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

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First Round

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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
	Italy
	Netherlands
	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