2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
# 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2017 FIVB Men's Club World Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament. It was held in Poland for the first time from 12 to 17 December 2017. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including two wild cards.

Russia's Zenit Kazan defeated Italy's Cucine Lube Civitanova in the final and won the title for the first time. Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro claimed the bronze medal by defeating Poland's PGE Skra Bełchatów in the 3rd place match. Osmany Juantorena from Cucine Lube Civitanova was elected the Most Valuable Player.

## Qualification

| Team (Confederation) | Qualified as |
| - | - |
| ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (CEV) | Hosts (2017 Polish Champions) |
| Sarmayeh Bank Tehran (AVC) | 2016 Asian Champions |
| Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) | 2017 South American Champions |
| Zenit Kazan (CEV) | 2017 European Champions |
| Cucine Lube Civitanova (CEV) | 2017 National Champions from the top 2 countries, not yet qualified, in the FIVB World Ranking as of 31 December 2016 |
| Personal Bolívar (CSV) | 2017 National Champions from the top 2 countries, not yet qualified, in the FIVB World Ranking as of 31 December 2016 |
| PGE Skra Bełchatów (CEV) | Wild Card |
| Shanghai Golden Age (AVC) | Wild Card |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| - | - |
| ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | PGE Skra Bełchatów |
| Cucine Lube Civitanova | Zenit Kazan |
| Sada Cruzeiro | Personal Bolívar |
| Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | Shanghai Golden Age |

## Venues

| Pool A | Pool B | Final round | OpoleŁódźKrakówclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opole, Poland | Łódź, Poland | Kraków, Poland | OpoleŁódźKrakówclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |
| Stegu Arena | Atlas Arena | Tauron Arena Kraków | OpoleŁódźKrakówclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |
| Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 12,100 | Capacity: 14,752 | OpoleŁódźKrakówclass=notpageimage| Host cities in Poland |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* If the tie continues as per the points 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

## Preliminary round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 265 | 227 | 1.167 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 212 | 203 | 1.044 | Semifinals |
| 3 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 283 | 306 | 0.925 | |
| 4 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 239 | 263 | 0.909 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Dec | 17:30 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 3–2 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 19–25 | 20–25 | 25–16 | 31–29 | 17–15 | 112–110 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Dec | 20:50 | Sada Cruzeiro | 0–3 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 21–25 | 16–25 | 18–25 | | | 55–75 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Dec | 17:30 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 2–3 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 25–23 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 16–18 | 108–114 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Dec | 20:50 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 23–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Dec | 17:30 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 13–25 | 30–32 | 20–25 | | | 63–82 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Dec | 20:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–0 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran | 26–24 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 76–64 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zenit Kazan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 229 | 171 | 1.339 | Semifinals |
| 2 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 236 | 217 | 1.088 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Shanghai Golden Age | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 220 | 251 | 0.876 | |
| 4 | Personal Bolívar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 237 | 283 | 0.837 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Dec | 17:30 | Zenit Kazan | 3–0 | Personal Bolívar | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–17 | | | 75–56 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Dec | 20:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3–0 | Shanghai Golden Age | 25–18 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | | 75–58 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Dec | 17:30 | Zenit Kazan | 3–0 | Shanghai Golden Age | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–21 | | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Dec | 20:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3–1 | Personal Bolívar | 23–25 | 25–15 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | 98–80 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Dec | 17:30 | Shanghai Golden Age | 3–2 | Personal Bolívar | 22–25 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 25–18 | 15–13 | 110–101 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Dec | 20:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 0–3 | Zenit Kazan | 27–29 | 20–25 | 16–25 | | | 63–79 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 December | 16 December |
| Civitanova | 3 |
| Civitanova | 3 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Bełchatów | 0 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Bełchatów | 0 | Civitanova | 0 |
| 16 December | 16 December | | Civitanova | 0 |
| 16 December | 16 December | Kazan | 3 |
| Sada | 0 | Kazan | 3 |
| Kazan | 3 | | |
| Kazan | 3 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 17 December | 17 December |
| | | Bełchatów | 0 |
| | | Sada | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 Dec | 17:30 | Sada Cruzeiro | 0–3 | Zenit Kazan | 23–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Dec | 20:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 3–0 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 25–23 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | | 75–69 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 Dec | 17:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 19–25 | 18–25 | 13–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 Dec | 20:30 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 0–3 | Zenit Kazan | 25–27 | 22–25 | 22–25 | | | 69–77 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Zenit Kazan |
| | Cucine Lube Civitanova |
| | Sada Cruzeiro |
| 4 | PGE Skra Bełchatów |
| 5 | Shanghai Golden Age |
| 5 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
| 7 | Personal Bolívar |
| 7 | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |

* 2017 Men's Club World Champions
* Zenit Kazan 1st title
* 14–man roster
* Anderson, Volvich, L. Alekno, Yudin, Panteleymonenko, Alekseev, León, Kononov, Krotkov, Butko (c), Samoylenko, Gutsalyuk, Verbov, Mikhaylov
* Head coach
* V. Alekno

## Awards

* Most valuable player

    Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
* Best setter

    Aleksandr Butko (Zenit Kazan)
* Best outside spikers

    Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)
    Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best middle blockers

    Aleksey Samoylenko (Zenit Kazan)
    Robertlandy Simón (Sada Cruzeiro)
* Best opposite spiker

    Tsvetan Sokolov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
* Best libero

    Jenia Grebennikov (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
