2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
| 2015 Men's World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |
 Japan
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| Dates | 8–23 September |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venues | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Champions |
 United States (2nd title)
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| MVP |
Matthew Anderson
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| Official website | |
| 2015 World Cup | |
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from September 8 to September 23 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.
United States secured the country's second title with 10 victories and only 1 loss. Matthew 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).
The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament:
But, on 10 March 2015, the FIVB announced a change of the continental events following each continental confederation's agreement.
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