2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

The FIVB Volleyball World Cup began with signing a contract between Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) for hosting the tournament on 31 January 2013. In this event, Fuji TV had the right to broadcast the tournament. Moreover, the FIVB released the qualification process of the tournament: • Net touch In this edition, players can not touch the whole net and antennas, not just the white band like in 2011 edition. • Roster All 14 players (maximum 12 regular players and maximum 2 liberos) can play in every match and be named in score sheets. • Individual awards Individual awards were given to players by positions, unlike previous editions when awards were given to players by volleyball skills. • Attribution of points FIVB approved the proposal that in case the team hosting the Olympic Games participated in a previous World Cup then they would keep the World Ranking points gained at the previous World Cup. • Referee It was the first time in the competition when there was a challenge referee. In each match, there was a referee who controlled the challenge system. ==Qualification==

12 teams participated in the World Cup. Only teams who had not yet qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games could compete in the tournament. ==Squads==

Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in the tournament. The rosters of 14 players of each team can be seen in the article below. ==Venues==

The competition system of the 2015 World Cup for women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. The teams were divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each. In round 1, total 30 matches in 5 days, each team plays against the other teams from the same group. For rounds 2 and 3, total 36 matches in 6 days, each teams play against the teams from another group. The pools composition followed the Serpentine system based on the World ranking where the host team was at the top position. Numbers in brackets denoted the FIVB World Ranking as of 13 October 2014 except the hosts who ranked 4th. ==Pool standing procedure==

• Number of matches won • Match points • Sets ratio • Points ratio • Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser ==Results==

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). First round Site A Site B Second round Site A Site B Third round Site A Site B ==Final standing==

• Most valuable player • : Zhu Ting • Best Setter • : Niverka Marte • Best Outside Hitters • : Brankica Mihajlović • : Tatiana Kosheleva • Best Middle Blockers • : Daymara Lescay • : TeTori Dixon • Best Opposite Hitter • : Nataliya Obmochaeva • Best libero • : Brenda Castillo ==Statistics leaders==