2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates18–23 November
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVPCuba Robertlandy Simón
Official website
FIVB

The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Osaka and Nagoya, Japan from 18 to 23 November 2009.

Qualification

Team Qualified as
 Japan Hosts and 2009 Asian Champions
 Iran 2009 Asian Runners-up
 Poland 2009 European Champions
 Cuba 2009 NORCECA Champions
 Brazil 2009 South American Champions
 Egypt Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Main article: 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

Results

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 436 360 1.211
2  Cuba 5 4 1 9 14 7 2.000 474 420 1.129
3  Japan 5 3 2 8 9 11 0.818 430 437 0.984
4  Poland 5 2 3 7 9 10 0.900 402 433 0.928
5  Iran 5 1 4 6 8 14 0.571 472 491 0.961
6  Egypt 5 0 5 5 5 15 0.333 388 461 0.842
Source: [citation needed]

Osaka round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Nov 13:30 Egypt  2–3  Iran 25–21 20–25 21–25 25–17 10–15 101–103 P2 P3
18 Nov 15:30 Cuba  2–3  Brazil 22–25 26–24 18–25 25–23 10–15 101–112 P2 P3
18 Nov 19:00 Japan  3–2  Poland 22–25 25–15 21–25 25–21 15–10 108–96 P2 P3
19 Nov 13:30 Iran  1–3  Brazil 22–25 18–25 25–23 19–25   84–98 P2 P3
19 Nov 15:30 Poland  1–3  Cuba 25–22 18–25 18–25 22–25   83–97 P2 P3
19 Nov 19:00 Egypt  1–3  Japan 15–25 25–22 21–25 17–25   78–97 P2 P3

Nagoya round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Nov 12:30 Brazil  3–0  Poland 25–17 25–17 25–18     75–52 P2 P3
21 Nov 14:30 Cuba  3–2  Egypt 25–17 23–25 25–14 23–25 15–7 111–88 P2 P3
21 Nov 18:00 Japan  3–2  Iran 27–25 18–25 25–23 20–25 16–14 106–112 P2 P3
22 Nov 12:30 Egypt  0–3  Brazil 21–25 22–25 22–25     65–75 P2 P3
22 Nov 14:30 Iran  1–3  Poland 23–25 25–18 26–28 23–25   97–96 P2 P3
22 Nov 18:00 Japan  0–3  Cuba 19–25 20–25 22–25     61–75 P2 P3
23 Nov 13:30 Cuba  3–1  Iran 25–14 25–22 15–25 25–15   90–76 P2 P3
23 Nov 15:30 Poland  3–0  Egypt 25–19 25–18 25–19     75–56 P2 P3
23 Nov 19:00 Brazil  3–0  Japan 25–12 26–24 25–22     76–58 P2 P3

Final standing

Awards