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

 * All 28 teams of the 2014 edition directly qualified.
 * and qualified through the 2014 European League.
 * qualified through the 2014 Asian Cup.
 * qualified through the 2013 African Championship.
 * replaced, who withdrew from the tournament.

Format

 * It will be the first time the World League will feature 32 teams, having had 28 teams in 2014, 18 teams in 2013 and 16 teams from 2001–03 and 2006–12. The World League featured 8 teams in its inaugural year in 1990, 10 in 1991 and then 12 from 1992–2000 and 2004–05.
 * During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to E will play double home and away matches, for a total of 12 matches per team. Pool F to H will feature two stand-alone tournaments.
 * The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.

Pools composition
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.

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

 * All times are local.

Group 1

 * The Group 1 Final Round hosts Brazil, the top two teams from Pool A and B and the winners of the Group 2 Final Round will qualify for the Group 1 Final Round. If Brazil finishes as one of the top two teams in Pool A, Pool A will send its top three teams.

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇦🇺 Adelaide Arena, Adelaide, Australia
 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, Italy
 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Land Rover Arena, Bologna, Italy

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Pala Arrex, Jesolo, Italy
 * Venue: 🇷🇸 Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
 * Venue: 🇮🇹 PalaOlimpia, Verona, Italy

Week 6

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Foro Italico Tennis Center Court, Rome, Italy
 * Venue: 🇷🇸 Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
 * Venue: 🇮🇹 Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence, Italy

Week 7

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
 * Venue: 🇦🇺 Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia
 * Venue: 🇷🇸 Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Serbia

Week 8

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá, Brazil
 * Venue: 🇦🇺 State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South, Australia

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Poland
 * Venue: 🇺🇸 Galen Center, Los Angeles, United States

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Hala Sportowa Częstochowa, Częstochowa, Poland
 * Venue: 🇺🇸 Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇺🇸 Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, United States
 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Kazan Volleyball Centre, Kazan, Russia

Week 6

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Kazan Volleyball Centre, Kazan, Russia
 * Venue: Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Week 7

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia
 * Venue: Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Week 8

 * Venue: Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran, Iran
 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland

Group 2

 * The Group 2 Final Round hosts Bulgaria and the winners of Pool C, D and E will qualify for the Group 2 Final Round. If Bulgaria finishes first in Pool C, Pool C will send its top two teams.

Week 1

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 Stampede Corral, Calgary, Canada

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Polideportivo Municipal Gustavo Torito Rodríguez, San Martín, Argentina
 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad, Bulgaria

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada
 * Venue: 🇨🇺 Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, Cuba

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 Consolidated Credit Union Place, Summerside, Canada
 * Venue: 🇨🇺 Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, Cuba

Week 6

 * Venue: 🇨🇺 Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, Cuba
 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Polideportivo Delmi, Salta, Argentina

Week 7

 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Microestadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, González Catán, Argentina
 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria

Week 8

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇰🇷 Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon, South Korea
 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Momotaro Arena, Okayama, Japan

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇰🇷 Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium, Cheonan, South Korea
 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto, Japan

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Salle Frédéric Lawson-Body, Poitiers, France
 * Venue: 🇰🇷 Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon, South Korea
 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Salle Pierre Dumortier, Tourcoing, France

Week 6

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Budvar Arena, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan

Week 7

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Salle Robert Grenon, Tours, France
 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Home Credit Arena, Liberec, Czech Republic
 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Kindarena, Rouen, France

Week 8

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Palais des Sports Jacques Chaban Delmas, Castelnau-le-Lez, France
 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Opava Sports Hall, Opava, Czech Republic
 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Brest Arena, Brest, France

Week 1

 * Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal

Week 2

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland

Week 3

 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Sportcampus Lange Munte, Kortrijk, Belgium

Week 4

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Vaasa Arena, Vaasa, Finland
 * Venue: Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Week 5

 * Venue: Topsportcentrum Almere, Almere, Netherlands
 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Country Hall Ethias Liège, Liège, Belgium

Week 6

 * Venue: MartiniPlaza, Groningen, Netherlands

Week 7

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Barona Areena, Espoo, Finland
 * Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

Week 8

 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium
 * Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

Group 3

 * The Group 3 Final Round hosts Slovakia and the winners of Pool F, G and H will qualify for the Group 3 Final Round. If Slovakia finishes first in Pool G, Pool G will send its top two teams.

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇲🇪 Morača Sports Center, Podgorica, Montenegro

Week 6

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall, Istanbul, Turkey

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇲🇽 Auditorio de la Gente, Tepic, Mexico

Week 6

 * Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece

Week 5

 * Venue: 🇰🇿 Sports Palace Taraz-Arena, Taraz, Kazakhstan

Week 6

 * Venue: 🇪🇬 Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt

Group 3

 * Venue: 🇸🇰 Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group 2

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Group 1

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇫🇷 Earvin N'Gapeth
 * Best setter
 * 🇫🇷 Benjamin Toniutti
 * Best outside spikers
 * 🇫🇷 Earvin N'Gapeth
 * 🇵🇱 Michał Kubiak
 * Best middle blockers
 * 🇺🇸 Maxwell Holt
 * 🇷🇸 Srećko Lisinac
 * Best opposite spiker
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Atanasijević
 * Best libero
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Zatorski

Prize money

 * Prize Money for the Final Standing
 * Champions – $1,000,000
 * Runners-up – $500,000
 * 3rd place – $300,000
 * 4th place – $150,000
 * 5th place – $75,000 (2 teams)


 * Prize Money for the Awards
 * Most Valuable Player – $30,000
 * Best Setter – $10,000
 * Best Outside Spiker – $10,000 (2 players)
 * Best Middle Blocker – $10,000 (2 players)
 * Best Opposite Spiker – $10,000
 * Best Libero – $10,000

Statistics
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 (%success).

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 (average stuff block/set).

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 (average ace serve/set).

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 (average running set/set).

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 (average excellent dig/set).

Best receivers
The best scorers determined by numbers of excellent receive minus fault receive in percentage (%efficient).