2007 FIVB Men's World Cup

Infobox FIVB tournament
competition =
continent = World
gender = men
year =

size = 150
caption =
host = Japan
dates = November 18 – December 2
teams = 12
venues = 8
cities = 7
champions = Brazil
title_number = 2
mvp = flagicon|Brazil Gilberto Godoy Filho (Giba)
website = [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2007/Men/Index.asp?sm=12 tournament website]
last = 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup
next = 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup

The 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from November 18 to December 2, 2007 in Japan.

Qualifying

12 teams participated in the World Cup:
*The 2007 champions of their respective continental championship (5):
**vb|Brazil, vb|Spain, vb|Australia, vb|USA, vb|Egypt
*Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007 (4):
**vb|Russia, vb|Argentina, vb|Tunisia, vb|Puerto Rico
*Host nation:
**vb|Japan
*Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007 (2):
**vb|Bulgaria, vb|South Korea

quads

*details|2007 FIVB Men's World Cup Squads

Competition System

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Men is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

2° Round

22 november 2007 – 23 november 2007

Hiroshima Green Arena

Momotaro Arena

Ranking

Olympic Qualification

vb|BRA, vb|RUS and vb|BUL qualified to the men's volleyball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Final Standings

Team Roster

Bruno Rezende, Marcelo Elgarten, André Heller, Samuel Fuchs, Gilberto Godoy Filho, Murilo Endres, André Nascimento, Sérgio Dutra Santos, Anderson Rodrigues, Gustavo Endres, Rodrigo Santana, Dante Amaral
Head Coach

Bernardo Rezende

Awards

*Most Valuable Player: flagathlete|Gilberto Godoy Filho|BRA
*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Héctor Soto|PUR
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Dante Amaral|BRA
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|José Luis Moltó|ESP
*Best Server: flagathlete|Semen Poltavskiy|RUS
*Best Libero: flagathlete|Sergio|BRA
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Miguel Angel Falasca|ESP

External links

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2007/Men/Index.asp Official Website of the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup]