# 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan from 19 to 24 November 2013.

## Qualification

| Team | Qualified as |
| Japan | Hosts |
| Iran | 2013 Asian Champions |
| Russia | 2013 European Champions |
| United States | 2013 North American Champions |
| Brazil | 2013 South American Champions |
| Italy | Wild Card |

## Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2013 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

## Venues

| Kyoto round | Tokyo round |
| Kyoto, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 5,496 | Capacity: 10,000 |

## 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

## 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 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2.333 | 461 | 428 | 1.077 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | 432 | 380 | 1.137 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 498 | 477 | 1.044 |
| 4 | Iran | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 439 | 450 | 0.976 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 466 | 460 | 1.013 |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 295 | 396 | 0.745 |

### Kyoto round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Nov | 12:10 | Italy | 3–1 | Russia | 28–26 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 27–25 | | 99–96 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Nov | 16:10 | Iran | 1–3 | Brazil | 16–25 | 17–25 | 27–25 | 23–25 | | 83–100 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Nov | 19:10 | United States | 3–1 | Japan | 25–17 | 25–17 | 21–25 | 25–20 | | 96–79 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Nov | 12:10 | Italy | 2–3 | Iran | 24–26 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 12–15 | 109–105 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Nov | 16:10 | Brazil | 3–0 | United States | 31–29 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | | 81–75 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Nov | 19:10 | Russia | 3–0 | Japan | 25–16 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | | 75–51 | P2 P3 |

### Tokyo round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Nov | 12:10 | United States | 3–2 | Italy | 25–21 | 20–25 | 22–25 | 28–26 | 15–13 | 110–110 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Nov | 16:10 | Iran | 0–3 | Russia | 23–25 | 23–25 | 19–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Nov | 19:10 | Japan | 0–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | | 58–75 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Nov | 12:10 | Iran | 3–2 | United States | 28–26 | 19–25 | 19–25 | 27–25 | 18–16 | 111–117 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Nov | 16:10 | Russia | 3–2 | Brazil | 20–25 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–17 | 15–9 | 107–97 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Nov | 19:10 | Italy | 3–0 | Japan | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | | 75–58 | P2 P3 |
| 24 Nov | 12:10 | Brazil | 3–2 | Italy | 25–22 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 20–25 | 15–11 | 108–105 | P2 P3 |
| 24 Nov | 15:10 | United States | 0–3 | Russia | 27–29 | 22–25 | 19–25 | | | 68–79 | P2 P3 |
| 24 Nov | 18:10 | Japan | 0–3 | Iran | 17–25 | 18–25 | 14–25 | | | 49–75 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Russia |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Japan |
* 2013 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions
* Brazil 4th title
* 14–man roster
* Bruno (c), Éder, Wallace, Sidão, Lucarelli, Evandro, Thiago, Lipe, M. Souza, Lucas Lóh, Lucas, Maurício, Mario Jr., Raphael
* Head coach
* Bernardinho

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Dmitriy Muserskiy
* Best setter
    Bruno Rezende
* Best Outside Spikers
    Filippo Lanza
    Dmitriy Ilinikh
* Best Middle Blockers
    Maxwell Holt
    Emanuele Birarelli
* Best opposite spiker
    Wallace de Souza
* Best libero
    Farhad Zarif