The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 27th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament which was played by a record 36 teams from 16 June to 17 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Kraków, Poland. After being runners-up on five occasions, Serbia finally claimed their first World League after prevailing over Brazil in straight sets. The defending champions France claimed their first ever bronze medal at the World League after a victory in straight sets against Italy. Marko Ivović was elected the most valuable player.
Canada secured their promotion into the 2017 World League Group 1 by defeating hosts Portugal in straight sets in the Group 2 final four held in Matosinhos.
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.
Qualification All 32 teams from the 2015 edition directly qualified. qualified through the 2015 European League. , and were invited to participate in Group 3.
AfricaAsia and OceaniaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth America1
11 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. The pools of Group 3 were announced on 29 October 2015.
Group 1 Week 1Pool A1 AustraliaPool B1 BrazilPool C1 RussiaWeek 2Pool D1 PolandPool E1 ItalyPool F1 SerbiaWeek 3Pool G1 FrancePool H1 United StatesPool I1 Iran
Group 2 Week 1Pool A2 TurkeyPool B2 JapanPool C2 Czech RepublicWeek 2Pool D2 SlovakiaPool E2 EgyptPool F2 CanadaWeek 3Pool G2 South KoreaPool H2 ChinaPool I2 Finland
Group 3 Week 1Pool A3SloveniaPool B3MexicoPool C3GreeceWeek 2Pool D3GreecePool E3TunisiaPool F3Kazakhstan
Final round Week 5Group 1PolandPool J1
Pool K1Week 4Week 3Group 2PortugalGroup 3Germany
Competition schedule ●Intercontinental round●Final round
Week 116–19 JunWeek 223–26 JunWeek 31–3 JulWeek 49–10 JulWeek 513–17 JulGroup 118 matches18 matches18 matches10 matchesGroup 218 matches18 matches18 matches4 matchesGroup 318 matches18 matches4 matches
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 Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio 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
Week 1
Pool A1 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
Pool B1 Venue: Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
Pool C1 Venue: Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 2
Pool D1 Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool E1 Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool F1 Venue: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić, Belgrade, Serbia All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 3
Pool G1 Venue: Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy, France All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool H1 Venue: Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, United States All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Pool I1 Venue: Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran, Iran All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Group 2
Ranking
Week 1
Pool A2 Venue: İzmir Atatürk Volleyball Hall, İzmir, Turkey All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool B2 Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Pool C2 Venue: Budvar Arena, České Budějovice, Czech Republic All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 2
Pool D2 Venue: Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool E2 Venue: Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool F2 Venue: SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Canada All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
Week 3
Pool G2 Venue: Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Pool H2 Venue: Xuancheng Sports Centre, Xuancheng, China All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool I2 Venue: Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Group 3
Ranking
Week 1
Pool A3 Venue: Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool B3 Venue: Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Pool C3 Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sports Hall, Kozani, Greece All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Week 2
Pool D3 Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool E3 Venue: El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis, Tunisia All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
Pool F3 Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).
Final round
Group 3 Venue: Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Final four (Week 3)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 2 Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).
Final four (Week 4)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 1 Venue: Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool play (Week 5)
Pool J1
Pool K1
Final four (Week 5)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Rank Team45789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
14-man Roster for Group 1 Final RoundAleksandar Okolić, Uroš Kovačević, Milan Katić, Aleksa Brđović, Dragan Stanković (c), Marko Ivović, Nikola Jovović, Miloš Nikić, Tomislav Dokić, Dražen Luburić, Neven Majstorović, Marko Podraščanin, Nikola Rosić, Srećko LisinacHead coachNikola Grbić
Awards
Most valuable player Marko Ivović Best setter Simone Giannelli Best outside spikers Marko Ivović Antonin Rouzier Best middle blockers Maurício Souza Srećko Lisinac Best opposite spiker Wallace de Souza Best libero Jenia Grebennikov
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.
Best scorers Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Rank Name Points Name Points Name Points 1 Tsvetan Sokolov 155 Ahmed Elkotb 188 Marko Bojić 125 2 Gert Van Walle 153 Wouter Ter Maat 178 Kervin Piñerua 116 3 Wallace de Souza 130 Olli-Pekka Ojansivu 171 Mitja Gasparini 113 4 Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 124 Alexandre Ferreira 164 Chen Chien-chen 100 5 Luca Vettori 123 Kunihiro Shimizu 158 Rafail Koumentakis 99
Best spikers Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Wallace de Souza 55.90 Baturalp Burak Güngör 56.95 Steven Morales 55.70 2 Uroš Kovačević 55.56 Michal Finger 53.95 Rafail Koumentakis 55.06 3 Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 54.59 Maarten van Garderen 52.97 Andreas-Dimitrios Frangos 54.97 4 Earvin N'Gapeth 53.15 John Gordon Perrin 52.50 Wang Ming-chun 54.48 5 Antonin Rouzier 52.63 Alexandre Ferreira 51.59 Andrés Villena 53.01
Best blockers Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Simon Van De Voorde 0.74 Jasper Diefenbach 0.82 Gojko Ćuk 1.07 2 Sebastián Solé 0.69 Tommi Siirilä 0.76 Omar Agrebi 1.00 3 Dmitry Musersky 0.69 Chen Longhai 0.60 Ibrahim Ibrahim 0.86 4 Mohammad Mousavi 0.68 Graham Vigrass 0.54 Tomás Aguilera 0.77 5 Srećko Lisinac 0.59 Thomas Koelewijn 0.53 Jonathan Quijada 0.72
Best servers Best servers determined by the average of aces per set. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Ricardo Lucarelli Souza 0.52 Olli-Pekka Ojansivu 0.55 Mitja Gasparini 0.71 2 Srećko Lisinac 0.47 Hossam Abdalla 0.51 Marko Bojić 0.46 3 Simone Giannelli 0.43 Donovan Dzavoronok 0.47 Kervin Piñerua 0.40 4 Ivan Zaytsev 0.40 Seo Jae-duck 0.36 Klemen Čebulj 0.39 5 Cristian Poglajen 0.39 Kunihiro Shimizu 0.34 Pedro Rangel 0.27
Best setters Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Benjamin Toniutti 9.06 Han Sun-soo 11.97 José Carrasco 9.08 2 Grzegorz Łomacz 8.82 Li Runming 11.53 Sergey Kuznetsov 8.84 3 Sergey Grankin 6.90 TJ Sanders 9.44 Khaled Ben Slimene 7.17 4 Simone Giannelli 5.93 Eemi Tervaportti 8.71 Huang Pei-hung 6.59 5 Luciano De Cecco 5.83 Hossam Abdalla 6.06 Mehdi Ben Cheikh 6.39
Best diggers Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Jenia Grebennikov 3.03 Lauri Kerminen 2.50 Nikola Lakčević 2.31 2 Alexis González 2.25 Ahmed Mohamed 1.66 Tayeb Korbosli 2.09 3 Luke Perry 2.23 TJ Sanders 1.56 Ismaïl Moalla 1.78 4 Paweł Zatorski 2.18 Blair Cameron Bann 1.54 Jesús Rangel 1.65 5 Erik Shoji 2.12 Tong Jiahua 1.37 Héctor Mata 1.52
Best receivers Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.