1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship explained

Competition:FIVB World Championship
Continent:World
Gender:Men
Year:1994
Size:200px
Dates:29 September – 8 October
Opened:Konstantinos Karamanlis
Teams:16
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champions:ITA
Title Number:2
Last:1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
Next:1998 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

The 1994 FIVB Men's World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 29 September to 8 October 1994[1] in Piraeus (Peace and Friendship Stadium)[2] and Thessaloniki (Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall), Greece.

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country1
Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics26 Jul – 9 Aug 1992 Barcelona1
1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship18–28 October 19902
1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship4–12 September 19931
World Qualifier12–28 November 1993 Granada6
Koblenz
Paris
Moscow
Wroclaw
Tunis
1993 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship11–19 September 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima1
Asian Qualifier6–11 November 1993 Sydney2
South American Qualifier15–17 Octeber 1993 Neuquén1
1993 Men's African Volleyball Championship9–16 September 1993 Algiers1
Total16

Teams

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Squads

See main article: 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads.

Venues

Pool A, B and Final roundPool C and D
Piraeus, Greece Thessaloniki, Greece
Peace and Friendship StadiumAlexandreio Melathron
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 6,000

Results

First round

Pool A

Venue: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Pool B

Venue: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Pool C

Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki

Pool D

Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki

Final round

Venue: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Finals

Final

Final standing

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Team Roster
Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Luca Cantagalli, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Ferdinando De Giorgi, Giacomo Giretto, Pasquale Gravina, Samuele Papi, Damiano Pippi, Paolo Tofoli, Andrea Zorzi
Head coach
Julio Velasco

Awards

Lorenzo Bernardi

Ron Zwerver

Jan Posthuma

Marcelo Negrão

Paolo Tofoli

Scott Fortune

Bob Ctvrtlik

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos. https://web.archive.org/web/20080927065358/http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus4/wc_m94.htm. 2008-09-27.
  2. Web site: The Game.