1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held from Saturday November 18 to Saturday December 2, 1995 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia 1996. 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. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since 1977.

Round robin

Saturday November 18
- Venue: Tokyo


Argentina	3 – 1	China	15-10 9 -15 15-10 15-11
Italy	3 – 0	Egypt	15- 5 15- 2 15- 8
Japan	3 – 1	Canada	14-16 15-13 15- 6 15- 7

- Venue: Kumamoto


Netherlands	3 – 0	Tunisia	15-11 15- 4 15- 5
Brazil	3 – 0	United States	15- 8 15-13 15- 8
Cuba	3 – 0	South Korea	15-11 15- 2 15-11

Sunday November 19
- Venue: Tokyo


China	3 – 0	Egypt	15- 7 15- 4 15- 8
Italy	3 – 0	Canada	15- 3 15- 7 15-10
Japan	3 – 0	Argentina	15-13 15- 3 15-10

- Venue: Kumamoto


United States	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 7 15- 5 15- 9
Cuba	3 – 2	Netherlands	7 -15 17-16 8 -15 15- 8 17-15
Brazil	3 – 1	South Korea	15- 3 12-15 15- 3 15-11

Monday November 20
- Venue: Tokyo


Canada	3 – 2	Egypt	12-15 16-14 15-12 10-15 15-10
Italy	3 – 0	Argentina	15- 4 15- 6 15- 3
Japan	3 – 0	China	15- 4 15-10 15- 4

- Venue: Kumamoto


Netherlands	3 – 0	United States	15-10 15- 7 15- 6
South Korea	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 9 15-10 15- 9
Brazil	3 – 0	Cuba	15- 9 15- 0 15- 9

Tuesday November 21
- No Games

Wednesday November 22
- Venue: Hiroshima


Argentina	3 – 0	Canada	15- 8 15- 9 15- 8
Italy	3 – 0	China	15- 4 15- 3 15- 3
Japan	3 – 0	Egypt	15- 9 15- 5 15- 8

- Venue: Kagoshima


Cuba	3 – 1	Tunisia	15- 5 6 -15 15- 5 15- 6
Netherlands	3 – 1	Brazil	17-15 12-15 15- 7 17-16
United States	3 – 0	South Korea	15- 9 15-11 15-13

Thursday November 23
- Venue: Hiroshima


China	3 – 1	Canada	15-10 15- 6 14-16 15-13
Argentina	3 – 1	Egypt	15- 5 ??-?? 15- 5 15- 6
Italy	3 – 0	Japan	15- 4 15- 6 15- 8

- Venue: Kagoshima


Brazil	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 6 15- 9 15-12
United States	3 – 0	Cuba	15-10 15-11 15- 8
Netherlands	3 – 0	South Korea	15- 4 15- 9 15-11

Friday November 24 and Saturday November 25
- No Games

Sunday November 26
- Venue: Sendai


Brazil	3 – 0	Argentina	15- 6 15- 3 15- 4
South Korea	3 – 0	China	15-11 15-11 15- 5
Japan	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 3 15- 7 15- 4

- Venue: Fukushima


Cuba	3 – 0	Canada	15-10 15- 6 15- 5
Italy	3 – 1	Netherlands	13-15 15- 6 15- 8 15- 3
United States	3 – 0	Egypt	15-10 15- 8 15- 9

Monday November 27
- No Games

Tuesday November 28
- Venue: Sendai


Netherlands	3 – 0	Canada	15- 7 15-10 15- 1
Egypt	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 3 17-15 16-14
Japan	3 – 0	South Korea	15- 6 15-13 15- 9

- Venue: Fukushima


Cuba	3 – 2	Argentina	15-13 8 -15 7 -15 15-13 18-16
Italy	3 – 1	Brazil	15- 9 10-15 16-14 15- 8
United States	3 – 0	China	15- 7 15- 4 15- 6

Wednesday November 29
- Venue: Sendai


Brazil	3 – 0	Canada	15- 5 15- 4 15- 6
Italy	3 – 1	Cuba	15-12 7 -15 15- 8 15- 3
United States	3 – 0	Japan	15- 7 15-12 15- 9

- Venue: Fukushima


Netherlands	3 – 0	Argentina	15- 7 15- 2 15- 6
South Korea	3 – 0	Egypt	15-10 15- 7 15- 1
China	3 – 1	Tunisia	11-15 15- 7 15- 7 15- 7

Thursday November 30
- Venue: Tokyo


Canada	3 – 0	Tunisia	15-12 15- 5 15-12
United States	3 – 0	Argentina	15-11 15- 5 15-12
Japan	3 – 1	Cuba	13-15 15- 5 16-14 15- 7

- Venue: Chiba


Italy	3 – 0	South Korea	15-13 15- 7 15-10
Netherlands	3 – 0	China	15-10 15-10 15- 3
Brazil	3 – 0	Egypt	15- 2 15- 6 15- 8

Friday December 1
- Venue: Tokyo


Italy	3 – 0	United States	15- 8 15- 5 15- 4
Brazil	3 – 0	China	15- 4 15- 7 15- 7
Netherlands	3 – 0	Japan	15- 3 15-11 15-12

- Venue: Chiba


Argentina	3 – 0	Tunisia	15-12 15- 8 15-12
Canada	3 – 1	South Korea	15- 9 8 -15 15-10 15-10
Cuba	3 – 1	Egypt	15- 6 15-11 15- 4

Saturday December 2
- Venue: Tokyo


Italy	3 – 0	Tunisia	15- 5 15- 5 15- 9
Cuba	3 – 1	China	14-16 15-11 15-12 15-13
Brazil	3 – 0	Japan	15- 3 15- 5 15- 4

- Venue: Chiba


United States	3 – 0	Canada	15-13 15-10 15-10
Netherlands	3 – 0	Egypt	15- 3 15- 9 15- 8
Argentina	3 – 1	South Korea	12-15 16-14 16-14 15-11

Final standing

	Team	Points	G	W	L	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	22	11	11	0	2.039	33	3	11.000
2.	Netherlands	20	11	9	2	1.517	30	7	4.286
3.	Brazil	20	11	9	2	1.737	29	7	4.143
4.	United States	19	11	8	3	1.222	24	9	2.666
5.	Japan	18	11	7	4	1.151	21	14	1.500
6.	Cuba	18	11	7	4	1.014	23	18	1.277
7.	Argentina	16	11	5	6	0.900	17	21	0.809
8.	South Korea	14	11	3	8	0.865	12	24	0.500
9.	Canada	14	11	3	8	0.731	11	27	0.407
10.	China	14	11	3	8	0.768	11	26	0.423
11.	Egypt	12	11	1	10	0.570	6	30	0.200
12.	Tunisia	11	11	0	11	0.561	2	33	0.061

Italy, Netherlands and Brazil qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Awards

1995 Men's World Cup Champions
Italy 1st title

References

FIVB Volleyball World Cup

Men's

Tournaments	Poland 1965 East Germany 1969 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015

Squads	1965 1969 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Uruguay 1973 Japan 1977 Japan 1981 Japan 1985 Japan 1989 Japan 1991 Japan 1995 Japan 1999 Japan 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan 2015

Squads	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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