The 2009

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was the 20th edition of the annual men's international

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tournament, played by 16 countries from 12 June to 26 July 2009. The Final Round was held in

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Pools composition

Pool standing procedure

# Match points # Number of matches won # Points ratio # Sets ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Intercontinental round

*All times are local. *The Final Round hosts Serbia, the winners of each pool and the best second among Pool A, C and D will qualify for the Final Round. If Serbia are ranked first in Pool B, the team ranked second of Pool B will qualify for the Final Round.

Pool A

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Pool B

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Pool C

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Pool D

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Final round

*Venue:

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*All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

Pool play

Pool E

Pool F

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Sérgio Santos *Best scorer *:

Ivan Miljković Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player. Miljković was a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is an 20 ...

*Best spiker *:

Robertlandy Simón Robertlandy Simón Aties (born 11 June 1987) is a Cuban volleyball player who is a member of the Cuba men's national volleyball team, Cuban national volleyball team. He played with the Cuban national team from 2005 to 2010, and rejoined the team ...

*Best blocker *:

*Best server *:

Wilfredo León Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Polish PlusLiga club, Bogdanka LUK Lublin. Born in Cuba, he represents Poland at the international level. He was a member of ...

*Best setter *:

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. Grbić is a gold medalist of the 2000 Sum ...

*Best libero *:

Aleksey Verbov Aleksey Igorevich Verbov (, born 31 January 1982) is a retired Russian volleyball player, a former member of Russia men's national volleyball team and the Russian club Zenit Kazan. He is currently coaching the men's Zenit Kazan team. With the ...

External links

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