1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1995 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 1995 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The first three qualified.

1995 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates18 November – 2 December
Teams12
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions Italy (1st title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Brazil
Fourth place United States
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Andrea Giani

The twelve competing teams played a single-round robin format, in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Sendai, Fukushima, Chiba, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima.

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country1  Japan
1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship8–16 September 1995  Greece2  Italy
 Netherlands
1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship18–23 September 1995 Edmonton2  Cuba
 United States
1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship7–10 September 1995 Porto Alegre2  Brazil
 Argentina
1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship11–23 September 1995 Seoul2  China
 South Korea
1995 Men's African Volleyball Championship13–21 October 1995 Tunis1  Egypt
Wild Cards2  Canada
 Tunisia
Total12

Results

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPR
1  Italy111102233311.0005262582.039
2  Netherlands1192203074.2865223441.517
3  Brazil1192202974.1435162971.737
4  United States1183192492.6674293511.222
5  Japan11741821141.5004273711.151
6  Cuba11741823181.2784984911.014
7  Argentina11561617200.8504154610.900
8  South Korea11381412240.5004044670.865
9  China11381411260.4233714830.768
10  Canada11381411270.4073855270.731
11  Egypt11110125300.1672885050.570
12  Tunisia11011112330.0612895150.561
Source: [citation needed]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
18 Nov14:30Argentina  3–1  China15–109–1515–1015–11 54–46 
18 Nov16:30Italy  3–0  Egypt15–515–215–8  45–15 
18 Nov18:30Japan  3–1  Canada14–1615–1315–615–7 59–42 
19 Nov13:00China  3–0  Egypt15–715–415–8  45–19 
19 Nov15:00Italy  3–0  Canada15–315–715–10  45–20 
19 Nov18:00Japan  3–0  Argentina15–1315–315–10  45–26 
20 Nov14:00Canada  3–2  Egypt12–1516–1415–1210–1515–1068–66 
20 Nov15:30Italy  3–0  Argentina15–415–615–3  45–13 
20 Nov18:15Japan  3–0  China15–415–1015–4  45–18 

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
18 Nov13:00Netherlands  3–0  Tunisia15–1115–415–5  45–20 
18 Nov15:00Brazil  3–0  United States15–815–1315–8  45–29 
18 Nov18:00Cuba  3–0  South Korea15–1115–215–11  45–24 
19 Nov13:00United States  3–0  Tunisia15–715–515–9  45–21 
19 Nov15:00Cuba  3–2  Netherlands7–1517–158–1515–817–1564–68 
19 Nov18:00Brazil  3–1  South Korea15–312–1515–315–11 57–32 
20 Nov13:00Netherlands  3–0  United States15–1015–715–6  45–23 
20 Nov16:00South Korea  3–0  Tunisia15–1015–915–10  45–29 
20 Nov18:00Brazil  3–0  Cuba15–915–015–9  45–18 

Second round

Site A

Location: Hiroshima

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
22 Nov12:30Argentina  3–0  Canada15–815–915–8  45–25 
22 Nov15:30Italy  3–0  China15–415–315–3  45–10 
22 Nov18:45Japan  3–0  Egypt15–915–515–8  45–22 
23 Nov13:00China  3–1  Canada15–1015–614–1615–13 59–45 
23 Nov16:00Argentina  3–0  Egypt15–515–515–6  45–16 
23 Nov18:00Italy  3–0  Japan15–415–615–8  45–18 

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
22 Nov12:30Cuba  3–1  Tunisia15–56–1515–515–6 51–31 
22 Nov15:00Netherlands  3–1  Brazil17–1512–1515–717–15 61–52 
22 Nov18:00United States  3–0  South Korea15–915–1115–13  45–33 
23 Nov13:00Brazil  3–0  Tunisia15–615–915–12  45–27 
23 Nov15:30United States  3–0  Cuba15–1015–1115–8  45–29 
23 Nov18:30Netherlands  3–0  South Korea15–415–915–11  45–24 

Third round

Site A

Location: Sendai

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
26 Nov13:00Brazil  3–0  Argentina15–615–315–4  45–13 
26 Nov15:00South Korea  3–0  China15–1115–1115–5  45–27 
26 Nov18:00Japan  3–0  Tunisia15–315–715–4  45–14 
28 Nov13:00Netherlands  3–0  Canada15–715–1015–1  45–18 
28 Nov15:00Egypt  3–0  Tunisia15–317–1516–14  48–32 
28 Nov18:00Japan  3–0  South Korea15–615–1315–9  45–28 
29 Nov13:00Brazil  3–0  Canada15–515–415–6  45–15 
29 Nov15:00Italy  3–1  Cuba15–127–1515–815–3 52–38 
29 Nov18:00United States  3–0  Japan15–715–1215–9  45–28 

Site B

Location: Fukushima

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
26 Nov13:00Cuba  3–0  Canada15–1015–615–5  45–21 
26 Nov15:15Italy  3–1  Netherlands13–1515–615–815–3 58–32 
26 Nov18:00United States  3–0  Egypt15–1015–815–9  45–27 
28 Nov12:30Cuba  3–2  Argentina15–138–157–1515–1318–1663–72 
28 Nov15:00Italy  3–1  Brazil15–910–1516–1415–8 56–46 
28 Nov18:00United States  3–0  China15–715–415–6  45–17 
29 Nov13:00Netherlands  3–0  Argentina15–715–215–6  45–15 
29 Nov15:30South Korea  3–0  Egypt15–1015–715–1  45–18 
29 Nov18:00China  3–1  Tunisia11–1515–715–715–7 56–36 

Fourth round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
30 Nov14:00Canada  3–0  Tunisia15–1215–515–12  45–29 
30 Nov15:30United States  3–0  Argentina15–1115–515–12  45–28 
30 Nov18:30Japan  3–1  Cuba13–1515–516–1415–7 59–41 
1 Dec12:30Italy  3–0  United States15–815–815–4  45–20 
1 Dec15:30Brazil  3–0  China15–415–715–7  45–18 
1 Dec18:00Netherlands  3–0  Japan15–315–1115–12  45–26 
2 Dec14:00Italy  3–0  Tunisia15–515–515–9  45–19 
2 Dec16:00Cuba  3–1  China14–1615–1115–1215–13 59–52 
2 Dec18:00Brazil  3–0  Japan15–315–515–4  45–12 

Site B

Location: Chiba

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
30 Nov13:00Italy  3–0  South Korea15–1315–715–10  45–30 
30 Nov15:30Netherlands  3–0  China15–1015–1015–3  45–23 
30 Nov18:00Brazil  3–0  Egypt15–215–615–8  45–16 
1 Dec13:00Argentina  3–0  Tunisia15–1215–815–12  45–32 
1 Dec15:30Canada  3–1  South Korea15–98–1515–1015–10 53–44 
1 Dec18:00Cuba  3–0  Egypt15–615–1115–4  45–21 
2 Dec13:00United States  3–0  Canada15–1315–1015–10  45–33 
2 Dec15:30Netherlands  3–0  Egypt15–315–915–8  45–20 
2 Dec18:00Argentina  3–1  South Korea12–1516–1416–1415–11 59–54 

Final standing

Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
 1995 Men's World Cup champions 

Italy
1st title
Team roster
Andrea Sartoretti, Andrea Giani, Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Andrea Gardini, Pasquale Gravina, Samuele Papi, Andrea Zorzi, Vigor Bovolenta, David Bellini
Head coach
Julio Velasco

Awards

References