Volleyball World League 2011

The 2011 season of the Volleyball World League was the 22nd edition of the competition. It started on May 27th and ended on July 10th. Russia won the title for the second time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in four groups with four teams each. The group winners, the three best runners-up and hosts Poland qualified for the final round. In the final round, the teams were divided into two groups of four 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 Points Victories BPQ sentences 1.  Brazil 30th 10 1.153 32:10 2.  United States 23 8th 1.044 26:19 3.  Poland 18th 6th 1.034 21:19 4th  Puerto Rico 1 0 0.794 5:36

Group B space team Points Victories BPQ sentences 1.  Russia 31 11 1,221 34: 9 2.  Bulgaria 22nd 7th 1.011 27:22 3.  Germany 15th 5 0.986 23:28 4th  Japan 4th 1 0.827 10:35

May 27th Poland United States 3-0 Puerto Rico Brazil 0: 3 28th of May Poland United States 0: 3 Puerto Rico Brazil 0: 3 3rd of June Puerto Rico United States 1: 3 June 4th Brazil Poland 3-0 Puerto Rico United States 1: 3 June 5th Brazil Poland 3: 1 June 10th Puerto Rico Poland 0: 3 June 11th Brazil United States 3: 1 Puerto Rico Poland 0: 3 June 12 Brazil United States 1: 3 17th of June United States Poland 0: 3 18th of June Brazil Puerto Rico 3-0 United States Poland 3: 1 June 19th Brazil Puerto Rico 3-0 June 24th Poland Puerto Rico 3: 1 United States Brazil 1: 3 25th June Poland Puerto Rico 3-0 United States Brazil 3: 1 June 29th Poland Brazil 1: 3 June 30th Poland Brazil 0: 3 July 1 United States Puerto Rico 3: 2 2nd July United States Puerto Rico 3-0

May 27th Russia Japan 3-0 28th of May Russia Japan 3: 1 Bulgaria Germany 2: 3 May 29th Bulgaria Germany 3: 2 3rd of June Russia Germany 3-0 June 4th Russia Germany 3-0 Bulgaria Japan 3: 1 June 5th Bulgaria Japan 3-0 June 10th Russia Bulgaria 3-0 June 11th Germany Japan 3: 2 Russia Bulgaria 3-0 June 12 Germany Japan 2: 3 18th of June Russia Japan 3-0 Germany Bulgaria 3: 2 June 19th Russia Japan 3-0 Germany Bulgaria 1: 3 23rd June Germany Russia 2: 3 June 24th Germany Russia 1: 3 25th June Bulgaria Japan 3-0 June 26th Bulgaria Japan 3: 2 June 30th Bulgaria Russia 3: 1 Germany Japan 3: 1 July 1 Bulgaria Russia 2: 3 Germany Japan 3-0

Group C space team Points Victories BPQ sentences 1.  Argentina 25th 9 1.047 29:15 2.  Serbia 21st 7th 1.073 26:21 3.  Finland 17th 5 0.971 24:27 4th  Portugal 9 3 0.921 16:32

Group D space team Points Victories BPQ sentences 1.  Italy 28 10 1.157 31:12 2.  Cuba 23 8th 1.031 26:19 3.  France 11 3 0.942 18:29 4th  South Korea 10 3 0.893 14:29

28th of May Argentina Serbia 0: 3 Portugal Finland 3: 2 May 29th Portugal Finland 3: 1 Argentina Serbia 3-0 3rd of June Serbia Finland 1: 3 Portugal Argentina 0: 3 June 4th Serbia Finland 3-0 Portugal Argentina 1: 3 June 10th Finland Argentina 2: 3 Serbia Portugal 2: 3 June 11th Finland Argentina 0: 3 Serbia Portugal 3-0 17th of June Finland Serbia 2: 3 18th of June Finland Serbia 3: 2 Argentina Portugal 3: 1 June 19th Argentina Portugal 3-0 23rd June Argentina Finland 3: 2 June 24th Argentina Finland 1: 3 25th June Portugal Serbia 2: 3 June 26th Portugal Serbia 1: 3 June 29th Serbia Argentina 3: 1 June 30th Finland Portugal 3: 2 Serbia Argentina 0: 3 July 1 Finland Portugal 3-0

May 27th France Italy 0: 3 28th of May South Korea Cuba 3-0 May 29th South Korea Cuba 1: 3 France Italy 0: 3 2th of June Italy Cuba 3-0 June 4th South Korea France 3: 1 June 5th South Korea France 3: 1 Italy Cuba 3: 2 June 9th France Cuba 1: 3 June 11th South Korea Italy 1: 3 France Cuba 2: 3 June 12 South Korea Italy 2: 3 17th of June Italy France 1: 3 18th of June South Korea Cuba 0: 3 June 19th South Korea Cuba 0: 3 Italy France 3: 1 June 24th Italy South Korea 3-0 France Cuba 2: 3 June 26th France Cuba 1: 3 Italy South Korea 3-0 June 29th Italy Cuba 3-0 France South Korea 3: 1 July 1 Italy Cuba 0: 3 France South Korea 3-0

Final round

The final round was held from July 6th to 10th in Gdansk ( Poland ).

Group E space team Points Victories BPQ sentences 1.  Argentina 7th 2 1.037 8: 4 2.  Poland 4th 2 0.923 6: 7 3.  Bulgaria 4th 1 0.996 5: 6 4th  Italy 3 1 1.018 4: 6

Group F. space team Points Victories BPQ sentences 1.  Russia 9 3 1.227 9: 1 2.  Brazil 5 2 0.966 6: 6 3.  United States 2 1 0.956 5: 8 4th  Cuba 2 0 0.915 4: 9

July 6th Argentina Italy 3: 1 Poland Bulgaria 3: 2 7th of July Bulgaria Argentina 0: 3 Italy Poland 3-0 8th of July Italy Bulgaria 0: 3 Poland Argentina 3: 2

July 6th Russia United States 3: 1 Brazil Cuba 3: 2 7th of July Cuba Russia 0: 3 United States Brazil 1: 3 8th of July United States Cuba 3: 2 Brazil Russia 0: 3

	Semi-finals July 9th				Final July 10th
	Russia	3
	Poland	1
					Russia	3
					Brazil	2
					3rd place July 10th
	Argentina	0			Poland	3
	Brazil	3			Argentina	0

Final score

1.	Russia
2.	Brazil
3.	Poland
4th	Argentina
5.	Bulgaria
6th	Italy
7th	United States
8th.	Cuba
9.	Serbia
10.	Finland
11.	Germany
12.	France
13.	South Korea
14th	Portugal
15th	Japan
16.	Puerto Rico

Awards

Most valuable player	Maxim Mikhailov	Russia
Best scorer	Bartosz Kurek	Poland
Best attacker	Théo Lopes	Brazil
Best blocker	Maxim Mikhailov	Russia
Best server	Dmitri Musersky	Russia
Best player	Luciano De Cecco	Argentina
Best adoption player	Murilo Endres	Brazil
Best Libero	Krzysztof Ignaczak	Poland

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)
• Information from the DVV