Volleyball tournament in Japan
The 2019 FIVB Men's World Cup was the 14th edition of the event, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the "" (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held from 1 to 15 October 2019 in Japan. That was the first time since 1989 that FIVB decided not to allocate any spots in the Olympics, due to Japan hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Qualification.
Twelve teams qualified for the competition by being one of the top two teams of each continental federation based on FIVB World Ranking on 1 January 2019 (except Japan who qualified as hosts, and Poland who qualified as 2018 World Champions).
1 Competed as Soviet Union; 5th appearance as Russia.
Format.
The competition system of the 2019 World Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the other 11 teams.
The teams were divided into 2 pools of 6 teams each. In round 1, total 30 matches in 5 days, each teams played against the other teams from the same pool. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each team played against the teams from another pool. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019 except the hosts who ranked 11th.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser ;br ;
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
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