The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 27th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament which was played by a record of 36 teams from 16 June to 17 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Kraków, Poland. After being runners-up on five occasions, Serbia finally claimed their first World League after prevailing over Brazil in straight sets. The defending champions France claimed their first ever bronze medal at the World League after a fast victory in straight sets against Italy.

Marko Ivović Marko Ivović ( sr-cyrl, Марко Ивовић; born 22 December 1990) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. He is part of the Serbian national volleyball team. The 2019 European Champion and the 2016 World League winner. At the profe ...

was elected the most valuable player. Canada secured their promotion into the 2017 World League Group 1 by sweeping hosts Portugal in straight sets in the Group 2 final four held in

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

. In the Group 3 final four, held in Frankfurt, Germany, Slovenia defeated the home team in four sets to crown their first ever World League appearance. Additionally, the team coached by former World League champion and MVP Andrea Giani earned a spot for the Intercontinental Group 2 in the next year.

Qualification

*All 32 teams from the 2015 edition directly qualified. * qualified through the 2015 European League. *, and were invited to participate in Group 3. :

¹ Teams making their debuts.

Format

Intercontinental round

*Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB. *Group 2, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB. *Group 3, the 12 teams were drawn in 6 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 6 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.

Final round

*Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the

serpentine system The serpentine system (also called snake seeding) is a method employed in the organization of a competition to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m ...

. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals. *Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.

Pools composition

The pools of Group 1 and Group 2 were announced on 18 August 2015. The pools of Group 3 were announced on 29 October 2015.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Competition schedule

Squads

There are 21 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 21 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other. 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

Group 1

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A1

= *Venue:

Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre The State Sports Centre (known commercially as the Quaycentre) is a multi-use indoor arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was opened in November 1984. With a total of 3,854 fixed and retractable seats the main arena is a focal point o ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

*All times are

Australian Eastern Standard Time Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state ...

( UTC+10:00).

=Pool B1

= *Venue: Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *All times are Brasília Time ( UTC−03:00).

=Pool C1

= *Venue: Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia *All times are

Kaliningrad Time Kaliningrad Time is the time zone two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00) and one hour behind Moscow Time (MSK−1). It is used in Kaliningrad Oblast. Until 2011, Kaliningrad Time was identical to Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00; UTC+03:00 with d ...

( UTC+02:00).

Week 2

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, Serbia *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Week 3

=Pool G1

= *Venue:

Palais des Sports Jean Weille Palais de Sports Jean Weille is an indoor sporting arena located in Nancy, France. The seating capacity of the arena is 6,027 people. It is currently home to the SLUC Nancy professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which tw ...

, Nancy, France *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

=Pool H1

= *Venue: Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, United States *All times are

Central Daylight Time The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...

( UTC−05:00).

=Pool I1

= *Venue:

Azadi Indoor Stadium The Azadi Indoor Stadium, officially named Azadi 12,000 Capacity Hall ( fa, سالن دوازده هزار نفری آزادی), is an indoor sports arena in Tehran, Iran. The stadium has a seating capacity of 6,583, and the stadium capacity w ...

, Tehran, Iran *All times are Iran Daylight Time ( UTC+04:30).

Group 2

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A2

= *Venue: İzmir Atatürk Volleyball Hall, İzmir, Turkey *All times are Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+03:00).

=Pool B2

= *Venue: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

*All times are Japan Standard Time ( UTC+09:00).

=Pool C2

= *Venue:

Budvar Arena Budvar Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. It is used as the home ice of Motor České Budějovice, which currently plays in the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League The Chance Liga is the second-highe ...

, České Budějovice, Czech Republic *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Week 2

=Pool D2

= *Venue: Aegon Arena,

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

, Slovakia *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

=Pool E2

= *Venue: Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt *All times are Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00).

=Pool F2

= *Venue: SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Canada *All times are

Central Standard Time The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...

( UTC−06:00).

Week 3

=Pool G2

= *Venue: Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea *All times are Korea Standard Time ( UTC+09:00).

=Pool H2

= *Venue: Xuancheng Sports Centre, Xuancheng,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

*All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00).

=Pool I2

= *Venue: Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland *All times are Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+03:00).

Group 3

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A3

= *Venue: Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

=Pool B3

= *Venue:

Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera The Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, it hosted the volleyball competitions, and it is located next to the Olympic pool. It was the home of La Ola Roja del Distri ...

, Mexico City, Mexico *All times are

( UTC−05:00).

=Pool C3

= *Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sports Hall, Kozani, Greece *All times are Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+03:00).

Week 2

=Pool D3

= *Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece *All times are Eastern European Summer Time ( UTC+03:00).

=Pool E3

= *Venue: El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis, Tunisia *All times are West Africa Time ( UTC+01:00).

=Pool F3

= *Venue:

Baluan Sholak Sports Palace The Baluan Sholak Sports Palace ( kk, Балуан Шолақ атындағы спорт сарайы, translit=Balýan Sholaq atyndaǵy sport saraıy) or Bolyan Sholak Sports Palace is a Palace of Sports in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhst ...

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

, Kazakhstan *All times are Almaty Time ( UTC+06:00).

Final round

Group 3

*Venue:

Fraport Arena Fraport Arena is an indoor arena that is located in Frankfurt, Germany. It is primarily used to host basketball games, volleyball matches, and indoor football matches. The arena's seating capacity is 5,002 people for basketball games. History ...

, Frankfurt, Germany *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Final four (Week 3)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 2

*Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos,

, Portugal *All times are Western European Summer Time ( UTC+01:00).

Final four (Week 4)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 1

*Venue: Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland *All times are Central European Summer Time ( UTC+02:00).

Pool play (Week 5)

=Pool J1

=Pool K1

Final four (Week 5)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player :

*Best Setter :

Simone Giannelli Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cu ...

*Best Outside Spikers :

: Antonin Rouzier *Best Middle Blockers : Maurício Souza :

Srećko Lisinac Srećko Lisinac ( sr-Cyrl, Срећко Лисинац; born 17 May 1992) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Serbia national team. At the professional club level, he plays for Projekt Warsaw. Career Club In the 2 ...

*Best Opposite Spiker : Wallace de Souza *Best Libero : Jenia Grebennikov

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 10 July 2016.

Best scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Best blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Best diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

References

External links

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Qualification

Format

Intercontinental round

Final round

Pools composition

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Competition schedule

Squads

Pool standing procedure

Intercontinental round

Group 1

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A1

=Pool B1

=Pool C1

Week 2

=Pool D1

=Pool E1

=Pool F1

Week 3

=Pool G1

=Pool H1

=Pool I1

Group 2

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A2

=Pool B2

=Pool C2

Week 2

=Pool D2

=Pool E2

=Pool F2

Week 3

=Pool G2

=Pool H2

=Pool I2

Group 3

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A3

=Pool B3

=Pool C3

Week 2

=Pool D3

=Pool E3

=Pool F3

Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 2

Final four (Week 4)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 1

Pool play (Week 5)

=Pool J1

=Pool K1

Final four (Week 5)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Best scorers

Best spikers

Best blockers

Best servers

Best setters

Best diggers

Best receivers