[2] In front of a crowd of 23,149 fans, France lifted the FIVB Volleyball World League trophy for the second time in their history, prevailing in an epic battle over hosts Brazil 3–2.

[7][8] Moreover, Estonia finished atop Group 3 in their first ever World League participation after a convincing 3–0 win over Spain in the final match in León, Mexico.

[10] Egypt Tunisia Australia China Chinese Taipei Iran Japan Kazakhstan Qatar South Korea Austria1 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia1 Finland France Germany Greece Italy Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Turkey Canada Mexico United States Argentina Brazil Venezuela The pools were announced on 13 September 2016.

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