The 2017 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the first time from 12 to 17 December 2017. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including two wild cards.
Russia's Zenit Kazan defeated Italy's Cucine Lube Civitanova in the final and won the title for the first time. Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's PGE Skra Bełchatów in the 3rd place match. Osmany Juantorena from Cucine Lube Civitanova was elected the Most Valuable Player.
Qualification Team (Confederation)Qualified as ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (CEV)Hosts (2017 Polish Champions) Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (AVC)2016 Asian Champions Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)2017 South American Champions Zenit Kazan (CEV)2017 European Champions Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)2017 National Champions from the top 2 countries, not yet qualified, in the FIVB World Ranking as of 31 December 2016 Personal Bolívar (CSV) PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV)Wild Card Shanghai Golden Age (AVC)
Pools composition Pool APool B ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle PGE Skra Bełchatów Cucine Lube Civitanova Zenit Kazan Sada Cruzeiro Personal Bolívar Sarmayeh Bank Tehran Shanghai Golden Age
Squads
Venues Pool APool BFinal round Opole, Poland Łódź, Poland Kraków, PolandStegu ArenaAtlas ArenaTauron Arena KrakówCapacity: 3,500Capacity: 12,100Capacity: 14,752
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the points 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
Preliminary round All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam Zenit Kazan Cucine Lube Civitanova Sada Cruzeiro4 PGE Skra Bełchatów5 Shanghai Golden Age ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle7 Personal Bolívar Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
14–man rosterMatt Anderson, Artem Volvich, Loran Alekno, Igor Yudin, Maxim Panteleymonenko, Nikita Alekseev, Wilfredo León, Aleksei Kononov, Valentin Krotkov, Aleksandr Butko (c), Aleksey Samoylenko, Alexander Gutsalyuk, Aleksey Verbov, Maxim MikhaylovHead coachVladimir Alekno
Awards
Most valuable player Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova) Best setter Aleksandr Butko (Zenit Kazan) Best outside spikers Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan) Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro) Best middle blockers Aleksey Samoylenko (Zenit Kazan) Robertlandy Simón (Sada Cruzeiro) Best opposite spiker Tsvetan Sokolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova) Best libero Jenia Grebennikov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
See also 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Formula Statistics