The 1994 men's volleyball world championship took place in Greece from September 29th to October 8th . Italy defended the title they won for the first time in the previous tournament. For the first time in World Cup history, no team from Eastern Europe made it into the medal ranks. The games were played in Athens and Thessaloniki .
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The sixteen participants played in four groups of four in the first round. The group runners-up and third reached the last sixteen, the winners of which met the group winners in the quarter-finals. With the other knockout games in the semifinals and final, the new world champion was determined.
game schedule
First round
Group A in Athens
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team
S.
N
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1.
Greece Greece
3
0
9: 2
2.
Russia Russia
2
1
8: 5
3.
Canada Canada
1
2
5: 6
4th
Algeria Algeria
0
3
0: 9
September 29th
Russia
Algeria
3-0
Greece
Canada
3-0
30. September
Russia
Canada
3: 2
Greece
Algeria
3-0
October 1
Canada
Algeria
3-0
Greece
Russia
3: 2
September 29th
United States
Germany
3: 1
Brazil
Argentina
3: 2
30. September
United States
Argentina
3-0
Brazil
Germany
3-0
October 1
Germany
Argentina
3: 1
United States
Brazil
3: 2
Group D in Thessaloniki
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team
S.
N
sentences
1.
Cuba Cuba
3
0
9: 2
2.
Netherlands Netherlands
2
1
6: 5
3.
Korea South South Korea
1
2
6: 8
4th
Sweden Sweden
0
3
3: 9
September 29th
Bulgaria
Japan
3: 1
Italy
China
3-0
30. September
China
Japan
3-0
Italy
Bulgaria
3-0
October 1
Bulgaria
China
3-0
Japan
Italy
3: 2
September 29th
Cuba
South Korea
3: 2
Netherlands
Sweden
3: 1
30. September
Netherlands
South Korea
3: 1
Cuba
Sweden
3-0
October 1
South Korea
Sweden
3: 2
Cuba
Netherlands
3-0
Placement games
Germany played with Robert Dellnitz , Michael Dornheim , Matthias Häberlein , René Hecht , Bogdan Jalowietzki , Holger Kleinbub , Wolfgang Kuck , Marco Liefke , Christian Metzger , Frank Reimann , Frank Stutzke and Ronald Triller .
Final score
qualification
Host Greece and Brazil as Olympic champions in 1992 were automatically qualified. There were five more starting places for the best-placed teams in the last continental tournaments. In this way the Netherlands ( European Championship 1993 ), South Korea ( Asia ), Algeria ( Africa ), Cuba ( NORCECA ) and Argentina ( South America ) reached the final round. The group winners of six qualifying tournaments also made it to the finals in Greece. These were the German team (group A), which prevailed against Canada , Portugal and Hungary in Koblenz , as well as Bulgaria (group B in Granada ), the USA (group C in Paris ), Sweden (group D in Poland ), Russia ( Group E in Moscow ) and Canada (Group F in Tunis ). The last two starting positions went to China and Japan as winners of an Asian qualification.
Web links
Women's volleyball world championships
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