Volleyball World League 1996

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The 1996 season of the World Volleyball League was the seventh edition of the competition. It started on May 10th and ended on June 29th. The Netherlands won the title for the first time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in three groups of four or three 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. BrazilBrazil Brazil 34:13 22nd
2. CubaCuba Cuba 24:24 18th
3. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 22:26 16
4th SpainSpain Spain 13:30 16
Group B
space team sentences Points
1. ItalyItaly Italy 34:10 23
2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 28:13 20th
3. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 17:25 16
4th GreeceGreece Greece 4:35 13
Spain Brazil 0: 3
Spain Brazil 3: 2
Cuba Argentina 3: 1
Cuba Argentina 3: 1
Spain Argentina 3: 2
Spain Argentina 0: 3
Cuba Brazil 3: 2
Cuba Brazil 2: 3
Cuba Spain 3-0
Cuba Spain 2: 3
Argentina Brazil 2: 3
Argentina Brazil 1: 3
Spain Cuba 0: 3
Spain Cuba 3-0
Brazil Argentina 3: 1
Brazil Argentina 3-0
Brazil Cuba 3-0
Brazil Cuba 3: 1
Argentina Spain 3: 1
Argentina Spain 3-0
Argentina Cuba 2: 3
Argentina Cuba 3: 1
Brazil Spain 3-0
Brazil Spain 3-0
Bulgaria Greece 3-0
Bulgaria Greece 3-0
Netherlands Italy 0: 3
Netherlands Italy 1: 3
Italy Bulgaria 3-0
Italy Bulgaria 3: 1
Greece Netherlands 0: 3
Greece Netherlands 1: 3
Bulgaria Netherlands 0: 3
Bulgaria Netherlands 0: 3
Greece Italy 0: 3
Greece Italy 0: 3
Bulgaria Italy 3: 1
Bulgaria Italy 2: 3
Netherlands Greece 3-0
Netherlands Greece 3-0
Italy Netherlands 3: 1
Italy Netherlands 3: 2
Greece Bulgaria 3: 2
Greece Bulgaria 0: 3
Netherlands Bulgaria 3-0
Netherlands Bulgaria 3-0
Italy Greece 3-0
Italy Greece 3-0
Group C
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1. RussiaRussia Russia 36: 7 24
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 17:31 15th
3. JapanJapan Japan 16:31 15th
China Japan 2: 3
Russia Japan 3: 2
China Russia 0: 3
Russia Japan 3-0
China Japan 1: 3
Russia China 3: 1
Russia China 3-0
Japan China 3: 1
Japan Russia 0: 3
China Russia 0: 3
Japan Russia 0: 3
China Japan 3-0
Russia China 3: 1
China Japan 3: 2
Russia Japan 3-0
Russia China 3: 2
Japan China 2: 3
Japan Russia 1: 3

Final Six and Playoffs

The Final Six (June 24th to 27th) and the finals on June 29th took place in Rotterdam ( Netherlands ).

Final Six
space team sentences Points
1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 12: 2 8th
2. ItalyItaly Italy 9: 6 7th
3. RussiaRussia Russia 8: 8 6th
4th CubaCuba Cuba 6: 9 5
5. BrazilBrazil Brazil 5: 9 5
6th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3: 9 5
June 24th Italy Brazil 3: 1
Russia Cuba 3: 2
Netherlands China 3-0
25th June Italy Cuba 3-0
Brazil China 3-0
Netherlands Russia 3-0
June 26th Italy Russia 3: 2
Cuba China 3-0
Netherlands Brazil 3: 1
June 27th Italy China 0: 3
Russia Brazil 3-0
Netherlands Cuba 3: 1
final
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands ItalyItaly Italy 3: 2
3rd place match
RussiaRussia Russia CubaCuba Cuba 3: 2

Final score

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
  2. ItalyItaly Italy
  3. RussiaRussia Russia
  4. CubaCuba Cuba
  5. BrazilBrazil Brazil
  6. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
  7. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
  8. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
  9. JapanJapan Japan
  10. SpainSpain Spain
  11. GreeceGreece Greece

Awards

Most valuable player Lorenzo Bernardi ItalyItaly Italy
Best scorer Lorenzo Bernardi ItalyItaly Italy
Best attacker Stanislav Dineikhin RussiaRussia Russia
Best blocker Ihosvany Hernández CubaCuba Cuba
Best server Alan Roca CubaCuba Cuba

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