# 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 7th edition of the event. It was held in Zürich, Switzerland, from 9 to 13 October 2013. Vakıfbank Istanbul won the title and Jovana Brakočević was named Most Valuable Player.

## Qualification

| Team | Qualified as |
| Voléro Zürich | Hosts |
| Kenya Prisons | 2013 African Champions |
| Guangdong Evergrande | 2013 Asian Champions |
| Iowa Ice | 2013 NORCECA Representatives |
| Unilever Vôlei | 2013 South American Champions |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul | 2013 European Champions |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Guangdong Evergrande Kenya Prisons Voléro Zürich | Iowa Ice Unilever Vôlei Vakıfbank Istanbul |

## Venue

* All rounds
* Zürich
* Saalsporthalle
* Capacity: 2,300

## Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria: number of matches won, sets ratio and points ratio

## Preliminary round

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Voléro Zürich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 180 | 133 | 1.353 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Guangdong Evergrande | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 172 | 143 | 1.203 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kenya Prisons | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 74 | 150 | 0.493 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| Oct 9 | 20:30 | Guangdong Evergrande | 3–0 | Kenya Prisons | 25–14 | 25–11 | 25–13 | | 75–38 | P2 P3 |
| Oct 10 | 20:30 | Voléro Zürich | 3–1 | Guangdong Evergrande | 26–24 | 25–21 | 29–31 | 25–21 | 105–97 | P2 P3 |
| Oct 11 | 17:30 | Voléro Zürich | 3–0 | Kenya Prisons | 25–17 | 25–13 | 25–6 | | 75–36 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 171 | 126 | 1.357 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Unilever Vôlei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 156 | 148 | 1.054 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iowa Ice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 97 | 150 | 0.647 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| Oct 9 | 17:30 | Unilever Vôlei | 3–0 | Iowa Ice | 25–14 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| Oct 10 | 17:30 | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3–0 | Iowa Ice | 25–16 | 25–12 | 25–17 | | 75–45 | P2 P3 |
| Oct 11 | 20:30 | Unilever Vôlei | 1–3 | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 20–25 | 18–25 | 25–21 | 18–25 | 81–96 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| October 12 – Zürich | October 12 – Zürich |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3 |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3 | October 13 – Zürich | October 13 – Zürich |
| Guangdong Evergrande | 0 | October 13 – Zürich | October 13 – Zürich |
| Guangdong Evergrande | 0 | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3 |
| October 12 – Zürich | October 12 – Zürich | | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3 |
| October 12 – Zürich | October 12 – Zürich | Unilever Vôlei | 0 |
| Voléro Zürich | 0 | Unilever Vôlei | 0 |
| Unilever Vôlei | 3 | | |
| Unilever Vôlei | 3 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | October 13 – Zürich | October 13 – Zürich |
| | | Guangdong Evergrande | 3 |
| | | Voléro Zürich | 1 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 12 | 15:10 | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3–0 | Guangdong Evergrande | 28–26 | 25–15 | 25–20 | | | 78–61 | P2 P3 |
| Oct 12 | 18:10 | Voléro Zürich | 0–3 | Unilever Vôlei | 23–25 | 20–25 | 16–25 | | | 59–75 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 13 | 14:10 | Guangdong Evergrande | 3–1 | Voléro Zürich | 24–26 | 25–23 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | 99–88 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Oct 13 | 17:10 | Vakıfbank Istanbul | 3–0 | Unilever Vôlei | 25–23 | 27–25 | 25–16 | | | 77–64 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Vakıfbank Istanbul |
| | Unilever Vôlei |
| | Guangdong Evergrande |
| 4 | Voléro Zürich |
| 5 | Iowa Ice |
| 5 | Kenya Prisons |
* 2013 Women's Club World Champions
* Vakıfbank Istanbul 1st title
Team roster :
* Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma (c), Gizem Güreşen, Kübra Akman, Jovana Brakočević, Güldeniz Önal, Bahar Toksoy, Jelena Nikolić, Christiane Fürst, Çağla Akın, Polen Uslupehlivan, Naz Aydemir, Carolina Costagrande
* Head coach
* Giovanni Guidetti

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Jovana Brakočević ( Vakıfbank Istanbul)
* Best opposite spiker
    Sarah Pavan ( Unilever Vôlei)
* Best Outside Hitters
    Kenia Carcaces ( Voléro Zürich)
    Gözde Kırdar Sonsırma ( Vakıfbank Istanbul)
* Best Middle Blockers
    Christiane Fürst ( Vakıfbank Istanbul)
    Carol ( Unilever Vôlei)
* Best setter
    Shen Jingsi ( Guangdong Evergrande)
* Best libero
    Yuko Sano ( Voléro Zürich)