1994 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1994 FIVB Volleyball World League was the fifth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 6 May to 30 July 1994. The Final Round was held in Milan, Italy.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
China  Japan  Italy  Russia	Brazil  Bulgaria  Greece  United States	Cuba  Germany  Netherlands  South Korea

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	10	2	31	8	22
Italy	12	9	3	29	14	21
Japan	12	4	8	16	26	16
China	12	1	11	5	33	13

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	12	0	36	3	24
Bulgaria	12	7	5	24	16	19
Greece	12	5	7	15	27	17
United States	12	0	12	7	36	12

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Netherlands	12	11	1	34	11	23
Cuba	12	9	3	28	14	21
South Korea	12	2	10	17	30	14
Germany	12	2	10	9	33	14

Final round

• Venue: Forum di Assago, Assago, Italy

Pool play

• Pool winners of Intercontinental Round will play against runners-up from other pools.

Qualified for the Semifinals

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	4	2	0	6	0	MAX	92	68	1.353
2	Bulgaria	4	2	0	6	2	3.000	112	91	1.231
3	Cuba	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	96	103	0.932
4	Italy	3	1	1	3	5	0.600	97	105	0.924
5	Netherlands	2	0	2	4	6	0.667	124	128	0.969
6	Russia	2	0	2	2	6	0.333	83	109	0.761

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	Netherlands	2–3	Bulgaria	15–13	14–16	15–8	9–15	11–15	64–67
27 Jul	Russia	2–3	Cuba	15–10	15–9	9–15	5–15	12–15	56–64
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–12	15–12	15–12			45–36
28 Jul	Netherlands	2–3	Italy	15–9	15–7	10–15	8–15	12–15	60–61
28 Jul	Russia	0–3	Bulgaria	13–15	8–15	6–15			27–45
28 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–12	15–4	17–16			47–32

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	29 July
	Brazil	2
	Cuba	3
					30 July
					Cuba	0
					Italy	3
					3rd place match
	29 July			30 July
	Bulgaria	0		Brazil	3
	Italy	3			Bulgaria	2

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Cuba	11–15	15–6	15–5	12–15	20–22	73–63
29 Jul	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	4–15	4–15	13–15			21–45

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Bulgaria	15–10	12–15	15–10	12–15	15–8	69–58

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Italy	13–15	8–15	9–15			30–45

Final standing

Rank Team  Italy  Cuba  Brazil 4  Bulgaria 5  Netherlands 6  Russia 7  Greece 8  Japan 9  South Korea 10  Germany 11  China 12  United States

1994 World League Champions  Italy 4th title

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Andrea Gianni

• Best Spiker
  • Kim Se-jin

• Best Setter
  • Shin Young-chul

• Best Blocker
  • Jan Posthuma

• Best Server
  • Lyubomir Ganev

• Best Receiver
  • Park Hee-sang

• Best Digger
  • Akihiko Matsuda

External links

• 1994 World League Results
• Sports123