FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship
| Most recent season or competition: 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship | |
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| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| First season | 1989 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | FIVB members |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Most recent champions | Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia (3rd title) (2025) |
| Most titles | Trentino Itas (5 titles) Sada Cruzeiro (5 titles) |
| Streaming partner | Volleyball TV |
The FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 1989 in Italy. It was not held between 1993 and 2008, but since 2009, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Qatar, Brazil, Poland and India.
The current champions are Italy's Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia, who defeated Japan's Osaka Bluteon (3–0) in the final of the 2025 edition and won their third world title.[1] Italian teams have been the most successful, with thirteen titles, and in all editions but 2015, at least one Italian team have taken part in the event.
Results summary
Results by confederation
| Confederation | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEV | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| CSV | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| AVC | — | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| CAVB | — | — | — | — |
| NORCECA | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
- As of 21 December 2025
Format
The competition formula of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship has been constantly changed to fit the different number of teams that participate in each edition.
In general, the format of the tournament involves eight teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about one week; the winners of that year's AVC Club Volleyball Championship (Asia), African Clubs Championship (Africa), South American Volleyball Club Championship (South America) and CEV Champions League (Europe), along with the host city's team and a nominated team from North America. The number of teams is increased through wild card invitees.
Starting from 2024, the qualification for the Club World Championships will be as follows: two places per continent for Europe, Asia, and South America; one place for Africa; and finally, a club from the host nation will be granted a place. This change aims to ensure the fair representation from different continents and provides an opportunity for the host country to participate in the tournament.[2]
| Slot(s) | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| 1 | Host club |
| 2 | CEV Champions League – Winners |
| CEV Champions League – Runners-up | |
| 2 | CSV Club Championship – Winners |
| CSV Club Championship – Runners-up | |
| 2 | AVC Champions League – Winners |
| AVC Champions League – Runners-up | |
| 1 | CAVB Club Championship – Winners |
| Total: 8 | |
Prize money
The total prize money for the tournament is over USD 350,000.[3]
Medals summary
Medal table by club
| Rank | Club(s) | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trentino Itas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sada Cruzeiro | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Sir Safety Perugia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Gonzaga Milano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Zenit Kazan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Pallavolo Parma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Belogorie Belgorod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Porto Ravenna Volley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Skra Bełchatów | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Banespa São Paulo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Al Rayyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow[A] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Itambé Minas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jastrzębski Węgiel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Osaka Bluteon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Volley Treviso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | UPCN San Juan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Fakel Novy Urengoy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Foolad Sirjan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Olympiacos SFP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Paykan Tehran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pirelli Santo André | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Suntory Sunbirds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Warta Zawiercie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Medal table by country
| Rank | Nation(s) | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 13 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Russia | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
- As of 21 December 2025
Most valuable player by edition
- 1989 – no MVP awarded
- 1990 – Claudio Galli (Gonzaga Milano)
- 1991 – Karch Kiraly (Porto Ravenna)
- 1992 – Lorenzo Bernardi (Treviso)
- 2009 – Matey Kaziyski (Trentino)
- 2010 – Osmany Juantorena (Trentino)
- 2011 – Osmany Juantorena (2) (Trentino)
- 2012 – Osmany Juantorena (3) (Trentino)
- 2013 – Wallace de Souza (Sada Cruzeiro)
- 2014 – Dmitry Muserskiy (Belogorie Belgorod)
- 2015 – Yoandy Leal (Sada Cruzeiro)
- 2016 – William Arjona (Sada Cruzeiro)[4]
- 2017 – Osmany Juantorena (4) (Lube Civitanova)[5]
- 2018 – Aaron Russell (Trentino)
- 2019 – Bruno Rezende (Lube Civitanova)
- 2021 – Miguel Ángel López (Sada Cruzeiro)
- 2022 – Simone Giannelli (Perugia)
- 2023 – Oleh Plotnytskyi (Perugia)
- 2024 – Wallace de Souza (2) (Sada Cruzeiro)
- 2025 – Simone Giannelli (2) (Perugia)
See also
- Men's
- African Clubs Championship
- Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
- CEV Champions League
- CEV Challenge Cup
- CEV Cup
- Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship
- Women's
- Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
- CEV Women's Champions League
- CEV Women's Cup
- CEV Women's Challenge Cup
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
- Women's African Clubs Championship
- Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
Notes
- ^ FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948-1991) and CIS (1992).
References
- ^ "Perugia lift their third Club World Championship trophy in Belém". Volleyball World. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "FIVB Board of Administration approves key proposals from FIVB Commissions and Councils". www.fivb.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ "For the first time ever, the Volleyball Club World Championships are coming to India!". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ "Setter William Arjona the brightest star of Club World Champs dream team". FIVB.org. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Juantorena makes comeback for 4th MVP award". FIVB.org. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.