2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

2016 Men's Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	18–23 October
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Sada Cruzeiro (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	William Arjona (SDC)
Official website
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The 2016 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 12th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 18 to 23 October 2016.^[1]

Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro defeated Russia's Zenit Kazan in the final and won FIVB Men’s Club World Championship for the second time in a row and third on their history.^[2] Italy's Trentino Diatec claimed the bronze medal by defeating Argentina's Personal Bolívar in the third place match.^[3] William Arjona from Cruzeiro was elected the Most Valuable Player.^[4]

Qualification

Team	Qualified as
Minas Tênis Clube	Hosts
Tala'ea El-Gaish	2016 African Champions
Taichung Bank	2015 Asian Champions
Zenit Kazan	2016 European Champions
Sada Cruzeiro	2016 South American Champions
Trentino Diatec	Wild Card
UPCN San Juan
Personal Bolívar

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Sada Cruzeiro	Personal Bolívar
Taichung Bank	UPCN San Juan
Tala'ea El-Gaish	Trentino Diatec
Zenit Kazan	Minas Tênis Clube

Squads

Venue

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

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
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).

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Oct	14:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Tala'ea El-Gaish	25–14	25–19	25–15		75–48	P2 P3
18 Oct	19:30	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Taichung Bank	25–10	25–16	25–13		75–39	P2 P3
19 Oct	19:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–0	Tala'ea El-Gaish	25–18	25–20	25–15		75–53	P2 P3
20 Oct	15:00	Tala'ea El-Gaish	1–3	Taichung Bank	25–23	20–25	14–25	23–25	82–98	P2 P3
20 Oct	20:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–1	Zenit Kazan	25–20	20–25	26–24	25–20	96–89	P2 P3
21 Oct	17:30	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Taichung Bank	25–22	25–16	25–17		75–55	P2 P3

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
18 Oct	17:00	Minas Tênis Clube	0–3	UPCN San Juan	22–25	18–25	18–25		58–75	P2 P3
19 Oct	14:00	Personal Bolívar	3–1	UPCN San Juan	33–31	22–25	30–28	27–25	112–109	P2 P3
19 Oct	16:45	Trentino Diatec	3–0	Minas Tênis Clube	25–23	25–19	25–23		75–65	P2 P3
20 Oct	17:30	Trentino Diatec	3–1	Personal Bolívar	25–18	23–25	25–17	25–19	98–79	P2 P3
21 Oct	15:00	Personal Bolívar	3–1	Minas Tênis Clube	18–25	25–19	25–19	25–22	93–85	P2 P3
21 Oct	20:00	UPCN San Juan	0–3	Trentino Diatec	24–26	19–25	23–25		66–76	P2 P3

Final round

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

Semifinals		Final

22 October

Sada	3
		23 October
Bolívar	1
		Sada	3
22 October
		Kazan	0
Kazan	3

Trentino	0
		3rd place match

		23 October

		Bolívar	2

		Trentino	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	15:00	Zenit Kazan	3–0	Trentino Diatec	25–18	25–23	25–18			75–59	P2 P3
22 Oct	18:00	Sada Cruzeiro	3–1	Personal Bolívar	21–25	25–15	25–15	25–19		96–74	P2 P3