Club Voru Ball World Championship 3

Host
Four countries offered to host: Nigeria, Spain, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia. Spain Withdrew its offer when its joint bid for World Cup 2 with France lost to the Morocco-Algeria Joint Bid. Saudi Arabia withdrew when it was voted to host World Cup 4 along with Egypt. Nigeria chose Lagos as its main city and Abuja, Ibadan, and Benin City as its other three. New Zealand chose Auckland as its main city and Wellington, Hamilton, and Christchurch as its other 3. Nigeria was selected as the hot by a 9-2 vote.

Format
The 10 regions would each have their own playoffs, based on the 5 time round robin that was the regular season. The top 4 clubs making the regional playoffs. The top team from each region would qualify, plus 6 wild card teams.

Seeding

 * 1) Luanda Leopards (Lagos Bracket)
 * 2) Tokyo Citizens (Abuja Bracket)
 * 3) Turkey Sultans (Ibadan Bracket)
 * 4) Indonesia Archipelago (Benin City Bracket)
 * 5) Amsterdam Windmills (Benin City Bracket)
 * 6) Mecca Pilgrims (Ibadan Bracket)
 * 7) Nepal Sherpas (Abuja Bracket)
 * 8) Mexico City Aztecs (Lagos Bracket)
 * 9) Morocco Marines (Lagos Bracket)
 * 10) Venezuela Oilers (Abuja Bracket)
 * 11) Lisbon Lions (Ibadan Bracket)
 * 12) Brazzaville River Snakes (Benin City Bracket)
 * 13) Montreal Monarchs (Benin City Bracket)
 * 14) Ethiopia Elephants (Ibadan Bracket)
 * 15) Mumbai Monks (Abuja Bracket)
 * 16) Shanghai Characters (Lagos Bracket)

Lagos Bracket
Leopards beat Characters, 70-54

Marines Beat Aztecs, 62-57.

Marines beat Leopards, 68-62.

Abuja Bracket
Citizens Beat Monks, 59-50.

Sherpas beat Oilers, 55-48.

Citizens Beat Sherpas, 56-50.

Ibadan Bracket
Sultans beat Elephants, 67-60

Lions Beat Pilgrims, 75-59.

Lions Beat Sultans, 64-57

Benin City Bracket
Archipelago Beat Monarchs, 61-59 (OT)

River Snakes beat Windmills, 58-50.

Archipelago beat River Snakes, 59-58.

Playoff Stage
Citizens Beat Marines, 66-62.

Lions beat Archipelago, 58-50.

Lions Beat Citizens, 65-57.

Club Season 3 Awards
Club Voru Ball World Champion: Lisbon Lions

Runner Up Club: Tokyo Citizens

Semifinalist Clubs: Indonesia Archipelago, Morocco Marines

World Player of the Year: Takejiro Tagaki, Tokyo CItizens

Club Championship MVP: Hennie Vervoont, Lisbon Lions

Scorer of the Year: Raharjo Surya, Indonesia Archipelago and Trokon Tewoldeberhan, Luanda Leopards

Midfielder of the Year: Takejiro Tagaki, Tokyo Citizens

Defender of the Year: Hennie Vervoont, Lisbon Lions

Goalkeeper of the Year: Alejandro Quesado, Lisbon Lions

Regular Season Club MVP: Trokon Tewoldeberhan, Luanda Leopards

Rising Star Award: Trokon Tewoldeberhan, Luanda Leopards

All Star Team
GO: Alejandro Quesado, Lisbon Lions

DEF: Hennie Vervoont, Lisbon Lions

DEF: Saah Contee, Brazzaville River Snakes

DEF: Nekati Mansur, Turkey Sultans

PA: Ikrimah Sajjad, Mecca Pilgrims

MI: Takejiro Tagaki, Tokyo Citizens

MI: Monon Owiti, Morocco Marines

SH: Raharjo Surya, Indonesia Archipelago

WI: Trokon Tewoldeberhan, Luanda Leopards

WI: Jerold van Eijk, Amsterdam Windmills