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Montreux Volley Masters

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Montreux Volley Masters
SportVolleyball
Founded1984
Ceased2020
No. of teams8
ContinentInternational (FIVB)
Last
champion(s)
 Poland (1st title)
Most titles Cuba (9 titles)

The Montreux Volley Masters (founded as the Coupe des Nations, later changed to BCV Volley Cup between 1990 and 1996 and to its final name in 1998) was an international invitational tournament for national teams in women's volleyball hosted by the Swiss Volley. Held annually in Montreux, Switzerland since 1984, it was the tournament that opened the international season for national teams. It ceased to exist after 34 editions in 2020.[1]

The main objective of this competition was to work as a preparation for more important and prestigious volleyball tournaments organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), such as the World Grand Prix, the World Championship, the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Many national teams used the tournament as a way of giving experience and international baggage to young players and, as a result, countries were often represented by their underage national teams.

Results

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Year Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
1984
Netherlands
Round-robin
Switzerland

France
Round-robin
Yugoslavia
5
1985
Czechoslovakia
Round-robin
Italy

Switzerland
Round-robin
Yugoslavia
5
1986
France
Round-robin
Poland

Switzerland
Round-robin
Greece
5
1987
Switzerland
Round-robin
Yugoslavia

Greece
Round-robin
Finland
5
1988
Cuba
Round-robin
China

Yugoslavia
Round-robin
Finland
6
1989
Cuba
Round-robin
China

Japan
Round-robin
Czechoslovakia
9
1990
China
Round-robin
Cuba

South Korea
Round-robin
Netherlands
10
1991
Soviet Union
Round-robin
United States

Cuba
Round-robin
China
8
1992
Cuba
Round-robin
China

South Korea
Round-robin
United States
8
1993
Cuba
Round-robin
Brazil

South Korea
Round-robin
Switzerland
8
1994
Brazil
Round-robin
China

Russia
Round-robin
United States
8
1995
Brazil
Round-robin
Cuba

United States
Round-robin
Russia
8
1996
Cuba
Round-robin
Brazil

United States
Round-robin
China
8
1998
Cuba
Round-robin
China

Russia
Round-robin
Brazil
8
1999
Cuba
Round-robin
China

Italy
Round-robin
Brazil
8
2000
China
Round-robin
Russia

Croatia
Round-robin
Italy
8
2001
Cuba
Round-robin
Russia

Japan
Round-robin
China
8
2002
Russia
Round-robin
Italy

China
Round-robin
Netherlands
8
2003
China
Round-robin
Russia

Brazil
Round-robin
United States
8
2004
Italy
Round-robin
United States

China
Round-robin
Cuba
8
2005
Brazil
Round-robin
China

Italy
Round-robin
Japan
8
2006
Brazil
Round-robin
China

Cuba
Round-robin
Italy
8
2007
China
3–0
Cuba

Netherlands
3–1
Serbia
8
2008
Cuba
Round-robin
China

Italy
Round-robin
Netherlands
6
2009
Brazil
3–0
Italy

China
3–1
Netherlands
8
2010
China
3–1
United States

Cuba
3–0
Russia
8
2011
Japan
3–0
Cuba

China
3–1
United States
8
2013
Brazil
3–0
Russia

Dominican Republic
3–1
Italy
8
2014
Germany
3–1
United States

Russia
3–2
China
8
2015
Turkey
3–2
Japan

Netherlands
3–0
Russia
8
2016
China
3–0
Thailand

Turkey
3–1
Netherlands
8
2017
Brazil
3–0
Germany

China
3–1
Argentina
8
2018
Italy
3–0
Russia

Turkey
3–2
Brazil
8
2019
Poland
3–1
Japan

Italy
3–0
Thailand
8

Medal summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba94316
2 Brazil72110
3 China69520
4 Russia[N 1]25310
5 Italy2349
6 Japan1225
7  Switzerland1124
8 Germany1102
 Poland1102
10 Netherlands1023
 Turkey1023
12 France1012
13 Czech Republic[N 2]1001
14 United States0426
15 Serbia[N 3]0112
16 Thailand0101
17 South Korea0033
18 Croatia0011
 Dominican Republic0011
 Greece0011
Totals (20 entries)343434102

MVP by edition

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All-time team records

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Number of appearances
1 China 7
2 Switzerland 6
3 Brazil 5
4 Germany 5
5 Italy 4
6 Japan 4
7 Russia 4
8 Turkey 4
9 Dominican Republic 3
10 Netherlands 3
Number of matches
1 China 29
2 Switzerland 24
3 Brazil 24
4 Germany 22
5 Japan 20
6 Russia 20
7 Italy 19
8 Turkey 19
9 Thailand 14
10 Netherlands 14
Wins
1 Brazil 17
2 China 14
3 Turkey 14
4 Japan 13
5 Russia 11
6 Germany 10
7 Italy 10
8 Poland 9
9 Netherlands 8
10 Thailand 6
Number of wins in games played
1 United States 80 %
2 Turkey 74 %
3 Brazil 71 %
4 Poland 69 %
5 Japan 65 %
6 Argentina 60 %
7 Netherlands 57 %
8 Russia 55 %
9 Italy 53 %
10 Belgium 50%
Losses
1 Switzerland 24
2 China 15
3 Germany 12
4 Dominican Republic 10
5 Italy 9
6 Russia 9
7 Thailand 8
8 Brazil 7
9 Japan 7
10 Netherlands 6
Number of losses in games played
1 Switzerland 100 %
2 Dominican Republic 77 %
3 Cameroon 75 %
4 Serbia 75 %
5 Thailand 57 %
6 Germany 55 %
7 China 52 %
8 Belgium 50 %
9 Italy 47 %
10 Russia 45 %


(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

Team S Firs Best Pts MP W L GF GA diff
1 China 7 2013 1st 43 29 14 15 56 54 +2
2 Brazil 5 2013 1st 41 24 17 7 63 28 +35
3 Turkey 4 2015 1st 33 19 14 5 47 30 +17
4 Japan 4 2013 2nd 33 20 13 7 44 28 +16
5 Germany 5 2013 1st 32 22 10 12 41 44 -3
6 Russia 4 2013 2nd 31 20 11 9 38 36 +2
7 Italy 4 2013 1st 29 19 10 9 37 32 +5
8 Switzerland 6 2013 - 24 24 0 24 7 72 -65
9 Netherlands 3 2015 3rd 22 14 8 6 35 22 +13
10 Poland 3 2017 1st 22 13 9 4 30 20 +10
11 Thailand 3 2016 2nd 20 14 6 8 23 32 -9
12 Dominican Republic 3 2013 3rd 16 13 3 10 11 32 -21
13 United States 1 2014 2nd 9 5 4 1 13 5 +8
14 Argentina 1 2017 4th 8 5 3 2 11 10 +1
15 Belgium 1 2016 - 6 4 2 2 6 9 -3
16 China U-23 1 2019 - 5 3 2 1 7 6 +1
17 Serbia 1 2016 - 5 4 1 3 8 9 -1
18 Cameroon 1 2018 - 5 4 1 3 3 11 -8

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ FIVB considers Russia (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1948–1991) and CIS (1992).
  2. ^ FIVB considers Czech Republic (Since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1948–1993).
  3. ^ FIVB considers Serbia (Since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1948–1991), Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).
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  1. ^ "After 34 editions, Montreux Volley Masters ceased to exist! – WorldOfVolley".