2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2017 Men's Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	12–17 December
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Zenit Kazan (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Osmany Juantorena (LUB)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Attendance	53,110 (3,319 per match)
Official website
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The 2017 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the first time from 12 to 17 December 2017.^[1]^[2] Eight teams competed in the tournament, including two wild cards.

Russia's Zenit Kazan defeated Italy's Cucine Lube Civitanova in the final and won the title for the first time.^[3] Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's PGE Skra Bełchatów in the 3rd place match.^[4] Osmany Juantorena from Cucine Lube Civitanova was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[5]

Qualification

Team (Confederation)	Qualified as
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (CEV)	Hosts (2017 Polish Champions)
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (AVC)	2016 Asian Champions
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)	2017 South American Champions
Zenit Kazan (CEV)	2017 European Champions
Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)	2017 National Champions from the top 2 countries, not yet qualified, in the FIVB World Ranking as of 31 December 2016
Personal Bolívar (CSV)
PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV)	Wild Card
Shanghai Golden Age (AVC)	Wild Card

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	PGE Skra Bełchatów
Cucine Lube Civitanova	Zenit Kazan
Sada Cruzeiro	Personal Bolívar
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	Shanghai Golden Age

Squads

Venues

Pool A	Pool B	Final round
Opole, Poland	Łódź, Poland	Kraków, Poland
Stegu Arena	Atlas Arena	Tauron Arena Kraków
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 12,100	Capacity: 14,752

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the points ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

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

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	265	227	1.167	Semifinals
2	Sada Cruzeiro	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	212	203	1.044	Semifinals
3	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3	1	2	3	5	8	0.625	283	306	0.925
4	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	239	263	0.909

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Dec	17:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	3–2	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	19–25	20–25	25–16	31–29	17–15	112–110	P2 P3
12 Dec	20:50	Sada Cruzeiro	0–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	21–25	16–25	18–25			55–75	P2 P3
13 Dec	17:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	2–3	Cucine Lube Civitanova	25–23	21–25	25–23	21–25	16–18	108–114	P2 P3
13 Dec	20:50	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	23–25	20–25	22–25			65–75	P2 P3
14 Dec	17:30	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	13–25	30–32	20–25			63–82	P2 P3
14 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran	26–24	25–17	25–23			76–64	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Zenit Kazan	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	229	171	1.339	Semifinals
2	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	236	217	1.088	Semifinals
3	Shanghai Golden Age	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	220	251	0.876
4	Personal Bolívar	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	237	283	0.837

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Dec	17:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Personal Bolívar	25–20	25–19	25–17			75–56	P2 P3
12 Dec	20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–0	Shanghai Golden Age	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58	P2 P3
13 Dec	17:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Shanghai Golden Age	25–15	25–16	25–21			75–52	P2 P3
13 Dec	20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	3–1	Personal Bolívar	23–25	25–15	25–21	25–19		98–80	P2 P3
14 Dec	17:30	Shanghai Golden Age	3–2	Personal Bolívar	22–25	25–20	23–25	25–18	15–13	110–101	P2 P3
14 Dec	20:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Zenit Kazan	27–29	20–25	16–25			63–79	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Semifinals		Final

16 December

Civitanova	3
		17 December
Bełchatów	0
		Civitanova	0
16 December
		Kazan	3
Sada	0

Kazan	3
		3rd place match

		17 December

		Bełchatów	0

		Sada	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Dec	17:30	Sada Cruzeiro	0–3	Zenit Kazan	23–25	19–25	18–25			60–75	P2 P3
16 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	PGE Skra Bełchatów	25–23	25–23	25–23			75–69	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Dec	17:30	PGE Skra Bełchatów	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	19–25	18–25	13–25			50–75	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	Zenit Kazan	25–27	22–25	22–25			69–77	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Zenit Kazan
	Cucine Lube Civitanova
	Sada Cruzeiro
4	PGE Skra Bełchatów
5	Shanghai Golden Age
5	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
7	Personal Bolívar
7	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran