015	Cali	Venezuela
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup	21–23 May 2015	Detroit	Canada
2015 NORCECA Champions Cup	21–23 May 2015	Detroit	United States
2015 African Championship	22–30 July 2015	Cairo	Egypt
2015 African Championship	22–30 July 2015	Cairo	Tunisia
Total			12

Site	First round	Second round	Third round
A	Hiroshima	Osaka	Tokyo
	Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
	Capacity: 4,750	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 13,291

B	Hamamatsu	Toyama	Tokyo
	Hamamatsu Arena	Toyama City Gymnasium	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 10,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	United States	11	10	1	30	31	6	5.167	899	746	1.205
2	Italy	11	10	1	29	30	8	3.750	918	780	1.177
3	Poland	11	10	1	29	31	11	2.818	1011	884	1.144
4	Russia	11	8	3	23	25	12	2.083	885	794	1.115
5	Argentina	11	7	4	21	26	16	1.625	985	922	1.068
6	Japan	11	5	6	16	21	21	1.000	928	934	0.994
7	Canada	11	5	6	13	18	22	0.818	886	940	0.943
8	Iran	11	4	7	12	16	24	0.667	905	893	1.013
9	Australia	11	4	7	12	15	24	0.625	831	925	0.898
10	Egypt	11	2	9	8	13	30	0.433	889	976	0.911
11	Venezuela	11	1	10	3	8	32	0.250	815	981	0.831
12	Tunisia	11	0	11	2	5	33	0.152	747	924	0.808

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	12:10	Canada	1–3	Italy	19–25	20–25	25–22	13–25		77–97	P2 P3
8 Sep	15:10	United States	3–0	Australia	25–23	25–12	25–15			75–50	P2 P3
8 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–2	Egypt	25–19	23–25	25–18	17–25	15–7	105–94	P2 P3
9 Sep	12:10	Australia	0–3	Italy	17–25	18–25	15–25			50–75	P2 P3
9 Sep	15:10	Egypt	2–3	Canada	22–25	23–25	25–21	26–24	12–15	108–110	P2 P3
9 Sep	19:20	United States	3–1	Japan	25–23	21–25	25–11	25–14		96–73	P2 P3
10 Sep	12:10	Italy	3–1	Egypt	20–25	26–24	25–22	25–13		96–84	P2 P3
10 Sep	15:10	Canada	0–3	United States	21–25	20–25	17–25			58–75	P2 P3
10 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–1	Australia	25–17	25–21	25–27	25–18		100–83	P2 P3
12 Sep	12:10	United States	3–0	Italy	25–18	25–23	29–27			79–68	P2 P3
12 Sep	15:10	Australia	3–2	Egypt	23–25	26–24	25–23	20–25	15–13	109–110	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–15	25–21			75–53	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:10	Egypt	0–3	United States	20–25	13–25	21–25			54–75	P2 P3
13 Sep	15:10	Canada	3–2	Australia	32–34	25–14	25–21	27–29	20–18	129–116	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:20	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–20	25–15			75–56	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	12:10	Argentina	3–1	Iran	25–27	25–22	25–22	26–24		101–95	P2 P3
8 Sep	15:10	Russia	3–0	Venezuela	29–27	25–16	25–15			79–58	P2 P3
8 Sep	18:40	Poland	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–15	25–20			75–52	P2 P3
9 Sep	12:10	Argentina	3–2	Venezuela	30–32	25–15	24–26	25–13	15–10	119–96	P2 P3
9 Sep	15:20	Tunisia	1–3	Iran	17–25	25–21	14–25	20–25		76–96	P2 P3
9 Sep	18:40	Poland	3–1	Russia	26–28	27–25	25–19	25–22		103–94	P2 P3
10 Sep	12:10	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–17	25–15			75–52	P2 P3
10 Sep	15:10	Argentina	1–3	Poland	18–25	25–19	21–25	25–27		89–96	P2 P3
10 Sep	18:40	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	25–17	25–16	29–27			79–60	P2 P3
12 Sep	12:10	Poland	3–2	Iran	18–25	23–25	25–15	25–20	15–11	106–96	P2 P3
12 Sep	15:10	Tunisia	2–3	Venezuela	25–19	18–25	25–22	26–28	13–15	107–109	P2 P3
12 Sep	18:40	Russia	3–1	Argentina	25–19	21–25	25–18	25–20		96–82	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:10	Venezuela	1–3	Poland	27–25	23–25	16–25	23–25		89–100	P2 P3
13 Sep	15:10	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
13 Sep	18:40	Iran	0–3	Russia	24–26	18–25	20–25			62–76	P2 P3

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	12:10	United States	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–16	25–20			75–54	P2 P3
16 Sep	15:10	Italy	3–0	Iran	25–19	25–23	25–21			75–63	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	25–21	25–19	25–19			75–59	P2 P3
17 Sep	12:10	United States	3–1	Iran	20–25	25–19	25–22	25–21		95–87	P2 P3
17 Sep	15:10	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–23	25–22			75–63	P2 P3
17 Sep	19:20	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	33–31	26–24	25–19			84–74	P2 P3
18 Sep	12:10	United States	3–0	Tunisia	25–14	25–19	29–27			79–60	P2 P3
18 Sep	15:10	Italy	3–0	Venezuela	25–16	25–22	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
18 Sep	19:20	Japan	2–3	Iran	25–22	25–23	18–25	21–25	12–15	101–110	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–0	Russia	25–15	26–24	25–18			76–57	P2 P3
21 Sep	14:15	Japan	0–3	Argentina	24–26	22–25	21–25			67–76	P2 P3
21 Sep	17:10	United States	1–3	Poland	25–17	19–25	23–25	15–25		82–92	P2 P3
22 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–2	Argentina	22–25	25–20	25–21	20–25	16–14	108–105	P2 P3
22 Sep	14:15	Japan	1–3	Poland	26–24	25–27	21–25	19–25		91–101	P2 P3
22 Sep	17:10	United States	3–0	Russia	25–23	26–24	25–17			76–64	P2 P3
23 Sep	10:30	Italy	3–1	Poland	26–24	22–25	25–22	25–19		98–90	P2 P3
23 Sep	14:15	Japan	2–3	Russia	29–27	17–25	25–21	17–25	13–15	101–113	P2 P3
23 Sep	18:40	United States	3–1	Argentina	25–20	25–21	17–25	25–20		92–86	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	11:10	Egypt	3–2	Tunisia	23–25	25–21	23–25	25–17	15–11	111–99	P2 P3
21 Sep	14:10	Canada	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–22	25–23			75–63	P2 P3
21 Sep	17:10	Australia	3–0	Iran	27–25	27–25	25–22			79–72	P2 P3
22 Sep	11:10	Egypt	3–1	Venezuela	25–18	20–25	25–18	25–20		95–81	P2 P3
22 Sep	14:10	Canada	3–0	Iran	25–23	29–27	26–24			80–74	P2 P3
22 Sep	17:10	Australia	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–17	25–19			75–55	P2 P3
23 Sep	11:10	Egypt	0–3	Iran	18–25	11–25	23–25			52–75	P2 P3
23 Sep	14:10	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	25–19	25–21	25–17			75–57	P2 P3
23 Sep	17:10	Australia	3–1	Venezuela	25–16	25–21	22–25	25–21		97–83	P2 P3

Best Scorers
Rank	Name	Points
1	Ahmed Abdelhay	230
2	Facundo Conte	214
3	Ivan Zaytsev	197
4	Kunihiro Shimizu	191
5	Bartosz Kurek	190
6	Yūki Ishikawa	188
7	Thomas Edgar	176
8	Matt Anderson	172
9	Dmitriy Muserskiy	157
10	Osmany Juantorena	156

Best Spikers
Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Ivan Zaytsev	59.15
2	Osmany Juantorena	56.84
3	Dmitriy Muserskiy	55.93
4	Yūki Ishikawa	55.82
5	Ahmed Abdelhay	55.50
6	Maxim Mikhaylov	54.81
7	Amir Ghafour	53.55
8	Kunihiro Shimizu	53.53
9	Facundo Conte	53.40
10	Filippo Lanza	53.08

Best Blockers
Rank	Name	Avg/set
1	Sebastián Sole	0.81
2	Mohammad Mousavi	0.80
3	Maxwell Holt	0.70
4	Matteo Piano	0.63
5	Facundo Conte	0.55
6	David Lee	0.54
7	Nehemiah Mote	0.54
8	Justin Duff	0.50
9	Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou	0.49
10	Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn	0.48

Best Receivers
Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Badawy Mohamed Moneim	58.62
2	Milad Ebadipour	57.89
3	Mehdi Marandi	53.54
4	Rafał Buszek	52.20
5	Luciano Zornetta	52.17
6	Michał Kubiak	51.79
7	John Gordon Perrin	50.00
8	Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi	50.00
9	Nicholas Hoag	46.15
10	Osmany Juantorena	45.28

Best Setters
Rank	Name	Avg/set
1	Hideomi Fukatsu	10.17
2	Micah Christenson	9.57
3	Luciano De Cecco	8.93
4	Saeid Marouf	8.58
5	Simone Giannelli	7.58
6	TJ Sanders	7.20
7	José Carrasco	6.63
8	Fabian Drzyzga	5.90
9	Sergey Grankin	4.65
10	Grigory Sukochev	4.38

Best Diggers
Rank	Name	Avg/set
1	Luke Perry	2.33
2	Takeshi Nagano	2.33
3	Erik Shoji	2.22
4	Massimo Colaci	2.11
5	Tayeb Korbosli	1.92
6	Paweł Zatorski	1.76
7	Mehdi Marandi	1.45
8	Moalla Ismail	1.39
9	Osmany Juantorena	1.39
10	Yūki Ishikawa	1.31