2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

2014 FIVB Men's World Championship
Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Siatkowej Mężczyzn 2014
Tournament details
Host nation Poland
Dates30 August – 21 September
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Officially opened byPresident of Poland Bronisław Komorowski
Champions Poland (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Germany
Fourth place France
Tournament awards
MVPPoland Mariusz Wlazły
Best SetterGermany Lukas Kampa
Best OHBrazil Ricardo Lucarelli
Brazil Murilo Endres
Best MBGermany Marcus Böhme
Poland Karol Kłos
Best OPPPoland Mariusz Wlazły
Best LiberoFrance Jenia Grebennikov
Tournament statistics
Matches played103
Attendance563,263 (5,469 per match)
Official website
FIVB Men's World Championship

The 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in Poland from 30 August to 21 September 2014. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to the host nation Poland, 23 teams qualified for the tournament through continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in seven venues across seven Polish cities, with the final being played at Spodek, Katowice.

The tournament was won by the hosts Poland, who beat Brazil (who had won the previous three titles) in the final. Poland became the third team in the history of the competition to be crowned as champions in their own country, joining the Soviet Union (1952 and 1962) and Czechoslovakia (1966).[1]

563,263 fans[a] watched the matches during the 18-day event, smashing the previous records in the competition. In Italy four years earlier, the total was 339,324, while in Japan in 2006, it was 298,352.[2]

  1. ^ "Poland dethrone Brazil as men's champions". FIVB. 21 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Record numbers watch Poland triumph". FIVB. 21 September 2014.


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