The 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 20 November to 4 December 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, 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 country'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). NB: If Japan win or finish as one of the best runners-up in the AVC Continental Championship the third ranked team from the tournament will compete. Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.
Competition Date Venue Qualified Host country — ― 2011 NORCECA Championship 29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 2011 European Championship 10–18 September 2011 Austria Czech Republic 2011 South American Championship 19–25 September 2011 Cuiabá, Brazil 2011 Asian Championship 21–29 September 2011 Tehran, Iran 2011 African Championship 23–29 September 2011 Tangier, Morocco Wild card 5 October 2011 ― Total 12
FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)
Rank Team Continent 5 NORCECA 6 Europe 8 South America 11 Asia 17 Africa
Squads
Venues Round Site A Site B 1st Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima 2nd Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto 3rd Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu 4th Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
Format The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for men was 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 standing 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 Match points Number of matches won 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
Results
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
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
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Team roster Biriukov, Apalikov, Khtey (c), Sivozhelez, Makarov, Tetyukhin, Sokolov, Yakovlev, Butko, Muserskiy, Kruglov, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Obmochaev Head coach Alekno
Awards
Most valuable player Maxim Mikhaylov Best scorer Fernando Hernández Best spiker Ahmed Abdelhay Best blocker Marcin Możdżonek Best server Cristian Savani Best setter Luciano De Cecco Best receiver Sérgio Santos Best libero Ren Qi
References
External links Official website Awards