2001 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2001 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 12th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 11 May to 30 June 2001. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Italy  France  Spain  Argentina	Poland  Greece  Russia  Venezuela	Yugoslavia  Japan  Cuba  Portugal	Brazil  United States  Netherlands  Germany

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	21	9	3	30	15	2.000	1,059	972	1.090
2	France	20	8	4	27	21	1.286	1,117	1,074	1.040
3	Spain	17	5	7	23	28	0.821	1,109	1,148	0.966
4	Argentina	14	2	10	16	32	0.500	1,067	1,158	0.921

Results (Pool A)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 May	Italy	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–19	25–18			75–55
11 May	Spain	0–3	France	16–25	20–25	20–25			56–75
13 May	Spain	2–3	France	22–25	25–20	19–25	25–23	11–15	102–108
13 May	Italy	3–0	Argentina	25–14	25–22	25–21			75–57
18 May	Spain	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–17	26–24			76–64
18 May	France	3–1	Argentina	21–25	27–25	25–19	25–20		98–89
19 May	France	1–3	Argentina	25–27	25–23	22–25	22–25		94–100
20 May	Spain	2–3	Italy	29–27	24–26	17–25	25–23	10–15	105–116
25 May	Argentina	1–3	France	22–25	26–24	28–30	22–25		98–104
25 May	Italy	3–2	Spain	25–22	27–25	17–25	23–25	15–11	107–108
26 May	Argentina	3–1	France	25–20	20–25	25–22	26–24		96–91
27 May	Italy	3–0	Spain	25–15	25–20	25–20			75–55
1 Jun	Italy	1–3	France	30–28	20–25	20–25	19–25		89–103
2 Jun	Argentina	1–3	Spain	19–25	23–25	25–21	22–25		89–96
3 Jun	Argentina	2–3	Spain	23–25	21–25	25–22	28–26	12–15	109–113
3 Jun	Italy	3–0	France	25–20	25–22	25–18			75–60
8 Jun	France	3–1	Spain	29–27	25–22	19–25	25–22		98–96
9 Jun	Argentina	0–3	Italy	25–27	29–31	14–25			68–83
9 Jun	France	3–1	Spain	25–20	23–25	25–17	25–17		98–79
10 Jun	Argentina	1–3	Italy	24–26	32–30	21–25	20–25		97–106
15 Jun	Spain	3–2	Argentina	25–18	22–25	25–21	28–30	15–12	115–106
15 Jun	France	1–3	Italy	21–25	25–19	20–25	19–25		85–94
16 Jun	France	3–2	Italy	25–20	19–25	19–25	25–21	15–9	103–100
17 Jun	Spain	3–2	Argentina	25–21	25–20	22–25	21–25	15–12	108–103

Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Russia	20	8	4	28	14	2.000	-	-	-
2	Poland	19	7	5	25	22	1.136	-	-	-
3	Greece	18	6	6	24	25	0.960	-	-	-
4	Venezuela	15	3	9	16	32	0.500	-	-	-

Results (Pool B)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 May	Russia	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–13	25–19			75–52
11 May	Poland	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–22	25–21			75–64
12 May	Russia	3–0	Venezuela	25–17	25–18	25–21			75–56
12 May	Poland	2–3	Greece	25–23	26–28	22–25	27–25	15–17	115–118
18 May	Poland	1–3	Venezuela	19–25	25–15	24–26	24–26		92–92
18 May	Greece	3–1	Russia	25–18	27–25	22–25	25–20		99–88
19 May	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–19	25–22			75–61
19 May	Greece	3–0	Russia	25–23	26–24	25–21			76–68
25 May	Poland	1–3	Russia	33–31	23–25	21–25	23–25		100–106
25 May	Venezuela	1–3	Greece	19–25	17–25	25–20	19–25		80–95
26 May	Poland	0–3	Russia	23–25	22–25	19–25			64–75
27 May	Venezuela	2–3	Greece	18–25	26–24	26–24	21–25	8–15	99–113
1 Jun	Russia	1–3	Greece	22–25	23–25	25–21	23–25		93–96
1 Jun	Venezuela	2–3	Poland	20–25	20–25	25–22	25–23	12–15	102–110
2 Jun	Russia	3–1	Greece	25–18	25–21	22–25	25–13		97–77
3 Jun	Venezuela	2–3	Poland	23–25	20–25	25–23	32–30	14–16	114–119
8 Jun	Venezuela	0–3	Russia	14–25	21–25	13–25			48–75
8 Jun	Greece	0–3	Poland	18–25	19–25	19–25			56–75
9 Jun	Greece	1–3	Poland	21–25	25–21	22–25	24–26		92–97
10 Jun	Venezuela	0–3	Russia	11–25	18–25	13–25			42–75
15 Jun	Russia	3–0	Poland	25–19	25–14	25–19			75–52
15 Jun	Greece	2–3	Venezuela	31–29	25–19	23–25	32–34	12–15	123–122
16 Jun	Russia	2–3	Poland	25–11	20–25	25–22	23–25	14–16	107–99
16 Jun	Greece	2–3	Venezuela	23–25	23–25	25–20	25–20	18–20	114–110

Pool C

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Cuba	22	10	2	32	10	3.200	-	-	-
2	Yugoslavia	22	10	2	31	11	2.818	-	-	-
3	Japan	15	3	9	15	28	0.536	-	-	-
4	Portugal	13	1	11	5	34	0.147	-	-	-

Results (Pool C)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 May	Cuba	3–0	Portugal	25–15	25–21	25–23			75–59
12 May	Japan	0–3	Yugoslavia	17–25	22–25	24–26			63–76
12 May	Cuba	3–0	Portugal	25–20	25–16	25–18			75–54
13 May	Japan	1–3	Yugoslavia	27–25	19–25	23–25	16–25		85–100
18 May	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–21	25–14			75–55
19 May	Portugal	0–3	Yugoslavia	21–25	14–25	25–27			60–77
19 May	Cuba	3–1	Japan	25–17	25–17	24–26	25–23		99–83
20 May	Portugal	0–3	Yugoslavia	14–25	15–25	16–25			45–75
25 May	Cuba	3–1	Yugoslavia	25–20	25–23	33–35	25–23		108–101
26 May	Portugal	0–3	Japan	16–25	23–25	20–25			59–75
26 May	Cuba	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–21	26–24	25–19			76–64
27 May	Portugal	3–1	Japan	26–24	21–25	29–27	25–23		101–99
1 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–0	Portugal	25–11	25–21	25–15			75–47
2 Jun	Japan	0–3	Cuba	19–25	15–25	23–25			57–75
3 Jun	Japan	1–3	Cuba	25–22	25–27	24–26	13–25		87–100
3 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–0	Portugal	25–15	25–12	25–18			75–45
8 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–2	Japan	25–18	25–18	27–29	23–25	15–10	115–100
9 Jun	Portugal	1–3	Cuba	25–18	17–25	18–25	25–27		85–95
10 Jun	Portugal	0–3	Cuba	25–27	17–25	17–25			59–77
10 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–16	25–22			75–61
15 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–1	Cuba	25–16	21–25	25–20	25–22		96–83
16 Jun	Japan	3–1	Portugal	27–25	26–24	23–25	25–20		101–94
16 Jun	Yugoslavia	3–1	Cuba	22–25	25–20	25–22	25–23		97–90
17 Jun	Japan	3–0	Portugal	25–23	25–18	25–12			75–53

Pool D

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	23	11	1	35	13	2.692	-	-	-
2	Netherlands	19	7	5	28	22	1.273	-	-	-
3	United States	18	6	6	20	25	0.800	-	-	-
4	Germany	12	0	12	11	36	0.306	-	-	-

Results (Pool D)

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 May	Netherlands	2–3	Brazil	16–25	25–22	25–22	14–25	12–15	92–109
12 May	Germany	1–3	United States	34–36	26–28	25–20	21–25		106–109
13 May	Germany	0–3	United States	23–25	22–25	10–25			55–75
13 May	Netherlands	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–22	17–25	20–25		83–97
19 May	United States	3–2	Netherlands	25–21	23–25	20–25	26–24	24–22	118–117
19 May	Germany	1–3	Brazil	21–25	14–25	25–22	22–25		82–97
20 May	Germany	1–3	Brazil	14–25	25–19	23–25	24–26		86–95
20 May	United States	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	25–19	22–25	20–25		90–94
25 May	Netherlands	3–1	Germany	25–15	16–25	25–22	25–21		91–83
26 May	United States	0–3	Brazil	22–25	12–25	15–25			49–75
27 May	Netherlands	3–2	Germany	25–22	25–16	20–25	26–28	15–10	111–101
27 May	United States	3–2	Brazil	13–25	20–25	27–25	25–22	15–13	100–110
2 Jun	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–19	25–11	25–19			75–49
2 Jun	Germany	1–3	Netherlands	19–25	25–16	23–25	21–25		88–91
3 Jun	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–22	25–23	25–23			75–68
3 Jun	Germany	1–3	Netherlands	17–25	25–23	21–25	28–30		91–103
9 Jun	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–20	25–18	25–23			75–61
9 Jun	United States	3–2	Germany	25–20	25–23	23–25	22–25	15–12	110–105
10 Jun	Brazil	3–2	Netherlands	21–25	25–16	25–21	22–25	15–10	108–97
10 Jun	United States	3–0	Germany	32–30	25–15	25–16			82–61
15 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	United States	25–23	25–18	21–25	25–19		96–85
16 Jun	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–18	26–24	25–21			76–63
17 Jun	Brazil	3–1	Germany	25–7	25–19	19–25	25–13		94–64
17 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	United States	25–17	29–27	25–17			79–61

Final round

• Venue: Spodek, Katowice, Poland

Pool play

Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	293	245	1.196
2	Yugoslavia	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	273	270	1.011
3	France	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	304	321	0.947
4	Poland	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	252	286	0.881

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Jun	Yugoslavia	2–3	France	25–18	31–33	26–28	25–21	11–15	118–115
25 Jun	Poland	1–3	Brazil	26–24	15–25	26–28	18–25		85–102
26 Jun	Poland	3–2	France	21–25	25–22	19–25	26–24	15–13	106–109
26 Jun	Yugoslavia	1–3	Brazil	25–19	15–25	19–25	21–25		80–94
27 Jun	Poland	0–3	Yugoslavia	22–25	22–25	17–25			61–75
27 Jun	Brazil	3–1	France	25–20	25–13	22–25	25–22		97–80

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	285	252	1.131
2	Russia	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	312	308	1.013
3	Cuba	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	270	275	0.982
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	255	287	0.889

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Jun	Netherlands	1–3	Cuba	20–25	18–25	26–24	25–27		89–101
25 Jun	Italy	2–3	Russia	26–24	26–28	24–26	25–18	13–15	114–111
26 Jun	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	21–25	25–16	25–21	25–19		96–81
26 Jun	Russia	2–3	Cuba	27–29	25–18	21–25	25–22	13–15	111–109
27 Jun	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	25–23	25–19	15–25	25–18		90–85
27 Jun	Cuba	0–3	Italy	21–25	17–25	22–25			60–75

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	29 June
	Yugoslavia	2
	Italy	3
					30 June
					Italy	0
					Brazil	3
					3rd place match
	29 June			30 June
	Brazil	3		Yugoslavia	0
	Russia	2			Russia	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jun	Yugoslavia	2–3	Italy	25–22	25–19	22–25	22–25	12–15	106–106
29 Jun	Brazil	3–2	Russia	25–19	25–19	24–26	23–25	20–18	117–107

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jun	Yugoslavia	0–3	Russia	20–25	20–25	23–25			63–75

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jun	Italy	0–3	Brazil	15–25	22–25	19–25			56–75

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Italy  Russia 4  Yugoslavia 5  Cuba  France 7  Netherlands  Poland 9  Greece  Japan  Spain  United States 13  Argentina  Germany  Portugal  Venezuela

2001 World League Champions  Brazil 2nd title Team Roster Giovane Gávio, André Heller, Henrique Randow, Mauricio Lima, Gilberto Godoy Filho, André Nascimento, Sérgio Dutra Santos, Anderson Rodrigues, Nalbert Bitencourt, Gustavo Endres, Ricardo Garcia, Dante Amaral Head Coach Bernardo Rezende

Awards

• Best Scorer
  • Ivan Miljković
• Best Spiker
  • André Nascimento
• Best Blocker
  • Gustavo Endres
• Best Server
  • Luigi Mastrangelo

References

1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2001/Results.asp
2. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2001/Results.asp
3. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2001/Results.asp
4. http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2001/Results.asp

External links

• 2001 World League Results
• Sports123
• Volleyball Almanac