1996 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1996 FIVB Volleyball World League was the seventh edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by 11 countries from May 10 to June 29, 1996. The Final Round was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Pools composition

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Brazil	22	10	2	34	13	2.615	-	-	-
Cuba	18	6	6	24	24	1.000	-	-	-
Argentina	16	4	8	22	26	0.846	-	-	-
Spain	16	4	8	13	30	0.433	-	-	-

Pool B

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Italy	23	11	1	34	10	3.400	-	-	-
Netherlands	20	8	4	28	13	2.154	-	-	-
Bulgaria	16	4	8	17	25	0.680	-	-	-
Greece	13	1	11	4	35	0.114	-	-	-

Pool C

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Russia	24	12	0	36	7	5.143	-	-	-
China	15	3	9	17	31	0.548	-	-	-
Japan	15	3	9	16	31	0.516	-	-	-

Final round

• Venue: Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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	Netherlands	8	4	0	12	2	6.000	202	128	1.578
2	Italy	7	3	1	9	6	1.500	208	170	1.224
3	Russia	6	2	2	8	8	1.000	188	207	0.908
4	Cuba	5	1	3	6	9	0.667	164	178	0.921
5	Brazil	5	1	3	5	9	0.556	172	183	0.940
6	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	108	176	0.614

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Jun	Italy	3–1	Brazil	15–9	15–9	11–15	15–10		56–43
24 Jun	Russia	3–2	Cuba	4–15	15–6	15–7	7–15	15–13	56–56
24 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	China	15–4	15–7	15–3			45–14
25 Jun	Italy	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–3	15–6			45–19
25 Jun	Brazil	3–0	China	15–4	15–9	16–14			46–27
25 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–2	16–14			46–25
27 Jun	Italy	3–2	Russia	10–15	10–15	16–14	15–4	16–14	67–62
27 Jun	Cuba	3–0	China	15–10	15–7	15–4			45–21
27 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	Brazil	15–12	15–9	10–15	15–9		55–45
28 Jun	China	3–0	Italy	15–13	16–14	15–13			46–40
28 Jun	Russia	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–12	15–13			45–38
28 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	11–15	15–10	15–8	15–11		56–44

Finals

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jun	Russia	3–2	Cuba	3–15	15–7	4–15	16–14	19–17	57–68

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jun	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	17–15	15–12	10–15	10–15	22–20	74–77

Final standing

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

1996 World League Champions  Netherlands 1st title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Lorenzo Bernardi

• Best Scorer
  • Lorenzo Bernardi

• Best Spiker
  • Stanislav Dineykin

• Best Server
  • Alain Roca

• Best Blocker
  • Ihosvany Hernández

External links

• 1996 World League results
• Sports123