2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship explained

Competition:Women's Club World Championship
Gender:Women
Continent:World
Year:2016
Size:250 px
City:Pasay
Dates:18–23 October
Teams:8
Confederations:3
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions Other: Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Title Number:2
Second Other: Pomì Casalmaggiore
Third Other: Vakıfbank İstanbul
Fourth Other: Voléro Zürich
Mvp: Tijana Bošković
Outside Spikers: Zhu Ting
Tatiana Kosheleva
Opposite Spiker: Tijana Bošković
Middle Blockers: Foluke Akinradewo
Milena Rašić
Setter: Carli Lloyd
Libero: Fabiana de Oliveira
Matches:20
Website:Manila 2016
Last:2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
Next:2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

The 2016 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held for the first time in the Philippines,[1] on 18–23 October 2016 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.[1] For the first time, eight teams competed, including four wild cards.[2]

The Philippine Super Liga and Eventcourt was in charge of organizing the tournament, together with the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the national federation for volleyball.[2]

Turkey's Eczacıbaşı VitrA defeated Italy's Pomì Casalmaggiore in the final to become the first team in history to claim the title a second time after their 2015 success.[3] Vakıfbank İstanbul defeated Voléro Zürich in the bronze medal match.[4] Serbian Tijana Bošković from Eczacıbaşı was elected the Most Valuable Player.[5]

Qualification

width=250Team[6] width=300Qualified as
PSL-F2 Logistics ManilaHosts
Pomì Casalmaggiore2016 European Champions
Bangkok Glass2015 Asian Champions
Rexona-Sesc Rio2016 South American Champions
Eczacıbaşı VitrA[7] Wild Card
Voléro Zürich[8]
Vakıfbank İstanbul[9]
Hisamitsu Springs

Pools composition

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Pomì Casalmaggiore Bangkok Glass
Rexona-Sesc Rio Vakıfbank İstanbul
Eczacıbaşı VitrA Voléro Zürich
PSL-F2 Logistics Manila Hisamitsu Springs

Squads

See main article: 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship squads.

Venue

All rounds
Pasay, Philippines
Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 20,000

Pool standing procedure

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

Preliminary round

Pool B

Classification 5th-8th

5th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=240Team
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Pomì Casalmaggiore
Vakıfbank İstanbul
4 Voléro Zürich
5 Rexona-Sesc Rio
6 Hisamitsu Springs
7 Bangkok Glass
8 PSL-F2 Logistics Manila
14–player roster
Gizem Aşçı, Gülden Kayalar Kuzubaşıoğlu, Tijana Bošković, Simge Aköz, Thaísa Menezes, Hande Baladın, Rachael Adams, Büşra Cansu, Jordan Larson, Nilay Özdemir, Gözde Yılmaz, Tatiana Kosheleva, Ceylan Arısan, Neslihan Demir (c), Maja Ognjenović
Head coach
Massimo Barbolini

Awards

Tijana Bošković (Eczacıbaşı VitrA)

Carli Lloyd (Pomì Casalmaggiore)

Zhu Ting (Vakıfbank İstanbul)

Tatiana Kosheleva (Eczacıbaşı VitrA)

Foluke Akinradewo (Voléro Zürich)

Milena Rašić (Vakıfbank İstanbul)

Tijana Bošković (Eczacıbaşı VitrA)

Fabiana de Oliveira (Rexona-Sesc Rio)

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: News detail - Philippines to host its first-ever Women’s Club World Championship - FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2016 . FIVB . 8 May 2016 . fivb.com . 11 August 2016.
  2. News: Club in Wildcard Hunt at Women's Club World Championship. FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2016 FIVB. 19 May 2016.
  3. News: Kosheleva blasts Eczacıbaşı to second club worlds title . FIVB . 23 October 2016 . fivb.com . 23 October 2016.
  4. News: Vakıfbank add bronze to club worlds medals collection. FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2016 FIVB. 23 October 2016.
  5. News: Bošković leads dream team of club worlds in Manila. FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2016 FIVB. 23 October 2016.
  6. Web site: Qualification. FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship 2016. 12 October 2016.
  7. News: Eczacibasi Vitra Istanbul Named as Women's Club Championship Wild Card. 18 June 2016. FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2016. FIVB. 16 June 2016.
  8. News: Volero Zürich Awarded Wild Card For Women's Club World Championship. 22 June 2016. FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2016. FIVB. 21 June 2016.
  9. Web site: VakıfBank bir kez daha dünyanın en büyüğü olmaya aday. Turkish. 23 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706125422/http://www.vakifbanksporkulubu.com/vakifbank-bir-kez-daha--dunyanin-en-buyugu-olmaya-aday.aspx?pageID=93&nID=948. 6 July 2016. dead.