2019 Montreux Volley Masters

2019 Montreux Volley Masters

Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
Dates	13–18 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Malwina Smarzek (POL)
Official website
Volleymasters.ch

The 2019 Montreux Volley Masters was the 34th edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland.

Participating teams

Teams:

Pool A	Pool B
China Germany Japan Poland	Italy (Defending champion) Switzerland Thailand Turkey

Squads

Main article: 2019 Montreux Volley Masters squads

Group stage

The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round.

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	280	254	1.102	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	276	274	1.007
3	China	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	301	273	1.103	Classification round
4	Germany	3	0	3	1	4	9	0.444	254	310	0.819

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	18:45	Japan	3–1	China	25–20	17–25	27–25	25–21		94–91	Report
14 May	16:30	Germany	2–3	China	21–25	9–25	26–24	25–22	9–15	90–111	Report
14 May	21:15	Poland	3–1	Japan	25–15	19–25	25–21	25–19		94–80	Report
15 May	16:30	China	3–1	Poland	22–25	25–17	25–22	27–25		99–89	Report
15 May	21:15	Japan	3–1	Germany	25–19	23–25	25–18	29–27		102–89	Report
16 May	18:45	Germany	1–3	Poland	14–25	25–22	18–25	18–25		75–97	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	269	252	1.067	Semifinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	271	258	1.050
3	Turkey	3	2	1	6	7	5	1.400	285	278	1.025	Classification round
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	242	279	0.867

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 May	16:30	Switzerland	1–3	Turkey	20–25	24–26	25–21	20–25		89–97	Report
13 May	21:15	Thailand	3–1	Italy	25–20	25–14	16–25	25–19		91–78	Report
14 May	18:45	Switzerland	1–3	Thailand	24–26	19–25	25–15	14–25		82–91	Report
15 May	18:45	Italy	3–1	Turkey	25–27	25–20	25–20	25–23		100–90	Report
16 May	16:30	Italy	3–1	Switzerland	25–17	25–16	16–25	25–13		91–71	Report
16 May	21:15	Turkey	3–1	Thailand	22–25	25–19	25–21	26–24		98–89	Report

Classification round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 May	12:30	China	1–3	Turkey	18–25	25–16	23–25	18–25		84–91	Report
17 May	16:30	Germany	3–1	Switzerland	21–25	25–19	25–15	25–17		96–76	Report

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	17 May
	Poland	3
					18 May
	Thailand	0
					Poland	3
	17 May
					Japan	1
	Italy	0
	Japan	3
					Third place match
					18 May
					Thailand	0
					Italy	3

Semifinal

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 May	18:45	Poland	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–9	25–23			75–50	Report
17 May	21:15	Italy	0–3	Japan	21–25	14–25	16–25			51–75	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 May	14:45	Thailand	0–3	Italy	20–25	18–25	14–25			52–75	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 May	17:15	Poland	3–1	Japan	25–15	22–25	25–17	26–24		98–81	Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Poland
	Japan
	Italy
4	Thailand
5	Turkey
6	China
7	Germany
8	Switzerland

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Malwina Smarzek (POL)

• Best setter

  Nanami Seki (JPN)

• Best outside spikers

  Yurie Nabeya (JPN)

  Martyna Grajber (POL)

• Best middle blockers

  Agnieszka Kąkolewska (POL)

  Sarah Luisa Fahr (ITA)

• Best opposite spiker

  Malwina Smarzek (POL)

• Best libero

  Mako Kobata (JPN)