2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan from 19 to 24 November 2013.[1][2]

2013 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates19–24 November
Teams6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Italy
Fourth place Iran
Tournament awards
MVPRussia Dmitriy Muserskiy
Best SetterBrazil Bruno Rezende
Best OHItaly Filippo Lanza
Russia Dmitriy Ilinikh
Best MBUnited States Maxwell Holt
Italy Emanuele Birarelli
Best OPPBrazil Wallace de Souza
Best LiberoIran Farhad Zarif
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
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Qualification

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Team Qualified as
  Japan Hosts
  Iran 2013 Asian Champions
  Russia 2013 European Champions
  United States 2013 North American Champions
  Brazil 2013 South American Champions
  Italy Wild Card

Competition formula

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The competition formula of the 2013 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

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Venues

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Kyoto round Tokyo round
  Kyoto, Japan   Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Capacity: 5,496 Capacity: 10,000
   

Pool standing procedure

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  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

Results

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1   Brazil 5 4 1 12 14 6 2.333 461 428 1.077
2   Russia 5 4 1 11 13 5 2.600 432 380 1.137
3   Italy 5 2 3 9 12 10 1.200 498 477 1.044
4   Iran 5 3 2 7 10 10 1.000 439 450 0.976
5   United States 5 2 3 6 8 12 0.667 466 460 1.013
6   Japan 5 0 5 0 1 15 0.067 295 396 0.745
Source: [citation needed]

Kyoto round

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 Nov 12:10 Italy   3–1   Russia 28–26 25–20 19–25 27–25   99–96 P2 P3
19 Nov 16:10 Iran   1–3   Brazil 16–25 17–25 27–25 23–25   83–100 P2 P3
19 Nov 19:10 United States   3–1   Japan 25–17 25–17 21–25 25–20   96–79 P2 P3
20 Nov 12:10 Italy   2–3   Iran 24–26 25–16 23–25 25–23 12–15 109–105 P2 P3
20 Nov 16:10 Brazil   3–0   United States 31–29 25–23 25–23     81–75 P2 P3
20 Nov 19:10 Russia   3–0   Japan 25–16 25–17 25–18     75–51 P2 P3

Tokyo round

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Nov 12:10 United States   3–2   Italy 25–21 20–25 22–25 28–26 15–13 110–110 P2 P3
22 Nov 16:10 Iran   0–3   Russia 23–25 23–25 19–25     65–75 P2 P3
22 Nov 19:10 Japan   0–3   Brazil 17–25 23–25 18–25     58–75 P2 P3
23 Nov 12:10 Iran   3–2   United States 28–26 19–25 19–25 27–25 18–16 111–117 P2 P3
23 Nov 16:10 Russia   3–2   Brazil 20–25 22–25 25–21 25–17 15–9 107–97 P2 P3
23 Nov 19:10 Italy   3–0   Japan 25–16 25–21 25–21     75–58 P2 P3
24 Nov 12:10 Brazil   3–2   Italy 25–22 25–22 23–25 20–25 15–11 108–105 P2 P3
24 Nov 15:10 United States   0–3   Russia 27–29 22–25 19–25     68–79 P2 P3
24 Nov 18:10 Japan   0–3   Iran 17–25 18–25 14–25     49–75 P2 P3

Final standing

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 2013". FIVB.
  2. ^ "USA, Brazil & Rusia earn place in FIVB men's Grand Champions Cup". Lausanne, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
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