2016_FIVB_Volleyball_World_League

2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

Volleyball competition held in Poland


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 runners-up on five 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]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host nation ...

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

More information Africa, Asia and Oceania ...
1 Teams making their debuts.

Format

Intercontinental round

  • Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
  • Group 2, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
  • Group 3, the 12 teams were drawn in 6 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 6 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.

Final round

  • Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the serpentine system. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals.
  • Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.

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]

More information Week 1, Pool A1 Australia ...
More information Week 1, Pool A3 Slovenia ...

Competition schedule

Intercontinental round Final round
More information Week 1 16–19 Jun, Week 2 23–26 Jun ...

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. If the tie continues as per the point 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.

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

Ranking

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Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool A1
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Pool B1
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Pool C1
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Week 2

Pool D1
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Pool E1
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Pool F1
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Week 3

Pool G1
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Pool H1
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Pool I1
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Group 2

Ranking

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool A2
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Pool B2
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Pool C2
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Week 2

Pool D2
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Pool E2
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Pool F2
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Week 3

Pool G2
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Pool H2
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Pool I2
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Group 3

Ranking

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Qualified as hosts

Week 1

Pool A3
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Pool B3
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Pool C3
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Week 2

Pool D3
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Pool E3
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Pool F3
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Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
 Germany3
 
2 July
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 Germany1
 
1 July
 
 Slovenia3
 
 Slovenia3
 
 
 Greece0
 
3rd place match
 
 
2 July
 
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
 
 Greece3
Semifinals
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3rd place match
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Final
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Group 2

Final four (Week 4)

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 July
 
 
 Canada3
 
10 July
 
 Turkey0
 
 Canada3
 
9 July
 
 Portugal0
 
 Portugal3
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
3rd place match
 
 
10 July
 
 
 Turkey1
 
 
 Netherlands3
Semifinals
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3rd place match
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Final
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Group 1

Pool play (Week 5)

Pool J1
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Source: [citation needed]
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Pool K1
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Source: [citation needed]
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Final four (Week 5)

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 July
 
 
 Serbia3
 
17 July
 
 Italy2
 
 Serbia3
 
16 July
 
 Brazil0
 
 France1
 
 
 Brazil3
 
3rd place match
 
 
17 July
 
 
 Italy0
 
 
 France3
Semifinals
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3rd place match
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Final
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Final standing

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Awards

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.

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Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

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Best blockers

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

More information Group 1, Group 2 ...

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

More information Group 1, Group 2 ...

Best setters

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

More information Group 1, Group 2 ...

Best diggers

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

More information Group 1, Group 2 ...

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

More information Group 1, Group 2 ...

See also


References

  1. "Kraków to host World League Finals". FIVB.org. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. "Rouzier leads France to first ever bronze". FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "Serbia win first ever World League title". FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. "Canada claim 2017 World League Group 1 spot". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  5. "Draw held for new World League format". FIVB.org. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. "Slovenia win European League title". FIVB.org. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. "Twelve teams to compete in World League Group 3". FIVB.org. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  8. "Group 1 statistics". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  9. "Group 2 statistics". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  10. "Group 3 statistics". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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