The 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 2007 in

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. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the

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. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined

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

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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 * Best Scorer *: Héctor Soto * Best Spiker *: Dante Amaral * Best Blocker *: José Luis Moltó * Best Server *: Semen Poltavskiy * Best Setter *: Miguel Angel Falasca * Best Libero *: Sérgio Santos

External links

Official website

Final standing

Awards

Statistics
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