# 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 2019 FIVB Men's World Cup was the 14th edition of the event, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held from 1 to 15 October 2019 in Japan. That was the first time since 1989 that FIVB decided not to allocate any spots in the Olympics, due to Japan hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the competition by being one of the top two teams of each continental federation based on FIVB World Ranking on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as hosts, and Poland who qualified as 2018 World Champions).
* Qualified to 2019 FIVB World Cup
* Host and 2018 World Champion
| Rank | Team | WC 2015 | OG 2016 | WL 2017 | WCH 2018 | Total | Note |
| 1 | Brazil | 80 | 100 | 45 | 90 | 315 | CSV first team |
| 2 | United States | 100 | 80 | 40 | 80 | 300 | NORCECA first team |
| 3 | Italy | 90 | 90 | 24 | 62 | 266 | CEV first team |
| 4 | Poland | 80 | 50 | 32 | 100 | 262 | 2018 World champion |
| 5 | Russia | 70 | 70 | 38 | 56 | 234 | CEV second team |
| 6 | Canada | 30 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 167 | NORCECA second team |
| 7 | Argentina | 50 | 50 | 28 | 33 | 161 | CSV second team |
| 8 | Iran | 25 | 50 | 26 | 36 | 137 | AVC first team |
| 9 | France | 0 | 30 | 50 | 50 | 130 | |
| 10 | Serbia | 0 | 2 | 38 | 70 | 110 | |
| 11 | Japan | 40 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 92 | Host |
| 12 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 34 | 45 | 80 | |
| 13 | Egypt | 5 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 75 | CAVB first team |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 30 | 40 | 72 | |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 18 | 50 | 68 | |
| 16 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 19 | 36 | 63 | AVC second team |
| 17 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 22 | 40 | 62 | |
| 18 | Cuba | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 50 | |
| 19 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 47 | |
| 20 | China | 0 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 44 | |
| 21 | Mexico | 0 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 40 | |
| 22 | Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 38 | CAVB second team |

### Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances |
| Team | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | Total | First | Last |
| Japan | AVC | Host country | 31 January 2013 | 13 | 1965 | 2015 |
| Poland | CEV | World Champions | 30 September 2018 | 6 | 1965 | 2015 |
| Iran | AVC | World Ranking for AVC | 1 January 2019 | 3 | 1991 | 2015 |
| Australia | AVC | World Ranking for AVC | 1 January 2019 | 2 | 2007 | 2015 |
| Egypt | CAVB | World Ranking for CAVB | 1 January 2019 | 7 | 1977 | 2015 |
| Tunisia | CAVB | World Ranking for CAVB | 1 January 2019 | 8 | 1969 | 2015 |
| Italy | CEV | World Ranking for CEV | 1 January 2019 | 7 | 1981 | 2015 |
| Russia | CEV | World Ranking for CEV | 1 January 2019 | 11 | 1965 | 2015 |
| Brazil | CSV | World Ranking for CSV | 1 January 2019 | 11 | 1969 | 2011 |
| Argentina | CSV | World Ranking for CSV | 1 January 2019 | 6 | 1985 | 2015 |
| United States | NORCECA | World Ranking for NORCECA | 1 January 2019 | 10 | 1977 | 2015 |
| Canada | NORCECA | World Ranking for NORCECA | 1 January 2019 | 5 | 1977 | 2015 |

#### Notes

    $^1$ Competed as Soviet Union; 5th appearance as Russia.

## Venues

| Site | First round | Second and Third round | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |
| A | Fukuoka | Hiroshima | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |
| A | Marine Messe Fukuoka | Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (Green Arena) | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |
| A | Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 7,000 | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |
| B | Nagano | Hiroshima | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |
| B | White Ring | Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (Sub Arena) | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |
| B | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 1,200 | HiroshimaFukuokaNagano |

## Format

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Japan (Host) | Brazil (1) |
| United States (2) | Russia (5) |
| Italy (3) | Canada (6) |
| Poland (4) | Iran (8) |
| Argentina (7) | Egypt (13) |
| Tunisia (22) | Australia (16) |
The competition system of the 2019 World Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the other 11 teams.
The teams were divided into 2 pools of 6 teams each. In round 1, total 30 matches in 5 days, each teams played against the other teams from the same pool. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each team played against the teams from another pool. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019 except the hosts who ranked 11th.
* 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Brazil | 11 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 5 | 6.600 | 925 | 752 | 1.230 |
| 2 | Poland | 11 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3.333 | 941 | 787 | 1.196 |
| 3 | United States | 11 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 2.417 | 960 | 778 | 1.234 |
| 4 | Japan | 11 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 1.625 | 967 | 902 | 1.072 |
| 5 | Argentina | 11 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 1.200 | 984 | 969 | 1.015 |
| 6 | Russia | 11 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 0.870 | 939 | 961 | 0.977 |
| 7 | Italy | 11 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 0.864 | 903 | 904 | 0.999 |
| 8 | Iran | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 0.760 | 965 | 1042 | 0.926 |
| 9 | Canada | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 0.679 | 976 | 1058 | 0.922 |
| 10 | Egypt | 11 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 0.517 | 927 | 1025 | 0.904 |
| 11 | Australia | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 0.310 | 790 | 904 | 0.874 |
| 12 | Tunisia | 11 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 0.194 | 696 | 891 | 0.781 |

### First round
#### Site A

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Oct | 12:30 | Argentina | 3–2 | United States | 25–21 | 25–20 | 19–25 | 21–25 | 15–12 | 105–103 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 15:00 | Poland | 3–0 | Tunisia | 25–16 | 25–23 | 25–12 | | | 75–51 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–0 | Italy | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | | 75–57 | Report |
| 2 Oct | 12:30 | Tunisia | 1–3 | Argentina | 19–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 14–25 | | 76–98 | Report |
| 2 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 1–3 | United States | 25–19 | 19–25 | 14–25 | 19–25 | | 77–94 | Report |
| 2 Oct | 19:20 | Poland | 3–1 | Japan | 25–23 | 25–17 | 19–25 | 25–17 | | 94–82 | Report |
| 4 Oct | 12:30 | Argentina | 2–3 | Italy | 28–26 | 25–17 | 12–25 | 18–25 | 10–15 | 93–108 | Report |
| 4 Oct | 15:00 | United States | 3–1 | Poland | 25–19 | 25–20 | 24–26 | 27–25 | | 101–90 | Report |
| 4 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–0 | Tunisia | 25–23 | 25–21 | 25–11 | | | 75–55 | Report |
| 5 Oct | 12:30 | Poland | 3–1 | Argentina | 27–29 | 25–17 | 25–18 | 26–24 | | 103–88 | Report |
| 5 Oct | 15:00 | Tunisia | 0–3 | Italy | 19–25 | 21–25 | 18–25 | | | 58–75 | Report |
| 5 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 0–3 | United States | 19–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | | 59–75 | Report |
| 6 Oct | 12:30 | Italy | 0–3 | Poland | 18–25 | 18–25 | 22–25 | | | 58–75 | Report |
| 6 Oct | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Tunisia | 25–10 | 25–18 | 25–17 | | | 75–45 | Report |
| 6 Oct | 19:20 | Argentina | 1–3 | Japan | 19–25 | 20–25 | 28–26 | 22–25 | | 89–101 | Report |

#### Site B

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Oct | 11:00 | Australia | 1–3 | Egypt | 22–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | 88–96 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 14:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Iran | 25–21 | 25–18 | 24–26 | 25–22 | | 99–87 | Report |
| 1 Oct | 18:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Canada | 25–14 | 25–22 | 25–14 | | | 75–50 | Report |
| 2 Oct | 11:00 | Egypt | 3–1 | Iran | 22–25 | 26–24 | 25–18 | 26–24 | | 99–91 | Report |
| 2 Oct | 14:00 | Russia | 3–2 | Canada | 23–25 | 16–25 | 25–17 | 25–23 | 15–10 | 104–100 | Report |
| 2 Oct | 18:00 | Australia | 0–3 | Brazil | 15–25 | 20–25 | 17–25 | | | 52–75 | Report |
| 4 Oct | 11:00 | Iran | 3–1 | Canada | 18–25 | 25–23 | 27–25 | 25–19 | | 95–92 | Report |
| 4 Oct | 14:00 | Australia | 3–2 | Russia | 25–16 | 22–25 | 26–28 | 25–21 | 15–12 | 113–102 | Report |
| 4 Oct | 18:00 | Brazil | 3–1 | Egypt | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | 96–85 | Report |
| 5 Oct | 11:00 | Egypt | 2–3 | Canada | 25–27 | 25–27 | 25–16 | 25–22 | 9–15 | 109–107 | Report |
| 5 Oct | 14:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Russia | 25–16 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–60 | Report |
| 5 Oct | 17:00 | Australia | 1–3 | Iran | 22–25 | 25–18 | 18–25 | 25–27 | | 90–95 | Report |
| 6 Oct | 11:00 | Russia | 3–1 | Egypt | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | 96–84 | Report |
| 6 Oct | 14:00 | Iran | 1–3 | Brazil | 27–25 | 21–25 | 25–27 | 22–25 | | 95–102 | Report |
| 6 Oct | 17:00 | Canada | 3–1 | Australia | 18–25 | 28–26 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | 96–93 | Report |

### Second round
#### Site A

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Oct | 12:30 | Italy | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | | 75–62 | Report |
| 9 Oct | 15:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Russia | 25–27 | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–22 | | 100–88 | Report |
| 9 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–0 | Australia | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–22 | | | 75–61 | Report |
| 10 Oct | 12:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | | 75–53 | Report |
| 10 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Australia | 30–28 | 25–13 | 25–22 | | | 80–63 | Report |
| 10 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–1 | Russia | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 25–16 | | 96–85 | Report |
| 11 Oct | 12:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Australia | 25–18 | 25–20 | 25–9 | | | 75–47 | Report |
| 11 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 1–3 | Russia | 25–13 | 25–27 | 26–28 | 12–25 | | 88–93 | Report |
| 11 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–2 | Egypt | 25–14 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 28–30 | 15–13 | 111–105 | Report |

#### Site B

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Oct | 11:00 | Tunisia | 2–3 | Canada | 20–25 | 25–20 | 27–29 | 25–20 | 12–15 | 109–109 | Report |
| 9 Oct | 14:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | Brazil | 19–25 | 19–25 | 24–26 | | | 62–76 | Report |
| 9 Oct | 18:00 | United States | 3–1 | Iran | 25–18 | 22–25 | 25–18 | 25–12 | | 97–73 | Report |
| 10 Oct | 11:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Canada | 25–16 | 25–22 | 25–20 | | | 75–58 | Report |
| 10 Oct | 14:00 | Tunisia | 0–3 | Iran | 24–26 | 17–25 | 22–25 | | | 63–76 | Report |
| 10 Oct | 18:00 | United States | 0–3 | Brazil | 23–25 | 22–25 | 17–25 | | | 62–75 | Report |
| 11 Oct | 11:00 | Argentina | 2–3 | Iran | 25–27 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 17–25 | 10–15 | 102–109 | Report |
| 11 Oct | 14:00 | Tunisia | 0–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 14–25 | 13–25 | | | 44–75 | Report |
| 11 Oct | 18:00 | United States | 3–2 | Canada | 21–25 | 25–11 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 15–13 | 106–93 | Report |

### Third round
#### Site A

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 Oct | 12:30 | Canada | 3–2 | Italy | 19–25 | 25–17 | 15–25 | 25–23 | 18–16 | 102–106 | Report |
| 13 Oct | 15:00 | Brazil | 3–2 | Poland | 19–25 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 16–25 | 15–11 | 100–103 | Report |
| 13 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–1 | Iran | 25–16 | 26–28 | 25–13 | 25–21 | | 101–78 | Report |
| 14 Oct | 12:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Canada | 25–23 | 26–24 | 25–20 | | | 76–67 | Report |
| 14 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 3–2 | Iran | 25–27 | 27–29 | 30–28 | 25–17 | 15–13 | 122–114 | Report |
| 14 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 1–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 26–24 | 14–25 | 25–27 | | 82–101 | Report |
| 15 Oct | 12:30 | Poland | 3–0 | Iran | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | | 75–52 | Report |
| 15 Oct | 15:00 | Italy | 0–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 22–25 | 15–25 | | | 57–75 | Report |
| 15 Oct | 19:20 | Japan | 3–2 | Canada | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 15–9 | 110–102 | Report |

#### Site B

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 13 Oct | 11:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Russia | 25–23 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 25–16 | 96–87 | Report |
| 13 Oct | 14:00 | United States | 3–0 | Australia | 25–14 | 25–13 | 25–16 | | 75–43 | Report |
| 13 Oct | 17:00 | Tunisia | 3–1 | Egypt | 25–23 | 14–25 | 25–17 | 25–18 | 89–83 | Report |
| 14 Oct | 11:00 | United States | 3–0 | Russia | 25–23 | 25–11 | 25–16 | | 75–50 | Report |
| 14 Oct | 14:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Egypt | 25–27 | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–17 | 100–83 | Report |
| 14 Oct | 17:00 | Tunisia | 0–3 | Australia | 21–25 | 17–25 | 21–25 | | 59–75 | Report |
| 15 Oct | 11:00 | United States | 3–1 | Egypt | 22–25 | 25–16 | 25–14 | 25–13 | 97–68 | Report |
| 15 Oct | 14:00 | Tunisia | 0–3 | Russia | 16–25 | 16–25 | 15–25 | | 47–75 | Report |
| 15 Oct | 18:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Australia | 25–20 | 25–21 | 26–24 | | 76–65 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Poland |
| | United States |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Italy |
| 8 | Iran |
| 9 | Canada |
| 10 | Egypt |
| 11 | Australia |
| 12 | Tunisia |
* 2019 Men's World Cup champions
* Brazil 3rd title
* Team roster
* Bruno Rezende (c), Isac Santos, Maurício Borges Silva, Fernando Kreling, Yoandy Leal, Douglas Souza, Maurício Souza, Lucas Saatkamp, Thales Hoss, Ricardo Lucarelli Souza, Felipe Roque, Alan Souza, Maique Nascimento, Flávio Gualberto
* Head coach
* Renan dal Zotto

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Alan Souza
* Best setter
    Micah Christenson
* Best outside spikers
    Wilfredo León
    Yūki Ishikawa
* Best middle blockers
    Maxwell Holt
    Lucas Saatkamp
* Best opposite spiker
    Yūji Nishida
* Best libero
    Thales Hoss

## Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of October 1, 2019.
Best Scorers :
| | Player | Spikes | Blocks | Serves | Total |
| 1 | Gabriele Nelli | 155 | 13 | 17 | 185 |
| 2 | Hamza Nagga | 161 | 3 | 11 | 175 |
| 3 | Yūji Nishida | 139 | 6 | 29 | 174 |
| 4 | Alan Souza | 140 | 10 | 15 | 165 |
| 5 | Yūki Ishikawa | 137 | 15 | 9 | 159 |
Best Spikers :
| | Player | Spikes | Faults | Shots | Total | % |
| 1 | Agustín Loser | 123 | 13 | 48 | 184 | 66.85 |
| 2 | Wilfredo León | 89 | 15 | 45 | 149 | 59.73 |
| 3 | Alan Souza | 140 | 30 | 72 | 242 | 57.85 |
| 4 | Fedor Voronkov | 121 | 32 | 65 | 218 | 55.50 |
| 5 | Yūji Nishida | 139 | 47 | 65 | 251 | 55.38 |
Best Blockers :
| | Player | Blocks | Faults | Rebounds | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Ivan Iakovlev | 39 | 26 | 65 | 130 | 0.91 |
| 2 | Aliasghar Mojarad | 29 | 48 | 66 | 143 | 0.66 |
| 3 | Maxwell Holt | 23 | 28 | 36 | 87 | 0.56 |
| 4 | Lucas Saatkamp | 20 | 23 | 52 | 95 | 0.53 |
| 5 | Karol Kłos | 20 | 27 | 36 | 83 | 0.51 |
Best Servers :
| | Player | Aces | Faults | Hits | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Yūji Nishida | 29 | 36 | 82 | 147 | 0.69 |
| 2 | Aaron Russell | 19 | 30 | 104 | 153 | 0.46 |
| 3 | Ivan Iakovlev | 19 | 45 | 116 | 180 | 0.44 |
| 4 | Ricardo Lucarelli | 16 | 18 | 101 | 135 | 0.42 |
| 5 | Gabriele Nelli | 17 | 37 | 91 | 145 | 0.41 |
Best Setters :
| | Player | Running | Faults | Still | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Matías Sánchez | 478 | 4 | 419 | 901 | 10.86 |
| 2 | Riccardo Sbertoli | 378 | 2 | 495 | 875 | 9.22 |
| 3 | Micah Christenson | 300 | 4 | 345 | 649 | 7.32 |
| 4 | Bruno Rezende | 259 | 4 | 381 | 644 | 6.82 |
| 5 | Sergey Grankin | 255 | 3 | 333 | 591 | 5.93 |
Best Diggers :
| | Player | Digs | Faults | Receptions | Total | Avg |
| 1 | Luke Perry | 94 | 45 | 37 | 176 | 2.47 |
| 2 | Thales Hoss | 86 | 30 | 24 | 140 | 2.26 |
| 3 | Fabio Balaso | 91 | 42 | 35 | 168 | 2.22 |
| 4 | Erik Shoji | 82 | 36 | 27 | 145 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Saddem Hmissi | 72 | 30 | 18 | 120 | 1.95 |
Best Receivers :
| | Player | Excellents | Faults | Serve | Total | % |
| 1 | Santiago Danani | 170 | 10 | 57 | 237 | 67.51 |
| 2 | Luke Perry | 116 | 7 | 40 | 163 | 66.87 |
| 3 | Thales Hoss | 124 | 9 | 41 | 174 | 66.09 |
| 4 | Erik Shoji | 112 | 10 | 53 | 175 | 58.29 |
| 5 | Jan Martínez | 128 | 7 | 79 | 214 | 56.54 |