# 2019 Montreux Volley Masters

The 2019 Montreux Volley Masters was the 34th edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland.

## Participating teams

Teams:
| Pool A | Pool B |
| China  Germany  Japan  Poland | Italy (Defending champion)  Switzerland  Thailand  Turkey |

## Group stage

The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round.
* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 280 | 254 | 1.102 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 276 | 274 | 1.007 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 301 | 273 | 1.103 | Classification round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 254 | 310 | 0.819 | Classification round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 18:45 | Japan | 3–1 | China | 25–20 | 17–25 | 27–25 | 25–21 | | 94–91 | Report |
| 14 May | 16:30 | Germany | 2–3 | China | 21–25 | 9–25 | 26–24 | 25–22 | 9–15 | 90–111 | Report |
| 14 May | 21:15 | Poland | 3–1 | Japan | 25–15 | 19–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | 94–80 | Report |
| 15 May | 16:30 | China | 3–1 | Poland | 22–25 | 25–17 | 25–22 | 27–25 | | 99–89 | Report |
| 15 May | 21:15 | Japan | 3–1 | Germany | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–18 | 29–27 | | 102–89 | Report |
| 16 May | 18:45 | Germany | 1–3 | Poland | 14–25 | 25–22 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | 75–97 | Report |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 269 | 252 | 1.067 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 271 | 258 | 1.050 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 285 | 278 | 1.025 | Classification round |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 242 | 279 | 0.867 | Classification round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 13 May | 16:30 | Switzerland | 1–3 | Turkey | 20–25 | 24–26 | 25–21 | 20–25 | 89–97 | Report |
| 13 May | 21:15 | Thailand | 3–1 | Italy | 25–20 | 25–14 | 16–25 | 25–19 | 91–78 | Report |
| 14 May | 18:45 | Switzerland | 1–3 | Thailand | 24–26 | 19–25 | 25–15 | 14–25 | 82–91 | Report |
| 15 May | 18:45 | Italy | 3–1 | Turkey | 25–27 | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–23 | 100–90 | Report |
| 16 May | 16:30 | Italy | 3–1 | Switzerland | 25–17 | 25–16 | 16–25 | 25–13 | 91–71 | Report |
| 16 May | 21:15 | Turkey | 3–1 | Thailand | 22–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 26–24 | 98–89 | Report |

## Classification round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 May | 12:30 | China | 1–3 | Turkey | 18–25 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | 84–91 | Report |
| 17 May | 16:30 | Germany | 3–1 | Switzerland | 21–25 | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | 96–76 | Report |

## Final round

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| 17 May | 17 May |
| Poland | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 18 May | 18 May |
| Thailand | 0 | 18 May | 18 May |
| Thailand | 0 | Poland | 3 |
| 17 May | 17 May | | Poland | 3 |
| 17 May | 17 May | Japan | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | Japan | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | | |
| Japan | 3 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 18 May | 18 May |
| | | Thailand | 0 |
| | | Italy | 3 |

### Semifinal

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 May | 18:45 | Poland | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–18 | 25–9 | 25–23 | | | 75–50 | Report |
| 17 May | 21:15 | Italy | 0–3 | Japan | 21–25 | 14–25 | 16–25 | | | 51–75 | Report |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 May | 14:45 | Thailand | 0–3 | Italy | 20–25 | 18–25 | 14–25 | | | 52–75 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 May | 17:15 | Poland | 3–1 | Japan | 25–15 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 26–24 | | 98–81 | Report |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Poland |
| | Japan |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Thailand |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | China |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Switzerland |

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Malwina Smarzek (POL)
* Best setter
    Nanami Seki (JPN)
* Best outside spikers
    Yurie Nabeya (JPN)
    Martyna Grajber (POL)
* Best middle blockers
    Agnieszka Kąkolewska (POL)
    Sarah Luisa Fahr (ITA)
* Best opposite spiker
    Malwina Smarzek (POL)
* Best libero
    Mako Kobata (JPN)