Montreux Volley Masters

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]

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

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".