1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

1990 FIVB World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	18–28 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Officially opened by	Fernando Collor de Mello
Champions	Italy (1st title)
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Last updated December 18, 2024

The 1990 FIVB Men's World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 18 to 28 October 1990 in Brazil.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Brazil
1986 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship	25 Sep – 5 Oct 1986	France	7	United States
				Soviet Union
				Bulgaria
				Cuba
				France
				Argentina
				Czechoslovakia
1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship	23 Sep – 1 October 1989	Sweden	1	Italy
1989 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	8–15 July 1989	San Juan	1	Canada
1989 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	23–30 September 1989	Curitiba	1	Venezuela
1989 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	15–24 September 1989	Seoul	1	South Korea
1989 Men's African Volleyball Championship	September 1989	Abidjan	1	Cameroon
1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World B Championship	12–22 April 1990	Japan	3	Sweden
				Netherlands
				Japan
Total			16

Venues

Brasília Rio de Janeiro Curitiba class=notpageimage\| 1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (Brazil)	Pool A and Final round	Pool B, D and Final round	Pool C and Final round
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brasília, Brazil	Curitiba, Brazil
	Maracanãzinho	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	Ginásio Tarumã
	Capacity: 11,800	Capacity: 24,286	Capacity: 4,555
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Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Location: Rio de Janeiro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	160	114	1.404	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	201	172	1.169	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	129	170	0.759	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	South Korea	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	143	177	0.808	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–7	15–7	15–9			45–23
18 Oct	18:30	Sweden	3–1	South Korea	15–8	15–11	16–17	15–10		61–46
19 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–4	15–7			45–19
19 Oct	18:30	Sweden	3–2	Czechoslovakia	12–15	15–9	11–15	15–4	15–13	68–56
20 Oct	16:00	Brazil	3–2	Sweden	15–17	16–14	8–15	16–14	15–12	70–72
20 Oct	18:30	Czechoslovakia	3–2	South Korea	15–11	5–15	15–11	14–16	15–11	64–64

Pool B

Location: Brasília

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	107	90	1.189	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	113	134	0.843	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	United States	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	87	150	0.580	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
18 Oct	18:30	Argentina	3–0	Canada	15–9	15–11	15–13		45–33
18 Oct	21:00	Netherlands	3–0	United States	15–7	15–12	15–6		45–25
19 Oct	18:30	Canada	3–1	United States	15–13	15–11	15–17	15–3	60–44
19 Oct	21:00	Argentina	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–3	15–7		45–17
20 Oct	12:30	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–9	15–8		45–20
20 Oct	21:00	Argentina	3–0	United States	15–3	15–8	15–7		45–18

Pool C

Location: Curitiba

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	53	2.547	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	114	102	1.118	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	86	108	0.796	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	65	137	0.474	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
18 Oct	18:30	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	15–6	15–4	15–8	45–18
18 Oct	21:00	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–6	15–10	15–6	45–22
19 Oct	18:30	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–7	15–1	45–18
19 Oct	21:00	France	3–0	Venezuela	15–11	17–15	15–8	47–34
20 Oct	18:30	France	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–11	15–5	45–23
20 Oct	21:00	Soviet Union	3–0	Venezuela	15–4	15–2	15–7	45–13

Pool D

Location: Brasília

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	154	119	1.294	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	132	103	1.282	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	147	137	1.073	Play-offs for quarterfinals
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	61	135	0.452	13th–16th places

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	10:00	Italy	3–0	Cameroon	15–4	15–3	15–10			45–17
18 Oct	12:30	Cuba	3–2	Bulgaria	11–15	8–15	15–10	15–11	15–10	64–61
19 Oct	10:00	Cuba	3–0	Cameroon	15–8	15–9	15–11			45–28
19 Oct	12:30	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	15–9	15–5	12–15	15–12		57–41
20 Oct	10:00	Bulgaria	3–0	Cameroon	15–3	15–5	15–8			45–16
20 Oct	18:30	Cuba	3–0	Italy	15–13	15–9	15–8			45–30

Final round

Play-off 23 October – Brasília		Quarterfinals 26 October – Rio de Janeiro		Semifinals 27 October – Rio de Janeiro		Final 28 October – Rio de Janeiro

		Brazil	3
France	3	France	0
Canada	1			Brazil	2
				Italy	3
		Argentina	0
Italy	3	Italy	3
Czechoslovakia	0					Italy	3
						Cuba	1
		Soviet Union	3
Sweden	0	Bulgaria	0
Bulgaria	3			Soviet Union	1	Third place
				Cuba	3
		Cuba	3			Brazil	0
Netherlands	3	Netherlands	2			Soviet Union	3
Japan	0

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

27 October

France	0
		28 October
Argentina	3
		Argentina	2
27 October
		Bulgaria	3
Bulgaria	3

Netherlands	2
		7th place

		28 October

		France	1

		Netherlands	3

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Location: Brasília

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
23 Oct	10:00	France	3–1	Canada	15–3	12–15	17–15	15–9	59–42
23 Oct	12:30	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–4	15–12	15–3		45–19
23 Oct	18:30	Sweden	0–3	Bulgaria	7–15	12–15	10–15		29–45
23 Oct	21:00	Italy	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–6	16–14	15–5		46–25

Group head matches

Location: Rio de Janeiro

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Oct		Cuba	3–2	Brazil	13–15	16–17	15–8	15–8	15–10	74–58
23 Oct		Argentina	3–2	Soviet Union	15–4	7–15	15–11	13–15	15–11	65–56

13th–16th places

Location: Curitiba

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
13	United States	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	159	120	1.325
14	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	124	87	1.425
15	Cameroon	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	109	124	0.879
16	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	88	149	0.591

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
23 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Cameroon	15–10	15–2	15–7		45–19
23 Oct	United States	3–1	Venezuela	15–5	15–7	14–16	15–13	59–41
24 Oct	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–12	15–9	15–13		45–34
24 Oct	Cameroon	3–0	Venezuela	15–4	15–7	15–13		45–24
26 Oct	United States	3–1	Cameroon	15–9	15–10	10–15	15–11	55–45
26 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Venezuela	15–8	15–7	15–8		45–23

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals		9th place

24 October – Brasília

Czechoslovakia	3
		26 October – Brasília
Canada	2
		Czechoslovakia	3
24 October – Brasília
		Sweden	0
Sweden	3

Japan	0
		11th place

		26 October – Brasília

		Canada	2

		Japan	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct		Czechoslovakia	3–2	Canada	15–4	15–11	5–15	5–15	15–10	55–55
24 Oct		Sweden	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–8	15–11			45–29

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct		Canada	2–3	Japan

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct		Czechoslovakia	3–0	Sweden	15–9	15–4	15–7			45–20

Finals

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Brazil	3–0	France	15–8	15–0	15–9			45–17
26 Oct	Argentina	0–3	Italy	15–17	11–15	13–15			39–47
26 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–12	15–4	15–11			45–27
26 Oct	Cuba	3–2	Netherlands	8–15	15–10	11–15	17–15	15–9	66–64

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	10:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Netherlands	10–15	15–11	1–15	15–10	17–15	58–66
27 Oct	12:30	France	0–3	Argentina	13–15	14–16	11–15			38–46

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Oct	16:00	Brazil	2–3	Italy	15–6	9–15	8–15	15–8	13–15	60–59
27 Oct	18:30	Soviet Union	1–3	Cuba	15–7	12–15	9–15	11–15		47–52

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct		France	1–3	Netherlands	1–15	15–8	8–15	7–15		31–53

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct		Argentina	2–3	Bulgaria	15–7	16–14	10–15	12–15	10–15	63–66

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct		Brazil	0–3	Soviet Union	8–15	8–15	4–15			20–45

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Oct		Italy	3–1	Cuba	12–15	15–11	15–6	16–14		58–46

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Cuba
	Soviet Union
4	Brazil
5	Bulgaria
6	Argentina
7	Netherlands
8	France
9	Czechoslovakia
10	Sweden
11	Japan
12	Canada
13	United States
14	South Korea
15	Cameroon
16	Venezuela

	Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics

1990 Men's World champions
Italy 1st title

Team roster

Andrea Anastasi, Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Luca Cantagalli, Ferdinando De Giorgi, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Andrea Lucchetta, Marco Martinelli, Roberto Masciarelli, Paolo Tofoli, Andrea Zorzi

Head coach

Julio Velasco

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1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

Contents

Qualification

Venues

Squads

Results

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Final round

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Group head matches

13th–16th places

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Finals

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

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