Volleyball World League 1991

The 1991 season of the World Volleyball League was the second edition of the competition. It started on May 17th and ended on July 27th. Italy won the title.

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The preliminary round was held in two groups of five teams each. The two best teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals, in which they crossed one another. The winners of the semi-finals played the final, the losers played for third place.

Preliminary round

Group A space team sentences Points 1.  Cuba 46:13 31 2.  Netherlands 39:20 28 3.  Brazil 32:32 24 4th  France 18:42 19th 5.  Canada 17:45 18th

Group B space team sentences Points 1.  Italy 46:14 30th 2.  Soviet Union 41:24 27 3.  United States 24:38 22nd 4th  Japan 22:38 21st 5.  South Korea 19:38 20th

Cuba Netherlands 3-0 Cuba Netherlands 3-0 France Canada 3-0 France Canada 3: 2 Canada France 1: 3 Canada France 3: 2 Brazil Cuba 1: 3 Brazil Cuba 2: 3 Canada Netherlands 1: 3 Canada Netherlands 2: 3 France Brazil 1: 3 France Brazil 1: 3 Cuba Brazil 3-0 Cuba Brazil 3: 1 Netherlands France 3-0 Netherlands France 3-0 Brazil Netherlands 2: 3 Brazil Netherlands 0: 3 Cuba Canada 3-0 Cuba Canada 3-0 Brazil France 3-0 Brazil France 3: 1 Canada Cuba 1: 3 Canada Cuba 0: 3 Netherlands Canada 3: 1 Netherlands Canada 3-0 France Cuba 1: 3 France Cuba 1: 3 Canada Brazil 3: 1 Canada Brazil 1: 3 France Netherlands 0: 3 France Netherlands 0: 3 Brazil Canada 3: 1 Brazil Canada 3: 1 Netherlands Cuba 1: 3 Netherlands Cuba 3: 1 Cuba France 3-0 Cuba France 3: 2 Netherlands Brazil 3: 1 Netherlands Brazil 2: 3

South Korea Soviet Union 1: 3 South Korea Soviet Union 0: 3 United States Japan 3: 1 United States Japan 3: 2 Soviet Union Italy 3: 2 Soviet Union Italy 2: 3 Japan South Korea 3: 2 Japan South Korea 3-0 Soviet Union Japan 3-0 Soviet Union Japan 3-0 United States Italy 0: 3 United States Italy 3: 2 Italy Japan 3-0 Italy Japan 3-0 United States South Korea 1: 3 United States South Korea 3-0 Italy South Korea 3-0 Italy South Korea 3-0 Soviet Union United States 3-0 Soviet Union United States 3: 1 Italy United States 3-0 Italy United States 3-0 Japan Soviet Union 1: 3 Japan Soviet Union 3: 1 South Korea Japan 3-0 South Korea Japan 3: 1 Italy Soviet Union 3: 2 Italy Soviet Union 3: 1 Soviet Union South Korea 3: 2 Soviet Union South Korea 3-0 Japan United States 3: 1 Japan United States 3: 1 South Korea United States 3-0 South Korea United States 1: 3 Japan Italy 2: 3 Japan Italy 0: 3 South Korea Italy 0: 3 South Korea Italy 1: 3 United States Soviet Union 2: 3 United States Soviet Union 3: 2

Final Four

The Final Four took place in Milan ( Italy ).

	Semifinals				final
	Cuba	3
	Soviet Union	2
					Cuba	0
					Italy	3
					place 3
	Italy	3			Soviet Union	3
	Netherlands	2			Netherlands	1

Final score

1.  Italy
2.  Cuba
3.  Soviet Union
4.  Netherlands
5.  Brazil
6.  United States
7.  Japan
8.  France
9.  South Korea
10.  Canada

Awards

Most valuable player	Andrea Zorzi	Italy
Best attacker	Ronald Zwerver	Netherlands
Best player	Shin Jung-Chul	South Korea
Best blocker	Martin van der Horst	Netherlands
Best server	Ronald Zwerver	Netherlands
Best adoption player	Scott Fortune	United States

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)