Venues 10 (in 10 host cities) Start date 2010 MVP Murilo Endres Host nation Italy | Champions Brazil (3rd title) Location Italy Teams 24 | |
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Dates 25 September–10 October Champion Brazil men's national volleyball team Similar 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Wo, 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's Wo, 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's Wo, 1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's Wo, 2009 FIVB Volleyball World Le | ||
The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Italy from 25 September to 10 October 2010. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to 2006 champion Brazil and host nation Italy, 22 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in ten venues across ten Italian cities, with the final being held at the PalaLottomatica, Rome.
Contents
- Qualification
- Pools composition
- First round
- Pool A
- Pool B
- Pool C
- Pool D
- Pool E
- Pool F
- Second round
- Pool G
- Pool H
- Pool I
- Pool L
- Pool M
- Pool N
- Third round
- Pool O
- Pool P
- Pool Q
- Pool R
- Final round
- 3rd place match
- Final
- References
The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Cuba in final. Brazil won their third straight world championship having won previously in 2002 and 2006. The podium was completed by Serbia who defeated Italy in the 3rd place match. Brazilian wing-spiker Murilo Endres was named the tournament MVP.
Brazil's victory continued their eight-year period of domination of world volleyball. Brazil has now won 15 of 17 major competitions since 2002. Brazil's third straight world championship equals the record for consecutive titles set by Italy in the 1990s.
Qualification
The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams that would compete in the championship competition. Two spots were guaranteed to the host country Italy and 2006 champions Brazil. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 22 spots. Africa was granted three, Asia and Oceania four, Europe eight, North America five and South America two places. Qualification competitions took place ranging from January to August 2009.
Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 28 July 2009. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The draw was held in Rome, Italy on 28 October 2009. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 6th.
First round
Pool A
Pool A featured host country Italy, as well as Egypt, Japan and Iran. Italy defeated all three teams, while the remaining teams each finished with a 1–2 record. Iran were eliminated by virtue of scoring the fewest points during the three-game schedule.
Pool B
Pool B featured reigning 2006 champions Brazil, as well as Cuba, Spain and Tunisia. Cuba won all three of their matches. Tunisia were defeated in every match and eliminated from the competition. Brazil and Cuba would face each other again in the tournament final, where Brazil would repeat as world champions.
Pool C
Pool C featured Russia, Puerto Rico, Cameroon and Australia. Russia won all their matches, while Australia were eliminated after going 0–3.
Pool D
Pool D featured the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela. Venezuela were eliminated after not winning a single set.
Pool E
Pool E featured France, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and China. China were eliminated after not winning a match.
Pool F
Pool F featured Poland, who won the silver medal in the last edition. The pool also featured Serbia, Germany and Canada.
Second round
Pool G
Pool G featured host Italy, as well as Germany and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico were eliminated after losing both matches.
Pool H
Pool H featured Serbia, Cuba and Mexico. Mexico were eliminated after being defeated in both matches.
Pool I
Pool I featured Spain, Russia and Egypt. Egypt were eliminated after not winning a match.
Pool L
Pool L featured the Czech Republic, United States and Cameroon. Cameroon did not win a match and were eliminated from the competition.
Pool M
Pool M featured Argentina, France and Japan. Japan did not win a match and were eliminated.
Pool N
Pool N featured Bulgaria, Brazil and Poland. Bulgaria swept eventual champion Brazil in three sets. Poland did not win a match and were eliminated.
Third round
Pool O
In Pool O, Italy moved on to the semifinal match, the USA advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket and France move on to the ninth to twelfth place competition.
Pool P
Pool P saw Serbia advance to the semifinal. Russia advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket and Argentina to the ninth to twelfth place event.
Pool Q
In Pool Q, Cuba advanced to the semifinal. Bulgaria moved on to the fifth to eighth place bracket and Spain to the ninth to twelfth.
Pool R
In Pool R, Brazil advanced to the semifinal. Germany to the fifth to eighth bracket and the Czech Republic to the ninth to twelfth bracket.
Final round
3rd place match
In the bronze medal match, Serbia defeated hosts Italy, three sets to one. It was the country's first medal since they were runners-up in 1998 (then as Yugoslavia).
Final
The final was a rematch of Brazil and Cuba, who had met earlier in the first round with Cuba winning 3 sets to 2 in an upset. The final was a different story however, with Brazil winning easily in straight sets 25–22, 25–14, 25–22; one Xinhua journalist called it a 'practice match' for Brazil. Brazil took advantage of a large number of Cuban mistakes, perhaps resulting from the young age of the Cuban team. Leandro Vissotto led Brazil in points with 19 and closed the match with a spike. The match was played before a crowd of 11,605 which included a number of Brazilian football stars based in Italy.