Volleyball World League 1995

The 1995 season of the World Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the competition. It started on May 19th and ended on July 9th. Italy won the title for the fifth time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in three groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group qualified for the Final Six. The two best teams of the Final Six played the final, the third and fourth of the group played for third place.

Preliminary round

Group A space team sentences Points 1.  Cuba 27:22 19th 2.  Brazil 26:21 19th 3.  Spain 22:26 19th 4th  United States 20:26 18th

Group B space team sentences Points 1.  Italy 32:12 22nd 2.  Bulgaria 28:17 21st 3.  Greece 14:30 15th 4th  Netherlands 16:31 14th

Spain Brazil 0: 3 Spain Brazil 3: 1 United States Cuba 3: 1 United States Cuba 3-0 Cuba United States 3: 1 Cuba United States 3: 1 Brazil Spain 2: 3 Brazil Spain 3-0 Spain Cuba 1: 3 Spain Cuba 1: 3 United States Brazil 1: 3 United States Brazil 3-0 Spain United States 3: 2 Spain United States 3: 1 Cuba Brazil 1: 3 Cuba Brazil 3: 2 Cuba Spain 3: 1 Cuba Spain 2: 3 Brazil United States 3: 1 Brazil United States 3: 1 United States Spain 0: 3 United States Spain 3: 1 Brazil Cuba 3: 2 Brazil Cuba 0: 3

Italy Bulgaria 3-0 Italy Bulgaria 0: 3 Netherlands Greece 3-0 Netherlands Greece 3: 1 Greece Italy 0: 3 Greece Italy 0: 3 Bulgaria Netherlands 3: 1 Bulgaria Netherlands 3-0 Netherlands Italy 2: 3 Netherlands Italy 2: 3 Greece Bulgaria 2: 3 Greece Bulgaria 1: 3 Italy Greece 3-0 Italy Greece 3-0 Netherlands Bulgaria 0: 3 Netherlands Bulgaria 1: 3 Bulgaria Italy 3: 2 Bulgaria Italy 1: 3 Greece Netherlands 3: 2 Greece Netherlands 3: 1 Italy Netherlands 3-0 Italy Netherlands 3: 1 Bulgaria Greece 3: 1 Bulgaria Greece 0: 3

Group C
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Russia	34:12	22nd
2.	South Korea	21:24	18th
3.	Japan	18:27	16
4th	People's Republic of China	18:28	17th

Japan	Russia	1: 3
Japan	Russia	1: 3
China	South Korea	3-0
China	South Korea	2: 3
South Korea	Russia	1: 3
South Korea	Russia	0: 3
China	Japan	1: 3
China	Japan	1: 3
South Korea	Japan	3-0
South Korea	Japan	3: 1
Russia	China	3-0
Russia	China	3-0
Russia	Japan	3: 1
Russia	Japan	3-0
South Korea	China	3-0
South Korea	China	1: 3
Russia	South Korea	3: 1
Russia	South Korea	2: 3
Japan	China	1: 3
Japan	China	3: 1
Japan	South Korea	1: 3
Japan	South Korea	3-0
China	Russia	1: 3
China	Russia	3: 2

Final Six and Playoffs

The Final Six (July 4th to 7th) and the final on July 9th took place in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ).

Final Six
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Brazil	11: 4	7th
2.	Italy	10: 6	7th
3.	Cuba	8: 7	6th
4th	Russia	7: 7	6th
5.	Bulgaria	6: 8	6th
6th	South Korea	2:12	4th

July 4th	Italy	South Korea	3: 1
	Russia	Cuba	0: 3
	Brazil	Bulgaria	3-0
5th July	Bulgaria	South Korea	3-0
	Italy	Cuba	3-0
	Brazil	Russia	3: 1
July 6th	Russia	Bulgaria	3-0
	Cuba	South Korea	3: 1
	Brazil	Italy	2: 3
7th of July	Cuba	Bulgaria	2: 3
	Italy	Russia	1: 3
	Brazil	South Korea	3-0

final
Brazil	Italy	1: 3
3rd place match
Cuba	Russia	3: 2

Final score

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

Awards

Preliminary round
Most valuable player	Rafael Pascual	Spain
Best scorer	Rafael Pascual	Spain
Best attacker	Oswaldo Hernández	Cuba
Best blocker	Oleg Shatunov	Russia
Best server	Ljubomir Ganev	Bulgaria
Final round
Most valuable player	Dmitriy Fomin	Russia
Best scorer	Dmitriy Fomin	Russia
Best attacker	Bernardo Gilson	Brazil
Best blocker	Pasquale Gravina	Italy
Best server	Bernardo Gilson	Brazil

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)