Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's volleyball

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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The 1996 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 9th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Atlanta and Athens in Georgia, United States from July 21 to August 4, 1996.

Qualification

Volleyball Men	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	United States
1995 World Cup	Nov 18 – Dec 2, 1995	Tokyo	3	Italy Netherlands Brazil
African Qualification Tournament	Mar, 1996	Rabat	1	Tunisia
Asian Qualification Tournament	Apr 12 – 21, 1996	Seoul & Tokyo	1	South Korea
NORCECA Qualification Tournament	Apr 14 – 16, 1996	Winnipeg	1	Cuba
South American Qualification Tournament	Apr 12 – 14, 1996	Buenos Aires	1	Argentina
European Qualification Tournament	Mar, 1996	Copenhagen	1	Russia
World Qualification Tournament 1	May 3 – 5, 1996	Espinho	1	Bulgaria
World Qualification Tournament 2	May 3 – 5, 1996	Munich	1	Yugoslavia
World Qualification Tournament 3	May 3 – 5, 1996	Patras	1	Poland
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
United States Brazil Cuba Argentina Bulgaria Poland	Italy Netherlands Russia South Korea Tunisia Yugoslavia

Squads

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's volleyball team squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	9	4	1	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220
2	Brazil	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	7	2	3	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–7	15–7			45–23
21 Jul	United States	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–6	15–8			45–27
21 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–8	16–14	15–6		55–43
23 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–13	15–8			45–32
23 Jul	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–8	15–11			45–26
23 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–2	15–13			45–28
25 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	15–10	15–8	11–15	15–10		56–43
25 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–11	15–8			45–26
25 Jul	Cuba	3–2	United States	4–15	15–9	14–16	15–8	18–16	66–64
27 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–10	15–12	15–9			45–31
27 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–4	15–10	15–7			45–21
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–11	15–11	15–7			45–29
29 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Poland	7–15	17–15	15–10	15–9		54–49
29 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	15–11	13–15	11–15	15–5	15–12	69–58
29 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–10	15–11			45–32

Pool B

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	138	1.630
2	Netherlands	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	209	131	1.595
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	9	8	1.125	215	191	1.126
4	Russia	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	196	201	0.975
5	South Korea	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	156	198	0.788
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	98	240	0.408

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–4	15–2		45–10
21 Jul	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–12	15–8		45–33
21 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Russia	10–15	15–13	15–10	15–11	55–49
23 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–9	15–9		45–27
23 Jul	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–5	15–1		45–15
23 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–6	16–14		46–25
25 Jul	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–8	15–13		45–29
25 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Tunisia	15–4	15–17	15–3	15–3	60–27
25 Jul	Russia	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–4	16–14		46–26
27 Jul	Italy	3–0	Russia	15–11	15–6	15–12		45–29
27 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–7	15–6	15–9		45–22
27 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–6	15–6		45–16
29 Jul	Italy	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–12	15–8	15–12		45–32
29 Jul	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–10	15–11		45–30
29 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–11	15–12		45–27

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

1996-07-31 – Atlanta

Cuba

1996-08-02 – Atlanta

Russia

Russia

1996-07-31 – Atlanta

Netherlands

Bulgaria

1996-08-04 – Atlanta

Netherlands

1996-07-31 – Atlanta

Italy

Brazil

1996-08-02 – Atlanta

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Bronze medal match

1996-07-31 – Atlanta

Italy

Argentina

Russia

Italy

Yugoslavia

1996-08-04 – Atlanta

5th–8th places bracket

5th–8th places			5th place

1996-08-01 – Atlanta
Cuba	3
Bulgaria	1

			1996-08-02 – Atlanta
			Cuba	0
			Brazil	3


			7th place
1996-08-01 – Atlanta		1996-08-02 – Atlanta
Brazil	3	Bulgaria	3
Argentina	1		Argentina	2

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Russia	13–15	15–17	11–15			39–47
31 Jul	Bulgaria	1–3	Netherlands	14–16	15–9	3–15	13–15		45–55
31 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Yugoslavia	6–15	5–15	15–8	16–14	10–15	52–67
31 Jul	Argentina	1–3	Italy	15–12	9–15	7–15	4–15		35–57

5th–8th places

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Aug	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	15–4	15–12	16–17	15–12		61–45
01 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–10	15–3	13–15	15–9		58–37

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Aug	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	6–15	6–15	10–15			22–45
02 Aug	Yugoslavia	1–3	Italy	12–15	15–8	6–15	7–15		40–53

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Aug	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina	15–10	15–10	7–15	7–15	20–18	64–68

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	12–15	14–16	14–16			40–47

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Russia	1–3	Yugoslavia	8–15	15–7	8–15	9–15		40–52

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	15–12	9–15	16–14	9–15	17–15	66–71

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	Netherlands
2 !	Italy
3 !	Yugoslavia
4	Russia
5	Brazil
6	Cuba
7	Bulgaria
8	Argentina
9	South Korea
9	United States
11	Poland
11	Tunisia

1996 Men's Olympic Champions
Netherlands 1st title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Netherlands (NED) Misha Latuhihin Henk-Jan Held Brecht Rodenburg Guido Gortzen Richard Schuil Ronald Zwerver Bas van de Goor Jan Posthuma Olof van der Meulen Peter Blange Rob Grabert Mike van de Goor	Italy (ITA) Andrea Gardini Marco Meoni Pasquale Gravina Paolo Tofoli Samuele Papi Andrea Sartoretti Marco Bracci Lorenzo Bernardi Luca Cantagalli Andrea Zorzi Andrea Giani Vigor Bovolenta	Yugoslavia (YUG) Djordje Djuric Zarko Petrovic Vladimir Batez Zeljko Tanaskovic Dejan Brdjovic Đula Mešter Slobodan Kovač Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Rajko Jokanovic Goran Vujević Andrija Gerić

External links

International volleyball

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Africa	CAVB – African Championship

Asia and Oceania	AVC – Asian Championship

North America	NORCECA – NORCECA Championship

South America	CSV – South American Championship

Europe	CEV – European Championship

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Contents

Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

Championship bracket

5th–8th places bracket

Quarterfinals

5th–8th places

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

External links