FIVB World League 2001

The FIVB World League 2001 was a volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from May 11 to June 30, 2001. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Intercontinental Round 2.1 Pool A 2.2 Pool B 2.3 Pool C 2.4 Pool D 3 Final Round 3.1 Pool E 3.2 Pool F 3.3 Semifinals & Finals 4 Final Standings 5 Awards 6 External links

Competing nations

The following national teams have been invited:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Italy  France  Spain  Argentina	Poland  Greece  Russia  Venezuela	Yugoslavia  Japan  Cuba  Portugal	Brazil  United States  Netherlands  Germany

Intercontinental Round

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	21	9	3	30	15	2.000	1,059	972	1.090
2	France	20	8	4	27	21	1.286	1,117	1,074	1.040
3	Spain	17	5	7	23	28	0.821	1,109	1,148	0.966
4	Argentina	14	2	10	16	32	0.500	1,067	1,158	0.921

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Russia	20	8	4	28	14	2.000	-	-	-
2	Poland	19	7	5	25	22	1.136	-	-	-
3	Greece	18	6	6	24	25	0.960	-	-	-
4	Venezuela	15	3	9	16	32	0.500	-	-	-

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Cuba	22	10	2	32	10	3.200	-	-	-
2	Yugoslavia	22	10	2	31	11	2.818	-	-	-
3	Japan	15	3	9	15	28	0.536	-	-	-
4	Portugal	13	1	11	5	34	0.147	-	-	-

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	23	11	1	35	13	2.692	-	-	-
2	Netherlands	19	7	5	28	22	1.273	-	-	-
3	United States	18	6	6	20	25	0.800	-	-	-
4	Germany	12	0	12	11	36	0.306	-	-	-

Final Round

• All matches in Katowice, Poland

Pool E

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	293	245	1.196
2	Yugoslavia	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	273	270	1.011
3	France	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	304	321	0.947
4	Poland	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	252	286	0.881

June 25, 2001

Yugoslavia	2–3	France	25-18, 31-33, 26-28, 25-21, 11-15
Poland	1–3	Brazil	26-24, 15-25, 26-28, 18-25

June 26, 2001

Poland	3–2	France	21-25, 25-22, 19-25, 26-24, 15-13
Yugoslavia	1–3	Brazil	25-19, 15-25, 19-25, 21-25

June 27, 2001

Poland	0–3	Yugoslavia	22-25, 22-25, 17-25
Brazil	3–1	France	25-20, 25-13, 22-25, 25-22

Pool F

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	285	252	1.131
2	Russia	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	312	308	1.013
3	Cuba	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	270	275	0.982
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	255	287	0.889

June 25, 2001

Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-27
Italy	2–3	Russia	26-24, 26-28, 24-26, 25-18, 13-15

June 26, 2001

Italy	3–1	Netherlands	21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-19
Russia	2–3	Cuba	27-29, 25-18, 21-25, 25-22, 13-15

June 27, 2001

Russia	3–1	Netherlands	25-23, 25-19, 15-25, 25-18
Cuba	0–3	Italy	21-25, 17-25, 22-25

Semifinals & Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	2001-06-29 - Katowice
	Yugoslavia	2
	Italy	3
					2001-06-30 - Katowice
					Italy	0
					Brazil	3
					3rd place
	2001-06-29 - Katowice			2001-06-30 - Katowice
	Brazil	3		Yugoslavia	0
	Russia	2			Russia	3

June 29, 2001

Yugoslavia	2–3	Italy	25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 12-15
Brazil	3–2	Russia	25-19, 25-19, 24-26, 23-25, 20-18

June 30, 2001

Yugoslavia	0–3	Russia	20-25, 20-25, 23-25
Italy	0–3	Brazil	15-25, 22-25, 19-25

Final Standings

Place Team  Brazil  Italy  Russia 4.  Yugoslavia 5.  Cuba  France 7.  Netherlands  Poland 9.  Greece  Japan  Spain  United States 13.  Argentina  Germany  Portugal  Venezuela

FIVB World League 2001 Champions  Brazil Second title Team Roster Giovane Gavio, André Heller, Henrique Randow, Mauricio Lima, Gilberto Godoy Filho, André Nascimento, Sérgio Dutra Santos, Anderson Rodrigues, Nalbert Bitencourt, Gustavo Endres, Ricardo Garcia, Dante Amaral Head Coach Bernardo Rezende

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Ivan Miljković

• Best Spiker
  • André Nascimento

• Best Blocker
  • Gustavo Endres

• Best Server
  • Luigi Mastrangelo

External links

• 2001 World League Results
• Sports123
• Volleyball Almanac

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