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2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

Column 1
The Tauron Arena hosted the final
Poland
Kraków (Group 1 Final)
16 June – 17 July
36 (from 5 confederations)
27 (in 27 host cities)
Serbia (1st title)
Brazil
France
Italy
Marko Ivović
Simone Giannelli
Marko Ivović Antonin Rouzier
Maurício Souza Srećko Lisinac
Wallace de Souza
Jenia Grebennikov
162
Sokolov (155 points)
Wallace (55.90%)
VD Voorde (0.74)
Lucarelli (0.52)
Toniutti (9.06)
Grebennikov (3.03)
Buszek (59.47%)
FIVB World League

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.

All 32 teams from the 2015 edition directly qualified.
Slovenia qualified through the 2015 European League.
Chinese Taipei, Germany and Qatar were invited to participate in Group 3.

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Egypt
Tunisia	Australia
China
Chinese Taipei1
Iran
Japan
Kazakhstan
Qatar1
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Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Italy Montenegro

Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia1 Spain Turkey | Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Italy Montenegro | Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia1 Spain Turkey | Canada Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico United States | Argentina Brazil Venezuela | | Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Italy Montenegro | Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia1 Spain Turkey | | | | | |

1 Teams making their debuts.

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.
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.

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.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
●	Intercontinental round	●	Final round

	Week 116–19 Jun	Week 223–26 Jun	Week 31–3 Jul	Week 49–10 Jul
18 matches	18 matches	18 matches		10 matches
18 matches	18 matches	18 matches	4 matches
18 matches	18 matches	4 matches

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.

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

Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
Venue: Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
Venue: Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia
All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić, Belgrade, Serbia
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy, France
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, United States
All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Venue: Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran, Iran
All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).
Venue: İzmir Atatürk Volleyball Hall, İzmir, Turkey
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Venue: Budvar Arena, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt
All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Canada
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).
Venue: Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Venue: Xuancheng Sports Centre, Xuancheng, China
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Venue: Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Venue: Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Venue: Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sports Hall, Kozani, Greece
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Venue: El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis, Tunisia
All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).
Venue: Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Semifinals		Final

1 July

Germany	3
2 July
Chinese Taipei	0
Germany	1
1 July
	Slovenia	3
Slovenia	3

Greece	0
3rd place match

2 July

Chinese Taipei	1

Greece	3

Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Semifinals		Final

9 July

Canada	3
10 July
Turkey	0
Canada	3
9 July
	Portugal	0
Portugal	3

Netherlands	1
3rd place match

10 July

Turkey	1

Netherlands	3

Venue: Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Semifinals		Final

16 July

Serbia	3
17 July
Italy	2
Serbia	3
16 July
	Brazil	0
France	1

Brazil	3
3rd place match

17 July

Italy	0

France	3

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 determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
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 determined by successful spikes in percentage.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
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 determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
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 determined by the average of aces per set.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
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 determined by the average of running sets per set.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
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 determined by the average of successful digs per set.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
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 determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
1	Rafał Buszek	59.47	Tong Jiahua	66.44	Héctor Mata	61.03
2	Taylor Sander	57.96	Jung Ji-seok	65.12	Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi	59.35
3	Earvin N'Gapeth	56.29	Blair Cameron Bann	64.18	Lin Yung-shun	59.28
4	Erik Shoji	56.25	John Gordon Perrin	60.81	Jhonlen Barreto	58.91
5	Jenia Grebennikov	56.10	Lauri Kerminen	60.67	Roman Fartov	58.33

2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
2016 FIVB Volleyball World League – official website
Media Guide – Introduction and Tournament History at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
Media Guide – Preview and Competition Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
Media Guide – Team Information and Players statistics at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
Media Guide – Referees at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
Media Guide – Tournaments Records and History World Ranking at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
Media Guide – Historical Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
Media Guide – Media Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

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