# 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2018 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the second straight time from 26 November to 2 December 2018. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including four wild cards.
In an all-Italian final Trentino Volley defeated Cucine Lube Civitanova and won the title for the fifth time. Russia's Fakel Novy Urengoy claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's Asseco Resovia in the 3rd place match. Aaron Russell from Trentino Volley was elected the Most Valuable Player.

## Qualification

| Team (Confederation) | Qualified as |
| PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV) | Hosts (2018 Polish Champions) |
| Zenit Kazan (CEV) | 2018 European Champions |
| Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) | 2018 South American Champions |
| Khatam Ardakan (AVC)* | 2018 Asian Champions |
| Fakel Novy Urengoy (CEV) | Wild Card |
| Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV) | Wild Card |
| Asseco Resovia (CEV) | Wild Card |
| Trentino Volley (CEV) | Wild Card |
* Khatam Ardakan replaced Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (2017 Asian Champions), who dissolved in March 2018.

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| PGE Skra Bełchatów | Khatam Ardakan |
| Fakel Novy Urengoy | Asseco Resovia |
| Cucine Lube Civitanova | Sada Cruzeiro |
| Zenit Kazan | Trentino Volley |

## Venues

| Pool A | Pool B | Final round | PłockRzeszówCzęstochowaclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |
| Płock, Poland | Rzeszów, Poland | Częstochowa, Poland | PłockRzeszówCzęstochowaclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |
| Orlen Arena | Hala Podpromie | Hala Sportowa | PłockRzeszówCzęstochowaclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 7,100 | Capacity: 7,000 | PłockRzeszówCzęstochowaclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* If the tie continues as per the points ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
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 Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 287 | 259 | 1.108 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 292 | 306 | 0.954 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Zenit Kazan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 318 | 314 | 1.013 | |
| 4 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 303 | 321 | 0.944 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Nov | 17:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 1–3 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 21–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–27 | | 92–99 | P2 |
| 26 Nov | 20:30 | Zenit Kazan | 2–3 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 23–25 | 28–26 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 11–15 | 109–112 | P2 |
| 27 Nov | 17:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–2 | Zenit Kazan | 20–25 | 25–22 | 24–26 | 25–23 | 19–17 | 113–113 | P2 |
| 27 Nov | 20:50 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 3–2 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 23–25 | 27–29 | 30–28 | 25–21 | 21–19 | 126–122 | P2 |
| 29 Nov | 17:30 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 0–3 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 17–25 | 18–25 | 19–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 |
| 29 Nov | 20:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 1–3 | Zenit Kazan | 16–25 | 25–17 | 27–29 | 21–25 | | 89–96 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Trentino Volley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 219 | 1.132 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Asseco Resovia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 256 | 236 | 1.085 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 283 | 268 | 1.056 | |
| 4 | Khatam Ardakan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 163 | 227 | 0.718 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Nov | 17:30 | Trentino Volley | 3–0 | Khatam Ardakan | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–19 | | | 75–53 | P2 |
| 26 Nov | 20:30 | Asseco Resovia | 3–2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 23–25 | 25–18 | 25–23 | 24–26 | 17–15 | 114–107 | P2 |
| 28 Nov | 17:30 | Sada Cruzeiro | 1–3 | Trentino Volley | 25–17 | 26–28 | 23–25 | 25–27 | | 99–97 | P2 |
| 28 Nov | 20:45 | Khatam Ardakan | 0–3 | Asseco Resovia | 21–25 | 21–25 | 11–25 | | | 53–75 | P2 |
| 29 Nov | 17:30 | Asseco Resovia | 0–3 | Trentino Volley | 24–26 | 23–25 | 20–25 | | | 67–76 | P2 |
| 29 Nov | 20:30 | Khatam Ardakan | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 16–25 | 25–27 | 16–25 | | | 57–77 | P2 |

## Final round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 1 December | 1 December |
| Civitanova | 3 |
| Civitanova | 3 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Rzeszów | 1 | 2 December | 2 December |
| Rzeszów | 1 | Civitanova | 1 |
| 1 December | 1 December | | Civitanova | 1 |
| 1 December | 1 December | Trentino | 3 |
| Novy Urengoy | 1 | Trentino | 3 |
| Trentino | 3 | | |
| Trentino | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 2 December | 2 December |
| | | Asseco Resovia | 1 |
| | | Novy Urengoy | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Dec | 17:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–1 | Asseco Resovia | 29–31 | 25–19 | 25–14 | 25–23 | | 104–87 | P2 |
| 1 Dec | 20:40 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 1–3 | Trentino Volley | 25–22 | 14–25 | 16–25 | 19–25 | | 74–97 | P2 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 Dec | 17:30 | Asseco Resovia | 1–3 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 25–19 | 20–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | 91–94 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 2 Dec | 20:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 1–3 | Trentino Volley | 20–25 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 18–25 | | 83–97 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Trentino Volley |
| | Cucine Lube Civitanova |
| | Fakel Novy Urengoy |
| 4 | Asseco Resovia |
| 5 | Sada Cruzeiro |
| 5 | Zenit Kazan |
| 7 | Khatam Ardakan |
| 7 | PGE Skra Bełchatów |
* 2018 Men's Club World Champions
* Trentino Volley 5th title
* 13–man roster
* Russell, Van Garderen, Nelli, Cavuto, Daldello, Vettori, De Angelis, Giannelli (c), Grebennikov, Candellaro, Kovačević, Codarin, Lisinac
* Head coach
* Lorenzetti

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Aaron Russell (Trentino Volley)
* Best setter
    Simone Giannelli (Trentino Volley)
* Best outside spikers
    Uroš Kovačević (Trentino Volley)
    Dmitry Volkov (Fakel Novy Urengoy)
* Best middle blockers
    Robertlandy Simón (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
    Dragan Stanković (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
* Best opposite spiker
    Tsvetan Sokolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
* Best libero
    Jenia Grebennikov (Trentino Volley)