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
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Last updated September 14, 2024

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

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	―	1	Japan
1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship	8–16 September 1995	Greece	2	Italy
1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship	8–16 September 1995	Greece	2	Netherlands
1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	18–23 September 1995	Edmonton	2	Cuba
1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	18–23 September 1995	Edmonton	2	United States
1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	7–10 September 1995	Porto Alegre	2	Brazil
1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	7–10 September 1995	Porto Alegre	2	Argentina
1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	11–23 September 1995	Seoul	2	China
1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	11–23 September 1995	Seoul	2	South Korea
1995 Men's African Volleyball Championship	13–21 October 1995	Tunis	1	Egypt
Wild Cards	―	―	2	Canada
Wild Cards	―	―	2	Tunisia
Total			12

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Italy	11	11	0	22	33	3	11.000	526	258	2.039
2	Netherlands	11	9	2	20	30	7	4.286	522	344	1.517
3	Brazil	11	9	2	20	29	7	4.143	516	297	1.737
4	United States	11	8	3	19	24	9	2.667	429	351	1.222
5	Japan	11	7	4	18	21	14	1.500	427	371	1.151
6	Cuba	11	7	4	18	23	18	1.278	498	491	1.014
7	Argentina	11	5	6	16	17	20	0.850	415	461	0.900
8	South Korea	11	3	8	14	12	24	0.500	404	467	0.865
9	China	11	3	8	14	11	26	0.423	371	483	0.768
10	Canada	11	3	8	14	11	27	0.407	385	527	0.731
11	Egypt	11	1	10	12	5	30	0.167	288	505	0.570
12	Tunisia	11	0	11	11	2	33	0.061	289	515	0.561

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

First round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	14:30	Argentina	3–1	China	15–10	9–15	15–10	15–11		54–46
18 Nov	16:30	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–2	15–8			45–15
18 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–1	Canada	14–16	15–13	15–6	15–7		59–42
19 Nov	13:00	China	3–0	Egypt	15–7	15–4	15–8			45–19
19 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–7	15–10			45–20
19 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–13	15–3	15–10			45–26
20 Nov	14:00	Canada	3–2	Egypt	12–15	16–14	15–12	10–15	15–10	68–66
20 Nov	15:30	Italy	3–0	Argentina	15–4	15–6	15–3			45–13
20 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	China	15–4	15–10	15–4			45–18

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–11	15–4	15–5			45–20
18 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–8	15–13	15–8			45–29
18 Nov	18:00	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–11	15–2	15–11			45–24
19 Nov	13:00	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–7	15–5	15–9			45–21
19 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–2	Netherlands	7–15	17–15	8–15	15–8	17–15	64–68
19 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–3	12–15	15–3	15–11		57–32
20 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	United States	15–10	15–7	15–6			45–23
20 Nov	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
20 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–9	15–0	15–9			45–18

Second round

Site A

Location: Hiroshima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–0	Canada	15–8	15–9	15–8		45–25
22 Nov	15:30	Italy	3–0	China	15–4	15–3	15–3		45–10
22 Nov	18:45	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–9	15–5	15–8		45–22
23 Nov	13:00	China	3–1	Canada	15–10	15–6	14–16	15–13	59–45
23 Nov	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–5	15–6		45–16
23 Nov	18:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–4	15–6	15–8		45–18

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–1	Tunisia	15–5	6–15	15–5	15–6	51–31
22 Nov	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Brazil	17–15	12–15	15–7	17–15	61–52
22 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–11	15–13		45–33
23 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–9	15–12		45–27
23 Nov	15:30	United States	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–11	15–8		45–29
23 Nov	18:30	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–9	15–11		45–24

Third round

Site A

Location: Sendai

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–6	15–3	15–4		45–13
26 Nov	15:00	South Korea	3–0	China	15–11	15–11	15–5		45–27
26 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–7	15–4		45–14
28 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–10	15–1		45–18
28 Nov	15:00	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	17–15	16–14		48–32
28 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–13	15–9		45–28
29 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Canada	15–5	15–4	15–6		45–15
29 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Cuba	15–12	7–15	15–8	15–3	52–38
29 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–12	15–9		45–28

Site B

Location: Fukushima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	13:00	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–6	15–5			45–21
26 Nov	15:15	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	13–15	15–6	15–8	15–3		58–32
26 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–8	15–9			45–27
28 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–2	Argentina	15–13	8–15	7–15	15–13	18–16	63–72
28 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Brazil	15–9	10–15	16–14	15–8		56–46
28 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	China	15–7	15–4	15–6			45–17
29 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–2	15–6			45–15
29 Nov	15:30	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–7	15–1			45–18
29 Nov	18:00	China	3–1	Tunisia	11–15	15–7	15–7	15–7		56–36

Fourth round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	14:00	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–5	15–12		45–29
30 Nov	15:30	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–11	15–5	15–12		45–28
30 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–1	Cuba	13–15	15–5	16–14	15–7	59–41
1 Dec	12:30	Italy	3–0	United States	15–8	15–8	15–4		45–20
1 Dec	15:30	Brazil	3–0	China	15–4	15–7	15–7		45–18
1 Dec	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–11	15–12		45–26
2 Dec	14:00	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–5	15–9		45–19
2 Dec	16:00	Cuba	3–1	China	14–16	15–11	15–12	15–13	59–52
2 Dec	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–5	15–4		45–12

Site B

Location: Chiba

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	13:00	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–7	15–10		45–30
30 Nov	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	China	15–10	15–10	15–3		45–23
30 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–2	15–6	15–8		45–16
1 Dec	13:00	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–8	15–12		45–32
1 Dec	15:30	Canada	3–1	South Korea	15–9	8–15	15–10	15–10	53–44
1 Dec	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–11	15–4		45–21
2 Dec	13:00	United States	3–0	Canada	15–13	15–10	15–10		45–33
2 Dec	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–9	15–8		45–20
2 Dec	18:00	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	12–15	16–14	16–14	15–11	59–54

Final standing

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

	Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics

1995 Men's World Cup champions
Italy 1st title

Team roster

Andrea Sartoretti, Andrea Giani, Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Andrea Gardini, Pasquale Gravina, Samuele 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 server
Lloy Ball
Best blocker
Jason Haldane
Best digger
Pablo Pereira
Best setter
Peter Blangé
Best receiver
Gino Brousseau

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1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

Contents

Qualification

Results

First round

Site A

Site B

Second round

Site A

Site B

Third round

Site A

Site B

Fourth round

Site A

Site B

Final standing

Awards

Related Research Articles

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