2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 17th edition of the competition. It was held in Betim, Brazil. It was the seventh time as well as the third consecutive times Betim was selected as the host city. The tournament was held from 7 to 11 December 2022. It was Volei Renata's first appearance at the Club World Championship.^[1]

2022 Men's Club World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
City	Betim
Dates	7–11 December
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Sir Safety Susa Perugia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Simone Giannelli
Best Setter	Simone Giannelli
Best OH	Alessandro Michieletto Wilfredo León
Best MB	Marko Podraščanin Flávio Gualberto
Best OPP	Matey Kaziyski
Best Libero	Lucas De Deus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Attendance	22,756 (2,276 per match)
Official website
2022 Men's Club World Championship
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Sir Safety Susa Perugia won their title for the first time on their first participation of the tournament.^[2][3] Simone Giannelli was chosen as MVP of this tournament.^[4]

Host selection

On 10 June 2022 Brazilian media reported that this edition of the men's club world championship would be hosted in Minas Gerais, Brazil. According to the report, Brazil is going to host both men's and women's club world championship.^[5]

Later on 13 September 2022 it was reported that the Italian club Perugia had offered to host the next edition of the men's club world championship.^[6] In the end, Betim was selected to be the host city.^[7][8][9]

Qualification

Team (Confederation)	Qualified as
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei (CSV)	Hosts
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle (CEV)	2022 European champions
Trentino Itas (CEV)	2022 European runners-up
Itambé Minas (CSV)	2022 South American runners-up
Paykan Club (AVC)	2022 Asian champions
Vôlei Renata (CSV)	2022 South American 3rd place
Sir Safety Susa Perugia (CEV)	Wild card

Notes:

1.^ ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle withdrew from the tournament again and replaced by Sir Safety Susa Perugia.^[10]

2.^ Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei is granted with a hosts spot. Therefore, Vôlei Renata, the third placed team from the 2022 CSV Club Championship is qualified as the next eligible team through the continental club championship qualification pathway in accordance with the FIVB event regulations.^[9]

Venue

All matches
Betim, Brazil
Ginásio Poliesportivo Divino Braga
Capacity: 6,000

Format

Preliminary round

Six teams divided into two pools of three teams each in a round-robin match. The top two teams of each pool advance to the semifinals.

Final round

A knockout stage. The first ranked team of Pool A plays a semifinal match against the second ranked team of Pool B, and the first ranked team of Pool B plays a semifinal match against the second ranked team of Pool A. The winners of the semifinals play for the Club World Championship title, while the runners-up play for the third place in the competition.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	Itambé Minas
Vôlei Renata	Paykan Club
Sir Safety Susa Perugia	Trentino Itas

Squads

Main article: 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of victories
2. Match points
3. Sets quotient
4. Points quotient
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams^[11]

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser^[11]
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser^[11]

Preliminary round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sir Safety Susa Perugia	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	179	153	1.170	Semifinals
2	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	169	139	1.216
3	Vôlei Renata	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	123	150	0.820

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	21:00	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	3–0	Vôlei Renata	25–20	25–22	25–22			75–64	P2 Report
8 Dec	21:00	Vôlei Renata	0–3	Sir Safety Susa Perugia	22–25	16–25	21–25			59–75	P2 Report
9 Dec	21:15	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	1–3	Sir Safety Susa Perugia	21–25	21–25	31–29	21–25		94–104	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Trentino Itas	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	175	149	1.174	Semifinals
2	Itambé Minas	2	1	1	3	3	4	0.750	163	168	0.970
3	Paykan Club	2	0	2	0	2	6	0.333	180	201	0.896

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Dec	18:00	Itambé Minas	3–1	Paykan Club	22–25	27–25	27–25	25–18		101–93	P2 Report
8 Dec	18:00	Trentino Itas	3–1	Paykan Club	25–20	25–21	25–27	25–19		100–87	P2 Report
9 Dec	18:15	Itambé Minas	0–3	Trentino Itas	21–25	23–25	18–25			62–75	P2 Report

Final round

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

	Semifinals				Final
	10 December
	Sir Safety Susa Perugia	3
					11 December
	Itambé Minas	0
					Sir Safety Susa Perugia	3
	10 December
					Trentino Itas	1
	Trentino Itas	3
	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	0
					3rd place match
					11 December
					Itambé Minas	1
					Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Dec	18:30	Trentino Itas	3–0	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	25–13	25–22	25–17			75–52	P2 Report
10 Dec	21:30	Sir Safety Susa Perugia	3–0	Itambé Minas	25–19	25–19	25–17			75–55	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Dec	13:00	Itambé Minas	1–3	Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei	31–29	24–26	21–25	19–25		95–105	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Dec	16:00	Sir Safety Susa Perugia	3–1	Trentino Itas	20–25	25–23	27–25	25–19		97–92	P2 Report

Final standings

Rank Team Sir Safety Susa Perugia Trentino Itas Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 4 Itambé Minas 5 Paykan Club 6 Vôlei Renata

2022 Club World Champions  Sir Safety Susa Perugia 1st title

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Simone Giannelli (Sir Safety Susa Perugia)

• Best setter

  Simone Giannelli (Sir Safety Susa Perugia)

• Best outside spikers

  Alessandro Michieletto (Trentino Itas)

  Wilfredo León (Sir Safety Susa Perugia)

• Best middle blockers

  Marko Podraščanin (Trentino Itas)

  Flávio Gualberto (Sir Safety Susa Perugia)

• Best opposite spiker

  Matey Kaziyski (Trentino Itas)

• Best libero

  Lucas De Deus (Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei)

See also

• 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

References

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2. "Unstoppable Perugia claim first world title". volleyballworld.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
3. "CWCH M: Perugia crown their first Club World Championship participation with title". WorldOfVolley. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
4. Redação (11 December 2022). "Confira a Seleção do Mundial de Clubes. Giannelli MVP". Web Vôlei (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
5. "Minas pode organizar os dois Mundiais de Clubes em 2022". Web Vôlei (in Brazilian Portuguese). Redação. 10 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
6. "ITA M: Perugia request to organize next Men's Club World Championship". WorldOfVolley. WoV. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
7. "زمان برگزاری رقابت‌های قهرمانی باشگاه‌های جهان مشخص شد/ بتیم بار دیگر میزبان مسابقات". فدراسیون والیبال ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
8. Francesco. "Mondiale per Club 2022 in Brasile fra il 7 e l'11 dicembre, Trento fra le partecipanti!". Trentino Volley (in Italian). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
9. "Club World Championships Line-Ups Confirmed In Antalya And Betim". FIVB. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
10. "ZAKSA withdraw from Club World Championship again, will be replaced by Perugia". WorldOfVolley. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
11. "FIVB REGULATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS". FIVB. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

External links

• Official website