Volleyball World League 2017

The 2017 season of the World Volleyball League was the 28th edition of the competition. It started on June 2nd and ended on July 8th. As in the previous year, 36 teams took part.

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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 (Divisions II and III).

All teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks (two in Division III) two (three in Division I) tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The best five or three teams in the overall ranking qualified alongside the hosts for the final round. 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 Pesaro 2th of June Brazil Poland 2: 3 Italy Iran 3-0 3rd of June Italy Poland 1: 3 Iran Brazil 1: 3 June 4th Italy Brazil 1: 3 Poland Iran 1: 3

Group B1 in Novi Sad 2th of June Belgium Canada 2: 3 Serbia United States 3: 1 3rd of June Canada United States 3: 2 Belgium Serbia 3-0 June 4th United States Belgium 1: 3 Canada Serbia 1: 3

Group C1 in Kazan
2th of June	France	Bulgaria	3-0
	Russia	Argentina	3-0
3rd of June	Bulgaria	Argentina	2: 3
	Russia	France	1: 3
June 4th	Argentina	France	0: 3
	Russia	Bulgaria	2: 3

Second week

Group D1 in Tehran June 9th Serbia Argentina 3-0 Iran Belgium 3: 2 June 10th Belgium Argentina 3: 2 Iran Serbia 1: 3 June 11th Serbia Belgium 3-0 Iran Argentina 3: 2

Group E1 in Varna June 9th Canada Brazil 1: 3 Bulgaria Poland 3: 2 June 10th Brazil Poland 3: 1 Canada Bulgaria 3: 1 June 11th Poland Canada 3: 1 Brazil Bulgaria 1: 3

Group F1 in Pau
June 9th	Italy	United States	0: 3
	France	Russia	3: 1
June 10th	United States	Russia	3-0
	France	Italy	3: 1
June 11th	Italy	Russia	2: 3
	France	United States	3: 1

Third week

Group G1 in Cordoba June 16 Brazil Bulgaria 3-0 Argentina Serbia 2: 3 17th of June Bulgaria Serbia 3: 2 Argentina Brazil 3: 1 18th of June Serbia Brazil 1: 3 Argentina Bulgaria 3: 1

Group H1 in Katowice and Łódź 15th June Iran United States 0: 3 Poland Russia 0: 3 17th of June United States Russia 2: 3 Poland Iran 3-0 18th of June Russia Iran 3-0 Poland United States 1: 3

Group I1 in Antwerp
June 16	Italy	France	3: 2
	Belgium	Canada	2: 3
17th of June	France	Canada	3-0
	Italy	Belgium	1: 3
18th of June	Canada	Italy	3: 1
	Belgium	France	0: 3

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	France	8th	25th	26: 7	1.176
2.	Brazil	6th	19th	22:14	1.039
3.	Serbia	6th	18th	21:14	1.039
4th	Russia	5	14th	19:16	1.015
5.	Canada	5	12	18:20	0.982
6th	United States	4th	14th	19:16	1.014
7th	Belgium	4th	14th	18:19	0.986
8th.	Poland	4th	12	17:19	1.006
9.	Bulgaria	4th	10	16:22	0.951
10.	Argentina	3	11	15:22	0.955
11.	Iran	3	7th	11:23	0.929
12.	Italy	2	6th	13:23	0.943

Final round

The final round was held from July 4th to 8th in Curitiba ( Brazil ).

Group J1 space team Victories Points sentences BPQ 1.  Brazil 2 3 6: 3 1.070 2.  Canada 1 3 4: 3 1.025 3.  Russia 0 1 2: 6 0.908

Group K1 space team Victories Points sentences BPQ 1.  France 2 4th 6: 4 0.962 2.  United States 1 4th 5: 4 1.041 3.  Serbia 0 1 3: 6 1,000

July 4th Brazil Canada 3: 1 5th July Russia Canada 0: 3 July 6th Brazil Russia 3: 2

July 4th France United States 3: 2 5th July Serbia United States 1: 3 July 6th France Serbia 3: 2

	Semi-finals July 7th				Final July 8th
	Brazil	3
	United States	1
					Brazil	2
					France	3
					3rd place July 8th
	France	3			United States	1
	Canada	1			Canada	3

Individual awards

After the final round, some players received individual awards. The awards for outside attackers and middle blockers were given twice. The tournament winner France had the majority with three honored players, while the defeated finalist Brazil and the third-placed Canadians were each represented twice.

Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Earvin N'Gapeth	France
best diagonal attacker	Wallace de Souza	Brazil
best outside attacker	Ricardo Lucarelli and Earvin N'Gapeth	Brazil  /  France
best blockers	Graham Vigrass and Kevin Le Roux	Canada  /  France
best libero	Blair Cameron Bann	Canada
best player	Benjamin Toniutti	France

Division II

Preliminary round

First week

Group A2 in Seoul 2th of June Finland Slovenia 1: 3 South Korea Czech Republic 3: 2 3rd of June South Korea Slovenia 1: 3 Czech Republic Finland 3: 1 June 4th Slovenia Czech Republic 3: 1 South Korea Finland 3: 2

Group B2 in Poprad 2th of June Australia Portugal 3: 2 Slovakia Japan 3-0 3rd of June Japan Portugal 2: 3 Slovakia Australia 3: 1 June 4th Australia Japan 1: 3 Slovakia Portugal 3-0

Group C2 in Ankara
2th of June	Netherlands	Egypt	3-0
	Turkey	China	3: 2
3rd of June	China	Netherlands	3: 1
	Egypt	Turkey	0: 3
June 4th	Turkey	Netherlands	3: 2
	Egypt	China	0: 3

Second week

Group D2 in Helsinki 8th June Australia China 3-0 Finland Slovakia 3-0 June 9th Slovakia Australia 0: 3 Finland China 3: 1 June 10th China Slovakia 1: 3 Finland Australia 1: 3

Group E2 in Takasaki June 9th Slovenia South Korea 3: 2 Japan Turkey 3: 1 June 10th Turkey South Korea 2: 3 Japan Slovenia 3: 2 June 11th Slovenia Turkey 3: 1 Japan South Korea 3-0

Group F2 in Budweis
June 9th	Netherlands	Portugal	3: 1
	Czech Republic	Egypt	3: 2
June 10th	Portugal	Egypt	2: 3
	Netherlands	Czech Republic	3-0
June 11th	Egypt	Netherlands	2: 3
	Czech Republic	Portugal	3-0

Third week

Group G2 in Kuschana June 16 Australia Japan 3: 2 China Turkey 3-0 17th of June Japan Turkey 3: 2 China Australia 3: 1 18th of June Turkey Australia 1: 3 China Japan 3: 2

Group H2 in Cairo June 16 Portugal Finland 3: 1 Egypt Slovenia 0: 3 17th of June Finland Slovenia 0: 3 Egypt Portugal 1: 3 18th of June Slovenia Portugal 3: 1 Egypt Finland 1: 3

Group I2 in The Hague
June 16	South Korea	Netherlands	0: 3
	Slovakia	Czech Republic	0: 3
17th of June	Netherlands	Slovakia	3-0
	Czech Republic	South Korea	0: 3
18th of June	South Korea	Slovakia	3: 2
	Netherlands	Czech Republic	3: 1

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Slovenia	8th	24	26:10	1.122
2.	Netherlands	7th	21st	24:10	1.151
3.	Australia	6th	16	21:15	1.041
4th	Japan	5	16	21:18	1.060
5.	People's Republic of China	5	15th	19:16	0.985
6th	South Korea	5	12	18:20	0.960
7th	Slovakia	4th	13	14:17	0.954
8th.	Czech Republic	4th	12	16:18	0.939
9.	Finland	3	10	15:20	0.992
10.	Portugal	3	10	15:22	0.947
11.	Turkey	3	9	16:22	0.975
12.	Egypt	1	4th	9:26	0.891

Final round

The final round was on 24 and 25 June Gold Coast ( Australia held).

	Semi-finals June 24th				Final June 25th
	Slovenia	3
	Netherlands	0
					Slovenia	3
					Japan	0
					3rd place June 25th
	Australia	2			Netherlands	0
	Japan	3			Australia	3

Division III

Preliminary round

First week

Group A3 in Barcelona 2th of June Qatar Greece 3-0 Spain Mexico 3-0 3rd of June Greece Mexico 1: 3 Spain Qatar 3: 1 June 4th Qatar Mexico 0: 3 Spain Greece 3: 1

Group B3 in Bijelo Polje 2th of June Taiwan Estonia 2: 3 Montenegro Tunisia 3: 2 3rd of June Estonia Tunisia 1: 3 Taiwan Montenegro 1: 3 June 4th Tunisia Taiwan 3: 1 Montenegro Estonia 0: 3

Group C3 in Frankfurt am Main
2th of June	Venezuela	Austria	0: 3 (W)
	Kazakhstan	Germany	0: 3
3rd of June	Kazakhstan	Venezuela	1: 3
	Austria	Germany	1: 3
June 4th	Austria	Kazakhstan	3: 1
	Germany	Venezuela	3: 1

Second week

Group D3 in Tallinn June 9th Venezuela Greece 3-0 Estonia Qatar 3-0 June 10th Greece Qatar 0: 3 Venezuela Estonia 0: 3 June 11th Qatar Venezuela 3: 1 Estonia Greece 3: 2

Group E3 in Tunis June 9th Montenegro Taiwan 1: 3 Tunisia Kazakhstan 1: 3 June 10th Montenegro Kazakhstan 3-0 Tunisia Taiwan 3: 2 June 11th Kazakhstan Taiwan 1: 3 Tunisia Montenegro 3: 2

Group F3 in Linz
June 9th	Mexico	Spain	2: 3
	Austria	Germany	3: 1
June 10th	Spain	Germany	0: 3
	Mexico	Austria	2: 3
June 11th	Germany	Mexico	3-0
	Austria	Spain	0: 3

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Germany	5	15th	16: 5	1.189
2.	Spain	5	14th	15: 7	1.088
3.	Estonia	5	13	16: 7	1.192
4th	Austria	4th	11	13:10	1.178
5.	Tunisia	4th	11	15:12	1.062
6th	Montenegro	3	9	12:12	0.992
7th	Qatar	3	9	10:10	0.958
8th.	Chinese Taipei	2	8th	12:14	0.950
9.	Mexico	2	8th	10:13	0.970
10.	Venezuela	2	6th	8:13	0.786
11.	Kazakhstan	1	3	6:16	0.851
12.	Greece	0	1	4:18	0.873

Final round

The final round was held in León ( Mexico ) on June 17th and 18th .

	Semi-finals June 17th				Final June 18th
	Germany	0
	Spain	3
					Spain	0
					Estonia	3
					3rd place June 18th
	Mexico	0			Germany	3
	Estonia	3			Mexico	0

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)