2000 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2000 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 11th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 26 May to 16 July 2000. The Final Round was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2000 World League

Ahoy Rotterdam Host Final
Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands (Final)
Dates	26 May – 16 July
Teams	12
Champions	Italy (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Andrea Sartoretti

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Argentina Canada Italy Yugoslavia	Cuba France Netherlands Russia	Brazil Poland Spain United States

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	12	9	3	21	32	15	2.133	1116	1013	1.102	Final round
2	Italy	12	8	4	20	28	23	1.217	1160	1131	1.026
3	Argentina	12	4	8	16	23	28	0.821	1136	1151	0.987
4	Canada	12	3	9	15	15	32	0.469	1010	1127	0.896

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 May	Italy	1–3	Yugoslavia	25–20	19–25	14–25	21–25		79–95
26 May	Canada	3–2	Argentina	22–25	25–18	25–22	25–27	15–13	112–105
27 May	Canada	3–2	Argentina	15–25	27–25	25–16	18–25	16–14	101–105
28 May	Italy	3–2	Yugoslavia	20–25	25–27	25–23	25–17	15–9	110–101
2 Jun	Argentina	3–1	Italy	24–26	31–29	25–21	25–23		105–99
2 Jun	Canada	3–1	Yugoslavia	25–18	17–25	25–23	25–20		92–86
3 Jun	Argentina	1–3	Italy	25–23	23–25	20–25	17–25		85–98
3 Jun	Canada	0–3	Yugoslavia	22–25	21–25	23–25			66–75
9 Jun	Canada	1–3	Italy	25–27	19–25	25–23	15–25		84–100
10 Jun	Argentina	3–2	Yugoslavia	31–33	28–30	26–24	25–19	15–12	125–118
10 Jun	Canada	1–3	Italy	21–25	20–25	25–21	25–27		91–98
11 Jun	Argentina	1–3	Yugoslavia	15–25	25–13	24–26	23–25		87–89
16 Jun	Italy	3–2	Argentina	25–19	22–25	25–18	20–25	16–14	108–101
17 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–0	Canada	25–16	25–14	25–19			75–49
18 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–1	Canada	26–24	21–25	38–36	25–16		110–101
18 Jun	Italy	3–2	Argentina	25–22	25–19	23–25	22–25	15–13	110–104
23 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–15	25–23			75–61
23 Jun	Italy	3–1	Canada	25–17	26–24	21–25	25–23		97–89
24 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–1	Argentina	25–21	19–25	25–13	25–21		94–80
25 Jun	Italy	3–1	Canada	23–25	25–16	25–16	25–21		98–78
30 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–1	Italy	25–23	25–20	25–27	25–18		100–88
30 Jun	Argentina	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–12	25–22			75–56
1 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Italy	23–25	25–18	25–20	25–12		98–75
1 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Canada	28–26	25–16	25–27	25–22		103–91

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	12	9	3	21	31	14	2.214	1073	987	1.087	Final round
2	France	12	7	5	19	24	21	1.143	1027	1040	0.988
3	Cuba	12	5	7	17	21	24	0.875	1074	1063	1.010
4	Netherlands (H)	12	3	9	15	13	30	0.433	944	1028	0.918	Final round

Source:
(H) Host
Notes:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 May	France	3–1	Cuba	25–21	41–43	25–23	25–22		116–109
27 May	Netherlands	1–3	Russia	23–25	21–25	25–20	22–25		91–95
28 May	France	3–2	Cuba	25–18	23–25	25–22	11–25	16–14	100–104
28 May	Netherlands	1–3	Russia	25–19	19–25	16–25	22–25		82–94
2 Jun	France	3–1	Russia	25–21	25–21	21–25	25–22		96–89
3 Jun	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	13–25	25–27	29–27	25–27		92–106
3 Jun	France	3–1	Russia	25–22	25–22	20–25	25–23		95–92
4 Jun	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	26–24	18–25	21–25	22–25		87–99
9 Jun	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	26–24	25–20	25–22			76–66
9 Jun	Cuba	3–1	France	21–25	25–21	25–19	25–22		96–87
10 Jun	Russia	2–3	Netherlands	25–19	19–25	26–24	22–25	11–15	103–108
10 Jun	Cuba	1–3	France	27–25	23–25	21–25	18–25		89–100
16 Jun	Cuba	0–3	Russia	23–25	22–25	19–25			64–75
17 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	France	25–16	25–22	19–25	25–22		94–85
17 Jun	Cuba	1–3	Russia	25–23	22–25	17–25	25–27		89–100
18 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	France	25–22	25–20	25–22			75–64
23 Jun	Russia	3–1	France	25–20	25–18	22–25	25–16		97–79
23 Jun	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–21	25–19			75–62
24 Jun	Russia	3–0	France	25–21	25–17	25–17			75–55
24 Jun	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	25–18	25–20	31–29			81–67
30 Jun	Russia	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–22	25–19			75–62
30 Jun	France	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–20	25–22			75–61
1 Jul	Russia	3–1	Cuba	31–29	25–22	20–25	26–24		102–100
1 Jul	France	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–16	25–21			75–59

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	12	10	2	22	31	15	2.067	1104	999	1.105	Final round
2	Brazil	12	8	4	20	28	16	1.750	1050	967	1.086
3	Poland	12	5	7	17	21	24	0.875	1018	1038	0.981
4	Spain	12	1	11	13	9	34	0.265	871	1039	0.838

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 May	Spain	0–3	Poland	19–25	19–25	16–25			54–75
27 May	Brazil	1–3	United States	23–25	16–25	25–20	23–25		87–95
28 May	Brazil	1–3	United States	25–16	23–25	25–27	23–25		96–93
28 May	Spain	0–3	Poland	20–25	22–25	18–25			60–75
2 Jun	Poland	1–3	United States	25–19	17–25	16–25	21–25		79–94
2 Jun	Spain	0–3	Brazil	22–25	21–25	21–25			64–75
3 Jun	Poland	1–3	United States	27–25	18–25	20–25	21–25		86–100
4 Jun	Spain	0–3	Brazil	22–25	21–25	18–25			61–75
9 Jun	Poland	3–1	Brazil	25–23	25–17	20–25	23–25		93–90
9 Jun	Spain	1–3	United States	31–29	19–25	21–25	27–29		98–108
10 Jun	Poland	0–3	Brazil	20–25	15–25	33–35			68–85
11 Jun	Spain	0–3	United States	21–25	16–25	15–25			52–75
16 Jun	United States	3–2	Poland	25–27	25–19	29–31	25–22	15–12	119–111
17 Jun	Brazil	1–3	Spain	20–25	25–18	23–25	18–25		86–93
17 Jun	United States	3–1	Poland	25–19	25–27	25–23	25–19		100–88
18 Jun	Brazil	3–2	Spain	21–25	21–25	25–18	25–19	15–13	107–100
23 Jun	United States	3–0	Spain	25–18	25–15	26–24			76–57
24 Jun	Brazil	3–0	Poland	27–25	25–18	25–17			77–60
24 Jun	United States	3–1	Spain	25–16	25–18	22–25	25–12		97–71
25 Jun	Brazil	3–1	Poland	26–24	25–22	22–25	25–22		98–93
30 Jun	Poland	3–2	Spain	29–27	25–16	24–26	22–25	15–7	115–101
30 Jun	United States	0–3	Brazil	21–25	24–26	18–25			63–76
1 Jul	Poland	3–0	Spain	25–22	25–19	25–19			75–60
1 Jul	United States	1–3	Brazil	14–25	25–27	25–21	20–25		84–98

Final round

• Venue: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pool play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	9	13	8	1.625	460	462	0.996	Final
2	Russia	5	3	2	8	13	7	1.857	454	413	1.099
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	440	403	1.092	3rd place match
4	Brazil	5	2	3	7	8	11	0.727	414	421	0.983
5	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	7	12	0.583	409	435	0.940
6	United States	5	1	4	6	8	14	0.571	472	515	0.917

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Jul	Russia	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65
10 Jul	Italy	3–1	United States	25–19	20–25	25–20	25–23		95–87
10 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–23	25–21			75–65
11 Jul	Italy	3–2	Russia	26–24	19–25	25–22	13–25	17–15	100–111
11 Jul	United States	3–2	Brazil	22–25	19–25	25–23	25–23	15–11	106–107
11 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Netherlands	25–19	15–25	25–20	25–13		90–77
12 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	United States	25–15	19–25	36–34	25–14		105–88
12 Jul	Italy	3–0	Brazil	25–19	25–21	26–24			76–64
12 Jul	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25–16	25–17	26–24			76–57
14 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–0	Brazil	25–21	30–28	25–16			80–65
14 Jul	Russia	3–1	United States	25–22	23–25	25–20	25–21		98–88
14 Jul	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	25–23	25–27	25–19	25–22		100–91
15 Jul	Italy	3–2	Yugoslavia	16–25	25–15	17–25	25–23	15–12	98–100
15 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Russia	25–22	20–25	25–11	18–25	15–11	103–94
15 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	United States	25–19	19–25	25–18	26–28	15–13	110–103

Finals

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Yugoslavia	0–3	Brazil	19–25	21–25	21–25			61–75

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Italy	3–2	Russia	25–22	18–25	20–25	25–21	15–13	103–106

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Russia
	Brazil
4	Yugoslavia
5	Netherlands
6	United States
7	France
8	Argentina
	Cuba
	Poland
11	Canada
	Spain

2000 World League champions
Italy 8th title

Awards

• Most valuable player
  • Andrea Sartoretti
• Best server
  • Goran Vujević
• Best spiker
  • Guido Görtzen
• Best blocker
  • Martin van der Horst

External links

• 2000 World League Results
• Sports123