2016 FIVB Volleyball World League explained

Competition:World League
Continent:World
Year:2016
Size:250 px
City:Kraków (Group 1 Final)
Dates:16 June – 17 July
Teams:36
Confederations:5
Venues:27
Cities:27
Champions:SRB
Title Number:1
Second:BRA
Third:FRA
Fourth:ITA
Mvp: Marko Ivović
Outside Spikers: Marko Ivović
Antonin Rouzier
Opposite Spiker: Wallace de Souza
Middle Blockers: Maurício Souza
Srećko Lisinac
Setter: Simone Giannelli
Libero: Jenia Grebennikov
Matches:162
Best Scorer: Sokolov (155 points)
Best Spiker: Wallace (55.90%)
Best Blocker: VD Voorde (0.74)
Best Server: Lucarelli (0.52)
Best Setter: Toniutti (9.06)
Best Digger: Grebennikov (3.03)
Best Receiver: Buszek (59.47%)
Website:FIVB World League
Last:2015 FIVB Volleyball World League
Next:2017 FIVB Volleyball 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 of 36 teams from 16 June to 17 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Kraków, Poland.[1] After being runners-up on five occasions, Serbia finally claimed their first World League after prevailing over Brazil in straight sets.[2] [3] The defending champions France claimed their first ever bronze medal at the World League after a fast victory in straight sets against Italy.[4] Marko Ivović was elected the most valuable player.[5]

Canada secured their promotion into the 2017 World League Group 1 by sweeping hosts Portugal in straight sets in the Group 2 final four held in Matosinhos.[6] [7]

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.[8] [9]

Qualification

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1 Teams making their debuts.

Format

Intercontinental round

Final round

Pools composition

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.[12]

Group 1

Week 1
width=33%Pool A1
Australia		width=33%Pool B1
Brazil		width=33%Pool C1
Russia









Week 2
Pool D1
Poland		Pool E1
Italy		Pool F1
Serbia









Week 3
Pool G1
France		Pool H1
United States		Pool I1
Iran









Group 2

Week 1
width=33%Pool A2
Turkey		width=33%Pool B2
Japan		width=33%Pool C2
Czech Republic









Week 2
Pool D2
Slovakia		Pool E2
Egypt		Pool F2
Canada









Week 3
Pool G2
South Korea		Pool H2
China		Pool I2
Finland









Group 3

Week 1
width=17%Pool A3
Slovenia		width=17%Pool B3
Mexico		width=17%Pool C3
Greece









Week 2
width=17%Pool D3
Greece		width=17%Pool E3
Tunisia		width=17%Pool F3
Kazakhstan









Final round

Week 5
Group 1
Poland
Pool J1


Pool K1


Week 4Week 3
width=50%Group 2
Portugal		width=50%Group 3
Germany






Competition schedule

●Intercontinental round●Final round
Week 1
16–19 Jun		Week 2
23–26 Jun		Week 3
1–3 Jul		Week 4
9–10 Jul		Week 5
13–17 Jul
Group 118 matches18 matches18 matches10 matches
Group 218 matches18 matches18 matches4 matches
Group 318 matches18 matches4 matches

Squads

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.

See main article: 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League squads.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. 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

Intercontinental round

Group 1

Week 1

Pool A1
Pool B1
Pool C1

Week 2

Pool D1
Pool E1
Pool F1

Week 3

Pool G1
Pool H1
Pool I1

Group 2

Week 1

Pool A2
Pool B2
Pool C2

Week 2

Pool D2
Pool E2
Pool F2

Week 3

Pool G2
Pool H2
Pool I2

Group 3

Week 1

Pool A3
Pool B3
Pool C3

Week 2

Pool D3
Pool E3
Pool F3

Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

Final

Group 2

Final four (Week 4)

Final

Group 1

Pool play (Week 5)

Pool K1

Final four (Week 5)

Final

Final standing

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14-man Roster for Group 1 Final Round
Aleksandar Okolić, Uroš Kovačević, Milan Katić, Aleksa Brđović, Dragan Stanković (c), Marko Ivović, Nikola Jovović, Miloš Nikić, Tomislav Dokić, Dražen Luburić, Neven Majstorović, Marko Podraščanin, Nikola Rosić, Srećko Lisinac
Head coach
Nikola Grbić

Awards

Marko Ivović

Simone Giannelli

Marko Ivović

Antonin Rouzier

Maurício Souza

Srećko Lisinac

Wallace de Souza

Jenia Grebennikov

Statistics leaders

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.[13] [14] [15]

Best scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 Pointswidth=250 Namewidth=50 Pointswidth=250 Namewidth=50 Points
align=center 1align=center 155align=center 188align=center 125
align=center 2align=center 153 Wouter Ter Maat align=center 178align=center 116
align=center 3align=center 130align=center 171align=center 113
align=center 4align=center 124align=center 164 Chen Chien-chen align=center 100
align=center 5align=center 123align=center 158align=center 99

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 55.90align=center 56.95align=center 55.70
align=center 2align=center 55.56align=center 53.95align=center 55.06
align=center 3align=center 54.59align=center 52.97align=center 54.97
align=center 4align=center 53.15align=center 52.50 Wang Ming-chun align=center 54.48
align=center 5align=center 52.63align=center 51.59align=center 53.01

Best blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 0.74align=center 0.82align=center 1.07
align=center 2align=center 0.69align=center 0.76align=center 1.00
align=center 3align=center 0.69align=center 0.60 Ibrahim Ibrahim align=center 0.86
align=center 4align=center 0.68align=center 0.54align=center 0.77
align=center 5align=center 0.59align=center 0.53align=center 0.72

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 0.52align=center 0.55align=center 0.71
align=center 2align=center 0.47align=center 0.51align=center 0.46
align=center 3align=center 0.43align=center 0.47align=center 0.40
align=center 4align=center 0.40align=center 0.36align=center 0.39
align=center 5align=center 0.39align=center 0.34align=center 0.27

Best setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 9.06align=center 11.97align=center 9.08
align=center 2align=center 8.82align=center 11.53align=center 8.84
align=center 3align=center 6.90align=center 9.44align=center 7.17
align=center 4align=center 5.93align=center 8.71 Huang Pei-hung align=center 6.59
align=center 5align=center 5.83align=center 6.06align=center 6.39

Best diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 3.03align=center 2.50align=center 2.31
align=center 2align=center 2.25align=center 1.66align=center 2.09
align=center 3align=center 2.23align=center 1.56align=center 1.78
align=center 4align=center 2.18align=center 1.54align=center 1.65
align=center 5align=center 2.12align=center 1.37align=center 1.52

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

Group 1Group 2Group 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 59.47align=center 66.44align=center 61.03
align=center 2align=center 57.96 Jung Ji-seok align=center 65.12align=center 59.35
align=center 3align=center 56.29align=center 64.18 Lin Yung-shun align=center 59.28
align=center 4align=center 56.25align=center 60.81align=center 58.91
align=center 5align=center 56.10align=center 60.67align=center 58.33

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kraków to host World League Finals. FIVB.org. 16 March 2016. 16 March 2016.
  2. Web site: MVP performance from Ivović caps Serbia's success. FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Serbia go down in history lifting the trophy for the first time. FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Rouzier leads France to first ever bronze. FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
  5. Web site: Serbia win first ever World League title. FIVB.org. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Canada finish on top of 2016 World League Group 2. FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. 10 July 2016.
  7. Web site: Canada claim 2017 World League Group 1 spot. FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. 10 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Slovenia accomplish an elite World League debut with the gold medal. FIVB.org. 2 July 2016. 2 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Slovenia secure a World League Group 2 ticket for 2017. FIVB.org. 2 July 2016. 2 July 2016.
  10. News: Draw held for new World League format . . 18 August 2015 . 18 August 2015.
  11. News: Slovenia win European League title. . 14 August 2015. 14 August 2015.
  12. News: Twelve teams to compete in World League Group 3. . 29 October 2015 . 29 October 2015.
  13. Web site: Group 1 statistics . . 10 July 2016 . 10 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191114223144/http://worldleague.2016.fivb.com/en/group1/competition/results_and_statistics . 14 November 2019 . dead .
  14. Web site: Group 2 statistics . . 10 July 2016 . 10 July 2016.
  15. Web site: Group 3 statistics . . 10 July 2016 . 10 July 2016.

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