The 2011

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was the 22nd edition of the annual men's international

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 May to 10 July 2011. The Final Round was held in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Qualification

*Top 14 teams of the 2010 edition directly qualified. * and qualified through the qualification. * replaced , who withdrew from the tournament. * replaced , who withdrew from the tournament.

Pools composition

Squads

Pool standing procedure

# Match points # Number of matches won # 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

Intercontinental round

*All times are local. *The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Poland finish lower than second in Pool A, they will still qualify along with the best three second place teams across all four pools.

Pool A

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Pool B

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Pool C

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Pool D

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Final round

*Venue:

Ergo Arena Ergo Arena (Hala Gdańsk-Sopot) is a multi-purpose indoor arena, that was opened in 2010. The boundary between two cities – Sopot and Gdańsk – runs through the very middle of the hall. The arena has a capacity of 11,409 people, for sports e ...

*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool play

Pool E

Pool F

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

Maxim Mikhaylov Maxim Mikhaylovich Mikhaylov ( rus, Максим Михайлович Михайлов, , mɐˈksʲim mʲɪˈxaɪ̯ɫəf; born 19 March 1988) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of the Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club ...

*Best Scorer :

Bartosz Kurek Bartosz Kamil Kurek (born 29 August 1988) is a Polish professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Poland national team, a participant in the Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 2018 World Champion, 2009 European Champ ...

*Best Spiker :

Théo Lopes Théo Fabrício Nery Lopes (born 31 August 1983) is a Brazilian male volleyball player who plays for Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. He was part of the Brazil national team who won the 2010 FIVB World Championship in Italy. Honours Benfica * Po ...

*Best Blocker :

*Best Server :

Dmitriy Muserskiy Dmitry Aleksandrovich Muserskiy (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Мусэрский) (born 29 October 1988) is a Russian volleyball player of Ukrainians, Ukrainian descent, member of the Russia men's national volleyball team, R ...

*Best Setter : Luciano De Cecco *Best Receiver :

Murilo Endres Murilo Endres (born May 3, 1981) is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club SESI São Paulo. He is a double silver medalist of the Olympic Games from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, World ...

*Best Libero :

Krzysztof Ignaczak Krzysztof Ignaczak (born 15 May 1978) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland national team in 1998–2014. A participant at the Olympic Games ( Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), the 2014 World Ch ...

External links

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