1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1995 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	18 November – 2 December
Teams	12
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Andrea Giani

The 1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from November 18 to December 2, 1991 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia 1996. The first three qualified.

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. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since 1977.

Results

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

	Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	22	11	0	33	3	11.000	526	258	2.039
2	Netherlands	20	9	2	30	7	4.286	522	344	1.517
3	Brazil	20	9	2	29	7	4.143	516	297	1.737
4	United States	19	8	3	24	9	2.667	429	351	1.222
5	Japan	18	7	4	21	13	1.615	427	371	1.151
6	Cuba	18	7	4	23	18	1.278	498	491	1.014
7	Argentina	16	5	6	17	21	0.810	415	461	0.900
8	South Korea	14	3	8	12	24	0.500	404	467	0.865
9	Canada	14	3	8	11	27	0.407	385	527	0.731
10	China	14	3	8	11	26	0.423	371	483	0.768
11	Egypt	12	1	10	6	30	0.200	288	505	0.570
12	Tunisia	11	0	11	2	33	0.061	289	515	0.561

First Round

Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	Argentina	3–1	China	15–10	9–15	15–10	15–11		54–46
18 Nov	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–2	15–8			45–15
18 Nov	Japan	3–1	Canada	14–16	15–13	15–6	15–7		59–42
19 Nov	China	3–0	Egypt	15–7	15–4	15–8			45–19
19 Nov	Italy	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–7	15–10			45–20
19 Nov	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–13	15–3	15–10			45–26
20 Nov	Canada	3–2	Egypt	12–15	16–14	15–12	10–15	15–10	68–66
20 Nov	Italy	3–0	Argentina	15–4	15–6	15–3			45–13
20 Nov	Japan	3–0	China	15–4	15–10	15–4			45–18

Venue: Kumamoto, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–11	15–4	15–5			45–20
18 Nov	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–8	15–13	15–8			45–29
18 Nov	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–11	15–2	15–11			45–24
19 Nov	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–7	15–5	15–9			45–21
19 Nov	Cuba	3–2	Netherlands	7–15	17–15	8–15	15–8	17–15	64–68
19 Nov	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–3	12–15	15–3	15–11		57–32
20 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	United States	15–10	15–7	15–6			45–23
20 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
20 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–9	15–0	15–9			45–18

Second Round

Venue: Hiroshima, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Canada	15–8	15–9	15–8		45–25
22 Nov	Italy	3–0	China	15–4	15–3	15–3		45–10
22 Nov	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–9	15–5	15–8		45–22
23 Nov	China	3–1	Canada	15–10	15–6	14–16	15–13	59–45
23 Nov	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–5	15–6		45–16
23 Nov	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–4	15–6	15–8		45–18

Venue: Kumamoto, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Tunisia	15–5	6–15	15–5	15–6	51–31
22 Nov	Netherlands	3–1	Brazil	17–15	12–15	15–7	17–15	61–52
22 Nov	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–11	15–13		45–33
23 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–9	15–12		45–27
23 Nov	United States	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–11	15–8		45–29
23 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–9	15–11		45–24

Third Round

Venue: Sendai, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–6	15–3	15–4		45–13
26 Nov	South Korea	3–0	China	15–11	15–11	15–5		45–27
26 Nov	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–7	15–4		45–14
28 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–10	15–1		45–18
28 Nov	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	17–15	16–14		48–32
28 Nov	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–13	15–9		45–28
29 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Canada	15–5	15–4	15–6		45–15
29 Nov	Italy	3–1	Cuba	15–12	7–15	15–8	15–3	52–38
29 Nov	United States	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–12	15–9		45–28

Venue: Fukushima, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–6	15–5			45–21
26 Nov	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	13–15	15–6	15–8	15–3		58–32
26 Nov	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–8	15–9			45–27
28 Nov	Cuba	3–2	Argentina	15–13	8–15	7–15	15–13	18–16	63–72
28 Nov	Italy	3–1	Brazil	15–9	10–15	16–14	15–8		56–46
28 Nov	United States	3–0	China	15–7	15–4	15–6			45–17
29 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–2	15–6			45–15
29 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–7	15–1			45–18
29 Nov	China	3–1	Tunisia	11–15	15–7	15–7	15–7		56–36

Fourth Round

Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–5	15–12		45–29
30 Nov	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–11	15–5	15–12		45–28
30 Nov	Japan	3–1	Cuba	13–15	15–5	16–14	15–7	59–41
1 Dec	Italy	3–0	United States	15–8	15–8	15–4		45–20
1 Dec	Brazil	3–0	China	15–4	15–7	15–7		45–18
1 Dec	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–11	15–12		45–26
2 Dec	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–5	15–9		45–19
2 Dec	Cuba	3–1	China	14–16	15–11	15–12	15–13	59–52
2 Dec	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–5	15–4		45–12

Venue: Chiba, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–7	15–10		45–30
30 Nov	Netherlands	3–0	China	15–10	15–10	15–3		45–23
30 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–2	15–6	15–8		45–16
1 Dec	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–8	15–12		45–32
1 Dec	Canada	3–1	South Korea	15–9	8–15	15–10	15–10	53–44
1 Dec	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–11	15–4		45–21
2 Dec	United States	3–0	Canada	15–13	15–10	15–10		45–33
2 Dec	Netherlands	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–9	15–8		45–20
2 Dec	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	12–15	16–14	16–14	15–11	59–54

Final standings

Rank	Team
01 !	Italy
02 !	Netherlands
03 !	Brazil
4	United States
5	Japan
6	Cuba
7	Argentina
8	South Korea
9	China
10	Canada
11	Egypt
12	Tunisia

1995 Men's World Cup Champions
Italy 1st title

10–man Roster

Andrea Sartoretti, Andrea Giani, Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Andrea Gardini, Pasquale Gravina, Samuel Papi, Andrea Zorzi, Vigor Bovolenta, David Bellini

Head Coach:

Julio Velasco

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Andrea Giani

Best Scorer

Marcos Milinkovic

Best Spiker

Bas van de Goor

Best Blocker

Jason Haldane

Best Setter

Lloy Ball

References

FIVB Volleyball World Cup

Men's

Tournaments	Poland 1965 East Germany 1969 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015
Squads	1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Uruguay 1973 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015
Squads	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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