The 2018 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. It was held in

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 ...

for the second straight time from 26 November to 2 December 2018. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including four wild cards. In an all-Italian final

Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...

defeated Cucine Lube Civitanova and won the title for the fifth time. Russia's

Fakel Novy Urengoy Fakel Novy Urengoy (russian: Факел Новый Уренгой) is a Russian professional men's volleyball team, based in Novy Urengoy, playing in Russian Volleyball Super League, Super League since 2004. International competitions * FIVB ...

claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's

Asseco Resovia Resovia, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, founded in 1937. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga. The club has won seven PlusLiga, Polish ...

in the 3rd place match.

Aaron Russell Aaron Joseph Russell (born June 4, 1993) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for JT Thunders and the U.S. national team. He was a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Champi ...

from Trentino Volley was elected the

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Qualification

* Khatam Ardakan replaced Sarmayeh Bank Tehran ( 2017 Asian Champions), who dissolved in March 2018.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # If the tie continues as per the points 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

Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC+01:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+01:00).

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 :

Uroš Kovačević Uroš Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. He is a member of the Serbia national team. The two–time European Champion ( 2011, 2019), and the 2016 World League winne ...

(

) : Dmitry Volkov (

) *Best Middle Blockers :

Robertlandy Simón Robertlandy Simón Aties (born 11 June 1987) is a Cuban volleyball player, a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team from 2005–2010 and from 2019 to present day and also Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, 2009 NORCECA Champion, sil ...

( Cucine Lube Civitanova) :

Dragan Stanković Dragan Stanković ( sr-cyrl, Драган Станковић, born 18 October 1985) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbian national team and Italian club Modena Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist ...

( Cucine Lube Civitanova) *Best Opposite Spiker :

Tsvetan Sokolov Tsvetan Sokolov ( bg, Цветан Соколов; born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, a member of the Bulgarian national team and Russian club Dynamo Moscow, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012. Sok ...

( Cucine Lube Civitanova) *Best Libero :

Jenia Grebennikov Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French volleyball player of Russian descent. He is part of the French national team, 2020 Olympic Champion, two–time World League winner ( 2015, 2017), 2015 European Champion. At the professional ...

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References

External links

Official websiteFinal StandingAwardsFormulaStatistics
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