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

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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 defeated Cucine Lube Civitanova and won the title for the fifth time. Russia's Fakel Novy Urengoy claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's Asseco Resovia in the 3rd place match. Aaron Russell from Trentino Volley was elected the

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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 *: Aaron Russell ( Trentino Volley) *Best setter *: Simone Giannelli ( Trentino Volley) *Best outside spikers *: Uroš Kovačević ( Trentino Volley) *: Dmitry Volkov ( Fakel Novy Urengoy) *Best middle blockers *: Robertlandy Simón ( Cucine Lube Civitanova) *: Dragan Stanković ( Cucine Lube Civitanova) *Best opposite spiker *: Tsvetan Sokolov ( Cucine Lube Civitanova) *Best libero *: Jenia Grebennikov ( Trentino Volley)

References

External links

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