FIVB World League 2009

The FIVB World League 2009 was an international men's volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball 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...

 tournament played by 16 countries from June 12 to July 26, 2009.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D

Pool standing procedure

1. Match points

2. Numbers of matches won

3. Points ratio

4. Sets ratio


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

Intercontinental round

• The Final Round hosts Serbia, the winner of each pool and the best second among Pool A, C and D will qualify for the Final Round. If Serbia is ranked first in its pool, the team ranked second of Pool B will qualify for the Final Round.

Pool A

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Week 2

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Week 6

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Pool D

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Week 6

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Final round

• Organizer:
• Venue: Belgrade Arena
  Belgrade Arena
  The Belgrade Arena is an indoor arena located in Novi Beograd, Belgrade. It is designed as a universal hall for sport, cultural events and other programs. With a total space that covers 48,000 square metres, and an official total capacity of 19,982 seats , it is one of the largest indoor arenas in...
  
  , Belgrade
  Belgrade
  Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
  
  , Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
  
• All times are Central European Summer Time
  Central European Summer Time
  Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...
  
   (UTC+02:00).

Pool E

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Pool F

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Bracket

Semifinals

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3rd place

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Final

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Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

14–man Roster for Final Round

Bruno, Eder, Sidão, Vissotto Leandro Vissotto Neves Leandro Vissotto Neves is a Brazilian volleyball player who plays as opposite hitters for Superliga Brasileira club Vôlei Futuro and Brazil national team.-Career:... , Giba, Murilo Murilo Endres Murilo Endres is a Brazilian volleyball player.-Career:With Brazil national team he won five World Leagues , one World Cup and two World Championships . He is the MVP of 2010 WCH and 2010 WL... , Sérgio Sergio Santos Sergio Jose Santos is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Draft and career as a shortstop:... , Thiago, João Paulo, Rodrigão Rodrigo Santana Rodrigo Santana is a Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... , Rivaldo, Lucas Lucas Saatkamp Lucas Saatkamp is a Brazilian volleyball player who plays as middle blocker for Superliga Brasileira club Cimed Florianópolis and Brazil national team.- Personal life :... , Marlon, Mario

Head Coach

Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP:   Sérgio Santos
  Sergio Santos
  Sergio Jose Santos is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Draft and career as a shortstop:...
  
  
• Best Scorer:   Ivan Miljković
  Ivan Miljkovic
  Ivan Miljković is a Serbian volleyball player, whose first club was Student Niš. He started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997 and currently playing for Fenerbahçe Grundig in Turkey...
  
  
• Best Spiker:   Robertlandy Simón
  Robertlandy Simon
  Robertlandy Simón Aties is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays as a middle-blocker. He was named Best Blocker and Best Spiker at the 2007 Volleyball America's Cup, where Cuba ended up in third place....
  
  
• Best Blocker:   Robertlandy Simón
  Robertlandy Simon
  Robertlandy Simón Aties is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays as a middle-blocker. He was named Best Blocker and Best Spiker at the 2007 Volleyball America's Cup, where Cuba ended up in third place....
  
  
• Best Server:   Wilfredo León
• Best Setter:   Nikola Grbić
  Nikola Grbic
  Nikola Grbić is a Serbian volleyball player. He was born at Klek, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia, now part of Serbia. Standing at 1,95 m, he plays setter. He is the younger brother of Vladimir Grbić, who also played volleyball on the highest level....
  
  
• Best Libero:   Aleksey Verbov

External links

• Official Website of the 2009 FIVB World League