# 2011 Montreux Volley Masters

The 2011 Montreux Volley Masters was held in Montreux, Switzerland between 7–12 June 2011. Eight teams participated in this tournament.

## Participating teams

| Group A | Group B |
| China  Germany  Peru  United States | Cuba  Italy  Japan  Netherlands |

## Group stage
### Group A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 320 | 281 | 1.139 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 300 | 278 | 1.079 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 291 | 266 | 1.094 | |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 186 | 272 | 0.684 | |

#### Results

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jun | 16:30 | United States | 3–1 | Peru | 25–7 | 24–26 | 25–11 | 25–19 | | 99–63 | Report |
| 7 Jun | 18:30 | China | 3–2 | Germany | 25–23 | 25–27 | 26–24 | 22–25 | 15–11 | 113–110 | Report |
| 8 Jun | 21:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Germany | 20–25 | 10–25 | 20–25 | | | 50–75 | Report |
| 9 Jun | 16:30 | China | 3–1 | Peru | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–16 | 25–15 | | 98–73 | Report |
| 9 Jun | 18:30 | Germany | 2–3 | United States | 19–25 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 25–15 | 14–16 | 106–103 | Report |
| 10 Jun | 21:00 | United States | 2–3 | China | 27–25 | 14–25 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 11–15 | 98–109 | Report |

### Group B
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 277 | 257 | 1.078 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 288 | 258 | 1.116 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 266 | 276 | 0.964 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 237 | 277 | 0.856 | |

#### Results

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Jun | 21:00 | Italy | 1–3 | Cuba | 20–25 | 27–29 | 25–23 | 22–25 | | 94–102 | Report |
| 8 Jun | 16:30 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Cuba | 23–25 | 16–25 | 24–26 | | | 63–76 | Report |
| 8 Jun | 18:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Italy | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | | 75–56 | Report |
| 9 Jun | 21:00 | Japan | 3–2 | Netherlands | 20–25 | 27–29 | 25–18 | 25–17 | 16–14 | 113–103 | Report |
| 10 Jun | 16:30 | Italy | 1–3 | Netherlands | 25–23 | 24–26 | 14–25 | 24–26 | | 87–100 | Report |
| 10 Jun | 18:30 | Cuba | 3–2 | Japan | 15–25 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 25–20 | 15–10 | 99–100 | Report |

## Classification round

| 5–8th place | 5–8th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| 2011-06-11 – Montreux | 2011-06-11 – Montreux |
| Germany | 3 |
| Germany | 3 | 2011-06-12 – Montreux | 2011-06-12 – Montreux |
| Italy | 1 | 2011-06-12 – Montreux | 2011-06-12 – Montreux |
| Italy | 1 | Germany | 1 |
| 2011-06-11 – Montreux | 2011-06-11 – Montreux | | Germany | 1 |
| 2011-06-11 – Montreux | 2011-06-11 – Montreux | Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 3 |
| Peru | 1 | | |

### 5th–8th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Jun | 14:00 | Germany | 3–1 | Italy | 25–8 | 25–20 | 25–27 | 25–17 | | 100–72 | Report |
| 11 Jun | 16:00 | Netherlands | 3–1 | Peru | 25–23 | 26–24 | 24–26 | 25–20 | | 100–93 | Report |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 11:00 | Germany | 1–3 | Netherlands | 20–25 | 25–15 | 18–25 | 26–28 | | 89–93 | Report |

## Final round

| Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| 2011-06-11 – Montreux | 2011-06-11 – Montreux |
| China | 0 |
| China | 0 | 2011-06-12 – Montreux | 2011-06-12 – Montreux |
| Japan | 3 | 2011-06-12 – Montreux | 2011-06-12 – Montreux |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 3 |
| 2011-06-11 – Montreux | 2011-06-11 – Montreux | | Japan | 3 |
| 2011-06-11 – Montreux | 2011-06-11 – Montreux | Cuba | 0 |
| Cuba | 3 | Cuba | 0 |
| United States | 1 | | |
| United States | 1 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2011-06-12 – Montreux | 2011-06-12 – Montreux |
| | | China | 3 |
| | | United States | 1 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Jun | 18:30 | China | 0–3 | Japan | 22–25 | 19–25 | 23–25 | | | 64–75 | Report |
| 11 Jun | 21:00 | Cuba | 3–1 | United States | 25–18 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 26–24 | | 93–89 | Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 13:30 | China | 3–1 | United States | 16–25 | 25–13 | 29–27 | 25–23 | | 95–88 | Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Jun | 16:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Cuba | 26–24 | 25–18 | 25–19 | | | 76–61 | Report |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Cuba |
| | China |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Italy |
| 7 | Peru |

## Awards

* MVP: Hitomi Nakamichi
* Best scorer: Christiane Fürst
* Best spiker: Yukiko Ebata
* Best blocker: Christiane Fürst
* Best setter: Elena Keldibekova
* Best server: Nana Iwasaka
* Best receiver: Janneke van Tienen
* Best libero: Janneke van Tienen