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 current name in 1998) is an international invitational tournament for national teams in women's volleyball hosted by the Swiss Volley. Held annually in Montreux, Switzerland since 1984, it is the tournament that opens the international season for national teams.

Montreux Volley Masters

Current season, competition or edition: 2019 Montreux Volley Masters
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1984
No. of teams	8
Continent	International (FIVB)
Most recent champion(s)	Poland (1st title)
Most titles	Cuba (9 titles)

The main objective of this competition is 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 use the tournament as a way of giving experience and international baggage to young players and, as a result, countries are 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[N 1]	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[N 2]	1	0	0	1
14	United States	0	4	2	6
15	Serbia[N 3]	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 nations)		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 –  Miyu Nagaoka (JPN)
• 2016 –  Hui Ruoqi (CHN)
• 2017 –  Ana Carolina da Silva (BRA)
• 2018 –  Paola Egonu (ITA)
• 2019 –  Malwina Smarzek (POL)

Notes

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).

External links

• Official website