2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total Report
25 Sep 17:05 France 3-2 Czech Republic 25-19 22-25 25-21 24-26 111-101 P2 P3
25 Sep 21:05 Bulgaria 3-0 China 25-14 25-19 25-22 75-55 P2 P3
26 Sep 17:05 Czech Republic 3-1 China 25-21 19-25 25-18 25-22 94-86 P2 P3
26 Sep 21:05 France 3-2 Bulgaria 25-22 23-25 25-17 28-30 120-111 P2 P3
27 Sep 17:05 Bulgaria 1-3 Czech Republic 23-25 25-27 30-28 25-27 103-107 P2 P3
27 Sep 21:05 China 0-3 France 17-25 20-25 19-25 56-75 P2 P3
First round -- Pool E
Pool E featured France , Czech Republic , Bulgaria and China . China were eliminated after not winning a match . Pts Matches Points Sets Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1 France 6 3 0 306 268 1.142 9 4 2.250 2 Czech Republic 5 2 1 302 300 1.007 8 5 1.600 3 Bulgaria 4 1 2 289 282 1.025 6 6 1.000 4 China 3 0 3 197 244 0.807 1 9 0.111
The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in Italy from 25 September to 10 October 2010. The tournament featured 24 teams to determine the world champions in men's volleyball. In addition to 2006 champion Brazil and host nation Italy, 22 teams qualified for the tournament by means of continental and regional competitions. The matches took place in ten venues across ten Italian cities, with the final being held at the PalaLottomatica, Rome. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Cuba in final. Brazil won their third straight world championship having won previously in 2002 and 2006. The podium was completed by Serbia who defeated Italy in the 3rd place match. Brazilian wing-spiker Murilo Endres was named the tournament MVP. Brazil's victory continued their eight-year period of domination of world volleyball. Brazil has now won 15 of 17 major competitions since 2002. Brazil's third straight world championship equals the record for consecutive titles set by Italy in the 1990s.