Tournament details | |
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Host nation | Philippines |
City | Pasay |
Dates | 18–23 October |
Teams | 8 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Champions | Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Pomì Casalmaggiore |
Third place | Vakıfbank İstanbul |
Fourth place | Voléro Zürich |
Tournament awards | |
MVP | Tijana Bošković |
Best Setter | Carli Lloyd |
Best OH | Zhu Ting Tatiana Kosheleva |
Best MB | Foluke Akinradewo Milena Rašić |
Best OPP | Tijana Bošković |
Best Libero | Fabiana de Oliveira |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Attendance | 34,065 (1,703 per match) |
Official website | |
Manila 2016 | |
The 2016 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held for the first time in the Philippines,[1] on 18–23 October 2016 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.[1] For the first time, eight teams competed, including four wild cards.[2]
The Philippine Super Liga and Eventcourt was in charge of organizing the tournament, together with the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the national federation for volleyball.[2]
Turkey's Eczacıbaşı VitrA defeated Italy's Pomì Casalmaggiore in the final to become the first team in history to claim the title a second time after their 2015 success.[3] Vakıfbank İstanbul defeated Voléro Zürich in the bronze medal match.[4] Serbian Tijana Bošković from Eczacıbaşı was elected the Most Valuable Player.[5]