title: 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
text: # 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
  
  The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 11th edition of the event. It was held in Betim, Brazil from 27 to 31 October 2015.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  | Team (Confederation) | Qualified as |
  | - | - |
  | Sada Cruzeiro (CSV) | Hosts |
  | Al-Ahly (CAVB) | 2015 African Champions |
  | Paykan Tehran (AVC)* | 2015 AVC Representatives |
  | Zenit Kazan (CEV) | 2015 European Champions |
  | Capitanes de Arecibo (NORCECA) | 2015 NORCECA Representatives |
  | UPCN San Juan (CSV) | 2015 South American Champions |
  
  ## Pools composition
  
  | Pool A | Pool B |
  | - | - |
  | Sada Cruzeiro | UPCN San Juan |
  | Zenit Kazan | Paykan Tehran |
  | Capitanes de Arecibo | Al-Ahly |
  
  ## Venue
  
  * All matches
  * Betim, Brazil
  * Ginásio Poliesportivo Divino Braga
  * Capacity: 6,000
  
  ## Pool standing procedure
  
  * Number of matches won
  * Match points
  * Sets ratio
  * Points ratio
  * Result of the last match between the tied teams
  
  Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  * All times are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).
  
  ### Pool A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Zenit Kazan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 169 | 138 | 1.225 | Semifinals |
  | 2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 158 | 145 | 1.090 | Semifinals |
  | 3 | Capitanes de Arecibo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 106 | 150 | 0.707 | |
  | Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
  | 27 Oct | 20:10 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3–0 | Capitanes de Arecibo | 25–13 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | 75–51 | P2 P3 |
  | 28 Oct | 20:10 | Sada Cruzeiro | 1–3 | Zenit Kazan | 20–25 | 18–25 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 83–94 | P2 P3 |
  | 29 Oct | 17:10 | Zenit Kazan | 3–0 | Capitanes de Arecibo | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–16 | | 75–55 | P2 P3 |
  
  ### Pool B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paykan Tehran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 120 | 1.250 | Semifinals |
  | 2 | UPCN San Juan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 141 | 135 | 1.044 | Semifinals |
  | 3 | Al-Ahly | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 114 | 150 | 0.760 | |
  | Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
  | 27 Oct | 17:10 | Paykan Tehran | 3–0 | Al-Ahly | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–15 | 75–54 | P2 P3 |
  | 28 Oct | 17:30 | UPCN San Juan | 3–0 | Al-Ahly | 25–23 | 25–16 | 25–21 | 75–60 | P2 P3 |
  | 29 Oct | 20:10 | UPCN San Juan | 0–3 | Paykan Tehran | 22–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | 66–75 | P2 P3 |
  
  ## Final round
  
  * All times are Brasília Summer Time (UTC−02:00).
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 30 October | 30 October |
  | Paykan | 0 |
  | Paykan | 0 | 31 October | 31 October |
  | Sada | 3 | 31 October | 31 October |
  | Sada | 3 | Sada | 3 |
  | 30 October | 30 October | | Sada | 3 |
  | 30 October | 30 October | Kazan | 1 |
  | Kazan | 3 | Kazan | 1 |
  | UPCN | 0 | | |
  | UPCN | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
  | | | 31 October | 31 October |
  | | | Paykan | 2 |
  | | | UPCN | 3 |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 30 Oct | 17:30 | Zenit Kazan | 3–0 | UPCN San Juan | 25–23 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | | 75–64 | P2 P3 |
  | 30 Oct | 20:00 | Paykan Tehran | 0–3 | Sada Cruzeiro | 19–25 | 17–25 | 17–25 | | | 53–75 | P2 P3 |
  
  ### 3rd place match
  
  | Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 31 Oct | 11:40 | Paykan Tehran | 2–3 | UPCN San Juan | 25–21 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 23–25 | 14–16 | 107–109 | P2 P3 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 31 Oct | 15:00 | Sada Cruzeiro | 3–1 | Zenit Kazan | 25–20 | 21–25 | 27–25 | 25–21 | | 98–91 | P2 P3 |
  
  ## Final standing
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Sada Cruzeiro |
  | | Zenit Kazan |
  | | UPCN San Juan |
  | 4 | Paykan Tehran |
  | 5 | Al-Ahly |
  | 5 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
  
  * 2015 Men's Club World Champions
  * Sada Cruzeiro 2nd title
  * 14–man roster
  * Alan, Éder Levi, Vanderson, William (c), Wallace, Leal, Rodriguinho, Isac, Cachopa, Winters, Éder, Serginho, Filipe, Kadu
  * Head coach
  * Méndez
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Most valuable player
  
      Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)
  * Best setter
  
      William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)
  * Best outside spikers
  
      Wilfredo León (Zenit Kazan)
      Todor Aleksiev (UPCN San Juan)
  * Best middle blockers
  
      Nikolay Nikolov (Paykan Tehran)
      Alexander Gutsalyuk (Zenit Kazan)
  * Best opposite spiker
  
      Maxim Mikhaylov (Zenit Kazan)
  * Best libero
  
      Sérgio Nogueira (Sada Cruzeiro)
  