{{Short description|Volleyball tournament}} {{Infobox sports league |logo= |pixels=200px |sport=Volleyball |founded=1984 |folded=2020 |teams=8 |continent=International ([[FIVB]]) |champion={{vbw|POL}} (1st title) |most_champs={{vbw|CUB}} (9 titles) }}
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/othercountries/108204/after-34-editions-montreux-volley-masters-ceased-to-exist.html | title=After 34 editions, Montreux Volley Masters ceased to exist! – WorldOfVolley }}</ref>
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'' ([[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB]]), such as the [[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|World Grand Prix]], the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]], the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]] and the [[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|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== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;" |- bgcolor=#c1d8ff !rowspan=2 width=6%|Year !width=1% rowspan=36 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|Final !width=1% rowspan=36 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|3rd place match !width=1% rowspan=36 bgcolor=#ffffff| !rowspan=2 width=5%|Teams |- bgcolor=#efefef !width=14%|Champions !width=9%|Score !width=14%|Runners-up !width=14%|3rd place !width=9%|Score !width=14%|4th place |- ! 1984 |'''{{vbw-big|NED}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|SUI}} |{{vbw-big|FRA}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|YUG}} |5 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1985 |'''{{vbw-big|TCH}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |{{vbw-big|SUI}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|YUG}} |5 |- ! 1986 |'''{{vbw-big|FRA}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|POL}} |{{vbw-big|SUI}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|GRE}} |5 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1987 |'''{{vbw-big|SUI}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|YUG}} |{{vbw-big|GRE}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|FIN}} |5 |- ! 1988 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|YUG}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|FIN}} |6 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1989 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|JPN}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|TCH}} |9 |- ! 1990 |'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |{{vbw-big|KOR}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|NED}} |10 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1991 |'''{{vbw-big|URS}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|USA}} |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |8 |- ! 1992 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|KOR}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|USA}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1993 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|BRA}} |{{vbw-big|KOR}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|SUI}} |8 |- ! 1994 |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|USA}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1995 |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |{{vbw-big|USA}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |8 |- ! 1996 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|BRA}} |{{vbw-big|USA}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 1998 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|BRA}} |8 |- ! 1999 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|BRA}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 2000 |'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |{{vbw-big|CRO}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |8 |- ! 2001 |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |{{vbw-big|JPN}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 2002 |'''{{vbw-big|RUS}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|NED}} |8 |- ! 2003 |'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |{{vbw-big|BRA}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|USA}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 2004 |'''{{vbw-big|ITA|2003}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|USA}} |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |8 |- ! 2005 |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|ITA|2003}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|JPN}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! 2006 |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|ITA|2003}} |8 |- ! [[2007 Montreux Volley Masters|2007]] |'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |{{vbw-big|NED}} |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|SRB}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! [[2008 Montreux Volley Masters|2008]] |'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}''' |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |{{vbw-big|NED}} |6 |- ! [[2009 Montreux Volley Masters|2009]] |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|NED}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! [[2010 Montreux Volley Masters|2010]] |'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}''' |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|USA}} |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |8 |- ! [[2011 Montreux Volley Masters|2011]] |'''{{vbw-big|JPN}}''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|CUB}} |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|USA}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! [[2013 Montreux Volley Masters|2013]] |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |{{vbw-big|DOM}} |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |8 |- ! [[2014 Montreux Volley Masters|2014]] |'''{{vbw-big|GER}}''' |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|USA}} |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |'''3–2''' |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! [[2015 Montreux Volley Masters|2015]] |'''{{vbw-big|TUR}}''' |'''3–2''' |{{vbw-big|JPN}} |{{vbw-big|NED}} |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |8 |- ! [[2016 Montreux Volley Masters|2016]] |'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|THA}} |{{vbw-big|TUR}} |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|NED}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! [[2017 Montreux Volley Masters|2017]] |'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|GER}} |{{vbw-big|CHN}} |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|ARG}} |8 |- ! [[2018 Montreux Volley Masters|2018]] |''' {{vbw-big|ITA}} ''' |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|RUS}} |{{vbw-big|TUR}} |'''3–2''' |{{vbw-big|BRA}} |8 |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0 ! [[2019 Montreux Volley Masters|2019]] |'''{{vbw-big|POL}}''' |'''3–1''' |{{vbw-big|JPN}} |{{vbw-big|ITA}} |'''3–0''' |{{vbw-big|THA}} |8 |}
==Medal summary==
{{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = vbw | event = | team = | gold_CUB = 9 | silver_CUB = 4 | bronze_CUB = 3 | gold_BRA = 7 | silver_BRA = 2 | bronze_BRA = 1 | gold_CHN = 6 | silver_CHN = 9 | bronze_CHN = 5 | gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 5 | bronze_RUS = 3 | note_RUS = <ref group="N">[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB]] considers [[Russia]] (Since 1993) as the inheritor of the records of [[Soviet Union]] (1948–1991) and [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] (1992).</ref> | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 4 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 2 | gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 2 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 2 | gold_TUR = 1 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 2 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0 | note_CZE = <ref group="N">[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB]] considers [[Czech Republic]] (Since 1994) as the inheritor of the records of [[Czechoslovakia]] (1948–1993).</ref> | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 2 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 1 | note_SRB = <ref group="N">[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|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).</ref> | gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 1 | bronze_THA = 0 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 3 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 1 | gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1 }}
==MVP by edition== *1984-2006 – Unknown *[[2007 Montreux Volley Masters|2007]] – {{flagathlete|[[Nancy Carrillo]]|CUB}} *[[2008 Montreux Volley Masters|2008]] – {{flagathlete|[[Wang Yimei]]|CHN}} *[[2009 Montreux Volley Masters|2009]] – {{flagathlete|[[Fabiana Claudino]]|BRA}} *[[2010 Montreux Volley Masters|2010]] – {{flagathlete|[[Kenia Carcaces]]|CUB}} *[[2011 Montreux Volley Masters|2011]] – {{flagathlete|[[Hitomi Nakamichi]]|JPN}} *[[2013 Montreux Volley Masters|2013]] – {{flagathlete|[[Fernanda Garay]]|BRA}} *[[2014 Montreux Volley Masters|2014]] – {{flagathlete|[[Margareta Kozuch]]|GER}} *[[2015 Montreux Volley Masters|2015]] – {{flagathlete|[[Yuki Ishii]]|JPN}} *[[2016 Montreux Volley Masters|2016]] – {{flagathlete|[[Hui Ruoqi]]|CHN}} *[[2017 Montreux Volley Masters|2017]] – {{flagathlete|[[Ana Carolina da Silva]]|BRA}} *[[2018 Montreux Volley Masters|2018]] – {{flagathlete|[[Paola Egonu]]|ITA}} *[[2019 Montreux Volley Masters|2019]] – {{flagathlete|[[Malwina Smarzek]]|POL}}
==All-time team records== {| class="wikitable" |+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 |} {| class="wikitable" |+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 |} {| class="wikitable" |+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 |} {| class="wikitable" |+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% |} {| class="wikitable" |+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 |} {| class="wikitable" |+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) {| class="wikitable" ! !Team !<abbr>S</abbr> !<abbr>Firs</abbr> !<abbr>Best</abbr> !<abbr>Pts</abbr> !<abbr>MP</abbr> !<abbr>W</abbr> !<abbr>L</abbr> !<abbr>GF</abbr> !<abbr>GA</abbr> !<abbr>diff</abbr> |- |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]]
==Notes== {{reflist|group="N"}}
==External links== *{{official|http://www.volleymasters.ch/}}
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