1995 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1995 FIVB Volleyball World League was the sixth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 19 May to 9 July 1995. The Final Round was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Pools composition

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

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	12	7	5	26	21	19
Cuba	12	7	5	27	22	19
Spain	12	6	6	22	26	18
United States	12	6	6	20	26	18

Pool B

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Italy	12	10	2	32	12	22
Bulgaria	12	9	3	28	17	21
Greece	12	3	9	14	30	15
Netherlands	12	2	10	16	31	14

Pool C

Team	P	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	12	10	2	34	12	22
South Korea	12	6	6	21	24	18
Japan	12	4	8	18	27	16
China	12	4	8	18	28	16

Final round

Pool play

• Teams from the same pool of Intercontinental Round will not play.

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the 3rd place match

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	7	3	1	11	4	2.750	212	156	1.359
2	Italy	7	3	1	10	6	1.667	216	182	1.187
3	Cuba	6	2	2	8	7	1.143	210	177	1.186
4	Russia	6	2	2	7	7	1.000	156	174	0.897
5	Bulgaria	6	2	2	6	8	0.750	169	180	0.939
6	South Korea	4	0	4	2	12	0.167	112	206	0.544

Belo Horizonte round

• Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Jul	Italy	3–1	South Korea	15–4	12–15	15–7	15–9		57–35
4 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–8	15–5			45–22
4 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	15–5	15–8	15–13			45–26
5 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–4	15–6			45–16
5 Jul	Italy	3–0	Cuba	15–13	15–10	15–9			45–32
5 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Russia	15–4	13–15	15–8	15–11		58–38
6 Jul	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–10	15–2			45–22
6 Jul	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	14–16	15–6	15–6	15–6		59–34
6 Jul	Italy	3–2	Brazil	15–11	10–15	15–12	10–15	15–11	65–64

Rio de Janeiro round

• Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	Cuba	11–15	10–15	15–13	15–8	25–23	76–74
8 Jul	Russia	3–1	Italy	5–15	16–14	15–13	15–7		51–49
8 Jul	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–5	15–12			45–27

Finals

• Venue: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Jul	Cuba	3–2	Russia	15–13	15–10	14–16	11–15	15–13	70–67

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Jul	Brazil	1–3	Italy	12–15	15–7	9–15	12–15		48–52

Final standing

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

1995 World League Champions  Italy 5th title

Awards

Final round

• Best Scorer: Dmitriy Fomin
• Best Spiker: Bernardo Gilson
• Best Blocker: Pasquale Gravina
• Best Server: Bernardo Gilson

Intercontinental round

• Best Scorer: Rafael Pascual
• Best Spiker: Osvaldo Hernández
• Best Blocker: Oleg Shatunov
• Best Server: Lyubomir Ganev

External links

• 1995 World League results
• Sports123