1995 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1995 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	18 November – 2 December
Teams	12
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Andrea Giani
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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 qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	―	1	Japan
1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship	8–16 September 1995	Greece	2	Italy
1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship	8–16 September 1995	Greece	2	Netherlands
1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	18–23 September 1995	Edmonton	2	Cuba
1995 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	18–23 September 1995	Edmonton	2	United States
1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	7–10 September 1995	Porto Alegre	2	Brazil
1995 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	7–10 September 1995	Porto Alegre	2	Argentina
1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	11–23 September 1995	Seoul	2	China
1995 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	11–23 September 1995	Seoul	2	South Korea
1995 Men's African Volleyball Championship	13–21 October 1995	Tunis	1	Egypt
Wild Cards	―	―	2	Canada
Wild Cards	―	―	2	Tunisia
Total			12

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Italy	11	11	0	22	33	3	11.000	526	258	2.039
2	Netherlands	11	9	2	20	30	7	4.286	522	344	1.517
3	Brazil	11	9	2	20	29	7	4.143	516	297	1.737
4	United States	11	8	3	19	24	9	2.667	429	351	1.222
5	Japan	11	7	4	18	21	14	1.500	427	371	1.151
6	Cuba	11	7	4	18	23	18	1.278	498	491	1.014
7	Argentina	11	5	6	16	17	20	0.850	415	461	0.900
8	South Korea	11	3	8	14	12	24	0.500	404	467	0.865
9	China	11	3	8	14	11	26	0.423	371	483	0.768
10	Canada	11	3	8	14	11	27	0.407	385	527	0.731
11	Egypt	11	1	10	12	5	30	0.167	288	505	0.570
12	Tunisia	11	0	11	11	2	33	0.061	289	515	0.561

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	14:30	Argentina	3–1	China	15–10	9–15	15–10	15–11		54–46
18 Nov	16:30	Italy	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–2	15–8			45–15
18 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–1	Canada	14–16	15–13	15–6	15–7		59–42
19 Nov	13:00	China	3–0	Egypt	15–7	15–4	15–8			45–19
19 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–7	15–10			45–20
19 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–13	15–3	15–10			45–26
20 Nov	14:00	Canada	3–2	Egypt	12–15	16–14	15–12	10–15	15–10	68–66
20 Nov	15:30	Italy	3–0	Argentina	15–4	15–6	15–3			45–13
20 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	China	15–4	15–10	15–4			45–18

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–11	15–4	15–5			45–20
18 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–8	15–13	15–8			45–29
18 Nov	18:00	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–11	15–2	15–11			45–24
19 Nov	13:00	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–7	15–5	15–9			45–21
19 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–2	Netherlands	7–15	17–15	8–15	15–8	17–15	64–68
19 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–3	12–15	15–3	15–11		57–32
20 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	United States	15–10	15–7	15–6			45–23
20 Nov	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
20 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–9	15–0	15–9			45–18

Second round

Site A

Location: Hiroshima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Nov	12:30	Argentina	3–0	Canada	15–8	15–9	15–8		45–25
22 Nov	15:30	Italy	3–0	China	15–4	15–3	15–3		45–10
22 Nov	18:45	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–9	15–5	15–8		45–22
23 Nov	13:00	China	3–1	Canada	15–10	15–6	14–16	15–13	59–45
23 Nov	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–5	15–6		45–16
23 Nov	18:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–4	15–6	15–8		45–18

Site B

Location: Kumamoto

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
22 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–1	Tunisia	15–5	6–15	15–5	15–6	51–31
22 Nov	15:00	Netherlands	3–1	Brazil	17–15	12–15	15–7	17–15	61–52
22 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–11	15–13		45–33
23 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–9	15–12		45–27
23 Nov	15:30	United States	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–11	15–8		45–29
23 Nov	18:30	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–9	15–11		45–24

Third round

Site A

Location: Sendai

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–6	15–3	15–4		45–13
26 Nov	15:00	South Korea	3–0	China	15–11	15–11	15–5		45–27
26 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	15–7	15–4		45–14
28 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–10	15–1		45–18
28 Nov	15:00	Egypt	3–0	Tunisia	15–3	17–15	16–14		48–32
28 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–13	15–9		45–28
29 Nov	13:00	Brazil	3–0	Canada	15–5	15–4	15–6		45–15
29 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Cuba	15–12	7–15	15–8	15–3	52–38
29 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–12	15–9		45–28

Site B

Location: Fukushima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	13:00	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–10	15–6	15–5			45–21
26 Nov	15:15	Italy	3–1	Netherlands	13–15	15–6	15–8	15–3		58–32
26 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–8	15–9			45–27
28 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–2	Argentina	15–13	8–15	7–15	15–13	18–16	63–72
28 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Brazil	15–9	10–15	16–14	15–8		56–46
28 Nov	18:00	United States	3–0	China	15–7	15–4	15–6			45–17
29 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–2	15–6			45–15
29 Nov	15:30	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–10	15–7	15–1			45–18
29 Nov	18:00	China	3–1	Tunisia	11–15	15–7	15–7	15–7		56–36

Fourth round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	14:00	Canada	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–5	15–12		45–29
30 Nov	15:30	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–11	15–5	15–12		45–28
30 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–1	Cuba	13–15	15–5	16–14	15–7	59–41
1 Dec	12:30	Italy	3–0	United States	15–8	15–8	15–4		45–20
1 Dec	15:30	Brazil	3–0	China	15–4	15–7	15–7		45–18
1 Dec	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–11	15–12		45–26
2 Dec	14:00	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–5	15–9		45–19
2 Dec	16:00	Cuba	3–1	China	14–16	15–11	15–12	15–13	59–52
2 Dec	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–5	15–4		45–12

Site B

Location: Chiba

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
30 Nov	13:00	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–7	15–10		45–30
30 Nov	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	China	15–10	15–10	15–3		45–23
30 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–2	15–6	15–8		45–16
1 Dec	13:00	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–12	15–8	15–12		45–32
1 Dec	15:30	Canada	3–1	South Korea	15–9	8–15	15–10	15–10	53–44
1 Dec	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–11	15–4		45–21
2 Dec	13:00	United States	3–0	Canada	15–13	15–10	15–10		45–33
2 Dec	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–9	15–8		45–20
2 Dec	18:00	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	12–15	16–14	16–14	15–11	59–54