# 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Osaka and Nagoya, Japan from 18 to 23 November 2009.

## Qualification

| Team | Qualified as |
| Japan | Hosts and 2009 Asian Champions |
| Iran | 2009 Asian Runners-up |
| Poland | 2009 European Champions |
| Cuba | 2009 NORCECA Champions |
| Brazil | 2009 South American Champions |
| Egypt | Wild Card |

## Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

## Venues

* Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
* Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Japan

## Results

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 436 | 360 | 1.211 |
| 2 | Cuba | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2.000 | 474 | 420 | 1.129 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 430 | 437 | 0.984 |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 402 | 433 | 0.928 |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.571 | 472 | 491 | 0.961 |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0.333 | 388 | 461 | 0.842 |

### Osaka round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Nov | 13:30 | Egypt | 2–3 | Iran | 25–21 | 20–25 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 10–15 | 101–103 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Nov | 15:30 | Cuba | 2–3 | Brazil | 22–25 | 26–24 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 10–15 | 101–112 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Nov | 19:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Poland | 22–25 | 25–15 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 15–10 | 108–96 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Nov | 13:30 | Iran | 1–3 | Brazil | 22–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | | 84–98 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Nov | 15:30 | Poland | 1–3 | Cuba | 25–22 | 18–25 | 18–25 | 22–25 | | 83–97 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Nov | 19:00 | Egypt | 1–3 | Japan | 15–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 17–25 | | 78–97 | P2 P3 |

### Nagoya round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Nov | 12:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Poland | 25–17 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Nov | 14:30 | Cuba | 3–2 | Egypt | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–14 | 23–25 | 15–7 | 111–88 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Nov | 18:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Iran | 27–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 16–14 | 106–112 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Nov | 12:30 | Egypt | 0–3 | Brazil | 21–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Nov | 14:30 | Iran | 1–3 | Poland | 23–25 | 25–18 | 26–28 | 23–25 | | 97–96 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Nov | 18:00 | Japan | 0–3 | Cuba | 19–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | | | 61–75 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Nov | 13:30 | Cuba | 3–1 | Iran | 25–14 | 25–22 | 15–25 | 25–15 | | 90–76 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Nov | 15:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 75–56 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Nov | 19:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Japan | 25–12 | 26–24 | 25–22 | | | 76–58 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Cuba |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Poland |
| 5 | Iran |
| 6 | Egypt |
* 2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions
* Brazil Third title

## Awards

* MVP: Robertlandy Simón
* Best scorer: Kunihiro Shimizu
* Best spiker: Tatsuya Fukuzawa
* Best blocker: Robertlandy Simón
* Best server: Robertlandy Simón
* Best setter: Bruno Rezende
* Best libero: Sérgio Santos