2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 11th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 27 to 31 October 2015.

2015 Men's Club World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	27–31 October
Teams	6 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Sada Cruzeiro (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yoandy Leal (SDC)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Attendance	25,420 (2,542 per match)
Official website
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Qualification

Team (Confederation)	Qualified as
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)	Hosts
Al-Ahly (CAVB)	2015 African Champions
Paykan Tehran (AVC)*	2015 AVC Representatives
Zenit Kazan (CEV)	2015 European Champions
Capitanes de Arecibo (NORCECA)	2015 NORCECA Representatives
UPCN San Juan (CSV)	2015 South American Champions

* Paykan Tehran replaced Matin Varamin (2014 Asian Champions), who withdrew from the tournament.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Sada Cruzeiro	UPCN San Juan
Zenit Kazan	Paykan Tehran
Capitanes de Arecibo	Al-Ahly

Squads

Main article: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads

Venue

All matches
Betim, Brazil
Ginásio Poliesportivo Divino Braga
Capacity: 6,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
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

Preliminary round

• All times are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Zenit Kazan	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	169	138	1.225	Semifinals
2	Sada Cruzeiro	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	158	145	1.090
3	Capitanes de Arecibo	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	106	150	0.707

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Oct	20:10	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Capitanes de Arecibo	25–13	25–18	25–20			75–51	P2 P3
28 Oct	20:10	Sada Cruzeiro	1–3	Zenit Kazan	20–25	18–25	25–19	20–25		83–94	P2 P3
29 Oct	17:10	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Capitanes de Arecibo	25–19	25–20	25–16			75–55	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Paykan Tehran	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	120	1.250	Semifinals
2	UPCN San Juan	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	141	135	1.044
3	Al-Ahly	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	114	150	0.760

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Oct	17:10	Paykan Tehran	3–0	Al-Ahly	25–19	25–20	25–15			75–54	P2 P3
28 Oct	17:30	UPCN San Juan	3–0	Al-Ahly	25–23	25–16	25–21			75–60	P2 P3
29 Oct	20:10	UPCN San Juan	0–3	Paykan Tehran	22–25	22–25	22–25			66–75	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	30 October
	Paykan	0
					31 October
	Sada	3
					Sada	3
	30 October
					Kazan	1
	Kazan	3
	UPCN	0
					3rd place match
					31 October
					Paykan	2
					UPCN	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Oct	17:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	UPCN San Juan	25–23	25–21	25–20			75–64	P2 P3
30 Oct	20:00	Paykan Tehran	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	19–25	17–25	17–25			53–75	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Oct	11:40	Paykan Tehran	2–3	UPCN San Juan	25–21	25–22	20–25	23–25	14–16	107–109	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Oct	15:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–1	Zenit Kazan	25–20	21–25	27–25	25–21		98–91	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team     Sada Cruzeiro     Zenit Kazan     UPCN San Juan 4   Paykan Tehran 5   Al-Ahly   Capitanes de Arecibo

2015 Men's Club World Champions    Sada Cruzeiro 2nd title 14–man roster Alan, Éder Levi, Vanderson, William (c), Wallace, Leal, Rodriguinho, Isac, Cachopa, Winters, Éder, Serginho, Filipe, Kadu Head coach Méndez

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best setter

    William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best outside spikers

    Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)

    Todor Aleksiev (UPCN San Juan)

• Best middle blockers

    Nikolay Nikolov (Paykan Tehran)

    Alexander Gutsalyuk (Zenit Kazan)

• Best opposite spiker

    Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)

• Best libero

    Sérgio Nogueira (Sada Cruzeiro)

External links

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Statistics