Volleyball World League 1993

The 1993 season of the World Volleyball League was the second edition of the competition. It started on May 21st and ended on July 31st. Brazil won the title.

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The preliminary round was held in two groups of six 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.  Russia 51:23 36 2.  Brazil 52:18 35 3.  Japan 36:41 30th 4th  Germany 32:42 29 5.  United States 30:44 27 6th  Greece 21:54 23

Group B space team sentences Points 1.  Italy 59:14 39 2.  Cuba 53:20 36 3.  Netherlands 42:33 30th 4th  People's Republic of China 36:40 29 5.  South Korea 18:49 25th 6th  Finland 5:57 21st

Russia United States 3-0 Russia United States 3: 2 Germany Brazil 3: 1 Germany Brazil 3: 2 Japan Greece 3: 2 Japan Greece 3-0 Greece Brazil 0: 3 Greece Brazil 1: 3 United States Japan 1: 3 United States Japan 3: 2 Russia Germany 3-0 Russia Germany 3-0 Greece Russia 0: 3 Greece Russia 2: 3 United States Germany 3-0 United States Germany 3: 1 Brazil Japan 3: 1 Brazil Japan 3-0 Germany United States 3: 1 Germany United States 3-0 Japan Russia 1: 3 Japan Russia 0: 3 Brazil Greece 3-0 Brazil Greece 3-0 Germany Russia 0: 3 Germany Russia 1: 3 Greece Japan 3: 1 Greece Japan 2: 3 Brazil United States 3-0 Brazil United States 3-0 United States Greece 3-0 United States Greece 3-0 Russia Brazil 3: 1 Russia Brazil 3: 1 Germany Japan 3: 1 Germany Japan 1: 3 Germany Greece 3: 1 Germany Greece 3: 2 United States Russia 2: 3 United States Russia 3: 2 Japan Brazil 0: 3 Japan Brazil 3: 2 United States Brazil 0: 3 United States Brazil 1: 3 Japan Germany 3-0 Japan Germany 3: 2 Russia Greece 3-0 Russia Greece 3: 1 Russia Japan 1: 3 Russia Japan 3-0 Greece United States 3-0 Greece United States 3: 2 Brazil Germany 3-0 Brazil Germany 3-0 Greece Germany 1: 3 Greece Germany 0: 3 Japan United States 0: 3 Japan United States 3-0 Brazil Russia 3-0 Brazil Russia 3-0

South Korea Finland 3-0 South Korea Finland 3-0 Italy Netherlands 3-0 Italy Netherlands 3: 2 Cuba China 2: 3 Cuba China 3-0 Italy Cuba 3: 1 Italy Cuba 2: 3 Finland South Korea 0: 3 Finland South Korea 3-0 China Netherlands 3: 2 China Netherlands 1: 3 South Korea China 1: 3 South Korea China 3: 2 Cuba Finland 3-0 Cuba Finland 3-0 Netherlands Italy 1: 3 Netherlands Italy 1: 3 South Korea Netherlands 3: 2 South Korea Netherlands 0: 3 Italy China 3: 2 Italy China 3-0 Finland Cuba 1: 3 Finland Cuba 0: 3 Italy South Korea 3-0 Italy South Korea 3-0 Netherlands Cuba 1: 3 Netherlands Cuba 1: 3 China Finland 3-0 China Finland 3-0 Cuba South Korea 3-0 Cuba South Korea 3-0 Finland Italy 0: 3 Finland Italy 0: 3 Netherlands China 3: 1 Netherlands China 3-0 South Korea Italy 0: 3 South Korea Italy 0: 3 Cuba Netherlands 3: 2 Cuba Netherlands 3-0 Finland China 0: 3 Finland China 1: 3 South Korea Cuba 0: 3 South Korea Cuba 0: 3 China Italy 1: 3 China Italy 1: 3 Netherlands Finland 3-0 Netherlands Finland 3-0 Italy Finland 3-0 Italy Finland 3-0 China Cuba 1: 3 China Cuba 0: 3 Netherlands South Korea 3-0 Netherlands South Korea 3: 1 Cuba Italy 1: 3 Cuba Italy 1: 3 Finland Netherlands 0: 3 Finland Netherlands 0: 3 China South Korea 3: 1 China South Korea 3-0

Final Four

The Final Four took place in São Paulo ( Brazil ).

	Semifinals				final
	Brazil	3
	Italy	0
					Brazil	3
					Russia	0
					place 3
	Russia	3			Italy	3
	Cuba	1			Cuba	0

Final score

1.  Brazil
2.  Russia
3.  Italy
4.  Cuba
5.  Netherlands
6.  Japan
7.  People's Republic of China
8.  Germany
9.  United States
10.  South Korea
11.  Greece
12.  Finland

Awards

Most valuable player	Giovane Gávio	Brazil
Best attacker	Dmitriy Fomin	Russia
Best player	Maurício Lima	Brazil
Best blocker	Oleg Shatunov	Russia
Best server	Dmitriy Fomin	Russia
Best adoption player	Kid Teixeira	Brazil

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)