2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2016 Men's Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	18–23 October
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Sada Cruzeiro (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	William Arjona (SDC)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Attendance	41,286 (2,580 per match)
Official website
	FIVB

The 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 12th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 18 to 23 October 2016.^[1]

Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro defeated Russia's Zenit Kazan in the final and won FIVB Men’s Club World Championship for the second time in a row and third on their history.^[2] Italy's Trentino Diatec claimed the bronze medal by defeating Argentina's Personal Bolívar in the third place match.^[3] William Arjona from Sada Cruzeiro was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[4]

Qualification

Team (Confederation)	Qualified as
Minas Tênis Clube (CSV)	Hosts
Tala'ea El-Gaish (CAVB)	2016 African Champions
Taichung Bank (AVC)	2015 Asian Champions
Zenit Kazan (CEV)	2016 European Champions
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)	2016 South American Champions
Trentino Diatec (CEV)	Wild Card
UPCN San Juan (CSV)
Personal Bolívar (CSV)

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Sada Cruzeiro	Personal Bolívar
Taichung Bank	UPCN San Juan
Tala'ea El-Gaish	Trentino Diatec
Zenit Kazan	Minas Tênis Clube

Squads

Venue

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

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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

Preliminary round

All times are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sada Cruzeiro	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	246	181	1.359	Semifinals
2	Zenit Kazan	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	239	199	1.201	Semifinals
3	Taichung Bank	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	192	232	0.828
4	Tala'ea El-Gaish	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	183	248	0.738

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Oct	14:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Tala'ea El-Gaish	25–14	25–19	25–15		75–48	P2 P3
18 Oct	19:30	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Taichung Bank	25–10	25–16	25–13		75–39	P2 P3
19 Oct	19:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Tala'ea El-Gaish	25–18	25–20	25–15		75–53	P2 P3
20 Oct	15:00	Tala'ea El-Gaish	1–3	Taichung Bank	25–23	20–25	14–25	23–25	82–98	P2 P3
20 Oct	20:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–1	Zenit Kazan	25–20	20–25	26–24	25–20	96–89	P2 P3
21 Oct	17:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Taichung Bank	25–22	25–16	25–17		75–55	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Trentino Diatec	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	210	1.186	Semifinals
2	Personal Bolívar	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	284	292	0.973	Semifinals
3	UPCN San Juan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	250	246	1.016
4	Minas Tênis Clube	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	208	243	0.856

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Oct	17:00	Minas Tênis Clube	0–3	UPCN San Juan	22–25	18–25	18–25		58–75	P2 P3
19 Oct	14:00	Personal Bolívar	3–1	UPCN San Juan	33–31	22–25	30–28	27–25	112–109	P2 P3
19 Oct	16:45	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Minas Tênis Clube	25–23	25–19	25–23		75–65	P2 P3
20 Oct	17:30	Trentino Diatec	3–1	Personal Bolívar	25–18	23–25	25–17	25–19	98–79	P2 P3
21 Oct	15:00	Personal Bolívar	3–1	Minas Tênis Clube	18–25	25–19	25–19	25–22	93–85	P2 P3
21 Oct	20:00	UPCN San Juan	0–3	Trentino Diatec	24–26	19–25	23–25		66–76	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

Semifinals		Final

22 October

Sada	3
		23 October
Bolívar	1
		Sada	3
22 October
		Kazan	0
Kazan	3

Trentino	0
		3rd place match

		23 October

		Bolívar	2

		Trentino	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	15:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Trentino Diatec	25–18	25–23	25–18			75–59	P2 P3
22 Oct	18:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–1	Personal Bolívar	21–25	25–15	25–15	25–19		96–74	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	14:00	Personal Bolívar	2–3	Trentino Diatec	22–25	25–23	23–25	31–29	15–17	116–119	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Oct	17:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Zenit Kazan	25–21	25–23	25–15			75–59	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Sada Cruzeiro
	Zenit Kazan
	Trentino Diatec
4	Personal Bolívar
5	Taichung Bank
5	UPCN San Juan
7	Minas Tênis Clube
7	Tala'ea El-Gaish

2016 Men's Club World Champions
' Sada Cruzeiro 3rd title'

14–man roster

Éder Levi, Leozinho, Vanderson, William (c), Evandro, Leal, Simón, Rodriguinho, Isac, Cachopa, Pedrão, Serginho, Filipe, Renan

Head coach

Méndez

Awards

Most valuable player
William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)
Best setter
Simone Giannelli (Trentino Diatec)
Best outside spikers
Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)

Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)
Best middle blockers
Pablo Crer (Personal Bolívar)

Artem Volvich (Zenit Kazan)
Best opposite spiker
Evandro Guerra (Sada Cruzeiro)
Best libero
Sérgio Nogueira (Sada Cruzeiro)

References

^ "Trentino, UPCN and Bolivar join top teams at Men's Club World Champs". FIVB. 8 September 2016.
^ "Sada Cruzeiro retain World Championship crown in flawless display". FIVB. 23 October 2016.
^ "Trentino pick up bronze medal after magnificent battle against Bolívar". FIVB. 23 October 2016.
^ "William Arjona leads Club World Championship Dream Team". FIVB. 23 October 2016.

External links

[1] "Trentino, UPCN and Bolivar join top teams at Men's Club World Champs". FIVB. 8 September 2016.

[2] "Sada Cruzeiro retain World Championship crown in flawless display". FIVB. 23 October 2016.

[3] "Trentino pick up bronze medal after magnificent battle against Bolívar". FIVB. 23 October 2016.

[4] "William Arjona leads Club World Championship Dream Team". FIVB. 23 October 2016.

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