# 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 16th edition of the competition. It was held in Betim, Brazil for the second consecutive time from 7 to 11 December 2021.
Sada Cruzeiro won their 4th title of the world champions, having beaten Cucine Lube Civitanova in the final (3–0).

## Qualification

| Team (Confederation) | Qualified as |
| Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) | Hosts and 2020 South American Champions |
| ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (CEV) | 2021 European Champions |
| Itas Trentino (CEV) | 2021 European Runners-up |
| UPCN San Juan (CSV) | 2020 South American Runners-up |
| Foolad Sirjan Iranian (AVC) | 2021 Asian Champions |
| Funvic Natal (CSV) | 2021 Brazilian Champions |
| Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV) | Wild Card (2019 World Champions) |
* Cucine Lube Civitanova replaced ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle which has decided to withdraw from the competition.

## Venue

* All matches
* Betim, Brazil
* Ginásio Poliesportivo Divino Braga
* Capacity: 6,000

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Cucine Lube Civitanova | Sada Cruzeiro |
| UPCN San Juan | Itas Trentino |
| Funvic Natal | Foolad Sirjan Iranian |

## Preliminary round

* All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 111 | 1.351 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Funvic Natal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 166 | 178 | 0.933 | Semifinals |
| 3 | UPCN San Juan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 156 | 183 | 0.852 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Dec | 18:00 | Funvic Natal | 3–2 | UPCN San Juan | 21–25 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–21 | 15–12 | 108–103 | Report |
| 8 Dec | 17:00 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–0 | UPCN San Juan | 25–19 | 25–13 | 25–21 | | | 75–53 | Report |
| 9 Dec | 17:00 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–0 | Funvic Natal | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–16 | | | 75–58 | Report |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Sada Cruzeiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 112 | 1.339 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Itas Trentino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 135 | 134 | 1.007 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Foolad Sirjan Iranian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 111 | 150 | 0.740 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 7 Dec | 21:30 | Foolad Sirjan Iranian | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 20–25 | 16–25 | 16–25 | 52–75 | Report |
| 8 Dec | 20:30 | Foolad Sirjan Iranian | 0–3 | Itas Trentino | 18–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 59–75 | Report |
| 9 Dec | 20:30 | Itas Trentino | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 19–25 | 23–25 | 18–25 | 60–75 | Report |

## Final round

* All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 10 December | 10 December |
| Lube | 3 |
| Lube | 3 | 11 December | 11 December |
| Trentino | 2 | 11 December | 11 December |
| Trentino | 2 | Lube | 0 |
| 10 December | 10 December | | Lube | 0 |
| 10 December | 10 December | Sada Cruzeiro | 3 |
| Funvic | 1 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3 |
| Sada Cruzeiro | 3 | | |
| Sada Cruzeiro | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 11 December | 11 December |
| | | Trentino | 3 |
| | | Funvic | 0 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Dec | 17:00 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–2 | Itas Trentino | 25–20 | 22–25 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 21–19 | 116–109 | Report |
| 10 Dec | 20:30 | Funvic Natal | 1–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 17–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 16–25 | | 80–98 | Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Dec | 17:00 | Itas Trentino | 3–0 | Funvic Natal | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Dec | 20:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 17–25 | 22–25 | 23–25 | | | 62–75 | Report |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Sada Cruzeiro |
| | Cucine Lube Civitanova |
| | Itas Trentino |
| 4 | Funvic Natal |
| 5 | UPCN San Juan |
| 6 | Foolad Sirjan Iranian |
* 2021 Club World Champions
* ' Sada Cruzeiro 4th title'
* 14–man roster
* Oppenkoski, Lukinha, Otávio, Lucas Lóh, G. Rech, Wallace (c), Cledenilson, Rodriguinho, Isac, Fernando, Bauer, Resley, Matias, López
* Head coach
* Filipe Ferraz

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Miguel Ángel López (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best setter
    Fernando Kreling (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best outside spikers
    Alessandro Michieletto (Itas Trentino)
    Miguel Ángel López (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best middle blockers
    Otávio Pinto (Sada Cruzeiro)
    Robertlandy Simón (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
* Best opposite spiker
    Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best libero
    Fabio Balaso (Cucine Lube Civitanova)