1996 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1996 FIVB Volleyball World League was the seventh edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 11 countries from 10 May to 29 June 1996. The Final Round was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Argentina Brazil Cuba Spain	Bulgaria Greece Italy Netherlands	China Japan Russia

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Brazil	22	10	2	34	13	2.615	-	-	-
Cuba	18	6	6	24	24	1.000	-	-	-
Argentina	16	4	8	22	26	0.846	-	-	-
Spain	16	4	8	13	30	0.433	-	-	-

Pool B

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Italy	23	11	1	34	10	3.400	-	-	-
Netherlands	20	8	4	28	13	2.154	-	-	-
Bulgaria	16	4	8	17	25	0.680	-	-	-
Greece	13	1	11	4	35	0.114	-	-	-

Pool C

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Russia	24	12	0	36	7	5.143	-	-	-
China	15	3	9	17	31	0.548	-	-	-
Japan	15	3	9	16	31	0.516	-	-	-

Final round

Venue: Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	8	4	0	12	2	6.000	202	128	1.578
2	Italy	7	3	1	9	6	1.500	208	170	1.224
3	Russia	6	2	2	8	8	1.000	188	207	0.908
4	Cuba	5	1	3	6	9	0.667	164	178	0.921
5	Brazil	5	1	3	5	9	0.556	172	183	0.940
6	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	108	176	0.614

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Jun	Italy	3–1	Brazil	15–9	15–9	11–15	15–10		56–43
24 Jun	Russia	3–2	Cuba	4–15	15–6	15–7	7–15	15–13	56–56
24 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	China	15–4	15–7	15–3			45–14
25 Jun	Italy	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–3	15–6			45–19
25 Jun	Brazil	3–0	China	15–4	15–9	16–14			46–27
25 Jun	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–2	16–14			46–25
27 Jun	Italy	3–2	Russia	10–15	10–15	16–14	15–4	16–14	67–62
27 Jun	Cuba	3–0	China	15–10	15–7	15–4			45–21
27 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	Brazil	15–12	15–9	10–15	15–9		55–45
28 Jun	China	3–0	Italy	15–13	16–14	15–13			46–40
28 Jun	Russia	3–0	Brazil	15–13	15–12	15–13			45–38
28 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	11–15	15–10	15–8	15–11		56–44

Finals

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jun	Russia	3–2	Cuba	3–15	15–7	4–15	16–14	19–17	57–68

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jun	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	17–15	15–12	10–15	10–15	22–20	74–77

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Netherlands
02 !	Italy
03 !	Russia
4	Cuba
5	Brazil
6	China
7	Argentina
8	Bulgaria
9	Japan
10	Spain
11	Greece

1996 World League Champions
Netherlands 1st title

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Lorenzo Bernardi

Best Scorer
- Lorenzo Bernardi

Best Spiker
- Stanislav Dineykin

Best Server
- Alain Roca

Best Blocker
- Ihosvany Hernández

External links

FIVB Volleyball World League

Seasons	Osaka 1990 Milan 1991 Genoa 1992 São Paulo 1993 Milan 1994 Rio de Janeiro 1995 Rotterdam 1996 Moscow 1997 Milan 1998 Mar del Plata 1999 Rotterdam 2000 Katowice 2001 Belo Horizonte 2002 Madrid 2003 Rome 2004 Belgrade 2005 Moscow 2006 Katowice 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2008 Belgrade 2009 Córdoba 2010 Gdańsk 2011 Sofia 2012 Mar del Plata 2013 Florence 2014 Rio de Janeiro 2015 Kraków 2016

Qualification	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Squads	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

FIVB Volleyball World League statistics

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