2017 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 28th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament played by 36 teams between 2 June and 8 July. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Curitiba, Brazil.

In front of a crowd of 23,149 fans, France lifted the FIVB Volleyball World League trophy for the second time in their history, prevailing in an epic battle over hosts Brazil 3–2. This marked the fifth time in the last seven editions that Brazil reached the final without successfully winning the gold medal. Canada wrapped up their best ever World League campaign by seizing the bronze medal (their first medal at an international FIVB event) after coming from behind for a 3–1 win over the United States. Earvin N'Gapeth was elected the Most Valuable Player for the second time, after also being the MVP in 2015.

Slovenia defeated Japan in the Group 2 finals in Gold Coast, Australia to achieve their second straight group title since their debut last year (the team had previously won Group 3 in 2016).

Moreover, Estonia finished atop Group 3 in their first ever World League participation after a convincing 3–0 win over Spain in the final match in León, Mexico.

On 11 June 2017, the new one-set-score world record for national teams was established in the Group 3 intercontinental round match between Qatar and Venezuela. They spent 49 minutes in a 45–43 third set that was won by Qatar. The previous highest set score was 44–42, which had happened twice (in the 1999 FIVB Volleyball World League match between Canada and Brazil, and in the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament match between France and Australia).

Qualification

 * Excluding and, which withdrew from the tournament, the remaining 34 teams from the 2016 edition directly qualified.
 * and qualified through the 2016 European League.


 * 1 Teams making their debuts.

Intercontinental round

 * Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn into 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in a 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 into 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 were announced on 13 September 2016.

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: 🇮🇹 Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, Italy
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool B1

 * Venue: 🇷🇸 SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool C1

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 Kazan Volleyball Centre, Kazan, Russia
 * All times are Moscow Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool D1

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

Pool E1

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

Pool F1

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

Pool G1

 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Argentina
 * All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool H1

 * Venues: 🇵🇱 Spodek, Katowice, Poland (15 June) and 🇵🇱 Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland (17–18 June)
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool I1

 * Venue: 🇧🇪 Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A2

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

Pool B2

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

Pool C2

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
 * All times are Turkey Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool D2

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool E2

 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Takasaki Arena, Takasaki, Japan
 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool F2

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

Pool G2

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

Pool H2

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

Pool I2

 * Venue: Sportcampus Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A3

 * Venue: 🇪🇸 Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool B3

 * Venue: 🇲🇪 Nikoljac Sports Center, Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool C3

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

Pool D3

 * Venue: 🇪🇪 Kalevi Spordihall, Tallinn, Estonia
 * 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: 🇦🇹 TipsArena Linz, Linz, Austria
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group 3

 * Venue: 🇲🇽 Domo de la Feria, León, Mexico
 * All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Group 2

 * Venue: 🇦🇺 Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia
 * All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).

Group 1

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil
 * All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇫🇷 Earvin N'Gapeth
 * Best setter
 * 🇫🇷 Benjamin Toniutti
 * Best outside spikers
 * 🇧🇷 Ricardo Lucarelli
 * 🇫🇷 Earvin N'Gapeth
 * Best middle blockers
 * 🇨🇦 Graham Vigrass
 * 🇫🇷 Kévin Le Roux
 * Best opposite spiker
 * 🇧🇷 Wallace de Souza
 * Best libero
 * 🇨🇦 Blair Bann

Statistics leaders
The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, recept, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 24 June 2017.

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.