2011 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 22nd edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 May to 10 July 2011. The Final Round was held in Gdańsk, Poland.

2011 World League

The Ergo Arena hosted the final
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
City	Gdańsk (Final)
Dates	27 May – 10 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	47 (in 47 host cities)
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament awards
MVP	Maxim Mikhaylov
Official website
FIVB World League

Qualification

Main article: 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification

• Top 14 teams of the 2010 edition directly qualified.
• South Korea and Puerto Rico qualified through the qualification.
• Japan replaced Netherlands, who withdrew from the tournament.
• Portugal replaced Egypt, who withdrew from the tournament.

Asia and Oceania	Europe	North America	South America
Japan South Korea	Bulgaria Finland France Germany Italy Poland Portugal Russia Serbia	Cuba Puerto Rico United States	Argentina Brazil

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Brazil	Russia	Serbia	Cuba
Poland	Bulgaria	Argentina	Italy
United States	Germany	Finland	France
Puerto Rico	Japan	Portugal	South Korea

Squads

Main article: 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League squads

Pool standing procedure

World League Final

World League Finals Day 3

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
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

Intercontinental round

• All times are local.
• The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Poland finish lower than second in Pool A, they will still qualify along with the best three second place teams across all four pools.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	12	10	2	30	32	10	3.200	1026	890	1.153	Final round
2	United States	12	8	4	23	26	19	1.368	1050	1006	1.044
3	Poland (H)	12	6	6	18	21	19	1.105	945	914	1.034	Final round
4	Puerto Rico	12	0	12	1	5	36	0.139	813	1024	0.794

Source:
(H) Host
Notes:

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 May	20:40	Poland	3–0	United States	25–20	25–22	25–19			75–61	P2 P3
27 May	20:31	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	15–25	19–25	16–25			50–75	P2 P3
28 May	17:10	Poland	0–3	United States	22–25	19–25	35–37			76–87	P2 P3
28 May	20:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	19–25	29–31	23–25			71–81	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	20:37	Puerto Rico	1–3	United States	26–24	27–29	17–25	17–25		87–103	P2 P3
4 Jun	10:10	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–23	26–24	25–21			76–68	P2 P3
4 Jun	20:40	Puerto Rico	1–3	United States	23–25	24–26	25–22	12–25		84–98	P2 P3
5 Jun	10:10	Brazil	3–1	Poland	28–26	23–25	26–24	25–23		102–98	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	20:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	21–25	23–25	14–25			58–75	P2 P3
11 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	19–25	25–21	25–19	25–21		94–86	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	22–25	15–25	21–25			58–75	P2 P3
12 Jun	09:50	Brazil	1–3	United States	21–25	22–25	25–16	24–26		92–92	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	19:00	United States	0–3	Poland	22–25	19–25	20–25			61–75	P2 P3
18 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–10	25–23			75–53	P2 P3
18 Jun	19:00	United States	3–1	Poland	25–21	15–25	25–18	25–22		90–86	P2 P3
19 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–10	25–20	25–20			75–50	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	20:40	Poland	3–1	Puerto Rico	24–26	28–26	25–22	25–17		102–91	P2 P3
24 Jun	19:10	United States	1–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	25–21	19–25		85–96	P2 P3
25 Jun	17:10	Poland	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–19	25–22	25–20			75–61	P2 P3
25 Jun	19:10	United States	3–1	Brazil	25–20	25–23	22–25	25–23		97–91	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	20:40	Poland	1–3	Brazil	23–25	25–18	16–25	24–26		88–94	P2 P3
30 Jun	20:40	Poland	0–3	Brazil	17–25	14–25	21–25			52–75	P2 P3
1 Jul	19:10	United States	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–27	25–22	25–12	25–27	15–8	115–96	P2 P3
2 Jul	19:10	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–22	25–19			75–54	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	12	11	1	31	34	9	3.778	1046	857	1.221	Final round
2	Bulgaria	12	7	5	22	27	22	1.227	1057	1045	1.011
3	Germany	12	5	7	15	23	28	0.821	1111	1127	0.986
4	Japan	12	1	11	4	10	35	0.286	884	1069	0.827

Source:

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 May	18:10	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–20	25–18			75–60	P2 P3
28 May	18:10	Russia	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–19	25–12	25–12		97–68	P2 P3
28 May	18:10	Bulgaria	2–3	Germany	25–21	18–25	21–25	25–15	10–15	99–101	P2 P3
29 May	18:10	Bulgaria	3–2	Germany	25–21	23–25	25–22	20–25	15–9	108–102	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Germany	29–27	25–23	25–23			79–73	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–15	25–22			75–60	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–21	25–16	25–20		97–82	P2 P3
5 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–17	25–19			75–50	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–15	25–20	25–18			75–53	P2 P3
11 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–14	27–25	25–20			77–59	P2 P3
11 Jun	19:10	Germany	3–2	Japan	20–25	23–25	25–23	25–11	18–16	111–100	P2 P3
12 Jun	20:10	Germany	2–3	Japan	21–25	22–25	29–27	25–19	14–16	111–112	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–15	25–20			75–57	P2 P3
18 Jun	18:10	Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	25–18	25–21	18–25	18–25	15–13	101–102	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–18	25–21			75–54	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:10	Germany	1–3	Bulgaria	24–26	22–25	25–20	23–25		94–96	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	19:40	Germany	2–3	Russia	14–25	25–22	25–21	23–25	7–15	94–108	P2 P3
24 Jun	19:40	Germany	1–3	Russia	29–27	20–25	17–25	26–28		92–105	P2 P3
25 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–21	25–23			75–64	P2 P3
26 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–2	Japan	25–21	20–25	25–13	21–25	15–10	106–94	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jun	18:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Russia	25–22	18–25	30–28	25–20		98–95	P2 P3
30 Jun	18:40	Germany	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–21	25–20	25–21		97–87	P2 P3
1 Jul	18:10	Bulgaria	2–3	Russia	14–25	25–23	13–25	25–22	12–15	89–110	P2 P3
1 Jul	19:10	Germany	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–22	25–20			75–56	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	12	9	3	25	29	15	1.933	1003	958	1.047	Final round
2	Serbia	12	7	5	21	26	21	1.238	1111	1035	1.073
3	Finland	12	5	7	17	24	27	0.889	1115	1148	0.971
4	Portugal	12	3	9	9	16	32	0.500	1028	1116	0.921

Source:

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 May	16:00	Portugal	3–2	Finland	23–25	27–25	25–21	24–26	15–13	114–110	P2 P3
28 May	18:10	Argentina	0–3	Serbia	14–25	21–25	22–25			57–75	P2 P3
29 May	16:00	Portugal	3–1	Finland	25–18	23–25	25–21	25–23		98–87	P2 P3
29 May	18:10	Argentina	3–0	Serbia	25–21	26–24	25–20			76–65	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	20:10	Serbia	1–3	Finland	27–25	24–26	20–25	25–27		96–103	P2 P3
3 Jun	21:30	Portugal	0–3	Argentina	21–25	20–25	19–25			60–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	16:00	Portugal	1–3	Argentina	23–25	21–25	25–14	22–25		91–89	P2 P3
4 Jun	20:10	Serbia	3–0	Finland	25–21	25–15	25–21			75–57	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	19:10	Finland	2–3	Argentina	17–25	25–21	20–25	25–23	10–15	97–109	P2 P3
10 Jun	20:10	Serbia	2–3	Portugal	22–25	25–19	26–28	25–23	13–15	111–110	P2 P3
11 Jun	19:10	Finland	0–3	Argentina	21–25	24–26	19–25			64–76	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:10	Serbia	3–0	Portugal	26–24	25–18	29–27			80–69	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	18:40	Finland	2–3	Serbia	20–25	25–23	17–25	36–34	11–15	109–122	P2 P3
18 Jun	18:40	Finland	3–2	Serbia	25–23	25–23	22–25	20–25	15–11	107–107	P2 P3
18 Jun	21:00	Argentina	3–1	Portugal	25–16	25–17	22–25	26–24		98–82	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:00	Argentina	3–0	Portugal	25–19	25–18	25–17			75–54	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	21:16	Argentina	3–2	Finland	21–25	25–17	19–25	26–24	15–11	106–102	P2 P3
24 Jun	21:10	Argentina	1–3	Finland	14–25	17–25	25–23	26–28		82–101	P2 P3
25 Jun	16:00	Portugal	2–3	Serbia	21–25	25–19	31–29	17–25	11–15	105–113	P2 P3
26 Jun	16:10	Portugal	1–3	Serbia	14–25	27–25	19–25	22–25		82–100	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	20:10	Serbia	3–1	Argentina	25–18	23–25	25–18	25–22		98–83	P2 P3
30 Jun	18:40	Finland	3–2	Portugal	22–25	16–25	25–19	25–17	15–13	103–99	P2 P3
30 Jun	20:10	Serbia	0–3	Argentina	23–25	25–27	21–25			69–77	P2 P3
1 Jul	18:40	Finland	3–0	Portugal	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	P2 P3

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	12	10	2	28	31	12	2.583	1039	898	1.157	Final round
2	Cuba	12	8	4	23	26	19	1.368	1048	1016	1.031
3	France	12	3	9	11	18	29	0.621	1042	1106	0.942
4	South Korea	12	3	9	10	14	29	0.483	905	1014	0.893

Source:

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 May	20:40	France	0–3	Italy	14–25	20–25	12–25			46–75	P2 P3
28 May	14:10	South Korea	3–0	Cuba	25–20	29–27	25–18			79–65	P2 P3
29 May	14:10	South Korea	1–3	Cuba	25–21	23–25	18–25	18–25		84–96	P2 P3
29 May	17:40	France	0–3	Italy	15–25	23–25	25–27			63–77	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Jun	18:40	Italy	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–21	27–25			77–65	P2 P3
4 Jun	14:10	South Korea	3–1	France	25–21	24–26	25–20	25–16		99–83	P2 P3
5 Jun	14:10	South Korea	3–1	France	27–25	19–25	25–23	25–16		96–89	P2 P3
5 Jun	20:10	Italy	3–2	Cuba	25–14	23–25	25–17	22–25	18–16	113–97	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	20:40	France	1–3	Cuba	27–29	27–25	23–25	31–33		108–112	P2 P3
11 Jun	14:10	South Korea	1–3	Italy	25–23	19–25	21–25	20–25		85–98	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:10	France	2–3	Cuba	25–23	21–25	25–22	22–25	9–15	102–110	P2 P3
12 Jun	14:10	South Korea	2–3	Italy	15–25	22–25	25–21	25–22	10–15	97–108	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	20:10	Italy	1–3	France	25–21	30–32	23–25	22–25		100–103	P2 P3
18 Jun	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	P2 P3
18 Jun	20:40	Italy	3–1	France	25–20	18–25	25–22	25–17		93–84	P2 P3
19 Jun	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	23–25	13–25	18–25			54–75	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	20:10	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
24 Jun	20:40	France	2–3	Cuba	25–21	22–25	25–21	22–25	12–15	106–107	P2 P3
26 Jun	19:10	France	1–3	Cuba	25–21	20–25	15–25	23–25		83–96	P2 P3
26 Jun	21:10	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–13	25–21			75–49	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jun	20:10	France	3–1	South Korea	23–25	27–25	25–16	25–15		100–81	P2 P3
29 Jun	20:40	Italy	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–22	32–30			82–73	P2 P3
1 Jul	20:40	Italy	0–3	Cuba	21–25	20–25	25–27			66–77	P2 P3
1 Jul	20:40	France	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–18	25–22			75–60	P2 P3

Final round

• Venue: Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Poland
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool play

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	276	257	1.074	Semifinals
2	Poland	3	2	1	4	6	7	0.857	264	286	0.923
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	241	242	0.996
4	Italy	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	229	225	1.018

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	17:25	Argentina	3–1	Italy	20–25	25–20	25–22	25–22		95–89	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:10	Poland	3–2	Bulgaria	25–20	23–25	14–25	25–22	15–13	102–105	P2 P3
7 Jul	17:25	Bulgaria	0–3	Argentina	17–25	22–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:10	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–15	25–20	25–20			75–55	P2 P3
8 Jul	17:25	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	22–25	21–25			65–75	P2 P3
8 Jul	20:10	Poland	3–2	Argentina	18–25	25–22	25–20	24–26	15–13	107–106	P2 P3

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	254	207	1.227	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	256	265	0.966
3	United States	3	1	2	2	5	8	0.625	283	296	0.956
4	Cuba	3	0	3	2	4	9	0.444	268	293	0.915

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	11:10	Russia	3–1	United States	29–31	25–16	25–21	25–22		104–90	P2 P3
6 Jul	13:40	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	18–25	21–25	25–16	30–28	15–12	109–106	P2 P3
7 Jul	11:10	Cuba	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	20–25			60–75	P2 P3
7 Jul	13:40	United States	1–3	Brazil	25–15	22–25	22–25	15–25		84–90	P2 P3
8 Jul	11:10	United States	3–2	Cuba	23–25	25–21	25–18	21–25	15–13	109–102	P2 P3
8 Jul	13:55	Brazil	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	17–25			57–75	P2 P3

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	9 July
	Argentina	0
					10 July
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	2
	9 July
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
	Poland	1
					3rd place match
					10 July
					Argentina	0
					Poland	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	17:10	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	22–25	40–42	23–25			85–92	P2 P3
9 Jul	20:00	Russia	3–1	Poland	25–22	25–23	22–25	25–17		97–87	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	17:10	Argentina	0–3	Poland	18–25	23–25	22–25			63–75	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:10	Brazil	2–3	Russia	25–23	25–27	23–25	25–22	11–15	109–112	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Brazil
	Poland
4	Argentina
5	Bulgaria
6	Italy
7	United States
8	Cuba
9	Serbia
10	Finland
11	Germany
12	France
13	South Korea
14	Portugal
15	Japan
16	Puerto Rico

2011 World League champions
Russia 2nd title

14-man Roster for Final Round

Ilinykh, Apalikov, Khtey (c), Grankin, Biriukov, Sokolov, Berezhko, Butko, Muserskiy, Shcherbinin, Spiridonov, Mikhaylov, Volkov, Stepanyan

Head coach

Alekno

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Maxim Mikhaylov

• Best scorer

  Bartosz Kurek

• Best spiker

  Théo Lopes

• Best blocker

  Maxim Mikhaylov

• Best server

  Dmitriy Muserskiy

• Best setter

  Luciano De Cecco

• Best receiver

  Murilo Endres

• Best libero

  Krzysztof Ignaczak

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing