2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
# 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

The 2021 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament. For the first time it was held in Ankara, Turkey from 15 to 19 December. Six teams competed in the tournament, including two wild cards.

## Qualification

| Team | Qualified as |
| - | - |
| VakıfBank İstanbul | Hosts |
| Altay VC | 2021 Asian Champions |
| Imoco Volley Conegliano | 2020–21 European Champions |
| Dentil Praia Clube | 2021 South American Champions |
| Itambé Minas | Wild Card |
| Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | Wild Card |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| - | - |
| Imoco Volley Conegliano | VakıfBank İstanbul |
| Dentil Praia Clube | Itambé Minas |
| Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | Altay VC |

## Venue

* All rounds
* Ankara, Turkey
* Ankara Arena
* Capacity: 10,400

## Preliminary round

* All times are Turkish Time (UTC+03:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 109 | 1.376 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 155 | 162 | 0.957 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Dentil Praia Clube | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 138 | 172 | 0.802 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 15 Dec | 18:30 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3–0 | Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | 25–12 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | 75–58 | P2 |
| 16 Dec | 18:30 | Dentil Praia Clube | 1–3 | Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | 25–22 | 23–25 | 18–25 | 21–25 | 87–97 | P2 |
| 17 Dec | 15:00 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3–0 | Dentil Praia Clube | 25–17 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | 75–51 | P2 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VakıfBank İstanbul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 93 | 1.613 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Itambé Minas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 128 | 135 | 0.948 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Altay VC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 100 | 150 | 0.667 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 15 Dec | 15:00 | Itambé Minas | 3–0 | Altay VC | 25–20 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 75–60 | P2 |
| 16 Dec | 15:00 | VakıfBank İstanbul | 3–0 | Altay VC | 25–13 | 25–10 | 25–17 | 75–40 | P2 |
| 17 Dec | 18:30 | Itambé Minas | 0–3 | VakıfBank İstanbul | 18–25 | 17–25 | 18–25 | 53–75 | P2 |

## Final round

* All times are Turkish Time (UTC+03:00).

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 18 December | 18 December |
| Conegliano | 3 |
| Conegliano | 3 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Itambé Minas | 1 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Itambé Minas | 1 | Conegliano | 2 |
| 18 December | 18 December | | Conegliano | 2 |
| 18 December | 18 December | VakıfBank | 3 |
| VakıfBank | 3 | VakıfBank | 3 |
| Fenerbahçe | 0 | | |
| Fenerbahçe | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 19 December | 19 December |
| | | Itambé Minas | 0 |
| | | Fenerbahçe | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 Dec | 15:00 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 3–1 | Itambé Minas | 23–25 | 26–24 | 25–15 | 25–19 | | 99–83 | P2 |
| 18 Dec | 18:30 | VakıfBank İstanbul | 3–0 | Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | 25–19 | 29–27 | 25–23 | | | 79–69 | P2 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 Dec | 15:00 | Itambé Minas | 0–3 | Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul | 18–25 | 7–25 | 26–28 | | | 51–78 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 Dec | 18:30 | Imoco Volley Conegliano | 2–3 | VakıfBank İstanbul | 15–25 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 7–15 | 94–109 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | VakıfBank İstanbul |
| | Imoco Volley Conegliano |
| | Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul |
| 4 | Itambé Minas |
| 5 | Dentil Praia Clube |
| 6 | Altay VC |

* 2021 Women's Club World Champions
* ' VakıfBank İstanbul 4th title'
* 14–player roster
* Buket Gülübay, Cansu Özbay, Tuğba Şenoğlu, Ayça Aykaç, Kübra Akman, Chiaka Ogbogu, Ayse Melis Gürkaynak (c), Gabriela Guimarães, Isabelle Haak, Meryem Boz, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, Aylin Sarıoğlu, Derya Cebecioğlu, Zehra Güneş
* Head coach
* Giovanni Guidetti

## Awards

* Most valuable player

    Isabelle Haak (VakıfBank İstanbul)
* Best Opposite

    Isabelle Haak (VakıfBank İstanbul)
* Best outside spikers

    Gabriela Guimarães (VakıfBank İstanbul)
    Arina Fedorovtseva (Fenerbahçe Opet İstanbul)
* Best middle blockers

    Zehra Güneş (VakıfBank İstanbul)
    Robin de Kruijf (Imoco Volley Conegliano)
* Best setter

    Joanna Wołosz (Imoco Volley Conegliano)
* Best libero

    Monica De Gennaro (Imoco Volley Conegliano)
