# 2018 Montreux Volley Masters

The 2018 Montreux Volley Masters is the 33rd edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland.

## Participating teams

| Pool A | Pool B |
| China  Italy  Switzerland  Turkey | Brazil  Cameroon  Poland  Russia |

## Group stage

The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round.
* All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 249 | 206 | 1.209 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 213 | 177 | 1.203 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 206 | 218 | 0.945 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 158 | 225 | 0.702 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 4 Sep | 16:30 | China | 3–0 | Switzerland | 25–21 | 25–14 | 25–10 | | 75–45 | P2 |
| 4 Sep | 21:15 | Italy | 0–3 | Turkey | 18–25 | 24–26 | 21–25 | | 63–76 | P2 |
| 5 Sep | 18:45 | China | 0–3 | Italy | 20–25 | 13–25 | 13–25 | | 46–75 | P2 |
| 6 Sep | 16:30 | Italy | 3–0 | Switzerland | 25–15 | 25–18 | 25–22 | | 75–55 | P2 |
| 6 Sep | 18:45 | China | 1–3 | Turkey | 19–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 85–98 | P2 |
| 7 Sep | 16:30 | Switzerland | 0–3 | Turkey | 21–25 | 15–25 | 22–25 | | 58–75 | P2 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 278 | 238 | 1.168 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 243 | 203 | 1.197 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 242 | 244 | 0.992 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 147 | 225 | 0.653 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 Sep | 18:45 | Brazil | 3–1 | Russia | 24–26 | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–23 | | 99–91 | P2 |
| 5 Sep | 16:30 | Cameroon | 0–3 | Russia | 15–25 | 17–25 | 13–25 | | | 45–75 | P2 |
| 5 Sep | 21:15 | Brazil | 2–3 | Poland | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 12–15 | 104–108 | P2 |
| 6 Sep | 21:15 | Cameroon | 0–3 | Poland | 19–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 |
| 7 Sep | 18:45 | Russia | 3–0 | Poland | 25–16 | 27–25 | 25–18 | | | 77–59 | P2 |
| 7 Sep | 21:15 | Brazil | 3–0 | Cameroon | 25–11 | 25–15 | 25–13 | | | 75–39 | P2 |

## Classification round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 13:00 | China | 3–1 | Poland | 25–23 | 28–26 | 21–25 | 25–23 | | 99–97 | P2 |
| 8 Sep | 15:30 | Cameroon | 3–2 | Switzerland | 18–25 | 25–20 | 11–25 | 28–26 | 15–1 | 97–97 | P2 |

## Final round

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| 8 September | 8 September |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | 9 September | 9 September |
| Italy | 3 | 9 September | 9 September |
| Italy | 3 | Italy | 3 |
| 8 September | 8 September | | Italy | 3 |
| 8 September | 8 September | Russia | 0 |
| Turkey | 1 | Russia | 0 |
| Russia | 3 | | |
| Russia | 3 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 9 September | 9 September |
| | | Brazil | 2 |
| | | Turkey | 3 |

### Semifinal

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 18:30 | Brazil | 2–3 | Italy | 25–19 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 12–15 | 97–106 | P2 |
| 8 Sep | 21:00 | Turkey | 1–3 | Russia | 17–25 | 25–20 | 15–25 | 21–25 | | 78–95 | P2 |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Sep | 13:30 | Brazil | 2–3 | Turkey | 16–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 25–20 | 13–15 | 97–108 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Sep | 16:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Russia | 25–21 | 30–28 | 26–24 | | | 81–73 | P2 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Italy |
| | Russia |
| | Turkey |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Cameroon |
| 8 | Switzerland |

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
    Paola Egonu
* Team MVPs
    Gabriela Guimarães
    Lin Li
    Fotso Mogoung
    Lucia Bosetti
    Agnieszka Kąkolewska
    Nataliya Goncharova
    Thays Deprati
    Cansu Özbay