Volleyball World League 2007

The 2007 season of the World Volleyball League was the 18th edition of the competition. It started on May 25th and ended on July 15th. Brazil won the title for the seventh time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in four groups with four teams each. The group winners and hosts Poland qualified for the final round. In addition, the FIVB issued a wildcard . In the final round, the teams were divided into two groups of three and played “everyone against everyone”. The two best teams in each final group reached the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

space	team	sentences	Points
Group A
1.	Brazil Brazil	36: 5	24
2.	Finland Finland	24:22	19th
3.	Korea South South Korea	17:28	15th
4th	Canada Canada	10:32	14th

space	team	sentences	Points
Group B
1.	United States United States	33:12	22nd
2.	France France *	28:23	19th
3.	Italy Italy	7:30 p.m.	16
4th	Japan Japan	17:32	15th
* Wildcard


25. May	Canada	Finland	3: 1
May 26	Canada	Finland	1: 3
	South Korea	Brazil	0: 3
May 27th	South Korea	Brazil	2: 3
June 1st	Brazil	Finland	3: 1
2th of June	Brazil	Finland	3-0
	South Korea	Canada	3: 1
3rd of June	South Korea	Canada	3-0
8th June	Brazil	South Korea	3-0
	Finland	Canada	3-0
June 9th	Brazil	South Korea	3-0
	Finland	Canada	3: 1
15th June	Brazil	Canada	3-0
	Finland	South Korea	3: 1
June 16	Brazil	Canada	3: 1
	Finland	South Korea	3: 1
June 22	Canada	Brazil	0: 3
23rd June	South Korea	Finland	1: 3
	Canada	Brazil	0: 3
June 24th	South Korea	Finland	2: 3
June 29th	Finland	Brazil	0: 3
	Canada	South Korea	3: 1
June 30th	Canada	South Korea	0: 3
	Finland	Brazil	1: 3


May 26	United States	France	2: 3
May 27th	United States	France	3: 1
June 1st	United States	Japan	3: 1
	Italy	France	3: 2
2th of June	United States	Japan	3: 1
3rd of June	Italy	France	0: 3
8th June	France	United States	3: 1
June 9th	Japan	Italy	1: 3
	France	United States	1: 3
June 10th	Japan	Italy	3: 2
15th June	United States	Italy	3: 1
June 16	United States	Italy	3-0
	France	Japan	3-0
17th of June	France	Japan	3: 2
June 22	France	Italy	2: 3
23rd June	Japan	United States	0: 3
	France	Italy	3: 1
June 24th	Japan	United States	0: 3
June 29th	Italy	United States	1: 3
June 30th	Japan	France	2: 3
July 1	Japan	France	3: 1
	Italy	United States	0: 3
July 6th	Italy	Japan	2: 3
8th of July	Italy	Japan	3: 1

space	team	sentences	Points
Group C
1.	Russia Russia	31:10	22nd
2.	Cuba Cuba	26:19	19 *
3.	Serbia Serbia	24:18	19 *
4th	Egypt Egypt	2:36	12
* Ball point quotient: Cuba 1.058 - Serbia 0.991

space	team	sentences	Points
Group D
1.	Poland Poland	36:11	24
2.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	28:15	20th
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	18:29	16
4th	Argentina Argentina	9:36	12


25. May	Cuba	Egypt	3: 1
May 26	Russia	Serbia	3-0
	Cuba	Egypt	3-0
May 27th	Russia	Serbia	3: 1
June 1st	Serbia	Egypt	3-0
	Cuba	Russia	2: 3
2th of June	Serbia	Egypt	3-0
	Cuba	Russia	3: 1
8th June	Egypt	Russia	0: 3
	Cuba	Serbia	3: 2
June 9th	Cuba	Serbia	1: 3
June 10th	Egypt	Russia	0: 3
June 16	Russia	Egypt	3-0
	Serbia	Cuba	3: 2
17th of June	Russia	Egypt	3: 1
	Serbia	Cuba	0: 3
June 22	Egypt	Serbia	0: 3
23rd June	Russia	Cuba	3-0
June 24th	Russia	Cuba	3-0
	Egypt	Serbia	0: 3
June 29th	Egypt	Cuba	0: 3
	Serbia	Russia	0: 3
July 1	Egypt	Cuba	0: 3
	Serbia	Russia	3-0


25. May	Poland	China	3-0
May 26	Bulgaria	Argentina	3-0
	Poland	China	3: 2
May 27th	Bulgaria	Argentina	3-0
June 1st	Poland	Argentina	3: 1
	Bulgaria	China	3: 1
3rd of June	Bulgaria	China	3-0
	Poland	Argentina	3-0
June 9th	Argentina	Bulgaria	2: 3
	China	Poland	1: 3
June 10th	China	Poland	2: 3
	Argentina	Bulgaria	0: 3
June 16	Argentina	Poland	1: 3
	China	Bulgaria	0: 3
17th of June	China	Bulgaria	0: 3
	Argentina	Poland	0: 3
23rd June	Bulgaria	Poland	1: 3
	China	Argentina	3-0
June 24th	China	Argentina	3: 2
	Bulgaria	Poland	1: 3
June 29th	Poland	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Argentina	China	2: 3
June 30th	Poland	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Argentina	China	1: 3

Final round

The final round was held from July 11th to 15th in Katowice ( Poland ).

space	team	sentences	Points
Group E
1.	Poland Poland	6: 2	4th
2.	United States United States	3: 3	3
3.	France France	2: 6	2

space	team	sentences	Points
Group F.
1.	Russia Russia	4: 3	3 *
2.	Brazil Brazil	5: 4	3 *
3.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	3: 5	3 *
* Ball point quotient: RUS 1.025 - BRA 1.020 - BUL 0.956


July 11th	Poland	France	3: 2
July 12	France	United States	0: 3
July 13th	Poland	United States	3-0


July 11th	Brazil	Bulgaria	2: 3
July 12	Bulgaria	Russia	0: 3
July 13th	Russia	Brazil	1: 3

Semi-finals July 14th		Final July 15th


Russia Russia	3
United States United States	1


		Russia Russia	1
		Brazil Brazil	3

		3rd place July 15th

Poland Poland	1	United States United States	3
Brazil Brazil	3	Poland Poland	1

Final score

1.	Brazil Brazil
2.	Russia Russia
3.	United States United States
4th	Poland Poland
5.	Bulgaria Bulgaria
6th	France France
7th	Finland Finland
	Cuba Cuba
9.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
	Italy Italy
	Serbia Serbia
	Korea South South Korea
13.	Egypt Egypt
	Argentina Argentina
	Japan Japan
	Canada Canada

Awards

Most valuable player	Ricardo Garcia	Brazil Brazil
Best scorer	Semen Poltavskiy	Russia Russia
Best attacker	Matey Kaziyski	Bulgaria Bulgaria
Best blocker	Gustavo Endres	Brazil Brazil
Best server	Semen Poltavskiy	Russia Russia
Best player	Paweł Zagumny	Poland Poland
Best adoption player	Michał Winiarski	Poland Poland

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)