The 2010 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in Italy from September 25 to October 10, 2010. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champion in men's volleyball. In addition to 2006 champion Brazil and host nation Italy, 22 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in ten venues across 10 Italian cities, with the final being held at the PalaLottomatica sports arena in Rome.^[1]

The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Cuba in final. Brazil won their third straight world championship having won previously in 2002 and 2006.^[2] The podium was completed by Serbia who defeated Italy in the 3rd place match. Brazilian wing-spiker Murilo Endres was named the tournament MVP.^[3]

Brazil's victory continued their eight-year period of domination of world volleyball. Brazil has now won 15 of 17 major competitions since 2002. Brazil's third straight world championship equals the record for consecutive titles set by Italy in the 1990s.^[4]

Qualification

The regional qualification stage determined the 24 teams that would compete in the championship competition. Two spots were guaranteed to the host country Italy and 2006 champions Brazil. Regional governing bodies were allocated the remaining 22 spots. Africa was granted three, Asia four, North America five, South America two, and Europe eight places. Qualification competitions took place ranging from January to August 2009.

Pools composition

After the competiting national teams were determined, a drawing was held in Rome, Italy on October 28, 2009 to group the participants in six groups of four, Pools A F.

Squads

Venues

First round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

In the first round pool competitions, each pool played a round-robin schedule, with each team playing every other team. The top three teams advanced to the second round.

Pool A

Pool A featured host country Italy, as well as Egypt, Japan, and Iran. Italy defeated all three teams, while the remaining teams each finished with a 1 2 record. Iran was eliminated by virtue of scoring the fewest points during the three-game schedule.

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Pool B

Pool B featured reigning 2006 champions Brazil, as well as Cuba, Spain, and Tunisia. Cuba won all three of its matches. Tunisia was defeated in every match and eliminated from the competition. Brazil and Cuba would face each other again in the tournament final, where Brazil would repeat as world champions.

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Pool C

Pool C featured Russia, Puerto Rico, Cameroon, and Australia. Russia won all its matches, while Australia was eliminated after going 0 3.

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Pool D

Pool D featured the United States, Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. Venezuela was eliminated after not winning a single set.

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Pool E

Pool E featured France, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and China. China was eliminated after not winning a match.

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Pool F

Pool F featured Poland, who won the silver medal in the last edition. The pool also featured Serbia, Germany, and Canada.

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Second round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

In the second round, participants were divided into six pools of three teams, Pools G N, with each pool again playing a round-robin. The bottom team was eliminated from the competition, while the top two advanced to the third pool stage.

Pool G

Pool G featured host Italy, as well as Germany and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was eliminated after losing both matches.

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Pool H

Pool H featured Serbia, Cuba, and Mexico. Mexico was eliminated after being defeated in both matches.

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Pool I

Pool I featured Spain, Russia, and Egypt. Egypt was eliminated after not winning a match.

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Pool L

Pool L featured the Czech Republic, United States, and Cameroon. Cameroon did not win a match and was eliminated from the competition.

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Pool M

Pool M featured Argentina, France, and Japan. Japan did not win a match and was eliminated.

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Pool N

Pool N featured Bulgaria, Brazil, and Poland. Bulgaria swept eventual champion Brazil in three sets. Poland did not win a match and was eliminated.

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Third round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

In the third pool round, the twelve remaining teams were divided into four pools of three. No eliminations took place in the third round. The top finishers in each pool were seeded into the championship bracket for first to fourth place. The second finishers competed in a bracket to determine fifth to eighth place, while the bottom teams competed in a bracket to determine ninth through twelfth place.

Pool O

In Pool O, Italy moved on to the semi-final match, the USA advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket, and France move on to the ninth to twelfth place competition.

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Pool P

Pool P saw Serbia advance to the semi-finals. Russia advanced to the fifth to eighth bracket, and Argentina to the ninth to twelfth place event.

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Pool Q

In Pool Q, Cuba advanced to the semi-final. Bulgaria moved on to the fifth to eighth place bracket, and Spain to the ninth to twelfth.

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Pool R

In Pool R, Brazil advanced to the semi-finals, Germany to the fifth to eighth bracket, and the Czech Republic to the ninth to twelfth bracket.

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Final round

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Championship bracket

5th 8th places bracket

9th 12th places bracket

9th 12th places

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5th 8th places

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Semifinals

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11th place

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9th place

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7th place

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5th place

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3rd place

In the bronze medal match, Serbia defeated host Italy, three sets to one. It was the country's first medal since they were runners-up in 1998 (then as Yugoslavia).^[5]

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Final

The final was a rematch of Brazil and Cuba, who had met earlier in the first round with Cuba winning 3 sets to 2 in an upset. The final was a different story however, with Brazil winning easily in straight sets 25 22, 25 14, 25 22;^[6] one Xinhua journalist called it a 'practice match' for Brazil.^[7] Brazil took advantage of a large number of Cuban mistakes, perhaps resulting from the young age of the Cuban team.^[4] Leandro Vissotto led Brazil in points with 19 and closed the match with a spike.^[8] The match was played before a crowd of 11,605 which included a number of Brazilian football stars based in Italy.^[8]

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Final standing

Awards

• MVP: Murilo Endres
• Best Scorer: Ib n P rez
• Best Spiker: Maxim Mikhaylov
• Best Blocker: Robertlandy Sim n
• Best Server: Clayton Stanley
• Best Setter: Nikola Grbi
• Best Libero: Ferdinand Tille

See also

• 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship

References

External links

• Official Website of the 2010 Men's World Championship

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