1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup explained

Competition:Men's World Cup
Continent:World
Year:1995
Dates:18 November – 2 December
Teams:12
Venues:7
Cities:7
Champions:ITA
Title Number:1
Second:NED
Third:BRA
Fourth:USA
Mvp: Andrea Giani
Last:1991 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
Next:1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1995 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 1995 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 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.

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country1
1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship8–16 September 19952
1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship18–23 September 1995 Edmonton2
1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship7–10 September 1995 Porto Alegre2
1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship11–23 September 1995 Seoul2
1995 Men's African Volleyball Championship13–21 October 1995 Tunis1
Wild Cards2
Total12

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time .

First round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

Second round

Site A

Location: Hiroshima

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

Third round

Site A

Location: Sendai

Site B

Location: Fukushima

Fourth round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Site B

Location: Chiba

Final standing

RankTeam
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Team roster
Andrea Sartoretti, Andrea Giani, Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Andrea Gardini, Pasquale Gravina, Samuele Papi, Andrea Zorzi, Vigor Bovolenta, David Bellini
Head coach
Julio Velasco

Awards

Andrea Giani

Marcos Milinkovic

Bas van de Goor

Lloy Ball

Jason Haldane

Pablo Pereira

Peter Blangé

Gino Brousseau