# 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 9th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 15 to 20 October 2013. Sada Cruzeiro won the title for the first time in front their home crowd. Wallace de Souza was named Most Valuable Player.

## Qualification

| Team (Confederation) | Qualified as |
| Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) | Hosts |
| Sfaxien (CAVB) | 2013 African Champions |
| Kalleh Mazandaran (AVC) | 2013 Asian Champions |
| Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (CEV) | 2013 European Champions |
| La Romana (NORCECA) | 2013 NORCECA Representatives |
| UPCN San Juan (CSV) | 2013 South American Champions |
| Trentino Diatec (CEV) | Wild Card (2012 World Champions) |
| Panasonic Panthers (AVC) | Wild Card (Special Invitation) |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Trentino Diatec | Sada Cruzeiro |
| UPCN San Juan | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
| Kalleh Mazandaran | La Romana |
| Panasonic Panthers | Sfaxien |

## Venue

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

## Pool standing procedure

* Match points
* Number of matches won
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* 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

## 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 | UPCN San Juan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 274 | 262 | 1.046 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Trentino Diatec | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 283 | 250 | 1.132 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Panasonic Panthers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 248 | 259 | 0.958 | |
| 4 | Kalleh Mazandaran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 246 | 280 | 0.879 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Oct | 14:10 | Trentino Diatec | 3–1 | Kalleh Mazandaran | 24–26 | 25–19 | 25–19 | 26–24 | | 100–88 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Oct | 17:10 | UPCN San Juan | 3–1 | Panasonic Panthers | 20–25 | 25–23 | 25–14 | 25–23 | | 95–85 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 14:10 | Panasonic Panthers | 3–1 | Kalleh Mazandaran | 25–19 | 24–26 | 30–28 | 25–16 | | 104–89 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 14:10 | UPCN San Juan | 3–2 | Trentino Diatec | 22–25 | 25–23 | 25–22 | 16–25 | 15–13 | 103–108 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Oct | 14:10 | UPCN San Juan | 3–0 | Kalleh Mazandaran | 26–24 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 76–69 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Oct | 20:10 | Trentino Diatec | 3–0 | Panasonic Panthers | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | | 75–59 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 293 | 268 | 1.093 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 254 | 216 | 1.176 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Sfaxien | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 262 | 281 | 0.932 | |
| 4 | La Romana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 216 | 260 | 0.831 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Oct | 20:10 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3–0 | La Romana | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–16 | | | 75–58 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 17:10 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 3–0 | La Romana | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–17 | | | 75–60 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 20:10 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3–0 | Sfaxien | 25–16 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 17:10 | Sfaxien | 3–2 | La Romana | 23–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 25–14 | 15–11 | 110–98 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 20:10 | Sada Cruzeiro | 2–3 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 14–16 | 104–110 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Oct | 17:10 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 3–2 | Sfaxien | 25–21 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 22–25 | 16–14 | 108–104 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* Times of 19 October are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00) and times of 20 October are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 19 October | 19 October |
| Novosibirsk | 3 |
| Novosibirsk | 3 | 20 October | 20 October |
| Trentino | 1 | 20 October | 20 October |
| Trentino | 1 | Novosibirsk | 0 |
| 19 October | 19 October | | Novosibirsk | 0 |
| 19 October | 19 October | Sada | 3 |
| UPCN | 0 | Sada | 3 |
| Sada | 3 | | |
| Sada | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 20 October | 20 October |
| | | Trentino | 3 |
| | | UPCN | 1 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Oct | 15:40 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 3–1 | Trentino Diatec | 25–27 | 25–21 | 26–24 | 25–23 | | 101–95 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Oct | 18:29 | UPCN San Juan | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 22–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 Oct | 13:22 | Trentino Diatec | 3–1 | UPCN San Juan | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | 97–87 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 20 Oct | 16:10 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 20–25 | 19–25 | 20–25 | | | 59–75 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Sada Cruzeiro |
| | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
| | Trentino Diatec |
| 4 | UPCN San Juan |
| 5 | Sfaxien |
| 5 | Panasonic Panthers |
| 7 | La Romana |
| 7 | Kalleh Mazandaran |
* 2013 Men's Club World Champions
* Sada Cruzeiro 1st title
* 12–man roster
* Vinhedo, Douglas, PV, William (c), Wallace, Leal, Isac, Díaz, Éder, Serginho, Filipe, Kadu
* Head coach
* Méndez

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best setter
    William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best Outside Spikers
    Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)
    Lukáš Diviš (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk)
* Best Middle Blockers
    Emanuele Birarelli (Trentino Diatec)
    Matteo Burgsthaler (Trentino Diatec)
* Best opposite spiker
    Tsvetan Sokolov (Trentino Diatec)
* Best libero
    Sérgio Nogueira (Sada Cruzeiro)