FIVB World League 2009

The FIVB World League 2009 was an international men's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from June 12 to July 26, 2009.

• Standing and Tie-breaking Procedure

Match won 3-0 or 3-1: 3 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match won 3-2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria:
number of matches won, points ratio and sets ratio

Contents 1 Teams 2 Intercontinental round 2.1 Pool A 2.1.1 Leg 1 2.1.2 Leg 2 2.1.3 Leg 3 2.1.4 Leg 4 2.1.5 Leg 5 2.1.6 Leg 6 2.2 Pool B 2.2.1 Leg 1 2.2.2 Leg 2 2.2.3 Leg 3 2.2.4 Leg 4 2.2.5 Leg 5 2.2.6 Leg 6 2.3 Pool C 2.3.1 Leg 1 2.3.2 Leg 2 2.3.3 Leg 3 2.3.4 Leg 4 2.3.5 Leg 5 2.3.6 Leg 6 2.4 Pool D 2.4.1 Leg 1 2.4.2 Leg 2 2.4.3 Leg 3 2.4.4 Leg 4 2.4.5 Leg 5 2.4.6 Leg 6 3 Final round 3.1 Pool E 3.2 Pool F 3.3 Championship 4 Final standing 5 Awards 6 External links

Teams

The following national teams have been invited:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
United States  Italy  China  Netherlands	Serbia  France  South Korea  Argentina	Russia  Bulgaria  Japan  Cuba	Brazil  Poland  Finland  Venezuela

Intercontinental round

• The host team for the Final Round, the winner of each pool and the best second among pool A, C and D qualify for the Final Round. If the host team for the Final Round is ranked first in its pool, the second ranked team in this pool will qualify for the Final Round.

Pool A

			Matches		Set points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	27	9	3	1076	989	1.088	30	15	2.000
2	Italy	22	8	4	1030	951	1.083	27	17	1.588
3	Netherlands	13	4	8	916	993	0.922	16	26	0.615
4	China	10	3	9	923	1012	0.912	14	29	0.483

Leg 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 June	Italy	3–0	China	25–16	25–12	25–16			75–44
13 June	Netherlands	3–0	United States	25–22	25–19	26–24			76–65
13 June	Italy	0–3	China	21–25	23–25	32–34			76–84
14 June	Netherlands	2–3	United States	16–25	32–30	17–25	25–20	6–15	96–115

Leg 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 June	Italy	1–3	United States	21–25	28–30	25–21	21–25		95–101
20 June	Netherlands	3–0	China	26–24	28–26	25–20			79–70
21 June	Italy	1–3	United States	19–25	25–18	22–25	20–25		86–93
21 June	Netherlands	3–0	China	25–18	25–20	25–15			75–53

Leg 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 June	United States	3–0	China	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60
27 June	Netherlands	2–3	Italy	25–21	25–23	19–25	15–25	9–15	94–109
27 June	United States	3–0	China	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65
28 June	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	23–25	15–25	20–25			58–75

Leg 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 July	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–19	25–22			75–60
04 July	China	3–2	United States	25–19	27–29	18–25	26–24	15–12	111–109
05 July	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	25–20	25–23			75–66
05 July	China	1–3	United States	18–25	25–20	21–25	12–25		76–95

Leg 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 July	United States	1–3	Italy	25–20	20–25	22–25	24–26		91–96
11 July	China	2–3	Netherlands	18–25	25–19	27–29	25–11	22–25	117–109
11 July	United States	3–1	Italy	25–19	18–25	25–23	25–21		93–88
12 July	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–20	25–23			75–64

Leg 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 July	China	0–3	Italy	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75
17 July	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	32–30	31–29			88–80
18 July	China	2–3	Italy	26–28	25–21	25–17	21–25	13–15	110–106
18 July	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–18	26–24			76–61

Pool B

			Matches		Set points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	24	8	4	1079	1028	1.050	27	20	1.350
2	Argentina	21	7	5	1193	1186	1.006	29	25	1.160
3	France	18	6	6	1117	1125	0.993	26	24	1.083
4	South Korea	9	3	9	1101	1151	0.957	18	31	0.581

Leg 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 June	Serbia	0–3	France	22–25	17–25	27–29			66–79
13 June	South Korea	3–2	Argentina	20–25	25–22	34–36	25–16	15–13	119–112
14 June	South Korea	2–3	Argentina	25–21	21–25	25–19	20–25	12–15	103–105
14 June	Serbia	3–1	France	25–19	25–22	19–25	25–23		94–89

Leg 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 June	France	2–3	Argentina	19–25	25–19	25–22	20–25	9–15	98–106
20 June	South Korea	1–3	Serbia	25–14	27–29	18–25	18–25		88–93
21 June	France	3–2	Argentina	25–21	26–24	19–25	22–25	15–9	107–104
21 June	South Korea	3–0	Serbia	25–22	28–26	25–22			78–70

Leg 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 June	Serbia	2–3	Argentina	25–20	22–25	25–18	23–25	13–15	108–103
26 June	France	3–1	South Korea	25–18	25–19	16–25	25–21		91–83
28 June	Serbia	3–0	Argentina	25–15	27–25	25–19			77–59
28 June	France	3–2	South Korea	25–23	24–26	34–32	20–25	15–10	118–116

Leg 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 July	France	1–3	Serbia	22–25	21–25	25–15	19–25		87–90
04 July	Argentina	2–3	South Korea	30–32	20–25	25–21	25–22	10–15	110–115
05 July	France	1–3	Serbia	16–25	14–25	25–21	20–25		75–96
05 July	Argentina	3–0	South Korea	31–29	25–20	25–23			81–72

Leg 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 July	Argentina	3–1	Serbia	25–22	27–25	21–25	25–18		98–90
11 July	South Korea	0–3	France	14–25	24–26	20–25			58-76
11 July	Argentina	2–3	Serbia	25–16	21–25	25–21	20–25	10–15	101–102
12 July	South Korea	1–3	France	21–25	25–21	29–31	23–25		98–102

Leg 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 July	Argentina	3–1	France	28–26	25–21	21–25	25–18		99–90
17 July	Serbia	3–1	South Korea	20–25	25–19	25–20	25–22		95–86
17 July	Argentina	3–2	France	32–30	22–25	21–25	25–18	15–7	115–105
18 July	Serbia	3–1	South Korea	23–25	25–17	25–21	25–22		98–85

Pool C

			Matches		Set points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	26	8	4	1099	1001	1.098	30	17	1.765
2	Russia	23	8	4	1046	988	1.059	28	17	1.647
3	Bulgaria	15	5	7	1048	1084	0.967	20	26	0.769
4	Japan	8	3	9	943	1063	0.887	13	31	0.419

Leg 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 June	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	24–26	29–27	25–18	25–22		103–93
13 June	Japan	0–3	Russia	22–25	23–25	16–25			61–75
13 June	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	25–19	23–25	25–21	25–20		98–85
14 June	Japan	1–3	Russia	22–25	22–25	25–22	12–25		81–97

Leg 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 June	Cuba	3–2	Russia	25–18	24–26	22–25	25–23	15–11	111–103
20 June	Bulgaria	3–1	Japan	26–24	19–25	25–21	25–22		95–92
20 June	Cuba	2–3	Russia	21–25	25–19	25–18	20–25	13–15	104–102
21 June	Bulgaria	1–3	Japan	16–25	25–14	24–26	21–25		86–90

Leg 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 June	Japan	0–3	Cuba	22–25	19–25	25–27			66–77
27 June	Russia	1–3	Bulgaria	29–31	25–16	23–25	20–25		97–97
28 June	Japan	0–3	Cuba	22–25	21–25	18–25			61–75
28 June	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	25–18	25–22			75–62

Leg 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 July	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	23–25	25–23	29–31	26–28		103–107
04 July	Russia	3–2	Cuba	25–14	24–26	19–25	25–23	25–23	118–111
05 July	Japan	3–2	Bulgaria	26–24	13–25	21–25	25–23	15–13	100–110
05 July	Russia	0–3	Cuba	19–25	17–25	21–25			57–75

Leg 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 July	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–12	25–22			75–53
11 July	Bulgaria	3–2	Cuba	13–25	23–25	25–23	26–24	15–10	102–107
11 July	Russia	1–3	Japan	23–25	23–25	25–22	21–25		92–97
12 July	Bulgaria	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–21	25–21			75–64

Leg 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 July	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	21–25	27–29	24–26			72–80
17 July	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–13	25–21			75–53
18 July	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	21–25	22–25	21–25			64–75
18 July	Cuba	3–1	Japan	25–17	27–25	22–25	25–19		99–86

Pool D

			Matches		Set points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	33	11	1	1008	809	1.246	35	6	5.833
2	Finland	21	7	5	1059	1066	0.993	25	22	1.136
3	Poland	13	5	7	959	994	0.965	18	26	0.692
4	Venezuela	5	1	11	876	1033	0.848	12	33	0.364

Leg 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 June	Venezuela	3–0	Finland	27–25	25–21	25–22			77–68
13 June	Brazil	3–1	Poland	23–25	25–18	25–20	25–19		98–82
14 June	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–20	25–15			75–55
14 June	Venezuela	1–3	Finland	23–25	22–25	25–22	23–25		93–97

Leg 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 June	Brazil	3–2	Finland	25–22	26–28	25–16	23–25	15–9	114–100
19 June	Venezuela	2–3	Poland	25–21	19–25	25–20	25–27	11–15	105–108
20 June	Brazil	3–0	Finland	25–17	25–19	25–20			75–56
21 June	Venezuela	0–3	Poland	21–25	11–25	18–25			50–75

Leg 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 June	Finland	3–2	Venezuela	19–25	26–24	24–26	25–13	27–25	121–113
27 June	Poland	0–3	Brazil	23–25	22–25	10–25			55–75
27 June	Finland	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	25–23	25–19			75–63
28 June	Poland	0–3	Brazil	19–25	21–25	20–25			60–75

Leg 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 July	Finland	0–3	Brazil	19–25	15–25	23–25			57–75
03 July	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–15	25–22	25–20			75–57
04 July	Finland	3–2	Brazil	22–25	23–25	25–22	25–22	17–15	112–109
04 July	Poland	3–1	Venezuela	27–29	25–14	25–21	25–22		102–86

Leg 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 July	Finland	3–1	Poland	25–21	25–18	22–25	28–26		100–90
10 July	Venezuela	0–3	Brazil	15–25	12–25	17–25			44–75
11 July	Finland	3–0	Poland	25–18	25–22	25–22			75–62
12 July	Venezuela	0–3	Brazil	23–25	32–34	19–25			74–84

Leg 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 July	Poland	1–3	Finland	16–25	25–21	20–25	23–25		84–96
16 July	Poland	3–2	Finland	29–27	20–25	25–16	22–25	15–9	111–102
18 July	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	28–26	25–18	25–13			78–57
19 July	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–22	25–15			75–57

Final round

• All matches in Belgrade, Serbia.

Pool E

			Matches		Set points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	6	2	0	173	157	1.102	6	1	6.000
2	Russia	3	1	1	167	165	1.012	4	3	1.333
3	United States	0	0	2	132	150	0.880	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 July	Serbia	3–0	United States	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65
23 July	United States	0–3	Russia	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75
24 July	Russia	1–3	Serbia	23–25	23–25	25–23	21–25		92–98

Pool F

			Matches		Set points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	2	0	173	141	1.227	6	1	6.000
2	Cuba	3	1	1	178	193	0.922	4	4	1.000
3	Argentina	0	0	2	157	174	0.902	1	6	0.167

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 July	Argentina	1–3	Cuba	22–25	25–22	24–26	24–26		95–99
23 July	Cuba	1–3	Brazil	18–25	25–23	17–25	19–25		79–98
24 July	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	2009-07-25 – Belgrade
	Brazil	3
	Russia	0
					2009-07-26 – Belgrade
					Brazil	3
					Serbia	2
					3rd place
	2009-07-25 – Belgrade			2009-07-26 – Belgrade
	Serbia	3		Russia	3
	Cuba	1			Cuba	0

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 July	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–17	25–21	25–21			75–59
25 July	Serbia	3–1	Cuba	18–25	25–13	25–21	27–25		95–84

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 July	Russia	3–0	Cuba	25–13	26–24	25–16			76–53
26 July	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	22–25	25–23	25–22	23–25	15–12	110–107

Final standing

Rank Team 1   Brazil 2   Serbia 3   Russia 4  Cuba 5  Argentina 6  United States 7  Italy 8  Finland 9  France 10  Bulgaria 11  Poland 12  Netherlands 13  China 14  South Korea 15  Japan 16  Venezuela

2009 FIVB World League Champions  Brazil Eighth title Team Roster Bruno Rezende, Eder Carbonera, Sidão, Vissoto, Giba, Murilo Endres, Sérgio, Thiago Alves, João Paulo Tavares, Rodrigão, Rodrigo Pinto, Lucas Saatkamp, Marlon Yared, Mario Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP: Sérgio
• Best Scorer: Ivan Miljković
• Best Spiker: Robertlandy Simon
• Best Blocker: Robertlandy Simon
• Best Server: Wilfredo Leon
• Best Setter: Nikola Grbić
• Best Libero: Aleksey Verbov

External links

• Official Website of the 2009 FIVB World League

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