Men's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2018
Various Cities (BUL/ITA) - 9 September 2018 - 30 September 2018
First Round September 9th - September 18th, 2018
24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round (Results between the qualified Nations will be carried over into the Second Round)
Group D Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)
Bulgaria 3 - 0 Finland 25-21, 25-19, 25-22
September 9th 2018, h. 20:40, Palace Culture & Sport, Varna
Finland 3 - 1 Cuba25-19, 25-19, 20-25, 25-16
September 14th 2018, h. 17:00, Palace Culture & Sport, Varna
Poland 3 - 1 Finland 25-20, 26-28, 25-16, 25-15
September 15th 2018, h. 20:30, Palace Culture & Sport, Varna
Puerto Rico 2 - 3 Finland 19-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-21, 10-15
September 16th 2018, h. 17:00, Palace Culture & Sport, Varna
Finland 2 - 3 Iran19-25, 25-22, 25-23, 23-25, 12-15
September 18th 2018, h. 17:00, Palace Culture & Sport, Varna
Group D Final Standing
Nation
P Matches
W Matches
L Matches
Points Matches
W Sets
L Sets
Ratio Sets
W Points
L Points
Ratio Points
Poland
5
5
0
15
15
3
5.000
445
343
1.297
Iran
5
4
1
11
12
7
1.714
437
400
1.092
Bulgaria
5
3
2
9
11
6
1.833
395
368
1.073
Finland
5
2
3
6
9
12
0.750
453
471
0.961
Cuba
5
1
4
3
6
13
0.461
392
436
0.899
Puerto Rico
5
0
5
1
3
15
0.200
331
435
0.760
Second Round September 21st - September 23rd, 2018
16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group and the 2 best 2nd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for the Third Round
Group E Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)
Italy 3 - 0 Finland 25-20, 25-18, 25-16
September 21st 2018, h. 21:15, Forum di Assago, Milan
Netherlands 3 - 1 Finland 25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 25-13
September 22nd 2018, h. 17:00, Forum di Assago, Milan
Russia 3 - 0 Finland25-17, 25-19, 25-22
September 23rd 2018, h. 17:00, Forum di Assago, Milan
Group E Final Standing
Nation
P Matches
W Matches
L Matches
Points Matches
W Sets
L Sets
Ratio Sets
W Points
L Points
Ratio Points
Italy
8
7
1
22
23
6
3.833
691
568
1.216
Russia
8
6
2
18
21
8
2.625
675
578
1.167
Netherlands
8
5
3
14
16
15
1.066
692
661
1.046
Finland
8
2
6
6
10
21
0.476
638
719
0.887