Volleyball World League 2016

The 2016 season of the World Volleyball League was the 27th edition of the competition. It started on June 16 and ended on July 17. For the first time, 36 instead of the previous 32 teams took part.

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As in the previous year, the teams played in three divisions, with promotion and relegation. Each division had two phases - Preliminary Round and Final Six (Division I) or Final Four (Division II and III).

All teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks (in Division III there are two) there were two (in Division I three) tournaments with four teams in parallel. The best four or three teams in the overall ranking qualified alongside the hosts for the final round. The winner of the Final Four of Division II also qualified for the Final Six. In the final round, the teams played “everyone against everyone”.

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.

Division I.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A1 in Sydney ( Australia )
17th of June	France	Italy	3-0
	Australia	Belgium	0: 3
18th of June	Belgium	Italy	0: 3
	Australia	France	0: 3
June 19th	Belgium	France	3: 2
	Australia	Italy	0: 3

Group B1 in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )
June 16	Brazil	Iran	3-0
	Argentina	United States	1: 3
17th of June	Brazil	Argentina	3-0
	United States	Iran	3: 1
June 19th	Iran	Argentina	3: 2
	Brazil	United States	3: 1

Group C1 in Kaliningrad ( Russia )
17th of June	Bulgaria	Poland	1: 3
	Russia	Serbia	0: 3
18th of June	Bulgaria	Serbia	0: 3
	Russia	Poland	3-0
June 19th	Serbia	Poland	3-0
	Russia	Bulgaria	3: 1

Second week

Group D1 in Łódź ( Poland )
June 24th	Russia	France	0: 3
	Poland	Argentina	3: 1
25th June	France	Argentina	2: 3
	Poland	Russia	1: 3
June 26th	Argentina	Russia	3-0
	Poland	France	0: 3

Group E1 in Rome ( Italy )
June 24th	Belgium	United States	2: 3
	Australia	Italy	0: 3
25th June	United States	Australia	3: 1
	Italy	Belgium	3-0
June 26th	Australia	Belgium	0: 3
	United States	Italy	3-0

Group F1 in Belgrade ( Serbia )
23rd June	Iran	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Brazil	Serbia	1: 3
June 24th	Brazil	Iran	3: 1
	Serbia	Bulgaria	3: 1
25th June	Bulgaria	Brazil	0: 3
	Iran	Serbia	1: 3

Third week

Group G1 in Nancy ( France )
July 1	Brazil	Poland	3-0
	France	Belgium	3-0
2nd July	Brazil	Belgium	3: 2
	France	Poland	2: 3
3rd of July	Belgium	Poland	3: 1
	France	Brazil	1: 3

Group H1 in Dallas ( United States )
June 30th	Bulgaria	Australia	3: 2
July 1	Australia	Russia	0: 3
	United States	Bulgaria	3: 1
2nd July	Bulgaria	Russia	0: 3
	United States	Australia	3-0
3rd of July	United States	Russia	3-0

Group I1 in Tehran ( Iran )
July 1	Italy	Argentina	3: 1
	Iran	Serbia	3: 2
2nd July	Serbia	Argentina	0: 3
	Iran	Italy	0: 3
3rd of July	Italy	Serbia	2: 3
	Iran	Argentina	3: 2

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	8th	23	25: 8	1.164
2.	United States United States	8th	23	25: 9	1.088
3.	Serbia Serbia	7th	21st	23:11	1.097
4th	France France	6th	20th	23:10	1,096
5.	Italy Italy	6th	19th	20:10	1.093
6th	Russia Russia	5	15th	15:14	1.054
7th	Iran Iran	4th	9	15:22	0.902
8th.	Belgium Belgium	3	11	15:20	0.975
9.	Argentina Argentina	3	10	16:20	0.986
10.	Poland Poland	3	8th	11:22	0.926
11.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1	2	8:26	0.871
12.	Australia Australia	0	1	3:27	0.810

Final round

The final round was held in Krakow ( Poland ) from July 13th to 17th .

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group J1
1.	Serbia Serbia	1	4th	5: 4	1.005
2.	France France	1	3	5: 5	1.024
3.	Poland Poland	1	2	4: 5	0.969

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group K1
1.	Brazil Brazil	2	5	6: 2	1.125
2.	Italy Italy	1	3	3: 4	0.935
3.	United States United States	0	1	3: 6	0.953

July 13th	Poland	France	3: 2
July 14th	Poland	Serbia	1: 3
15th of July	Serbia	France	2: 3

July 13th	Brazil	Italy	3-0
July 14th	United States	Italy	1: 3
15th of July	Brazil	United States	3: 2

Semi-finals July 16		Final July 17th


Serbia Serbia	3
Italy Italy	2


		Serbia Serbia	3
		Brazil Brazil	0

		3rd place July 17th

France France	1	Italy Italy	0
Brazil Brazil	3	France France	3

Division II

Preliminary round

First week

Group A2 in Izmir ( Turkey )
17th of June	Netherlands	Slovakia	3: 1
	Turkey	Portugal	3: 1
18th of June	Portugal	Netherlands	0: 3
	Turkey	Slovakia	3-0
June 19th	Portugal	Slovakia	2: 3
	Turkey	Netherlands	3-0

Group B2 in Osaka ( Japan )
17th of June	Cuba	South Korea	3: 2
	Japan	Finland	3-0
18th of June	Japan	Cuba	2: 3
	Finland	South Korea	3: 2
June 19th	Cuba	Finland	1: 3
	Japan	South Korea	3-0

Group C2 in Budweis ( Czech Republic )
17th of June	Czech Republic	Egypt	2: 3
	China	Canada	0: 3
18th of June	Canada	Egypt	3-0
	China	Czech Republic	1: 3
June 19th	Egypt	China	3-0
	Czech Republic	Canada	1: 3

Second week

Group D2 in Bratislava ( Slovakia )
23rd June	Netherlands	Czech Republic	2: 3
	Slovakia	Cuba	3: 1
June 24th	Cuba	Czech Republic	2: 3
	Slovakia	Netherlands	1: 3
25th June	Cuba	Netherlands	2: 3
	Czech Republic	Slovakia	3: 2

Group E2 in Cairo ( Egypt )
June 24th	Turkey	Japan	3: 2
	Egypt	Finland	0: 3
25th June	Turkey	Finland	3: 2
	Egypt	Japan	3: 2
June 26th	Finland	Japan	3: 1
	Egypt	Turkey	3: 1

Group F2 in Saskatoon ( Canada )
June 24th	China	Portugal	3-0
	Canada	South Korea	3: 1
25th June	South Korea	Portugal	3-0
	Canada	China	0: 3
June 26th	South Korea	China	1: 3
	Canada	Portugal	3: 1

Third week

Group G2 in Seoul ( South Korea )
July 1	South Korea	Czech Republic	3-0
	Egypt	Netherlands	1: 3
2nd July	South Korea	Egypt	3: 2
	Czech Republic	Netherlands	1: 3
3rd of July	South Korea	Netherlands	3: 2
	Czech Republic	Egypt	3-0

Group H2 in Xuancheng ( People's Republic of China )
July 1	Turkey	Japan	3-0
	China	Slovakia	3-0
2nd July	Slovakia	Japan	3: 1
	China	Turkey	0: 3
3rd of July	Turkey	Slovakia	3: 2
	China	Japan	3-0

Group I2 in Tampere ( Finland )
July 1	Canada	Cuba	3: 2
	Finland	Portugal	2: 3
2nd July	Portugal	Canada	0: 3
	Finland	Cuba	3: 1
3rd of July	Cuba	Portugal	3: 2
	Finland	Canada	3: 2

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Canada Canada	8th	24	26: 7	1,162
2.	Turkey Turkey	8th	21st	25:10	1,075
3.	Netherlands Netherlands	6th	19th	22:15	1,092
4th	Finland Finland	6th	18th	22:16	1,038
5.	Czech Republic Czech Republic	5	13	19:19	0.984
6th	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	4th	12	13:17	1,000
7th	Egypt Egypt	4th	11	15:20	0.957
8th.	Slovakia Slovakia	3	10	15:22	0.934
9.	Cuba Cuba	3	9	18:24	0.971
10.	Korea South South Korea	3	9	14:22	0.980
11.	Japan Japan	2	9	14:21	0.950
12.	Portugal Portugal	2	7th	13:23	0.899

Final round

The final round took place on July 9-10 in Matosinhos ( Portugal ).

Semi-finals July 9th		Final July 10th


Canada Canada	3
Turkey Turkey	0


		Canada Canada	3
		Portugal Portugal	0

		3rd place July 10th

Portugal Portugal	3	Turkey Turkey	1
Netherlands Netherlands	1	Netherlands Netherlands	3

Division III

Preliminary round

First week

Group A3 in Ljubljana ( Slovenia )
17th of June	Tunisia	Venezuela	0: 3
	Slovenia	Qatar	3: 1
18th of June	Venezuela	Qatar	3: 1
	Tunisia	Slovenia	0: 3
June 19th	Qatar	Tunisia	3: 1
	Venezuela	Slovenia	1: 3

Group B3 in Mexico City ( Mexico )
17th of June	Montenegro	Germany	3: 2
	Mexico	Spain	2: 3
18th of June	Germany	Spain	1: 3
	Mexico	Montenegro	1: 3
June 19th	Spain	Montenegro	2: 3
	Mexico	Germany	3: 1

Group C3 in Kozani ( Greece )
17th of June	Chinese Taipei	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Kazakhstan	Greece	0: 3
18th of June	Kazakhstan	Chinese Taipei	3-0
	Greece	Puerto Rico	3-0
June 19th	Puerto Rico	Kazakhstan	3-0
	Greece	Chinese Taipei	3: 1

Second week

Group D3 in Thessaloniki ( Greece )
June 24th	Slovenia	Qatar	3-0
	Greece	Puerto Rico	3: 1
25th June	Slovenia	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Greece	Qatar	0: 3
June 26th	Puerto Rico	Qatar	0: 3
	Greece	Slovenia	3: 1

Group E3 in Radès ( Tunisia )
June 24th	Montenegro	Venezuela	2: 3
	Tunisia	Mexico	3: 1
25th June	Mexico	Venezuela	2: 3
	Tunisia	Montenegro	3: 2
June 26th	Mexico	Montenegro	1: 3
	Tunisia	Venezuela	3: 1

Group F3 in Almaty ( Kazakhstan )
June 24th	Spain	Chinese Taipei	1: 3
	Kazakhstan	Germany	0: 3
25th June	Chinese Taipei	Germany	3: 1
	Kazakhstan	Spain	0: 3
June 26th	Germany	Spain	3: 1
	Kazakhstan	Chinese Taipei	1: 3

Overall rating

space	team	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Slovenia Slovenia	5	15th	16: 5	1,163
2.	Greece Greece	5	15th	15: 6	1,116
3.	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei	4th	12	13: 9	1,029
4th	Montenegro Montenegro	4th	12	16:12	1,048
5.	Venezuela Venezuela	4th	10	14:11	1,034
6th	Qatar Qatar	3	9	11:10	0.993
7th	Spain Spain	3	9	13:12	1.007
8th.	Tunisia Tunisia	3	8th	10:13	0.978
9.	Germany Germany	2	7th	11:13	0.998
10.	Mexico Mexico	1	5	10:16	0.925
11.	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	1	3	4:15	0.884
12.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	1	3	4:15	0.835

Final round

The final round was held on July 1st and 2nd in Frankfurt am Main ( Germany ).

Semi-finals July 1st		Final July 2nd


Germany Germany	3
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei	0


		Germany Germany	1
		Slovenia Slovenia	3

		3rd place July 2nd

Slovenia Slovenia	3	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei	1
Greece Greece	0	Greece Greece	3

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