The 2018 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the second straight time from 26 November to 2 December 2018. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including four wild cards.
In an all-Italian final Trentino Volley defeated Cucine Lube Civitanova and won the title for the fifth time. Russia's Fakel Novy Urengoy claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's Asseco Resovia in the 3rd place match. Aaron Russell from Trentino Volley was elected the Most Valuable Player.
Qualification Team (Confederation)Qualified as PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV)Hosts (2018 Polish Champions) Zenit Kazan (CEV)2018 European Champions Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)2018 South American Champions Khatam Ardakan (AVC)*2018 Asian Champions Fakel Novy Urengoy (CEV)Wild Card Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV) Asseco Resovia (CEV) Trentino Volley (CEV)
* Khatam Ardakan replaced Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (2017 Asian Champions), who dissolved in March 2018.
Pools composition Pool APool B PGE Skra Bełchatów Khatam Ardakan Fakel Novy Urengoy Asseco Resovia Cucine Lube Civitanova Sada Cruzeiro Zenit Kazan Trentino Volley
Squads
Venues Pool APool BFinal round Płock, Poland Rzeszów, Poland Częstochowa, PolandOrlen ArenaHala PodpromieHala SportowaCapacity: 5,000Capacity: 7,100Capacity: 7,000
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 Trentino Volley Cucine Lube Civitanova Fakel Novy Urengoy4 Asseco Resovia5 Sada Cruzeiro Zenit Kazan7 Khatam Ardakan PGE Skra Bełchatów
13–man rosterAaron Russell, Maarten van Garderen, Gabriele Nelli, Oreste Cavuto, Nicola Daldello, Luca Vettori, Carlo De Angelis, Simone Giannelli (c), Jenia Grebennikov, Davide Candellaro, Uroš Kovačević, Lorenzo Codarin, Srećko LisinacHead coachAngelo Lorenzetti
Awards
Most valuable player Aaron Russell (Trentino Volley) Best setter Simone Giannelli (Trentino Volley) Best outside spikers Uroš Kovačević (Trentino Volley) Dmitry Volkov (Fakel Novy Urengoy) Best middle blockers Robertlandy Simón (Cucine Lube Civitanova) Dragan Stanković (Cucine Lube Civitanova) Best opposite spiker Tsvetan Sokolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova) Best libero Jenia Grebennikov (Trentino Volley)
See also 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
References
External links Official website Final Standing Awards Formula Statistics