Full Coverage of the 2013 FIVB World League Intercontinental & Final Round with live links, latest results, news, images and videos.

2013 FIVB World League Final Ranking

Gold Russia
Silver Brazil
Bronze Italy

4th Bulgaria
5th Canada
6th Argentina

7th Germany
8th Serbia
9th Iran
10th France
11th Poland
12th United States
13th Cuba
14th Netherlands
15th South Korea
16th Finland
17th Portugal
18th Japan

Dream Team

MVP: Russia Nikolay Pavlov
Best Setter: Brazil Bruno Rezende
1st Best Outside Spiker: Italy Ivan Zaytsev
2nd Best Outside Spiker: Brazil Ricardo Souza
1st Best Middle Blocker: Russia Dmitriy Muserskiy
2nd Best Middle Blocker: Italy Emanuele Birarelli
Best Opposite Spiker: Bulgaria Tsvetan Sokolov
Best Libero: Brazil Mario Pedreira

2013 FIVB World League Final Round Teams

Argentina (host)
Italia
Bulgaria

Canada
Brazil
Russia

July 21st

Gold Medal Match: Russia 3-0 Brazil (25/23, 25-19, 25/19)

Bronze Medal: Italia 3-2 Bulgaria (21-25, 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 15-7)

July 19th Semifinals

Brazil 3-1 Bulgaria (25-12, 25-17, 23-25, 25-16)

Russia 3-1 Italia (25-12, 25-23, 24-26, 25-20)

July 19th

Brazil 3-0 Canada (25-18, 30-28, 25-20)

Italia 3-1 Argentina (25-20, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22)

July 18th

Canada 3-2 Russia (20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-11)

Italia 3-1 Bulgaria (25-18, 18-25, 25-22, 26-24)

Day 2 Analysis By Jeremy Brahm

Best Player of the Day:

1. Emanuele Birarelli, Italy, with 2.44 set wins (12 kills, 4 blocks, 1 ace, only 1 service error and 1 serve receive error, perfect day for middle blocker)
2. Ivan Zaytsev, Italy, with 0.78 set wins (12 hitting errors will hurt your score)
3. (tie) John Gordon Perrin, Canada, and Nikolay Pavlov, Russia, with 0.68 set wins

Birarelli and Zaytsev accounted for more than 3 set wins, so the rest of the team did not help much in the Italian win.

Best offensive team: Canada, 18.75 offensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions)

Worst offensive team: Italy, 9.89
Zaytsev and Savani had bad days, but Birarelli saved the day.

Best blocker: Dmitriy Muserskiy (Russia), Svetoslav Gotsev (Bulgaria) and Birarelli with 4 blocks

Best digger: Artem Ermakov, Russia, with 10

Best setter: Sergei Grankin, Russia, 10.19 assists per set (((team kills-team errors)-(individual kills-individual faults+shots))x(individual set attempts/team set attempts)))/sets played. Grankin did a good job to get Russia the lead, but could not hold it.

Server of the day: Tsvetan Sokolov, Bulgaria, with 3 aces
3 players with 2 aces

Most possessions by one player, non setter (serves in play that are not an ace or error do not count as possession): Evgeny Sivozhelez, Russia, with 112 possessions. 56 passes, 36 spikes, 8 block possessions, 2 sets, 6 service errors, 4 serve receive errors

July 17th

Bulgaria 3-1 Argentina (28-26, 25-23, 20-25, 25-23)

Russia 3-2 Brazil (25-17, 23-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11)

Comprehensive Stats by Jeremy Brahm

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Analysis for Day 1.

Best Player of the Day
1. Tsvetan Sokolov, Bulgaria, with 1.89 set wins (very efficient for Bulgaria, even with 10 service errors)
2. Nikolay Pavlov, Russia, with 1.88 set wins (led Russia’s set wins in the Intercontinental Round, will not change now)
3. Lucas Saatkamp, Brazil, with 1.25 set wins (7 kills and 6 blocks, what you want in a middle blocker)

Best offensive team
Bulgaria, 15.47 offensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions)

Worst offensive team
Brazil, 6.12
Brazil missed the court 13 times when spiking
What was the final points score? Russia 110-Brazil 97 or 13 points difference, coincidence?

Best blocker
Saatkamp with 6 blocks
Kept Brazil in the match with Russia. Brazil outblocked by 4 in the match.

Best digger
Mario da Silva Pedreira Junior, Brazil with 5

Best setter
Georgi Bratoev, Bulgaria, 10.41 assists per set (((team kills-team errors)-(individual kills-individual faults+shots))x(individual set attempts/team set attempts)))/sets played
58 kills, 8 hitting errors for Bulgaria
Bratoev found his hitters and they got the ball to the floor

Server of the day
Ilia Zhilin, Russia with 3 aces
3 players with 2 aces

Most possessions by one player, non setter (serves in play that are not an ace or error do not count as possession)
Rodrigo Quiroga, Argentina with 76 possessions
40 passes, 31 spikes, 3 blocks, 1 ace, 1 service error

Preliminary Round Pools

Pool A: Brazil (1), Poland (4), United States (5), Bulgaria (8), Argentina (9), France (16)
Pool B: Russia (2), Italy (3), Cuba (6), Serbia (7), Germany (10), Iran (14)
Pool C: Canada (18), Japan (19), South Korea (22), Finland (31), Portugal (38), Netherlands (41)

Tournament Schedule & Results

May 31st-June 2nd

Finland 3-0 Portugal (25-13, 29-27, 25-18)
Finland 2-3 Portugal (25-23, 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 12-15)

Canada 3-1 Netherlands (25-22, 22-25, 27-25, 27-25)
Canada 3-1 Netherlands (25-22, 22-25, 27-25, 27-25)

Korea 3-1 Japan (25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 25-19)
Korea 3-1 Japan (25-21, 25-23, 11-25, 25-22)

June 7th-9th

Poland 1-3 Brazil (22-25, 20-25, 25-22, 15-25)
Bulgaria 3-2 France (25-21, 14-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-11)
Argentina 3-1 United States (25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 26-24)

United States 3-1 Argentina (22-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-16)
France 0-3 Bulgaria (24-26, 29-31, 20-25)
Brazil 3-2 Brazil (28-26, 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 15-10)

Russia 3-0 Iran (25-21, 25-22, 25-17)
Italy 3-0 Germany 25-15, 25-23, 25-21)
Serbia 3-1 Cuba (25-17, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20)

Iran 1-3 Russia (23-25, 22-25, 25-17, 18-25)
Serbia 3-1 Cuba (26-24, 25-22, 18-25, 25-21)
Italy 3-2 Germany (22-25, 19-25, 25-17, 26-24, 15-6)

Canada 3-0 Portugal (25-19, 25-19, 25-18)
Finland 3-0 Korea (25-23, 25-23, 25-20)
Netherlands 3-1 Japan (19-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-18)

Portugal 3-1 Canada (25-19, 20-25, 25-18, 25-23)
Finland 3-2 South Korea (23-25, 25-18, 26-24, 15-25, 16-14)
Netherlands 3-0 Japan (25-20, 25-21, 25-18)

June 14th-16th

Argentina 0-3 Brazil (20-25, 21-25, 15-25)
United States vs France (25-15, 29-27, 25-16)
United States 3-2 France (22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 30-28, 15-9)
Argentina 0-3 Brazil (21-25, 25-27, 13-25)

Russia 3-0 Serbia (29-27, 25-14, 25-20)
Italy vs Cuba (25-20, 25-17, 25-23)
Russia 3-2 Serbia (25-23, 24-26, 22-25, 25-18, 15-8).
Italy 3-0 Cuba (25-23, 25-18, 25-19)

Canada 3-0 South Korea (25-19, 25-10, 25-18)
Japan 3-1 Finland (25-17, 25-18, 24-26, 25-18)
Canada 3-0 South Korea (25-23, 25-20, 25-20)
Japan 3-1 Finland (23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-22)

June 21st-23rd

France 3-2 Poland (25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-11)
Bulgaria 3-0 Argentina (25-18, 25-21, 25-16)
France 3-2 Poland (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 21-25 , 15-13)
Bulgaria 3-1 Argentina (17-25, 25-19, 25-21, 31-29)

Serbia 3-2 Iran (26-24, 25-23,17-25, 14-25 , 18-16)
Italia 3-1 Russia (26-24, 28-30, 25-20, 25-17)
Russia 3-2 Italia (25-23, 25-23, 26-28, 23-25, 15-12)
Germany 3-0 Cuba (25-18, 25-19, 25-16)
Iran 3-2 Serbia (25-20, 24-26, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12)
Germany 3-1 Cuba (25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23)

Netherlands 2-3 Portugal (21-25, 25-19, 25-23, 26-28, 13-15)
Netherlands 3-0 Portugal (36-34, 25-23, 25-22)

June 28th-30th

Brazil 3-2 France 3-2 (25-20, 25-19, 22-25, 21-25, 15-12)
Poland 3-2 Argentina (26:24, 19:25, 19:25, 25:17, 15:8)
United States 3-0 Bulgaria (25-19, 25-22, 25-21)
Brazil 1-3 France (27-29, 25-23, 22-25, 19-25)
Bulgaria 3-1 USA (25-20, 18-25, 25-23, 25-21)
Poland 3-1 Argentina (18-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-17)

Iran 3-1 Italia (25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 32-30)
Cuba 0-3 Russia (20-25, 23-25, 23-25)
Serbia 1-3 Germany (20-25, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25)
Cuba 3-1 Russia (25-23, 20-25, 25-20, 25-22)
Italia 3-2 Iran (25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 18-25, 15-13)
Serbia 3-2 Germany (23-25, 25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 15-12)

Canada 3-1 Finland n (25-13, 22-25, 25-21, 25-20)
South Korea 1-3 Netherlands (23-25, 25-22, 20-25, 16-25)
Finland 0-3 Canada (23-25, 22-25, 17-25)
Portugal 3-1 Japan (25-22, 20-25, 26-24, 25-15)
Netherlands 3-1 South Korea (25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20)
Portugal 2-3 Japan (25-22, 23-25, 30-28, 22-25, 10-15)

July 5th-7th

Brazil 3-1 Bulgaria (24-26, 25-17, 25-20, 25-23)
Poland 3-2 United States (25-22, 19-25, 13-25, 30-28, 18-16)
Argentina 2-3 France (18-25, 18-25, 25-17, 25-22, 11-15)
Brazil 3-1 Bulgaria (19-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19)
Poland 3-1 United States (25-23, 17-25, 25-21, 25-23)
Argentina 1-3 France (23-25, 20-25, 25-22, 19-25)

Germany 2-3 Russia (25-21, 25-18, 22-25, 16-25, 7-15)
Cuba 2-3 Iran (26-24, 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 14-16)
Serbia 2-3 Italy (25-20, 22-25, 25-21, 22-25, 17-19)
Germany 3-2 Russia (25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 23-25, 18-16)
Cuba 1-3 Iran (25-22, 20-25, 18-25, 22-25)
Serbia 3-1 Italy (28-26, 17-25, 25-23, 25-19)

Finland 1-3 Netherlands (25-23, 23-25, 23-25, 23-25)
Japan 1-3 Canada (11-25, 21-25, 25-23, 20-25)
Finland 3-1 Netherlands (25-19, 26-24, 20-25, 25-20)
Portugal 1-3 South Korea (18-25, 25-22, 23-25, 21-25)
Japan 2-3 Canada (23-25, 25-23, 27-25, 18-25, 7-15)
Portugal 1-3 South Korea (32-34, 23-25, 25-21, 26-28)

July 12-14th

Bulgaria 3-0 Poland (25-21, 25-21, 25-21)
Brazil 3-1 United States (25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 28-26)
Bulgaria 3-2 Poland (20-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 19-17)
Brazil 3-0United States (25-21, 26-24, 25-23)

Iran 3-0 Germany (25-19, 25-18, 25-20)
Iran 0-3 Germany (21-25, 23-25, 22-25)

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Competition Formula

Per FIVB:

The 24th edition of the world’s premier annual men’s volleyball tournament will be held from May 31 to July 14, 2013 with the Finals set to take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina from July 17 to 21, 2013.

It will be the first time the World League will feature 18 teams, having had 16 teams from 2001 to 2003 and from 2006 to 2012. The World League featured eight teams in its inaugural year in 1990, 10 in 1991 and then 12 from 1992 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2005.

The 18 teams are split into three pools of six. Pools A and B are determined using the serpentine system based on the world rankings as of August 13, 2012. Pool C features teams ranked as the next best four in the world rankings after the 12 teams in Pool A and B plus two wild cards decided by the FIVB.

The top three world ranked teams in each pool will play three matches at home and two away with the bottom three world ranked teams playing twice at home and three times away.

Each pool will play over six weekends before the Finals take place from July 17 to 21. Six teams will qualify for the World League Finals featuring the top two teams from Pools A and B, plus the winners of Pool C and the host country. As Argentina is in Pool A and is already among the qualified teams, the best ranked team of pool A – not already qualified – will be selected.