2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup explained

Competition:	Men's World Cup
Continent:	World
Year:	2011
Dates:	20 November – 4 December
Teams:	12
Confederations:	5
Venues:	8
Cities:	7
Champions:	RUS
Title Number:	2
Second:	POL
Third:	BRA
Fourth:	ITA
Mvp:	Maxim Mikhaylov
Website:	2011 FIVB World Cup
Last:	2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
Next:	2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 20 November to 4 December 2011 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined Great Britain as they had already secured a berth as the host country.

Qualification

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

The host country's team.
The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2011.
Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2011 (according to the FIVB World Ranking as of January 15, 2011).
- NB: If Japan win or finish as one of the best runners-up in the AVC Continental Championship the third ranked team from the tournament will compete.
Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2011.

width=250	Competition !	width=180	Date !	width=200	Venue !	width=200	Qualified
Host country	—	―
	29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011
	10–18 September 2011
	19–25 September 2011
	21–29 September 2011
	23–29 September 2011
Wild card^[1]	5 October 2011	―
Total			12

FIVB World Ranking for second-place teams (as of January 15, 2011)^[2]

Rank	Team
align=center	5	NORCECA
align=center	6	Europe
align=center	8	South America
align=center	11	Asia
align=center	17	Africa

Squads

See main article: 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads.

Venues

Round	Site A	Site B
1st		Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima
2nd		Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
3rd		Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu
4th		Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Format

The competition system of the 2011 World Cup for men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): Teams played against teams in the same group
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): Teams played against teams in the other group

Pool standing procedure

Match points
Number of matches won
Sets ratio
Points ratio
Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time .

First round

Site B

Second round

Site B

Third round

Site B

Fourth round

Site B

Final standing

Rank	Team
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align=center	4
align=center	5
align=center	6
align=center	7
align=center	8
align=center	9
align=center	10
align=center	11
align=center	12