2009 FIVB World League

The FIVB World League 2009 was an international men's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from June 12 to July 26, 2009.

Serbia - Brazil FIVB World League 2009 final in Belgrade Arena, 22,680 spectators

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
United States Italy China Netherlands	Serbia France South Korea Argentina	Russia Bulgaria Japan Cuba	Brazil Poland Finland Venezuela

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points
2. Numbers of matches won
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio

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

Intercontinental round

• The Final Round hosts Serbia, the winner of each pool and the best second among Pool A, C and D will qualify for the Final Round. If Serbia is ranked first in its pool, the team ranked second of Pool B will qualify for the Final Round.

Pool A

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	27	9	3	1076	989	1.088	30	15	2.000
2	Italy	22	8	4	1030	951	1.083	27	17	1.588
3	Netherlands	13	4	8	916	993	0.922	16	26	0.615
4	China	10	3	9	923	1012	0.912	14	29	0.483

Week 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jun	Italy	3–0	China	25–16	25–12	25–16			75–44
13 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	United States	25–22	25–19	26–24			76–65
13 Jun	Italy	0–3	China	21–25	23–25	32–34			76–84
14 Jun	Netherlands	2–3	United States	16–25	32–30	17–25	25–20	6–15	96–115

Week 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Jun	Italy	1–3	United States	21–25	28–30	25–21	21–25		95–101
20 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	China	26–24	28–26	25–20			79–70
21 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	China	25–18	25–20	25–15			75–53
21 Jun	Italy	1–3	United States	19–25	25–18	22–25	20–25		86–93

Week 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jun	United States	3–0	China	25–20	25–19	25–21			75–60
27 Jun	Netherlands	2–3	Italy	25–21	25–23	19–25	15–25	9–15	94–109
27 Jun	United States	3–0	China	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65
28 Jun	Netherlands	0–3	Italy	23–25	15–25	20–25			58–75

Week 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Jul	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–19	25–22			75–60
04 Jul	China	3–2	United States	25–19	27–29	18–25	26–24	15–12	111–109
05 Jul	China	1–3	United States	18–25	25–20	21–25	12–25		76–95
05 Jul	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	25–20	25–23			75–66

Week 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Jul	United States	1–3	Italy	25–20	20–25	22–25	24–26		91–96
11 Jul	China	2–3	Netherlands	18–25	25–19	27–29	25–11	22–25	117–109
11 Jul	United States	3–1	Italy	25–19	18–25	25–23	25–21		93–88
12 Jul	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–20	25–23			75–64

Week 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	China	0–3	Italy	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75
17 Jul	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	32–30	31–29			88–80
18 Jul	China	2–3	Italy	26–28	25–21	25–17	21–25	13–15	110–106
18 Jul	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–18	26–24			76–61

Pool B

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	24	8	4	1079	1028	1.050	27	20	1.350
2	Argentina	21	7	5	1193	1186	1.006	29	25	1.160
3	France	18	6	6	1117	1125	0.993	26	24	1.083
4	South Korea	9	3	9	1101	1151	0.957	18	31	0.581

Week 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jun	Serbia	0–3	France	22–25	17–25	27–29			66–79
13 Jun	South Korea	3–2	Argentina	20–25	25–22	34–36	25–16	15–13	119–112
14 Jun	South Korea	2–3	Argentina	25–21	21–25	25–19	20–25	12–15	103–105
14 Jun	Serbia	3–1	France	25–19	25–22	19–25	25–23		94–89

Week 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Jun	France	2–3	Argentina	19–25	25–19	25–22	20–25	9–15	98–106
20 Jun	South Korea	1–3	Serbia	25–14	27–29	18–25	18–25		88–93
21 Jun	South Korea	3–0	Serbia	25–22	28–26	25–22			78–70
21 Jun	France	3–2	Argentina	25–21	26–24	19–25	22–25	15–9	107–104

Week 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jun	Serbia	2–3	Argentina	25–20	22–25	25–18	23–25	13–15	108–103
26 Jun	France	3–1	South Korea	25–18	25–19	16–25	25–21		91–83
28 Jun	France	3–2	South Korea	25–23	24–26	34–32	20–25	15–10	118–116
28 Jun	Serbia	3–0	Argentina	25–15	27–25	25–19			77–59

Week 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Jul	France	1–3	Serbia	22–25	21–25	25–15	19–25		87–90
04 Jul	Argentina	2–3	South Korea	30–32	20–25	25–21	25–22	10–15	110–115
05 Jul	France	1–3	Serbia	16–25	14–25	25–21	20–25		75–96
05 Jul	Argentina	3–0	South Korea	31–29	25–20	25–23			81–72

Week 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Serbia	25–22	27–25	21–25	25–18		98–90
11 Jul	South Korea	0–3	France	14–25	24–26	20–25			58-76
11 Jul	Argentina	2–3	Serbia	25–16	21–25	25–21	20–25	10–15	101–102
12 Jul	South Korea	1–3	France	21–25	25–21	29–31	23–25		98–102

Week 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Jul	Argentina	3–1	France	28–26	25–21	21–25	25–18		99–90
17 Jul	Serbia	3–1	South Korea	20–25	25–19	25–20	25–22		95–86
17 Jul	Argentina	3–2	France	32–30	22–25	21–25	25–18	15–7	115–105
18 Jul	Serbia	3–1	South Korea	23–25	25–17	25–21	25–22		98–85

Pool C

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	26	8	4	1099	1001	1.098	30	17	1.765
2	Russia	23	8	4	1046	988	1.059	28	17	1.647
3	Bulgaria	15	5	7	1048	1084	0.967	20	26	0.769
4	Japan	8	3	9	943	1063	0.887	13	31	0.419

Week 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jun	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	24–26	29–27	25–18	25–22		103–93
13 Jun	Japan	0–3	Russia	22–25	23–25	16–25			61–75
13 Jun	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	25–19	23–25	25–21	25–20		98–85
14 Jun	Japan	1–3	Russia	22–25	22–25	25–22	12–25		81–97

Week 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Jun	Cuba	3–2	Russia	25–18	24–26	22–25	25–23	15–11	111–103
20 Jun	Bulgaria	3–1	Japan	26–24	19–25	25–21	25–22		95–92
20 Jun	Cuba	2–3	Russia	21–25	25–19	25–18	20–25	13–15	104–102
21 Jun	Bulgaria	1–3	Japan	16–25	25–14	24–26	21–25		86–90

Week 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jun	Japan	0–3	Cuba	22–25	19–25	25–27			66–77
27 Jun	Russia	1–3	Bulgaria	29–31	25–16	23–25	20–25		97–97
28 Jun	Japan	0–3	Cuba	22–25	21–25	18–25			61–75
28 Jun	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–22	25–18	25–22			75–62

Week 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Jul	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	23–25	25–23	29–31	26–28		103–107
04 Jul	Russia	3–2	Cuba	25–14	24–26	19–25	25–23	25–23	118–111
05 Jul	Japan	3–2	Bulgaria	26–24	13–25	21–25	25–23	15–13	100–110
05 Jul	Russia	0–3	Cuba	19–25	17–25	21–25			57–75

Week 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Jul	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–12	25–22			75–53
11 Jul	Russia	1–3	Japan	23–25	23–25	25–22	21–25		92–97
11 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	Cuba	13–25	23–25	25–23	26–24	15–10	102–107
12 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–21	25–21			75–64

Week 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Jul	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	21–25	27–29	24–26			72–80
17 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–13	25–21			75–53
18 Jul	Bulgaria	0–3	Russia	21–25	22–25	21–25			64–75
18 Jul	Cuba	3–1	Japan	25–17	27–25	22–25	25–19		99–86

Pool D

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	33	11	1	1008	809	1.246	35	6	5.833
2	Finland	21	7	5	1059	1066	0.993	25	22	1.136
3	Poland	13	5	7	959	994	0.965	18	26	0.692
4	Venezuela	5	1	11	876	1033	0.848	12	33	0.364

Week 1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jun	Venezuela	3–0	Finland	27–25	25–21	25–22			77–68
13 Jun	Brazil	3–1	Poland	23–25	25–18	25–20	25–19		98–82
14 Jun	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–20	25–15			75–55
14 Jun	Venezuela	1–3	Finland	23–25	22–25	25–22	23–25		93–97

Week 2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Jun	Brazil	3–2	Finland	25–22	26–28	25–16	23–25	15–9	114–100
19 Jun	Venezuela	2–3	Poland	25–21	19–25	25–20	25–27	11–15	105–108
20 Jun	Brazil	3–0	Finland	25–17	25–19	25–20			75–56
21 Jun	Venezuela	0–3	Poland	21–25	11–25	18–25			50–75

Week 3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jun	Finland	3–2	Venezuela	19–25	26–24	24–26	25–13	27–25	121–113
27 Jun	Poland	0–3	Brazil	23–25	22–25	10–25			55–75
27 Jun	Finland	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	25–23	25–19			75–63
28 Jun	Poland	0–3	Brazil	19–25	21–25	20–25			60–75

Week 4

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Jul	Finland	0–3	Brazil	19–25	15–25	23–25			57–75
03 Jul	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–15	25–22	25–20			75–57
04 Jul	Finland	3–2	Brazil	22–25	23–25	25–22	25–22	17–15	112–109
04 Jul	Poland	3–1	Venezuela	27–29	25–14	25–21	25–22		102–86

Week 5

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Jul	Finland	3–1	Poland	25–21	25–18	22–25	28–26		100–90
10 Jul	Venezuela	0–3	Brazil	15–25	12–25	17–25			44–75
11 Jul	Finland	3–0	Poland	25–18	25–22	25–22			75–62
12 Jul	Venezuela	0–3	Brazil	23–25	32–34	19–25			74–84

Week 6

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Jul	Poland	1–3	Finland	16–25	25–21	20–25	23–25		84–96
16 Jul	Poland	3–2	Finland	29–27	20–25	25–16	22–25	15–9	111–102
18 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	28–26	25–18	25–13			78–57
19 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–22	25–15			75–57

Final round

• Organizer: Serbia
• Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool play

Pool E

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	6	2	0	173	157	1.102	6	1	6.000
2	Russia	3	1	1	167	165	1.012	4	3	1.333
3	United States	0	0	2	132	150	0.880	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	20:37	Serbia	3–0	United States	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65	P2 P3
23 Jul	20:37	United States	0–3	Russia	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75	P2 P3
24 Jul	20:37	Russia	1–3	Serbia	23–25	23–25	25–23	21–25		92–98	P2 P3

Pool F

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	2	0	173	141	1.227	6	1	6.000
2	Cuba	3	1	1	178	193	0.922	4	4	1.000
3	Argentina	0	0	2	157	174	0.902	1	6	0.167

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Jul	17:37	Argentina	1–3	Cuba	22–25	25–22	24–26	24–26		95–99	P2 P3
23 Jul	17:37	Cuba	1–3	Brazil	18–25	25–23	17–25	19–25		79–98	P2 P3
24 Jul	17:37	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–22	25–20			75–62	P2 P3

Final four

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	25 July – Belgrade
	Brazil	3
	Russia	0
					26 July – Belgrade
					Brazil	3
					Serbia	2
					3rd place
	25 July – Belgrade			26 July – Belgrade
	Serbia	3		Russia	3
	Cuba	1			Cuba	0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	17:37	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–17	25–21	25–21			75–59	P2 P3
25 Jul	20:37	Serbia	3–1	Cuba	18–25	25–13	25–21	27–25		95–84	P2 P3

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	17:07	Russia	3–0	Cuba	25–13	26–24	25–16			76–53	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	20:07	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	22–25	25–23	25–22	23–25	15–12	110–107	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	Brazil
2 !	Serbia
3 !	Russia
4	Cuba
5	Argentina
6	United States
7	Italy
8	Finland
9	France
10	Bulgaria
11	Poland
12	Netherlands
13	China
14	South Korea
15	Japan
16	Venezuela

World League 2009 Champions
Brazil 8th title

14–man Roster for Final Round

Bruno, Eder, Sidão, Vissotto, Giba, Murilo, Sérgio, Thiago, João Paulo, Rodrigão, Rivaldo, Lucas, Marlon, Mario

Head Coach

Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP: Sérgio Santos
• Best Scorer: Ivan Miljković
• Best Spiker: Robertlandy Simón
• Best Blocker: Robertlandy Simón
• Best Server: Wilfredo León
• Best Setter: Nikola Grbić
• Best Libero: Aleksey Verbov

External links

• Official Website of the 2009 FIVB World League