2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 16th edition of the competition. It was held in Betim, Brazil for the second consecutive time from 7 to 11 December 2021.^[1]

2021 Men's Club World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
City	Betim
Dates	7–11 December
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Sada Cruzeiro (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Miguel Ángel López
Best Setter	Fernando Kreling
Best OH	Alessandro Michieletto Miguel Ángel López
Best MB	Otávio Pinto Robertlandy Simón
Best OPP	Wallace de Souza
Best Libero	Fabio Balaso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Attendance	22,200 (2,220 per match)
Official website
FIVB Club World Championship
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Sada Cruzeiro won their 4th title of the world champions, having beaten Cucine Lube Civitanova in the final (3–0).^[2]

Qualification

Team (Confederation)	Qualified as
Sada Cruzeiro (CSV)	Hosts and 2020 South American Champions
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (CEV)	2021 European Champions
Itas Trentino (CEV)	2021 European Runners-up
UPCN San Juan (CSV)	2020 South American Runners-up
Foolad Sirjan Iranian (AVC)	2021 Asian Champions
Funvic Natal (CSV)	2021 Brazilian Champions
Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV)	Wild Card (2019 World Champions)

• Cucine Lube Civitanova replaced ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle which has decided to withdraw from the competition.^[3][4][5]

Venue

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

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Cucine Lube Civitanova	Sada Cruzeiro
UPCN San Juan	Itas Trentino
Funvic Natal	Foolad Sirjan Iranian

Squads

Main article: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads

Pool ranking criteria

Ranking system: Number of victories Match points Set ratio Setpoint ratio H2H results

Result Winners Losers 3–0 3 points 0 points 3–1 3 points 0 points 3–2 2 points 1 point

Preliminary round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cucine Lube Civitanova	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	111	1.351	Semifinals
2	Funvic Natal	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	166	178	0.933
3	UPCN San Juan	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	156	183	0.852

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	18:00	Funvic Natal	3–2	UPCN San Juan	21–25	22–25	25–20	25–21	15–12	108–103	Report
8 Dec	17:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	UPCN San Juan	25–19	25–13	25–21			75–53	Report
9 Dec	17:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–0	Funvic Natal	25–22	25–20	25–16			75–58	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sada Cruzeiro	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	112	1.339	Semifinals
2	Itas Trentino	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	135	134	1.007
3	Foolad Sirjan Iranian	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	111	150	0.740

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	21:30	Foolad Sirjan Iranian	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	20–25	16–25	16–25			52–75	Report
8 Dec	20:30	Foolad Sirjan Iranian	0–3	Itas Trentino	18–25	22–25	19–25			59–75	Report
9 Dec	20:30	Itas Trentino	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	19–25	23–25	18–25			60–75	Report

Final round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	10 December
	Lube	3
					11 December
	Trentino	2
					Lube	0
	10 December
					Sada Cruzeiro	3
	Funvic	1
	Sada Cruzeiro	3
					3rd place match
					11 December
					Trentino	3
					Funvic	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Dec	17:00	Cucine Lube Civitanova	3–2	Itas Trentino	25–20	22–25	23–25	25–20	21–19	116–109	Report
10 Dec	20:30	Funvic Natal	1–3	Sada Cruzeiro	17–25	22–25	25–23	16–25		80–98	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Dec	17:00	Itas Trentino	3–0	Funvic Natal	25–18	25–18	25–18			75–54	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Dec	20:30	Cucine Lube Civitanova	0–3	Sada Cruzeiro	17–25	22–25	23–25			62–75	Report

Final standings

Rank Team     Sada Cruzeiro     Cucine Lube Civitanova     Itas Trentino 4   Funvic Natal 5   UPCN San Juan 6   Foolad Sirjan Iranian

2021 Club World Champions  '  Sada Cruzeiro 4th title' 14–man roster Oppenkoski, Lukinha, Otávio, Lucas Lóh, G. Rech, Wallace (c), Cledenilson, Rodriguinho, Isac, Fernando, Bauer, Resley, Matias, López Head coach Filipe Ferraz

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Miguel Ángel López (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best setter

    Fernando Kreling (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best outside spikers

    Alessandro Michieletto (Itas Trentino)

    Miguel Ángel López (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best middle blockers

    Otávio Pinto (Sada Cruzeiro)

    Robertlandy Simón (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

• Best opposite spiker

    Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)

• Best libero

    Fabio Balaso (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

References

1. "Volleyball World Announces Betim, Brazil As Host City Of Volleyball Men's Club World Championship 2021". FIVB. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. "Sada Cruzeiro lift fourth Club World Championship trophy". FIVB. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
3. "Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle nie zagra w Klubowych Mistrzostwach Świata". zaksa.pl (in Polish). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
4. "La Cucine Lube Civitanova prenderà parte al Mondiale per Club 2021". lubevolley.it (in Italian). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. "ITA M: Lube replace ZAKSA at 2021 Club World Championship". worldofvolley.com. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• Official website