The
FIVB World League 2000The FIVB World League is an international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it is the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . The tournament is annual. The women's version of the competition is called FIVB World...
was the eleventh edition of the annual
Men's Volleyball TournamentVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, played by twelve countries from May 26 to July 16, 2000. The final round (
Final Six) was staged in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Competing Nations
Pool A
| Team |
P |
W |
L |
SW |
SL |
Pts |
| |
12 |
9 |
3 |
32 |
15 |
21 |
| |
12 |
8 |
4 |
28 |
23 |
20 |
| |
12 |
4 |
8 |
23 |
28 |
16 |
| |
12 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
32 |
15 |
Pool B
| Team |
P |
W |
L |
SW |
SL |
Pts |
| |
12 |
9 |
3 |
31 |
14 |
21 |
| |
12 |
7 |
5 |
24 |
21 |
19 |
| |
12 |
5 |
7 |
21 |
24 |
17 |
| |
12 |
3 |
9 |
13 |
30 |
15 |
- Netherlands qualified as host of the Final Six
Pool C
| Team |
P |
W |
L |
SW |
SL |
Pts |
| |
12 |
10 |
2 |
31 |
15 |
22 |
| |
12 |
8 |
4 |
28 |
16 |
20 |
| |
12 |
5 |
7 |
21 |
24 |
17 |
| |
12 |
1 |
11 |
9 |
34 |
13 |
Final ranking
| Team |
P |
W |
L |
SW |
SL |
Pts |
| |
5 |
4 |
1 |
13 |
8 |
9 |
| |
5 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
8 |
| |
5 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
| |
5 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
7 |
| |
5 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
| |
5 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
6 |
Finals
- Sunday July 16, 2000
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0–3 |
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(19:25, 21:25, 21:25) |
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3–2 |
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(25:22, 18:25, 20:25, 25:21, 15:13) |
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Final ranking
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player
-
Andrea SartorettiAndrea Sartoretti is an Italian volleyball player.Sartoretti was born in Santa Lucia and debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he plays opposite hitter...
- Best Server
- Goran Vujević
Goran Vujević is a Montenegrin-born Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics and for Serbia and Montenegro in the 2004 Summer Olympics....
- Best Spiker
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Guido GörtzenGuido Görtzen is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold medal with the Dutch Men's National Team by defeating archrivals Italy in the final .-References:...
- Best Blocker
- Martin van der Horst
Johan Martin van der Horst is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics . He was a member of the Dutch national team that won the silver medal in Barcelona, Spain .-References:...
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