2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 27th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament which was played by a record of 36 teams from 16 June to 17 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Kraków, Poland. After being runners-up on five occasions, Serbia finally claimed their first World League after prevailing over Brazil in straight sets. The defending champions France claimed their first ever bronze medal at the World League after a fast victory in straight sets against Italy. Marko Ivović was elected the most valuable player.

Canada secured their promotion into the 2017 World League Group 1 by sweeping hosts Portugal in straight sets in the Group 2 final four held in Matosinhos.

In the Group 3 final four, held in Frankfurt, Germany, Slovenia defeated the home team in four sets to crown their first ever World League appearance. Additionally, the team coached by former World League champion and MVP Andrea Giani earned a spot for the Intercontinental Group 2 in the next year.

Qualification

 * All 32 teams from the 2015 edition directly qualified.
 * qualified through the 2015 European League.
 * , and  were invited to participate in Group 3.


 * 1 Teams making their debuts.

Intercontinental round

 * Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team 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.
 * Group 2, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
 * Group 3, the 12 teams were drawn in 6 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 6 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.

Final round

 * Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the serpentine system. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals.
 * Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.

Pools composition
The pools of Group 1 and Group 2 were announced on 18 August 2015. The pools of Group 3 were announced on 29 October 2015.

Squads
There are 21 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 21 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

Pool A1

 * Venue: 🇦🇺 Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia
 * All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).

Pool B1

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool C1

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Yantarny Sports Complex, Kaliningrad, Russia
 * All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool D1

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool E1

 * Venue: 🇮🇹 PalaLottomatica, Rome, Italy
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool F1

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 Hall Aleksandar Nikolić, Belgrade, Serbia
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool G1

 * Venue: 🇫🇷 Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy, France
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool H1

 * Venue: 🇺🇸 Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, United States
 * All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Pool I1

 * Venue: Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran, Iran
 * All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30).

Pool A2

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 İzmir Atatürk Volleyball Hall, İzmir, Turkey
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool B2

 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool C2

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Budvar Arena, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool D2

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

Pool E2

 * Venue: 🇪🇬 Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt
 * All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool F2

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Canada
 * All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Pool G2

 * Venue: 🇰🇷 Jangchung Arena, Seoul, South Korea
 * All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool H2

 * Venue: 🇨🇳 Xuancheng Sports Centre, Xuancheng, China
 * All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool I2

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere, Finland
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A3

 * Venue: Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool B3

 * Venue: 🇲🇽 Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
 * All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Pool C3

 * Venue: Kozani New Indoor Sports Hall, Kozani, Greece
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool D3

 * Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool E3

 * Venue: 🇹🇳 El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis, Tunisia
 * All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool F3

 * Venue: 🇰🇿 Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).

Group 3

 * Venue: 🇩🇪 Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group 2

 * Venue: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
 * All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Group 1

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇷🇸 Marko Ivović
 * Best setter
 * 🇮🇹 Simone Giannelli
 * Best outside spikers
 * 🇷🇸 Marko Ivović
 * 🇫🇷 Antonin Rouzier
 * Best middle blockers
 * 🇧🇷 Maurício Souza
 * 🇷🇸 Srećko Lisinac
 * Best opposite spiker
 * 🇧🇷 Wallace de Souza
 * Best libero
 * 🇫🇷 Jenia Grebennikov

Statistics leaders
The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 10 July 2016.

Best scorers
Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

Best spikers
Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Best blockers
Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Best servers
Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best setters
Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Best diggers
Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Best receivers
Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.