2015 FIVB Volleyball World League


The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 26th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played from 16 May to 19 July 2015. The tournament featured a record 32 participating countries from 5 confederations. The teams were divided into 3 groups and 8 pools. The Group 1 Final Round which served as the volleyball test event of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Qualification

GroupAfricaAsia and OceaniaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth America
Group 1

Group 2


Group 3



Format

The pools of Group 1 were announced on 18 July 2014, while the pools of Group 2 and 3 were announced on 31 October 2014. After Germany withdrew, Japan replaced them in Pool D, while Venezuela took Japan's spot in Pool H.

Competition schedule

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10
Group 18 matches8 matches8 matches8 matches8 matches8 matches10 matches
Group 24 matches2 matches10 matches12 matches12 matches10 matches12 matches10 matches4 matches
Group 318 matches18 matches4 matches

Squads

There are 25 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 25 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point 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

Intercontinental round

Qualified for the [|Group 1 Final round]
Qualified as hosts for the Group 1 Final round
Relegated position

Pool A

Week 3
Week 3
Qualified for the [|Group 2 Final round]
Qualified as hosts for the Group 2 Final round
Relegated position

Pool C

Week 1
Week 3
Week 1
Qualified for the [|Group 3 Final round]
Qualified as hosts for the Group 3 Final round

Pool F

Week 5
Week 5
Week 5

Group 3

Semifinals
3rd place match
Final

Group 2

Semifinals
3rd place match
Final

Group 1

Pool I
Pool J

Final four (Week 10)

Semifinals
3rd place match
Final

Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
5
7
8
8
10
11
12
13
13
15
15
15
18
18
18
21
22
23
24
25
25
25
28
28
30
30
30

Awards

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills, serve, receive, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of 6 July 2015.

Best scorers

The best scorers determined by players who scored points from spike, block, and serve.

Best spikers

The best spikers determined by players who successfully spike in percentage.

Best blockers

The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of stuff block divided by numbers of sets which his team played.

Best servers

The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of ace serve divided by numbers of sets which his team played.

Best setters

The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of running set divided by numbers of sets which his team played.

Best diggers

The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of excellent dig divided by numbers of sets which his team played.

Best receivers

The best scorers determined by numbers of excellent receive minus fault receive in percentage.