1995 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1995 FIVB Volleyball World League was the sixth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from May 19 to July 9, 1995. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	7	5	26	21	19
Cuba	12	7	5	27	22	19
Spain	12	6	6	22	26	18
United States	12	6	6	20	26	18

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Italy	12	10	2	32	12	22
Bulgaria	12	9	3	28	17	21
Greece	12	3	9	14	30	15
Netherlands	12	2	10	16	31	14

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	10	2	34	12	22
South Korea	12	6	6	21	24	18
Japan	12	4	8	18	27	16
China	12	4	8	18	28	16

Final round

Pool play

• Teams from the same pool of Intercontinental Round will not play.

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	7	3	1	11	4	2.750	212	156	1.359
2	Italy	7	3	1	10	6	1.667	216	182	1.187
3	Cuba	6	2	2	8	7	1.143	210	177	1.186
4	Russia	6	2	2	7	7	1.000	156	174	0.897
5	Bulgaria	6	2	2	6	8	0.750	169	180	0.939
6	South Korea	4	0	4	2	12	0.167	112	206	0.544

Belo Horizonte round

• Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Jul	Italy	3–1	South Korea	15–4	12–15	15–7	15–9		57–35
04 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–8	15–5			45–22
04 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	15–5	15–8	15–13			45–26
05 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–4	15–6			45–16
05 Jul	Italy	3–0	Cuba	15–13	15–10	15–9			45–32
05 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Russia	15–4	13–15	15–8	15–11		58–38
06 Jul	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–10	15–2			45–22
06 Jul	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	14–16	15–6	15–6	15–6		59–34
06 Jul	Italy	3–2	Brazil	15–11	10–15	15–12	10–15	15–11	65–64

Rio de Janeiro round

• Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	Cuba	11–15	10–15	15–13	15–8	25–23	76–74
08 Jul	Russia	3–1	Italy	5–15	16–14	15–13	15–7		51–49
08 Jul	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–5	15–12			45–27

Finals

• Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Jul	Cuba	3–2	Russia	15–13	15–10	14–16	11–15	15–13	70–67

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Jul	Brazil	1–3	Italy	12–15	15–7	9–15	12–15		48–52

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Italy 02 !  Brazil 03 !  Cuba 4  Russia 5  Bulgaria 6  South Korea 7  Spain 8  Japan 9  Greece 10  United States 11  China 12  Netherlands

1995 World League Champions  Italy 5th title

Awards

Final round

• Best Scorer: Dmitriy Fomin
• Best Spiker: Bernardo Gilson
• Best Blocker: Pasquale Gravina
• Best Server: Bernardo Gilson

Intercontinental round

• Best Scorer: Rafael Pascual
• Best Spiker: Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Blocker: Oleg Shatunov
• Best Server: Lyubomir Ganev

External links

• 1995 World League results
• Sports123