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Dates | 8–23 September |
Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
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Tournament awards | |
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Best Setter | ![]() |
Best OH | ![]() ![]() |
Best MB | ![]() ![]() |
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Best Libero | ![]() |
Official website | |
2015 FIVB World Cup | |
The 2015 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 8 to 23 September 2015 in Japan. The tournament served as a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two teams, USA and Italy, qualified for the Olympics,[1][2] and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.
United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matt Anderson was elected the Most Valuable Player.[3] Moreover, there were 3 record breakings. Firstly, Thomas Edgar broke the highest score points in a single match record in Australia's win over Egypt with 50 points.[4] Secondly, in Canada's win over Australia in five sets (32–34, 25–14, 25–21, 27–29, 20–18), two tournament records were broken: the longest match (2 hours and 49 minutes) and the highest scoring game (245 points).[5]