2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's 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, and joined Brazil as they had already secured a berth as the host country.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Japan |
| Dates | 8–23 September |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Champions | United States (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Italy |
| Third place | Poland |
| Fourth place | Russia |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Matt Anderson |
| Best Setter | Micah Christenson |
| Best OH | Osmany Juantorena Yūki Ishikawa |
| Best MB | Sebastián Sole Mohammad Mousavi |
| Best OPP | Ivan Zaytsev |
| Best Libero | Erik Shoji |
| Official website | |
| 2015 FIVB World Cup | |
United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matt Anderson was elected the Most Valuable Player. 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. 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).