2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship statistics

The final tournament was held in Italy and Bulgaria from 9 to 30 September 2018.^[1]

Poland defended their world title, defeating the reigning Olympic champions Brazil in straight sets at a repeat of the 2014 final. United States won the 3rd place match, defeating Serbia in four sets.

Tournament statistics[edit]

Attendance[edit]

• Matches played : 94
• Attendance (first round) (played 60) : 190,213 (3,170 per match)
• Attendance (second round) (played 24) : 90,124 (3,755 per match)
• Attendance (third round) (played 6) : 61,361 (10,227 per match)
• Attendance (final round) (played 4) : 47,331 (11,833 per match)
• Total attendance on tournament : 389,029 (4,139 per match)
• Most attendance : 12,875 -  Russia v.  Italy, Forum di Assago, Milan on 22 September 2018.
• Fewest attendance : 230 -  Cuba v.  Puerto Rico, Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna on 17 September 2018.

Matches[edit]

• Most matches wins : 10 -  Brazil,  United States
• Fewest matches wins : 0 -  Puerto Rico,  China,  Tunisia,  Dominican Republic
• Most matches lost : 5 -  Puerto Rico,  China,  Tunisia,  Dominican Republic
• Fewest matches lost : 2 -  Brazil,  United States,  Italy
• Most points played in match : 230 -  Japan vs.  Argentina 3 : 2 (116/114)
• Fewest points played in match : 116 -  Puerto Rico vs.  Poland 0 : 3 (41/75)
• Longest match played (duration) : 149 min. -  Puerto Rico vs.  Finland (2h,29m)
• Shortest match played (duration) : 72 min. -  United States vs.  Tunisia (1h,12m)

Sets[edit]

• Total sets (first round)  : 226 (3.77 per match)
• Total sets (second round)  : 91 (3.79 per match)
• Total sets (third round)  : 22 (3.67 per match)
• Total sets (final round)  : 15 (3.75 per match)
• Total sets scored : 353 (3.76 per match)
• Most sets played : 46 -  Poland
• Most sets wins : 32 -  Poland,  United States
• Fewest sets wins : 1 -  Dominican Republic
• Most sets lost : 21 -  Serbia,  Finland
• Fewest sets lost : 11 -  Italy,  Japan
• Highest set ratio : 2.462 -  United States (32/13)
• Lowest set ratio : 0.067 -  Dominican Republic (1/15)

Points[edit]

• Total points (first round)  : 9,882 (165 per match)
• Total points (second round)  : 3,979 (166 per match)
• Total points (third round)  : 967 (161 per match)
• Total points (final round)  : 694 (174 per match)
• Total points scored  : 15,522 (165 per match)
• Most points wins : 1,068 -  Poland
• Fewest points wins : 267 -  Dominican Republic
• Most points lost : 991 -  Serbia
• Fewest points lost : 398 -  Cameroon,  Dominican Republic
• Highest points ratio : 1.141 -  Poland (1068/936)
• Lowest points ratio : 0.671 -  Dominican Republic (267/398)

Squads[edit]

Coaches[edit]

• Oldest coach: Antonio Giacobbe  Tunisia - 71 years and 212 days in the first game against Brazil.
• Youngest coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo  Finland - 42 years and 206 days in the first game against Bulgaria.
• Teams with foreign coaches: 7 teams are trained by foreign coaches, including two teams (Dominican Republic and Iran) of coaches whose home countries (Venezuela and Montenegro) did not qualify for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Players[edit]

• Appearance record: Luciano de Cecco  Argentina, Nathan Roberts, Paul Carroll  Australia, Teodor Salparov  Bulgaria, Ahmed Abdelhay  Egypt and Marko Podraščanin  Serbia participated in the World Championship for the fourth time.
• Oldest player: At 39 years and 130 days, Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet  Cameroon is the oldest player ever to be nominated for a 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.
• Youngest player: Marlon Yang  Cuba is the youngest player at the age of 17 years and 111 days.
• Tallest player: At 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in), Dmitry Muserskiy  Russia is the tallest player ever to be nominated for a 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.
• Shortest player: At 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in), Taichiro Koga  Japan is the shortest player ever to be nominated for a 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.
• 21 teams nominated at least one player from the domestic league, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Japan and Puerto Rico nominated at least one player who is free agent, but only China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico and Russia exclusively fielded players of its own domestic league. By contrast, Australia, Canada and Netherlands nominated only players from foreign leagues.
• The most players (51) are active in clubs based in Italy, the majority of them in the SuperLega. In total 15 of the 24 team squads have players who play in England.
• From the leagues of countries that did not qualify for the World Cup, the Germany Bundesliga have the strongest representation with 12 players.

Multiple World Championships[edit]

Name	2006	2010	2014	/ 2018	Total
Luciano de Cecco	✔				4
Nathan Roberts	✔				4
Paul Carroll	✔				4
Teodor Salparov	✔				4
Ahmed Abdelhay	✔				4
Marko Podraščanin	✔				4
Facundo Conte		✔			3
Pablo Crer		✔			3
Travis Passier		✔			3
Bruno Rezende		✔			3
Lucas Saatkamp		✔			3
Nikolay Penchev		✔			3
Svetoslav Gotsev		✔			3
Viktor Yosifov		✔			3
Alain Fossi Kamto		✔			3
Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet		✔			3
Nathan Wounembaina		✔			3
Sem Dolegombai		✔			3
John Gordon Perrin		✔			3
Earvin N'Gapeth		✔			3
Kévin Le Roux		✔			3
Mohammad Mousavi		✔			3
Saeid Marouf		✔			3
Ivan Zaytsev		✔			3
Abdallah Abdalsalam	✔			✔	3
Mohamed Badawy		✔			3
Rashad Atia		✔			3
Michał Kubiak		✔			3
Piotr Nowakowski		✔			3
Ángel Pérez	✔			✔	3
Aleksey Verbov	✔			✔	3
Dmitry Muserskiy	✔			✔	3
Sergey Grankin		✔			3
Yury Berezhko	✔			✔	3
Nemanja Petrić		✔			3
Nikola Rosić		✔			3
Ahmed Kadhi		✔			3
Amen Allah Hmissi	✔			✔	3
Anouer Taouerghi		✔			3
Hamza Nagga		✔			3
Nabil Miladi		✔			3
Maxwell Holt		✔			3
Alexis González		✔		✔	2
José Luis González			✔		2
Martín Ramos			✔		2
Sebastián Solé			✔		2
Harrison Peacock			✔		2
Luke Perry			✔		2
Luke Smith			✔		2
Nehemiah Mote			✔		2
Bram Van Den Dries			✔		2
Hendrik Tuerlinckx			✔		2
Kevin Klinkenberg			✔		2
Lowie Stuer			✔		2
Matthias Valkiers			✔		2
Pieter Coolman			✔		2
Sam Deroo			✔		2
Simon Van De Voorde			✔		2
Éder Carbonera			✔		2
Luiz Felipe Fonteles			✔		2
Maurício Souza			✔		2
Wallace de Souza			✔		2
Georgi Seganov			✔		2
Miroslav Gradinarov			✔		2
Nikolay Nikolov		✔		✔	2
Teodor Todorov			✔		2
Todor Skrimov			✔		2
Valentin Bratoev		✔		✔	2
Ahmed Awal Mbutngam			✔		2
David Feughouo		✔		✔	2
Hervé Kofane Boyomo			✔		2
Jean Pierre Ndongo		✔		✔	2
Yvan Bitjaa			✔		2
Graham Vigrass			✔		2
Nicholas Hoag			✔		2
Steven Marshall			✔		2
TJ Sanders			✔		2
Chen Longhai			✔		2
Ji Daoshuai			✔		2
Zhang Chen		✔		✔	2
Liván Osoria			✔		2
Abou Abd Elahim			✔		2
Hossam Abdalla			✔		2
Mohamed Thakil			✔		2
Eemi Tervaportti			✔		2
Lauri Kerminen			✔		2
Tommi Siirilä			✔		2
Mikko Esko			✔		2
Urpo Sivula			✔		2
Benjamin Toniutti			✔		2
Jenia Grebennikov			✔		2
Jonas Aguenier			✔		2
Kévin Tillie			✔		2
Nicolas Le Goff			✔		2
Milad Ebadipour			✔		2
Amir Ghafour			✔		2
Farhad Ghaemi			✔		2
Saman Faezi			✔		2
Filippo Lanza			✔		2
Michele Baranowicz			✔		2
Salvatore Rossini			✔		2
Simone Anzani			✔		2
Tatsuya Fukuzawa		✔		✔	2
Dawid Konarski			✔		2
Fabian Drzyzga			✔		2
Grzegorz Łomacz		✔		✔	2
Bartosz Kurek		✔		✔	2
Paweł Zatorski			✔		2
Dennis Del Valle			✔		2
Edgardo Goás			✔		2
Ezequiel Cruz			✔		2
Maurice Torres			✔		2
Artem Volvich			✔		2
Maxim Mikhaylov		✔		✔	2
Aleksandar Atanasijević			✔		2
Marko Ivović			✔		2
Neven Majstorović			✔		2
Srećko Lisinac			✔		2
Uroš Kovačević			✔		2
Elyes Karamosli			✔		2
Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi			✔		2
David Smith			✔		2
Kawika Shoji			✔		2
Matt Anderson			✔		2
Micah Christenson			✔		2
Taylor Sander			✔		2

Final standing[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
	Poland	12	9	3	28	32	14	2.286	1068	936	1.141	Champions
	Brazil	12	10	2	27	31	13	2.385	1024	925	1.107	Runners up
	United States	12	10	2	29	32	13	2.462	1044	927	1.126	Third place
4	Serbia	12	7	5	20	24	21	1.143	1012	991	1.021	Fourth place
5	Italy	10	8	2	24	26	11	2.364	841	742	1.133	Eliminated in third round
6	Russia	10	6	4	19	23	14	1.643	850	759	1.120
7	France	8	5	3	18	21	12	1.750	765	688	1.112	Eliminated in second round
8	Netherlands	8	5	3	14	16	15	1.067	692	661	1.047
9	Canada	8	5	3	13	18	14	1.286	712	694	1.026
10	Belgium	8	4	4	14	16	14	1.143	667	657	1.015
11	Bulgaria	8	4	4	13	16	12	1.333	625	617	1.013
12	Slovenia	8	4	4	13	17	16	1.063	722	716	1.008
13	Iran	8	4	4	12	14	16	0.875	674	664	1.015
14	Australia	8	3	5	9	12	19	0.632	665	701	0.949
15	Argentina	8	3	5	8	14	19	0.737	725	751	0.965
16	Finland	8	2	6	6	10	21	0.476	638	719	0.887
17	Japan	5	2	3	5	8	11	0.727	414	427	0.970	Eliminated in first round
18	Cuba	5	1	4	3	6	13	0.462	392	436	0.899
19	Cameroon	5	1	4	3	4	12	0.333	334	398	0.839
20	Egypt	5	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	368	426	0.864
21	Puerto Rico	5	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	331	435	0.761
22	China	5	0	5	0	3	15	0.200	375	440	0.852
23	Tunisia	5	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	317	414	0.766
24	Dominican Republic	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	267	398	0.671

Statistics leaders[edit]

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers at the completion of the tournament.^[2] Only players whose teams advanced to the final round are taken in consideration.^{[citation needed]}

Best Scorers Player Spikes Blocks Serves Total 1 Bartosz Kurek 133 22 16 171 2 Matt Anderson 138 9 16 163 3 Wallace de Souza 145 6 6 157 4 Aaron Russell 135 10 8 153 5 Douglas Souza 129 10 11 150

Best Spikers Player Spikes Faults Shots Total % 1 Douglas Souza 129 28 71 228 56.58 2 Matthew Anderson 138 47 59 244 56.56 3 Taylor Sander 107 34 49 190 56.32 4 Uroš Kovačević 104 31 59 194 53.61 5 Wallace de Souza 145 43 83 271 53.51

Best Blockers Player Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Avg 1 Bartosz Kurek 22 16 22 60 0.48 2 Michał Kubiak 21 17 15 53 0.46 3 Piotr Nowakowski 19 15 46 80 0.41 4 Srećko Lisinac 18 37 39 94 0.40 5 Maxwell Holt 17 37 42 96 0.38

Best Servers Player Aces Faults Hits Total Avg 1 Marko Ivović 16 33 90 139 0.36 2 Matt Anderson 16 37 99 152 0.36 3 Bartosz Kurek 16 35 59 110 0.35 4 Taylor Sander 15 41 90 146 0.33 5 Maxwell Holt 15 28 63 106 0.33

Best Setters Player Running Faults Still Total Avg 1 Micah Christenson 293 8 473 774 6.51 2 Nikola Jovović 239 4 563 806 5.31 3 Bruno Rezende 190 2 422 614 4.32 4 William Arjona 156 1 189 246 1.27 5 Fabian Drzyzga 52 3 588 643 1.12

Best Diggers Player Digs Faults Receptions Total Avg 1 Erik Shoji 74 5 33 112 1.64 2 Paweł Zatorski 69 10 42 121 1.50 3 Thales Hoss 60 7 26 93 1.36 4 Micah Christenson 48 5 25 78 1.07 5 Bruno Rezende 46 7 22 75 1.05

Best Receivers Player Excellents Faults Serve Total % 1 Taylor Sander 82 10 115 207 34.78 2 Paweł Zatorski 81 11 127 219 31.96 3 Douglas Souza 96 19 167 292 27.30 4 Marko Ivović 78 18 146 242 24.79 5 Michał Kubiak 73 18 133 224 24.55

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

• 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship statistics
• FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League statistics
• FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League statistics
• Volleyball records and statistics
• Major achievements in volleyball by nation
• List of Indoor Volleyball World Medalists

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
• 2018 Men's World Championship – official website
• Competition formula
• Teams
• History
• Honours
• Previous Edition