Volleyball World League 2009

The 2009 season of the World Volleyball League was the 20th edition of the competition. It started on June 12th and ended on July 26th.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in four groups with four teams each. The group winners, the best runner-up in the group and hosts Serbia qualified for the final round. 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.

The number of wins was decisive for the placement after the group games. If the match was 3-0 or 3-1, there were three points for the winner and none for the loser. If the score was 3: 2, the winner received two points and the opponent one point. If two or more teams had the same number of wins, the order in the table was determined according to the following criteria: First, the number of points decided, in case of equality the quotient of the sets and finally the quotient of the ball points.

Preliminary round

Group A space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  United States 30:15 27 1.088 2.  Italy 27:17 22nd 1.083 3.  Netherlands 16:26 13 0.922 4th  People's Republic of China 14:29 10 0.912

Group B space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Serbia 27:20 24 1.050 2.  Argentina 29:25 21st 1.006 3.  France 26:24 18th 0.993 4th  South Korea 18:31 9 0.957

June 12 Italy China 3-0 June 13th Netherlands United States 3-0 Italy China 0: 3 14th June Netherlands United States 2: 3 June 19th Italy United States 1: 3 20th June Netherlands China 3-0 June 21st Italy United States 1: 3 Netherlands China 3-0 June 26th United States China 3-0 June 27th Netherlands Italy 2: 3 United States China 3-0 June 28th Netherlands Italy 0: 3 3rd of July Italy Netherlands 3-0 July 4th China United States 3: 2 5th July Italy Netherlands 3-0 China United States 1: 3 10th of July United States Italy 1: 3 July 11th China Netherlands 2: 3 United States Italy 3: 1 July 12 China Netherlands 3-0 17th July China Italy 0: 3 United States Netherlands 3-0 July 18th China Italy 2: 3 United States Netherlands 3-0

June 12 Serbia France 0: 3 June 13th South Korea Argentina 3: 2 14th June South Korea Argentina 2: 3 Serbia France 3: 1 June 19th France Argentina 2: 3 20th June South Korea Serbia 1: 3 June 21st France Argentina 3: 2 South Korea Serbia 3-0 June 26th Serbia Argentina 2: 3 France South Korea 3: 1 June 28th Serbia Argentina 3-0 France South Korea 3: 2 3rd of July France Serbia 1: 3 July 4th Argentina South Korea 2: 3 5th July France Serbia 1: 3 Argentina South Korea 3-0 10th of July Argentina Serbia 3: 1 July 11th South Korea France 0: 3 Argentina Serbia 2: 3 July 12 South Korea France 1: 3 16th of July Argentina France 3: 1 17th July Serbia South Korea 3: 1 Argentina France 3: 2 July 18th Serbia South Korea 3: 1

Group C space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Cuba 30:17 26th 1.098 2.  Russia 28:17 23 1.059 3.  Bulgaria 20:26 15th 0.967 4th  Japan 13:31 8th 0.887

Group D space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Brazil 35: 6 33 1.246 2.  Finland 25:22 21st 0.993 3.  Poland 18:26 13 0.965 4th  Venezuela 12:33 5 0.848

June 12 Cuba Bulgaria 3: 1 June 13th Japan Russia 0: 3 Cuba Bulgaria 3: 1 14th June Japan Russia 1: 3 June 19th Cuba Russia 3: 2 20th June Bulgaria Japan 3: 1 Cuba Russia 2: 3 June 21st Bulgaria Japan 1: 3 June 27th Japan Cuba 0: 3 Russia Bulgaria 1: 3 June 28th Japan Cuba 0: 3 Russia Bulgaria 3-0 July 4th Japan Bulgaria 1: 3 Russia Cuba 3: 2 5th July Japan Bulgaria 3: 2 Russia Cuba 0: 3 10th of July Russia Japan 3-0 July 11th Bulgaria Cuba 3: 2 Russia Japan 1: 3 July 12 Bulgaria Cuba 3-0 17th July Bulgaria Russia 0: 3 Cuba Japan 3-0 July 18th Bulgaria Russia 0: 3 Cuba Japan 3: 1

June 12 Venezuela Finland 3-0 June 13th Brazil Poland 3: 1 14th June Brazil Poland 3-0 Venezuela Finland 1: 3 June 19th Brazil Finland 3: 2 Venezuela Poland 2: 3 20th June Brazil Finland 3-0 June 21st Venezuela Poland 0: 3 June 26th Finland Venezuela 3: 2 June 27th Poland Brazil 0: 3 Finland Venezuela 3-0 June 28th Poland Brazil 0: 3 3rd of July Finland Brazil 0: 3 Poland Venezuela 3-0 July 4th Finland Brazil 3: 2 Poland Venezuela 3: 1 10th of July Finland Poland 3: 1 Venezuela Brazil 0: 3 July 11th Finland Poland 3-0 July 12 Venezuela Brazil 0: 3 15th of July Poland Finland 1: 3 16th of July Poland Finland 3: 2 July 18th Brazil Venezuela 3-0 July 19 Brazil Venezuela 3-0

Final round

The final round was held in Belgrade ( Serbia ) from July 22nd to 26th .

Group E space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Serbia 6: 1 6th 1.102 2.  Russia 4: 3 3 1.012 3.  United States 0: 6 0 0.880

Group F. space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Brazil 6: 1 6th 1.227 2.  Cuba 4: 4 3 0.922 3.  Argentina 1: 6 0 0.902

22nd of July Serbia United States 3-0 July 23 United States Russia 0: 3 24th July Russia Serbia 1: 3

22nd of July Argentina Cuba 1: 3 July 23 Cuba Brazil 1: 3 24th July Brazil Argentina 3-0

Game scene from the final between Brazil (back) and Serbia

	Semi-finals July 25th				Final July 26th
	Brazil	3
	Russia	0
					Brazil	3
					Serbia	2
					3rd place July 26th
	Serbia	3			Russia	3
	Cuba	1			Cuba	0

Final score

At the awards ceremony, the Brazilians cheered for winning the 2009 World League

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

Awards

Most valuable player	Sérgio Dutra Santos	Brazil
Best scorer	Ivan Miljković	Serbia
Best attacker	Roberlandy Simon	Cuba
Best blocker	Roberlandy Simon	Cuba
Best server	Wilfredo León	Cuba
Best player	Nikola Grbić	Serbia
Best Libero	Alexei Werbow	Russia

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)