1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

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

Qualification

Team	Qualified through
Brazil	Host
United States	1986 World Championships	1st
Soviet Union	1986 World Championships	2nd
Bulgaria	1986 World Championships	3rd
Cuba	1986 World Championships	5th
France	1986 World Championships	6th
Argentina	1986 World Championships	7th
Czechoslovakia	1986 World Championships	8th
Italy	Europe Men 1989	1st
Canada	Norceca Men 1989	2nd
Venezuela	South America Men 1989	3rd
South Korea	Asia Men 1989	1st
Cameroon	Africa Men 1989	1st
Sweden	Men B 1990	1st
Netherlands	Men B 1990	2nd
Japan	Men B 1990	3rd

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Teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Rosters

Main article: 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads

First Round

	Qualified for Quarterfinals
	Qualified for Last 16

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	160	114	1.404
2	Sweden	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	201	172	1.169
3	Czechoslovakia	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	129	170	0.759
4	South Korea	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	143	177	0.808

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

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	107	90	1.189
3	Canada	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	113	134	0.843
4	United States	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	87	150	0.580

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

Group C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	53	2.547
2	France	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	114	102	1.118
3	Japan	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	86	108	0.796
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	65	137	0.474

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

Group D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	154	119	1.294
2	Italy	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	132	103	1.282
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	147	137	1.073
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	61	135	0.452

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

Final round

Last 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

25 October

23 October

Brazil

France

27 October

France

Canada

Brazil

25 October

23 October

Italy

Argentina

Italy

28 October

Italy

Czechoslovakia

Italy

25 October

23 October

Cuba

Soviet Union

Sweden

27 October

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Soviet Union

3rd place match

25 October

23 October

Cuba

28 October

Cuba

Netherlands

Brazil

Netherlands

Japan

Soviet Union

Final standing

Place	Team
1.	Italy
2.	Cuba
3.	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

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, and Andrea Zorzi. Head Coach: Julio Velasco.

Italy qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

References

External links

Federation Internationale de Volleyball

FIVB Volleyball World Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Czechoslovakia 1966 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Italy 1978 Argentina 1982 France 1986 Brazil 1990 Greece 1994 Japan 1998 Argentina 2002 Japan 2006 Italy 2010 Poland 2014 Italy/Bulgaria 2018

Qualification	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Squads	1949 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Women's

Tournaments	Soviet Union 1952 France 1956 Brazil 1960 Soviet Union 1962 Japan 1967 Bulgaria 1970 Mexico 1974 Soviet Union 1978 Peru 1982 Czechoslovakia 1986 China 1990 Brazil 1994 Japan 1998 Germany 2002 Japan 2006 Japan 2010 Italy 2014 Japan 2018

Qualification	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Squads	1952 1956 1960 1962 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

National team appearances

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