1994 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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.

1994 FIVB World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	29 September – 8 October
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Officially opened by	Konstantinos Karamanlis
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
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Qualification

Main article: 1994 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	—	—	1	Greece
Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics	26 Jul – 9 Aug 1992	Barcelona	1	Brazil
1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship	18–28 October 1990	Brazil	2	Italy
				Cuba
1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship	4–12 September 1993	Finland	1	Netherlands
World Qualifier	12–28 November 1993	Granada	6	Bulgaria
		Koblenz		Germany
		Paris		United States
		Moscow		Russia
		Wrocław		Sweden
		Tunis		Canada
1993 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship	11–19 September 1993	Nakhon Ratchasima	1	South Korea
Asian Qualifier	6–11 November 1993	Sydney	2	Japan
				China
South American Qualifier	15–17 October 1993	Neuquén	1	Argentina
1993 Men's African Volleyball Championship	9–16 September 1993	Algiers	1	Algeria
Total			16

Teams

Group A

•  Algeria
•  Canada
•  Greece
•  Russia

Group B

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Germany
•  United States

Group C

•  Bulgaria
•  China
•  Italy
•  Japan

Group D

•  Cuba
•  Netherlands
•  South Korea
•  Sweden

Squads

Main article: 1994 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship squads

Venues

Piraeus Thessaloniki 1994 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship (Greece)	Pool A, B and Final round	Pool C and D
	Piraeus, Greece	Thessaloniki, Greece
	Peace and Friendship Stadium	Alexandreio Melathron
	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 6,000

Results

First round

Pool A

Venue: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	147	111	1.324	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	184	148	1.243	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	139	141	0.986
4	Algeria	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	65	135	0.481

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Russia	3–0	Algeria	15–10	15–6	15–3			45–19
29 Sep	Greece	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–3	15–12			45–22
30 Sep	Russia	3–2	Canada	10–15	17–16	12–15	15–11	17–15	71–72
30 Sep	Greece	3–0	Algeria	15–13	15–1	15–7			45–21
01 Oct	Canada	3–0	Algeria	15–10	15–11	15–4			45–25
01 Oct	Greece	3–2	Russia	8–15	15–13	4–15	15–12	15–13	57–68

Pool B

Venue: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	169	136	1.243	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	170	127	1.339	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	102	147	0.694
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	127	158	0.804

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	United States	3–1	Germany	15–13	14–16	15–4	15–10		59–43
29 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Argentina	7–15	10–15	15–4	15–10	15–10	62–54
30 Sep	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–10	16–14	15–6			46–30
30 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Germany	15–1	15–4	15–4			45–9
01 Oct	Germany	3–1	Argentina	16–14	4–15	15–8	15–6		50–43
01 Oct	United States	3–2	Brazil	15–12	15–9	9–15	10–15	15–12	64–63

Pool C

Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	155	119	1.303	Quarterfinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	135	122	1.107	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	152	173	0.879
4	China	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	95	123	0.772

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Japan	16–14	15–9	16–14	15–11		62–48
29 Sep	Italy	3–0	China	15–8	15–8	15–4			45–20
30 Sep	China	3–0	Japan	15–13	16–14	15–6			46–33
30 Sep	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–8	15–11			45–28
01 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	China	15–10	15–11	15–8			45–29
01 Oct	Japan	3–2	Italy	15–4	17–15	8–15	14–16	17–15	71–65

Pool D

Venue: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	158	130	1.215	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	154	118	1.305	Play-offs for quarterfinals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	6	8	0.750	161	177	0.910
4	Sweden	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	114	162	0.704

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Cuba	3–2	South Korea	12–15	17–16	15–9	9–15	15–10	68–65
29 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	Sweden	15–8	15–9	12–15	15–5		57–37
30 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	South Korea	15–7	13–15	15–8	15–6		58–36
30 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Sweden	15–8	15–9	15–9			45–26
01 Oct	South Korea	3–2	Sweden	15–7	15–7	6–15	9–15	15–7	60–51
01 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–12	15–13	16–14			45–39

Final round

Venue: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus

	Play-off 4 October					Quarterfinals 5 October					Semifinals 7 October					Final 08 October
						Greece		0
	Netherlands		3			Netherlands		3
	Japan		0								Netherlands		3
											United States		2
						United States		3
	Bulgaria		1			South Korea		0
	South Korea		3													Netherlands		1
																Italy		3
						Italy		3
	Russia		3			Russia		1
	Germany		0								Italy		3			Third place
											Cuba		1
						Cuba		3								United States		3
	Brazil		3			Brazil		2								Cuba		1
	Canada		0

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place
	7 October
	Greece	3
					8 October
	South Korea	1
					Greece	0
	7 October
					Brazil	3
	Russia	0
	Brazil	3
					7th place
					8 October
					South Korea	0
					Russia	3

Play-offs for quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–8	15–7	15–5			45–20
4 Oct	Bulgaria	1–3	South Korea	15–17	7–15	15–11	2–15		39–58
4 Oct	Russia	3–0	Germany	15–3	15–9	16–14			46–26
4 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Canada	15–12	16–14	15–10			46–36

Group head matches

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Oct	Italy	3–0	Greece	16–14	15–6	15–2			46–22
4 Oct	Cuba	0–3	United States	6–15	13–15	12–15			31–45

Finals

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Oct	Greece	0–3	Netherlands	12–15	5–15	5–15			22–45
5 Oct	United States	3–0	South Korea	15–2	15–4	16–14			46–20
5 Oct	Italy	3–1	Russia	15–4	16–17	15–3	15–5		61–29
5 Oct	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	15–12	12–15	15–12	8–15	15–12	65–66

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Oct	Greece	3–1	South Korea	15–9	14–16	15–11	15–6		59–42
7 Oct	Russia	0–3	Brazil	5–15	12–15	5–15			22–45

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Oct	Netherlands	3–2	United States	5–15	16–14	10–15	15–8	15–11	61–63
7 Oct	Italy	3–1	Cuba	15–12	8–15	15–9	15–2		53–38

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Oct	South Korea	0–3	Russia	11–15	3–15	4–15			18–45

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Oct	Greece	0–3	Brazil	5–15	9–15	9–15			23–45

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Oct	United States	3–1	Cuba	15–6	14–16	15–8	15–9		59–39

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Oct	Netherlands	1–3	Italy	10–15	15–11	11–15	1–15		37–56

Final standing

Rank Team  Italy  Netherlands  United States 4  Cuba 5  Brazil 6  Greece 7  Russia 8  South Korea 9  Bulgaria 10  Canada 11  Germany 12  Japan 13  Algeria 14  Argentina 15  China 16  Sweden

1994 Men's World champions  Italy 2nd title 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

• Most valuable player

  Lorenzo Bernardi

• Best spiker

  Ron Zwerver

• Best blocker

  Jan Posthuma

• Best server

  Marcelo Negrão

• Best setter

  Paolo Tofoli

• Best receiver

  Scott Fortune

• Best digger

  Bob Ctvrtlik