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1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
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Volleyball competition held in Japan
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Men's World Cup World 1995 18 November – 2 December 12 7 7 ITA 1 NED BRA USA ITA Andrea Giani 1991 1999
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.
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.
Qualification
Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost Country—―1JPN 18701995 Men's European Volleyball Championship8–16 September 19952ITANED1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship18–23 September 1995CAN Edmonton2CUBUSA1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship7–10 September 1995BRA Porto Alegre2BRAARG1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship11–23 September 1995KOR 1983 Seoul2CHNKOR 19831995 Men's African Volleyball Championship13–21 October 1995TUN Tunis1EGYWild Cards――2CANTUNTotal12
Results
main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete ITA ITA NED NED BRA BRA USA USA JPN JPN CUB CUB ARG ARG KOR KOR CHN CHN CAN CAN EGY EGY TUN TUN 11 0 33 3 526 258 9 2 30 7 522 344 9 2 29 7 516 297 8 3 24 9 429 351 7 4 21 14 427 371 7 4 23 18 498 491 5 6 17 20 415 461 3 8 12 24 404 467 3 8 11 26 371 483 3 8 11 27 385 527 1 10 5 30 288 505 0 11 2 33 289 515
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
First round
Site A
Location: Tokyo
18 Nov 14:30 ARG 3–1 CHN 15–10 9–15 15–10 15–11
18 Nov 16:30 ITA 3–0 EGY 15–5 15–2 15–8
18 Nov 18:30 JPN 3–1 CAN 14–16 15–13 15–6 15–7
19 Nov 13:00 CHN 3–0 EGY 15–7 15–4 15–8
19 Nov 15:00 ITA 3–0 CAN 15–3 15–7 15–10
19 Nov 18:00 JPN 3–0 ARG 15–13 15–3 15–10
20 Nov 14:00 CAN 3–2 EGY 12–15 16–14 15–12 10–15 15–10
20 Nov 15:30 ITA 3–0 ARG 15–4 15–6 15–3
20 Nov 18:15 JPN 3–0 CHN 15–4 15–10 15–4
Site B
Location: Kumamoto
18 Nov 13:00 NED 3–0 TUN 15–11 15–4 15–5
18 Nov 15:00 BRA 3–0 USA 15–8 15–13 15–8
18 Nov 18:00 CUB 3–0 KOR 15–11 15–2 15–11
19 Nov 13:00 USA 3–0 TUN 15–7 15–5 15–9
19 Nov 15:00 CUB 3–2 NED 7–15 17–15 8–15 15–8 17–15
19 Nov 18:00 BRA 3–1 KOR 15–3 12–15 15–3 15–11
20 Nov 13:00 NED 3–0 USA 15–10 15–7 15–6
20 Nov 16:00 KOR 3–0 TUN 15–10 15–9 15–10
20 Nov 18:00 BRA 3–0 CUB 15–9 15–0 15–9
Second round
Site A
Location: Hiroshima
22 Nov 12:30 ARG 3–0 CAN 15–8 15–9 15–8
22 Nov 15:30 ITA 3–0 CHN 15–4 15–3 15–3
22 Nov 18:45 JPN 3–0 EGY 15–9 15–5 15–8
23 Nov 13:00 CHN 3–1 CAN 15–10 15–6 14–16 15–13
23 Nov 16:00 ARG 3–0 EGY 15–5 15–5 15–6
23 Nov 18:00 ITA 3–0 JPN 15–4 15–6 15–8
Site B
Location: Kumamoto
22 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–1 TUN 15–5 6–15 15–5 15–6
22 Nov 15:00 NED 3–1 BRA 17–15 12–15 15–7 17–15
22 Nov 18:00 USA 3–0 KOR 15–9 15–11 15–13
23 Nov 13:00 BRA 3–0 TUN 15–6 15–9 15–12
23 Nov 15:30 USA 3–0 CUB 15–10 15–11 15–8
23 Nov 18:30 NED 3–0 KOR 15–4 15–9 15–11
Third round
Site A
Location: Sendai
26 Nov 13:00 BRA 3–0 ARG 15–6 15–3 15–4
26 Nov 15:00 KOR 3–0 CHN 15–11 15–11 15–5
26 Nov 18:00 JPN 3–0 TUN 15–3 15–7 15–4
28 Nov 13:00 NED 3–0 CAN 15–7 15–10 15–1
28 Nov 15:00 EGY 3–0 TUN 15–3 17–15 16–14
28 Nov 18:00 JPN 3–0 KOR 15–6 15–13 15–9
29 Nov 13:00 BRA 3–0 CAN 15–5 15–4 15–6
29 Nov 15:00 ITA 3–1 CUB 15–12 7–15 15–8 15–3
29 Nov 18:00 USA 3–0 JPN 15–7 15–12 15–9
Site B
Location: Fukushima
26 Nov 13:00 CUB 3–0 CAN 15–10 15–6 15–5
26 Nov 15:15 ITA 3–1 NED 13–15 15–6 15–8 15–3
26 Nov 18:00 USA 3–0 EGY 15–10 15–8 15–9
28 Nov 12:30 CUB 3–2 ARG 15–13 8–15 7–15 15–13 18–16
28 Nov 15:00 ITA 3–1 BRA 15–9 10–15 16–14 15–8
28 Nov 18:00 USA 3–0 CHN 15–7 15–4 15–6
29 Nov 13:00 NED 3–0 ARG 15–7 15–2 15–6
29 Nov 15:30 KOR 3–0 EGY 15–10 15–7 15–1
29 Nov 18:00 CHN 3–1 TUN 11–15 15–7 15–7 15–7
Fourth round
Site A
Location: Tokyo
30 Nov 14:00 CAN 3–0 TUN 15–12 15–5 15–12
30 Nov 15:30 USA 3–0 ARG 15–11 15–5 15–12
30 Nov 18:30 JPN 3–1 CUB 13–15 15–5 16–14 15–7
1 Dec 12:30 ITA 3–0 USA 15–8 15–8 15–4
1 Dec 15:30 BRA 3–0 CHN 15–4 15–7 15–7
1 Dec 18:00 NED 3–0 JPN 15–3 15–11 15–12
2 Dec 14:00 ITA 3–0 TUN 15–5 15–5 15–9
2 Dec 16:00 CUB 3–1 CHN 14–16 15–11 15–12 15–13
2 Dec 18:00 BRA 3–0 JPN 15–3 15–5 15–4
Site B
Location: Chiba
30 Nov 13:00 ITA 3–0 KOR 15–13 15–7 15–10
30 Nov 15:30 NED 3–0 CHN 15–10 15–10 15–3
30 Nov 18:00 BRA 3–0 EGY 15–2 15–6 15–8
1 Dec 13:00 ARG 3–0 TUN 15–12 15–8 15–12
1 Dec 15:30 CAN 3–1 KOR 15–9 8–15 15–10 15–10
1 Dec 18:00 CUB 3–0 EGY 15–6 15–11 15–4
2 Dec 13:00 USA 3–0 CAN 15–13 15–10 15–10
2 Dec 15:30 NED 3–0 EGY 15–3 15–9 15–8
2 Dec 18:00 ARG 3–1 KOR 12–15 16–14 16–14 15–11
Final standing
Rank Team ITAhttps://www.olympics.com/en/news/volleyball-world-cup-men-women-history-format-results-champions History of FIVB Volleyball World Cup and winners list 18 August 2026https://www.volleyhall.org/court-of-honor.html Court of Honor Award 18 August 2026 NED BRA 4 USA 5 JPN 6 CUB 7 ARG 8 KOR 9 CHN 10 CAN 11 EGY 12 TUN
Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
vb 1995 Men's World Cup champions ITA 1st
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
18em
Most valuable player
ITA Andrea Giani
Best scorer
ARG Marcos Milinkovic
Best spiker
NED Bas van de Goor
Best server
USA Lloy Ball
Best blocker
CAN Jason Haldane
Best digger
ARG Pablo Pereira
Best setter
NED Peter Blangé
Best receiver
CAN Gino Brousseau
References
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