2013 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 24th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 18 countries from 31 May to 21 July 2013. The Final Round was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

2013 World League

The Polideportivo Islas Malvinas held the final
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
City	Mar del Plata (Final)
Dates	31 May – 21 July
Teams	18 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	44 (in 44 host cities)
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Tournament awards
MVP	Nikolay Pavlov
Best Setter	Bruno Rezende
Best OH	Ricardo Lucarelli Ivan Zaytsev
Best MB	Dmitriy Muserskiy Emanuele Birarelli
Best OPP	Tsvetan Sokolov
Best Libero	Mário Pedreira
Official website

Qualification

• Top 14 teams of the 2012 edition directly qualified.
•  Netherlands and  Iran qualified through the qualification.
•  Egypt and  Japan were invited to participate in Pool C.[1]
•  Portugal (dropout from 2012 World League) replaced  Egypt, who withdrew from the tournament.[2]

Asia and Oceania	Europe	North America	South America
Iran  Japan  South Korea	Bulgaria  Finland  France  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Serbia	Canada  Cuba  United States	Argentina  Brazil

Format

• It is the first time the World League will feature 18 teams, having had 16 teams from 2001–2003 and 2006–2012. The World League featured eight teams in its inaugural year in 1990, 10 in 1991 and then 12 from 1992–2000 and 2004–05.[3]
• The top three world ranked teams in each pool will play three matches at home and two away with the bottom three world ranked teams playing twice at home and three times away.[3]

Pools composition

Pools A and B are determined using the Serpentine system based on the FIVB World Ranking as of 13 August 2012. Pool C features teams ranked as the next best four in the World Ranking after the 12 teams in Pool A and B plus two additional teams, which were confirmed by the FIVB Executive Committee during its end of year meeting on 15 December 2012. The pools were announced on 1 December 2012.[3]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Brazil	Russia	Canada
Poland	Italy	South Korea
United States	Cuba	Finland
Bulgaria	Serbia	Netherlands
Argentina	Germany	Japan
France	Iran	Portugal

Squads

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Intercontinental round

• All times are local.
• The Final Round hosts Argentina, the top two teams from Pool A and B and the winners of Pool C will qualify for the Final Round. If Argentina are one of the top two teams in Pool A, Pool A will send its top three teams.

	Qualified for the Final round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	25	9	1	28	11	2.545	928	835	1.111
2	Bulgaria	19	7	3	23	15	1.533	865	855	1.012
3	France	15	5	5	21	23	0.913	966	971	0.995
4	Poland	14	4	6	21	24	0.875	966	1006	0.960
5	United States	12	4	6	18	21	0.857	913	877	1.041
6	Argentina	5	1	9	11	28	0.393	817	911	0.897

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	17:55	Poland	1–3	Brazil	22–25	20–25	25–22	15–25		82–97	P2 P3
7 Jun	20:40	France	2–3	Bulgaria	21–25	25–14	25–21	22–25	11–15	104–100	P2 P3
7 Jun	19:10	United States	1–3	Argentina	18–25	21–25	25–22	24–26		88–98	P2 P3
8 Jun	19:10	United States	3–1	Argentina	22–25	27–25	25–19	25–16		99–85	P2 P3
9 Jun	18:10	France	0–3	Bulgaria	24–26	29–31	20–25			73–82	P2 P3
9 Jun	20:25	Poland	2–3	Brazil	26–28	22–25	25–23	25–20	10–15	108–111	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	20:30	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	20–25	21–25	15–25			56–75	P2 P3
14 Jun	19:10	United States	3–0	France	25–15	29–27	25–16			79–58	P2 P3
15 Jun	20:30	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	21–25	25–27	13–25			59–77	P2 P3
15 Jun	19:10	United States	3–2	France	22–25	25–22	24–26	30–28	15–9	116–110	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	20:10	France	3–2	Poland	25–23	21–25	22–25	25–21	15–11	108–105	P2 P3
22 Jun	20:10	Bulgaria	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–21	25–16			75–55	P2 P3
23 Jun	18:10	France	3–2	Poland	25–21	23–25	25–20	21–25	15–13	109–104	P2 P3
23 Jun	20:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Argentina	17–25	25–19	25–21	31–29		98–94	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	10:00	Brazil	3–2	France	25–20	25–19	22–25	21–25	15–12	108–101	P2 P3
28 Jun	20:25	Poland	3–2	Argentina	26–24	19–25	19–25	25–17	15–8	104–99	P2 P3
28 Jun	19:40	United States	3–0	Bulgaria	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62	P2 P3
29 Jun	10:10	Brazil	1–3	France	27–29	25–23	22–25	19–25		93–102	P2 P3
29 Jun	19:40	United States	1–3	Bulgaria	20–25	25–18	23–25	21–25		89–93	P2 P3
30 Jun	20:25	Poland	3–1	Argentina	18–25	25–21	26–24	25–17		94–87	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	10:00	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	24–26	25–17	25–20	25–23		99–86	P2 P3
5 Jul	20:25	Poland	3–2	United States	25–22	19–25	13–25	30–28	18–16	105–116	P2 P3
6 Jul	10:10	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	19–25	25–21	25–17	25–19		94–82	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:10	Argentina	2–3	France	18–25	18–25	25–17	25–22	11–15	97–104	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:25	Poland	3–1	United States	25–23	17–25	25–21	25–23		92–92	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:00	Argentina	1–3	France	23–25	20–25	25–22	19–25		87–97	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	20:08	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63	P2 P3
13 Jul	10:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–22	25–18	20–25	28–26		98–91	P2 P3
13 Jul	21:10	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	20–25	23–25	25–21	25–21	19–17	112–109	P2 P3
14 Jul	09:45	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–21	26–24	25–23			76–68	P2 P3

Pool B

Second Iran-Serbia match – Tehran

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	19	7	3	25	16	1.563	953	896	1.064
2	Russia	19	7	3	25	16	1.563	939	889	1.056
3	Germany	17	5	5	21	19	1.105	865	878	0.985
4	Serbia	16	5	5	22	22	1.000	958	992	0.966
5	Iran	15	5	5	20	21	0.952	929	898	1.035
6	Cuba	4	1	9	9	28	0.321	794	885	0.897

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	18:00	Russia	3–0	Iran	25–21	25–22	25–17			75–60	P2 P3
7 Jun	20:30	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–15	25–23	25–21			75–59	P2 P3
7 Jun	20:50	Cuba	1–3	Serbia	17–25	21–25	25–21	20–25		83–96	P2 P3
8 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–1	Iran	25–23	25–22	17–25	25–18		92–88	P2 P3
8 Jun	20:50	Cuba	1–3	Serbia	24–26	22–25	25–18	21–25		92–94	P2 P3
9 Jun	18:00	Italy	3–2	Germany	22–25	19–25	25–17	26–24	15–6	107–97	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–0	Serbia	29–27	25–14	25–20			79–61	P2 P3
14 Jun	20:00	Italy	3–0	Cuba	25–20	25–17	25–23			75–60	P2 P3
15 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–2	Serbia	25–23	24–26	22–25	25–18	15–8	111–100	P2 P3
16 Jun	20:10	Italy	3–0	Cuba	25–23	25–18	25–19			75–60	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jun	18:10	Russia	1–3	Italy	24–26	30–28	20–25	17–25		91–104	P2 P3
21 Jun	17:10	Iran	2–3	Serbia	24–26	23–25	25–17	25–14	16–18	113–100	P2 P3
22 Jun	18:10	Russia	3–2	Italy	25–23	25–23	26–28	23–25	15–12	114–111	P2 P3
22 Jun	19:00	Germany	3–0	Cuba	25–18	25–19	25–16			75–53	P2 P3
23 Jun	17:10	Iran	3–2	Serbia	25–20	24–26	23–25	25–22	15–12	112–105	P2 P3
23 Jun	17:00	Germany	3–1	Cuba	25–23	25–22	24–26	25–23		99–94	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	20:10	Italy	1–3	Iran	23–25	22–25	25–22	30–32		100–104	P2 P3
28 Jun	20:50	Cuba	0–3	Russia	20–25	23–25	23–25			66–75	P2 P3
29 Jun	20:11	Serbia	1–3	Germany	20–25	21–25	25–21	21–25		87–96	P2 P3
29 Jun	20:50	Cuba	3–1	Russia	25–23	20–25	25–20	25–22		95–90	P2 P3
30 Jun	19:13	Italy	3–2	Iran	25–22	25–20	20–25	18–25	15–13	103–105	P2 P3
30 Jun	20:11	Serbia	3–2	Germany	23–25	25–19	25–22	21–25	15–12	109–103	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	20:00	Germany	2–3	Russia	25–21	25–18	22–25	16–25	7–15	95–104	P2 P3
5 Jul	20:50	Cuba	2–3	Iran	26–24	25–19	19–25	22–25	14–16	106–109	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:10	Serbia	2–3	Italy	25–20	22–25	25–21	22–25	17–19	111–110	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:10	Germany	3–2	Russia	25–21	25–21	18–25	23–25	18–16	109–108	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:50	Cuba	1–3	Iran	25–22	20–25	18–25	22–25		85–97	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:10	Serbia	3–1	Italy	28–26	17–25	25–23	25–19		95–93	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	21:10	Iran	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–18	25–20			75–57	P2 P3
13 Jul	21:10	Iran	0–3	Germany	21–25	23–25	22–25			66–75	P2 P3

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Canada	23	8	2	26	11	2.364	881	771	1.143
2	Netherlands	22	7	3	25	14	1.786	935	881	1.061
3	South Korea	13	4	6	16	22	0.727	840	893	0.941
4	Finland	12	4	6	18	21	0.857	864	896	0.964
5	Portugal	11	4	6	16	24	0.667	908	949	0.957
6	Japan	9	3	7	16	25	0.640	895	933	0.959

Week 1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 May	18:40	Finland	3–0	Portugal	25–13	29–27	25–18			79–58	P2 P3
31 May	19:10	Canada	3–1	Netherlands	25–22	22–25	27–25	27–25		101–97	P2 P3
1 Jun	14:10	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–22	25–20	21–25	25–19		96–86	P2 P3
1 Jun	18:40	Finland	2–3	Portugal	25–23	23–25	23–25	25–23	12–15	108–111	P2 P3
1 Jun	16:10	Canada	1–3	Netherlands	22–25	17–25	25–20	23–25		87–95	P2 P3
2 Jun	14:10	South Korea	3–1	Japan	25–21	25–23	11–25	25–22		86–91	P2 P3

Week 2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jun	19:10	Canada	3–0	Portugal	25–19	25–19	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
8 Jun	14:10	South Korea	0–3	Finland	23–25	23–25	20–25			66–75	P2 P3
8 Jun	16:46	Netherlands	3–1	Japan	18–25	25–20	25–22	25–17		93–84	P2 P3
8 Jun	19:10	Canada	1–3	Portugal	19–25	25–20	18–25	23–25		85–95	P2 P3
9 Jun	14:10	South Korea	2–3	Finland	25–23	18–25	24–26	25–15	14–16	106–105	P2 P3
9 Jun	13:43	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–21	25–18			75–59	P2 P3

Week 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jun	19:10	Canada	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–10	25–18			75–47	P2 P3
15 Jun	13:10	Japan	3–1	Finland	25–17	25–18	24–26	25–18		99–79	P2 P3
15 Jun	19:10	Canada	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63	P2 P3
16 Jun	13:10	Japan	3–1	Finland	23–25	25–21	25–19	25–22		98–87	P2 P3

Week 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jun	16:40	Netherlands	2–3	Portugal	21–25	25–19	25–23	26–28	13–15	110–110	P2 P3
23 Jun	13:40	Netherlands	3–0	Portugal	36–34	25–23	25–22			86–79	P2 P3

Week 5

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jun	18:40	Finland	1–3	Canada	13–25	25–22	21–25	20–25		79–97	P2 P3
29 Jun	14:20	South Korea	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	25–22	20–25	16–25		84–97	P2 P3
29 Jun	18:40	Finland	0–3	Canada	23–25	22–25	17–25			62–75	P2 P3
29 Jun	19:10	Portugal	3–1	Japan	25–22	20–25	26–24	25–15		96–86	P2 P3
30 Jun	14:20	South Korea	1–3	Netherlands	20–25	22–25	25–21	20–25		87–96	P2 P3
30 Jun	19:10	Portugal	2–3	Japan	25–22	23–25	30–28	22–25	10–15	110–115	P2 P3

Week 6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	18:40	Finland	1–3	Netherlands	25–23	23–25	23–25	23–25		94–98	P2 P3
6 Jul	14:10	Japan	1–3	Canada	11–25	21–25	25–23	20–25		77–98	P2 P3
6 Jul	18:40	Finland	3–1	Netherlands	25–19	26–24	20–25	25–20		96–88	P2 P3
6 Jul	19:10	Portugal	1–3	South Korea	18–25	25–22	23–25	21–25		87–97	P2 P3
7 Jul	14:10	Japan	2–3	Canada	23–25	25–23	27–25	18–25	7–15	100–113	P2 P3
7 Jul	19:10	Portugal	1–3	South Korea	32–34	23–25	25–21	26–28		106–108	P2 P3

Final round

• Venue: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina
• All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool play

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	6	2	0	6	2	3.000	192	173	1.110
2	Bulgaria	3	1	1	4	4	1.000	187	191	0.979
3	Argentina	0	0	2	2	6	0.333	181	196	0.923

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	21:11	Argentina	1–3	Bulgaria	26–28	23–25	25–20	23–25		97–98	P2 P3
18 Jul	21:10	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	18–25	25–18	22–25	24–26		89–94	P2 P3
19 Jul	20:10	Italy	3–1	Argentina	25–20	23–25	25–17	25–22		98–84	P2 P3

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	4	1	1	5	3	1.667	177	176	1.006
2	Russia	3	1	1	5	5	1.000	215	203	1.059
3	Canada	2	1	1	3	5	0.600	172	185	0.930

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	17:41	Brazil	2–3	Russia	17–25	25–23	25–22	19–25	11–15	97–110	P2 P3
18 Jul	17:40	Russia	2–3	Canada	25–20	25–21	23–25	21–25	11–15	105–106	P2 P3
19 Jul	16:40	Canada	0–3	Brazil	18–25	28–30	20–25			66–80	P2 P3

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	20 July
	Italy	1
					21 July
	Russia	3
					Russia	3
	20 July
					Brazil	0
	Brazil	3
	Bulgaria	1
					3rd place match
					21 July
					Italy	3
					Bulgaria	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	16:40	Italy	1–3	Russia	12–25	23–25	26–24	20–25		81–99	P2 P3
20 Jul	20:12	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	25–12	25–17	23–25	25–16		98–70	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	16:40	Italy	3–2	Bulgaria	21–25	25–21	25–20	21–25	15–7	107–98	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	20:12	Russia	3–0	Brazil	25–23	25–19	25–19			75–61	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Russia  Brazil  Italy 4  Bulgaria 5  Canada 6  Argentina 7  Germany 8  Serbia 9  Iran 10  France 11  Poland 12  United States 13  Cuba 14  Netherlands 15  South Korea 16  Finland 17  Portugal 18  Japan

2013 World League Champions  Russia 3rd title 12-man Roster for Final Round Makarov (c), Apalikov, Grankin, Sivozhelez, Pavlov, Spiridonov, Ashchev, Muserskiy, Verbov, Mikhaylov, Ermakov, Zhilin Head Coach Voronkov

Awards

Most Valuable Player Nikolay Pavlov Best Setter Bruno Rezende Best Outside Spikers Ivan Zaytsev Ricardo Lucarelli

Best Middle Blockers Dmitriy Muserskiy Emanuele Birarelli Best Opposite Spiker Tsvetan Sokolov Best Libero Mário Pedreira

Polish fans at World League

References

1. Egypt and Japan welcomed into World League
2. Portugal replace Egypt in World League
3. FIVB World League expands to 18 teams for 2013

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Statistics of the Final Round
• Statistics of the Intercontinental Round