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.

Montreux Volley Masters

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1984
Ceased	2020
No. of teams	8
Continent	International (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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	9	4	3	16
2	Brazil	7	2	1	10
3	China	6	9	5	20
4	Russia	2	5	3	10
5	Italy	2	3	4	9
6	Japan	1	2	2	5
7	Switzerland	1	1	2	4
8	Germany	1	1	0	2
	Poland	1	1	0	2
10	Netherlands	1	0	2	3
	Turkey	1	0	2	3
12	France	1	0	1	2
13	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
14	United States	0	4	2	6
15	Serbia	0	1	1	2
16	Thailand	0	1	0	1
17	South Korea	0	0	3	3
18	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		34	34	34	102

MVP by edition

• 1984-2006 – Unknown
• 2007 – Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
• 2008 – Wang Yimei (CHN)
• 2009 – Fabiana Claudino (BRA)
• 2010 – Kenia Carcaces (CUB)
• 2011 – Hitomi Nakamichi (JPN)
• 2013 – Fernanda Garay (BRA)
• 2014 – Margareta Kozuch (GER)
• 2015 – Yuki Ishii (JPN)
• 2016 – Hui Ruoqi (CHN)
• 2017 – Ana Carolina da Silva (BRA)
• 2018 – Paola Egonu (ITA)
• 2019 – Malwina Smarzek (POL)

All-time team records

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

• Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
• VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup

External links

• Official website