1991 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

The 1991 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 22 November to 1 December 1991 in Japan. The World Cup consisted of 12 teams: champions of 5 geographic areas (Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe), the four runners-up, the host country and two guest teams (wild card).

1991 Men's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22 November – 1 December
Teams	12
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Dmitry Fomin
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Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	―	1	Japan
1991 Men's European Volleyball Championship	7–15 September 1991	Germany	1	Soviet Union
1991 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship	23 Aug – 2 Sep 1991	Regina	2	Cuba
				United States
1991 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	11–16 August 1991	Perth	1	South Korea
1991 Men's South American Volleyball Championship	14–21 September 1991	São Paulo	1	Brazil
1991 Men's African Volleyball Championship	21–30 September 1991	Cairo	1	Algeria
Best not qualified teams for 1992 Summer Olympics (at the invitation of the FIVB)	―	―	5	Germany
				Tunisia
				Mexico
				Iran
				Chile
Total			12

Results

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

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	15	5	3.000	290	189	1.534	Final places
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	13	3	4.333	228	142	1.606
3	Japan	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	231	152	1.520
4	Tunisia	5	2	3	7	7	10	0.700	166	224	0.741	7th–12th places
5	Mexico	5	1	4	6	5	13	0.385	173	254	0.681
6	Chile	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	112	239	0.469

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Location: Osaka

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–7	15–5			45–16
22 Nov	United States	3–0	Chile	15–6	15–5	15–2			45–13
22 Nov	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–4	15–5	15–1			45–10
23 Nov	United States	3–1	Soviet Union	15–13	13–15	15–13	15–7		58–48
23 Nov	Tunisia	3–1	Mexico	12–15	15–7	15–12	16–14		58–48
23 Nov	Japan	3–0	Chile	15–2	15–4	15–3			45–9
24 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–5	15–11			45–23
24 Nov	Tunisia	3–0	Chile	15–11	15–9	15–8			45–28
24 Nov	United States	3–2	Japan	13–15	15–6	17?–15?	13?–15?	15–12	73–63

Location: Hiroshima

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Chile	15–3	15–5	15–4			45–12
26 Nov	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–2	15–4	15–9			45–15
26 Nov	United States	3–1	Mexico	11–15	15–5	15–6	15–7		56–33
27 Nov	Mexico	3–1	Chile	15–10	16–14	13–15	15–11		59–50
27 Nov	United States	3–1	Tunisia	15–1	15–3	13–15	15–13		58–32
27 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–12	15–11			45–33

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	249	116	2.147	Final places
2	Brazil	5	4	1	9	12	6	2.000	224	168	1.333
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	272	247	1.101
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	234	215	1.088	7th–12th places
5	Algeria	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	121	221	0.548
6	Iran	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	92	225	0.409

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Location: Gifu

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Algeria	15–2	15–1	15–8			45–11
22 Nov	Germany	3–0	Iran	15–4	15–11	15–6			45–21
22 Nov	Brazil	3–2	South Korea	10–15	15–10	12–15	15–13	15–9	67–62
23 Nov	Germany	3–0	Algeria	15–9	15–4	15–6			45–19
23 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Iran	15–2	15–7	15–2			45–11
23 Nov	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	15–6	15–13	12–15	15–11		57–45
24 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–3	15–7	15–2			45–12
24 Nov	Algeria	3–0	Iran	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
24 Nov	South Korea	3–2	Germany	15–8	5–15	11–15	15–10	17–15	63–63

Location: Matsumoto

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Iran	15–5	15–3	15–2			45–10
26 Nov	Brazil	3–1	Germany	15–9	15–7	10–15	15–12		55–43
26 Nov	South Korea	3–1	Algeria	12–15	15–12	15–9	15–3		57–39
27 Nov	Cuba	3–1	Germany	12–15	15–9	15–6	15–8		57–38
27 Nov	South Korea	3–0	Iran	15–12	15–4	15–5			45–21
27 Nov	Brazil	3–0	Algeria	15–0	15–4	15–3			45–7

Final round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.

7th–12th places

Location: Tokyo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
7	Germany	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	0	0	—
8	Tunisia	5	4	1	9	12	7	1.714	242	226	1.071
9	Algeria	5	3	2	8	11	10	1.100	0	0	—
10	Mexico	5	2	3	7	9	11	0.818	0	0	—
11	Iran	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	0	0	—
12	Chile	5	0	5	5	5	15	0.333	0	0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	Algeria	3–2	Mexico	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?
29 Nov	Tunisia	3–1	Iran	15–9	15–7	14–16	15–7		59–39
29 Nov	Germany	3–0	Chile	?–?	?–?	?–?			?–?
30 Nov	Germany	3–0	Mexico	15–9	15–4	15–10			45–23
30 Nov	Tunisia	3–2	Algeria	15–13	15–13	9–15	8–15	15–10	62–66
30 Nov	Iran	3–2	Chile	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?
1 Dec	Mexico	3–1	Iran	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?		?–?
1 Dec	Germany	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–7	15–6			45–18
1 Dec	Algeria	3–2	Chile	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?	?–?

Final places

Location: Tokyo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	242	189	1.280
2	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	4	3.000	224	145	1.545
3	United States	5	4	1	9	12	9	1.333	281	250	1.124
4	Japan	5	1	4	6	7	13	0.538	229	273	0.839
5	South Korea	5	1	4	6	7	14	0.500	232	285	0.814
6	Brazil	5	1	4	6	7	14	0.500	224	290	0.772

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Nov	United States	3–1	South Korea	15–5	8–15	15–7	15–5		53–32
29 Nov	Soviet Union	3–1	Brazil	13–15	15–13	15–4	15–5		58–37
29 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–6	15–4	15–4			45–14
30 Nov	Soviet Union	3–0	Cuba	15–10	15–13	15–9			45–32
30 Nov	United States	3–2	Brazil	11–15	15–7	15–12	12–15	15–13	68–62
30 Nov	South Korea	3–2	Japan	12–15	7–15	15–8	15–12	15–12	64–62
1 Dec	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–7	16–14	15–8			46–29
1 Dec	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–9	15–12	15–8			45–29
1 Dec	Japan	3–1	Brazil	15–11	15–9	12–15	15–11		57–46

Final standing

Rank Team  Soviet Union  Cuba  United States 4  Japan 5  South Korea 6  Brazil 7  Germany 8  Tunisia 9  Algeria 10  Mexico 11  Iran 12  Chile Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics

1991 Men's World Cup champions  Soviet Union 4th title Team roster Evgeni Krasilnikov, Dmitry Fomin, Oleg Shatunov, Ruslan Olikhver, Aleksandr Shadchin, Konstantin Ushakov, Yuri Koroviansky, Yuri Cherednik, Sergey Kukartsev, Sergey Gorbunov Head coach Viacheslav Platonov

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Dmitry Fomin

• Best spiker

  Dmitry Fomin

• Best blocker

  Bryan Ivie

• Best server

  Raúl Diago

• Best setter

  Shin Young-chul

• Best receiver

  Noh Jin-soo

• Best digger

  Uvaldo Acosta