Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Date	21 July–4 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Netherlands    Italy    Yugoslavia

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women

The 1996 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 9th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, United States from 21 July to 4 August 1996.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	18 Sep 1990	Tokyo	1	United States
1995 World Cup	18 Nov–2 Dec 1995	Japan	3	Italy
				Netherlands
				Brazil
African Qualifier	29–31 Mar 1996	Rabat	1	Tunisia
Asian Qualifier	12–21 Apr 1996	Seoul & Tokyo	1	South Korea
European Qualifier	27–29 Mar 1996	Copenhagen	1	Russia
North American Qualifier	14–16 Apr 1996	Calgary	1	Cuba
South American Qualifier	12–14 Apr 1996	Buenos Aires	1	Argentina
World Qualifier 1	3–5 May 1996	Espinho	1	Bulgaria
World Qualifier 2	3–5 May 1996	Munich	1	Yugoslavia
World Qualifier 3	3–5 May 1996	Patras	1	Poland
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
United States (Hosts)	Italy
Brazil	Netherlands
Cuba	Russia
Argentina	South Korea
Bulgaria	Tunisia
Poland	Yugoslavia

Rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue
Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Athens, Georgia, United States
Omni Coliseum	Stegeman Coliseum
Capacity: 16,378	Capacity: 10,523

Preliminary round

Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	9	4	1	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220
2	Brazil	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	7	2	3	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–7	15–7			45–23
21 Jul	United States	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–6	15–8			45–27
21 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–8	16–14	15–6		55–43
23 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–13	15–8			45–32
23 Jul	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–8	15–11			45–26
23 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–2	15–13			45–28
25 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	15–10	15–8	11–15	15–10		56–43
25 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–11	15–8			45–26
25 Jul	Cuba	3–2	United States	4–15	15–9	14–16	15–8	18–16	66–64
27 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–10	15–12	15–9			45–31
27 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–4	15–10	15–7			45–21
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–11	15–11	15–7			45–29
29 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Poland	7–15	17–15	15–10	15–9		54–49
29 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	15–11	13–15	11–15	15–5	15–12	69–58
29 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–10	15–11			45–32

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	138	1.630
2	Netherlands	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	209	131	1.595
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	9	8	1.125	215	191	1.126
4	Russia	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	196	201	0.975
5	South Korea	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	156	198	0.788
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	98	240	0.408

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–4	15–2			45–10
21 Jul	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–12	15–8			45–33
21 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Russia	10–15	15–13	15–10	15–11		55–49
23 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–9	15–9			45–27
23 Jul	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–5	15–1			45–15
23 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–6	16–14			46–25
25 Jul	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–8	15–13			45–29
25 Jul	Yugoslavia	3–1	Tunisia	15–4	15–17	15–3	15–3		60–27
25 Jul	Russia	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–4	16–14			46–26
27 Jul	Italy	3–0	Russia	15–11	15–6	15–12			45–29
27 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–7	15–6	15–9			45–22
27 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–6	15–6			45–16
29 Jul	Italy	3–0	Yugoslavia	15–12	15–8	15–12			45–32
29 Jul	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–10	15–11			45–30
29 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–11	15–12			45–27

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	31 July
	Cuba	0
					2 August
	Russia	3
					Russia	0
	31 July
					Netherlands	3
	Bulgaria	1
									4 August
	Netherlands	3
									Netherlands	3
	31 July
									Italy	2
	Brazil	2
					2 August
	Yugoslavia	3
					Yugoslavia	1			Bronze medal match
	31 July
					Italy	3
	Argentina	1							Russia	1
	Italy	3							Yugoslavia	3
									4 August

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	1 August
	Cuba	3
	Bulgaria	1
					2 August
					Cuba	0
					Brazil	3
					7th place match
	1 August			2 August
	Brazil	3		Bulgaria	3
	Argentina	1			Argentina	2

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Russia	13–15	15–17	11–15			39–47
31 Jul	Bulgaria	1–3	Netherlands	14–16	15–9	3–15	13–15		45–55
31 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Yugoslavia	6–15	5–15	15–8	16–14	10–15	52–67
31 Jul	Argentina	1–3	Italy	15–12	9–15	7–15	4–15		35–57

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Aug	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	15–4	15–12	16–17	15–12		61–45
01 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–10	15–3	13–15	15–9		58–37

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Aug	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	6–15	6–15	10–15			22–45
02 Aug	Yugoslavia	1–3	Italy	12–15	15–8	6–15	7–15		40–53

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Aug	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina	15–10	15–10	7–15	7–15	20–18	64–68

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
02 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	12–15	14–16	14–16			40–47

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Russia	1–3	Yugoslavia	8–15	15–7	8–15	9–15		40–52

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	15–12	9–15	16–14	9–15	17–15	66–71

Final standing

Rank Team  Netherlands  Italy  Yugoslavia 4  Russia 5  Brazil 6  Cuba 7  Bulgaria 8  Argentina 9  South Korea  United States 11  Poland  Tunisia

1996 Men's Olympic Champions  Netherlands 1st title 12–man Roster Latuhihin, Held, Rodenburg, Görtzen, Schuil, Zwerver, B. van de Goor, Posthuma, van der Meulen, Blangé, Grabert, M. van de Goor Head Coach Alberda

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Netherlands (NED) Misha Latuhihin Henk-Jan Held Brecht Rodenburg Guido Görtzen Richard Schuil Ron Zwerver Bas van de Goor Jan Posthuma Olof van der Meulen Peter Blangé Rob Grabert Mike van de Goor	Italy (ITA) Andrea Gardini Marco Meoni Pasquale Gravina Paolo Tofoli Samuele Papi Andrea Sartoretti Marco Bracci Lorenzo Bernardi Luca Cantagalli Andrea Zorzi Andrea Giani Vigor Bovolenta	Yugoslavia (YUG) Đorđe Đurić Žarko Petrović Vladimir Batez Željko Tanasković Dejan Brđović Đula Mešter Slobodan Kovač Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Rajko Jokanović Goran Vujević Andrija Gerić

Awards

• Most Valuable Player

Bas van de Goor

• Best Spiker

Bas van de Goor

• Best Server

Marcos Milinkovic

• Best Digger

Nikolay Jeliazkov

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Medalists at Olympic.org