WCH Final Standings – Which Teams Showed Improvement From 2014?

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship

• 9–30 September
• Schedule
• Teams
• Power Rankings

Much to our sadness, the 2018 Men’s FIVB WCH came to an end. Check out the competition’s final standings and your favorite team’s performance comparison with its 2014 result and FIVB Rankings.

Final Standings

Rank Team  Poland  Brazil  United States 4  Serbia 5  Italy  Russia 7  France  Netherlands 9  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada  Slovenia 13  Argentina  Australia  Finland  Iran 17  Cameroon  Cuba  Egypt  Japan 21  China  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Tunisia

Comparisons To Previous Results

Team USA, Serbia, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Australia, Cameroon, and Egypt improved on their 2014 WCH run, with Italy having the biggest jump, from 14th place to 5th place. On the negative side, Russia, France, Argentina, Finland, Iran, Cuba, Japan, and China had worse performances than in 2014, with Iran having the biggest drop, from 6th place to 16th place this time around. Poland, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Tunisia finished the competition at exactly the same spot as they did in 2014. On average, teams sported a 0.2 place performance improvement.

When comparing teams’ performance with their FIVB rankings, Poland, Serbia, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Australia, Finland, Cameroon and The Dominican Republic had better performances than their institutional rankings would have led one to believe. The Netherlands and The Dominican Republic sported the biggest jump in this category, with a 17 and 16 place improvement, respectively. On the negative side, Brazil, USA, Italy, Russia, Canada, Argentina, Iran, Cuba, Egypt, Japan, and China had worse performances than expected, with Japan and Iran sporting the biggest drops, at 8 places. Tunisia was the only country to perform at its exactly its rank. In all, teams averaged 2.13 places better than their institutional rankings.