The 2022
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
The FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested ...
was the 17th edition of the competition. It was held in
Betim
Betim is a town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitan of Belo Horizonte (BH) and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. It is the fifth largest city in Minas Gerais and one of the 50 largest cities in the Southeas ...
,
Brazil
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. It was the seventh time as well as the third consecutive times Betim was selected as the host city. The tournament was held from 7 to 11 December 2022. It was Volei Renata's first appearance at the Club World Championship.
Sir Safety Susa Perugia won their title for the first time on their first participation of the tournament.
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 ...
was chosen as MVP of this tournament.
Host selection
On 10 June 2022, Brazilian media reported that this edition of the men's club world championship would be hosted in Minas Gerais, Brazil. According to the report, Brazil is going to host both men's and women's club world championship.
On 13 September 2022, it was reported that the Italian club Perugia had offered to host the next edition of the men's club world championship.
In the end, Betim was selected to be the host city.
Qualification
:
1.ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle in southern Poland, founded in 1994. They compete in the Polish PlusLiga.
ZAKSA have won 9 domestic league titles, 10 national cups, and three CEV Cha ...
withdrew from the tournament again and were replaced by Sir Safety Susa Perugia.
:
2. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei was granted the hosts spot. Therefore, Vôlei Renata, the third placed team from the 2022 CSV Club Championship qualified as the next eligible team through the continental club championship qualification pathway, in accordance with the FIVB event regulations.
Venue
Format
Preliminary round
Six teams divided into two pools of three teams each in a
round-robin match. The top two teams of each pool advance to the semifinals.
Final round
A
knockout
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, ...
stage. The first ranked team of Pool A plays a semifinal match against the second ranked team of Pool B, and the first ranked team of Pool B plays a semifinal match against the second ranked team of Pool A. The winners of the semifinals play for the Club World Championship title, while the runners-up play for the third place in the competition.
Pools composition
Squads
Pool standing procedure
# Number of victories
# Match points
# Sets quotient
# Points quotient
# 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
Preliminary round
*All times are
Brasília Time
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00), Brasília time (UTC−03:00), Amazon time (UTC−04:00), and Acr ...
(
UTC−03:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
*All times are
Brasília Time
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00), Brasília time (UTC−03:00), Amazon time (UTC−04:00), and Acr ...
(
UTC−03:00).
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standings
Awards
*Most valuable player
*:
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 ...
(
Sir Safety Susa Perugia)
*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 ...
(
Sir Safety Susa Perugia)
*Best outside spikers
*:
Alessandro Michieletto (
Trentino Itas)
*:
Wilfredo León
Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Polish PlusLiga club, Bogdanka LUK Lublin. Born in Cuba, he represents Poland at the international level. He was a member of ...
(
Sir Safety Susa Perugia)
*Best middle blockers
*:
Marko Podraščanin (
Trentino Itas)
*:
Flávio Gualberto
Flávio César Resende Gualberto (born 22 April 1993) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Trentino Volley and the Brazil men's national volleyball team, Brazil national team.
Honours Club
* FIVB Volle ...
(
Sir Safety Susa Perugia)
*Best opposite spiker
*:
Matey Kaziyski
Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski () (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italy, Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games 2 ...
(
Trentino Itas)
*Best libero
*:
Lucas De Deus (
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei)
See also
*
2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
References
External links
Official website
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