The 2007
FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 2007 in
Japan
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. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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,
China
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. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined
China
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as they had already secured a berth as the host country.
Qualification
Squads
Venues
Format
The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 other teams. Points were accumulated throughout the whole tournament. The final standing was determined by the number of points gained.
Results
All times are
Japan Standard Time
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(
UTC+09:00).
First round
Site A
Site B
Second round
Site A
Site B
Third round
Site A
Site B
Fourth round
Site A
Site B
Final standing
Awards
* Most Valuable Player
:
Gilberto Godoy Filho
Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in t ...
* Best Scorer
:
Héctor Soto
* Best Spiker
:
Dante Amaral
Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring and , he played in the position of outside hitter.
He was born in Itumbiara.
Biography
Ea ...
* Best Blocker
:
José Luis Moltó
* Best Server
:
Semen Poltavskiy
Semyon Vladimirovich Poltavskiy (russian: Семён Владимирович Полтавский) (born 8 February 1981 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a former volleyball player from Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a ...
* Best Setter
:
Miguel Angel Falasca
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Places
*Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disamb ...
* Best Libero
:
Sérgio Santos
External links
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