1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

The 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Brazil from October 18 to October 28, 1990.

Qualification

Team	Qualified through
Brazil	Host
United States	1986 World Championships	1st
Soviet Union	1986 World Championships	2nd
Bulgaria	1986 World Championships	3rd
Cuba	1986 World Championships	5th
France	1986 World Championships	6th
Argentina	1986 World Championships	7th
Czechoslovakia	1986 World Championships	8th
Italy	Europe Men 1989	1st
Canada	Norceca Men 1989	2nd
Venezuela	South America Men 1989	3rd
South Korea	Asia Men 1989	1st
Cameroon	Africa Men 1989	1st
Sweden	Men B 1990	1st
Netherlands	Men B 1990	2nd
Japan	Men B 1990	3rd

Teams

Group A

• Brazil
• Czechoslovakia
• South Korea
• Sweden

Group B

• Argentina
• Canada
• Netherlands
• United States

Group C

• France
• Japan
• Soviet Union
• Venezuela

Group D

• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Cuba
• Italy

Rosters

Main article: 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads

First Round

	Qualified for Quarterfinals
	Qualified for Last 16

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	160	114	1.404
2	Sweden	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	201	172	1.169
3	Czechoslovakia	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	129	170	0.759
4	South Korea	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	143	177	0.808

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15-7	15-7	15-9			45–23
18 Oct	Sweden	3–1	South Korea	15-8	15-11	16-17	15-10		61–46
19 Oct	Sweden	3–2	Czechoslovakia	12-15	15-9	11-15	15-4	15-13	68–56
19 Oct	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15-8	15-4	15-7			45–19
20 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Sweden	15-17	16-14	8-15	16-14	15-12	70–72
20 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	South Korea	15-11	5-15	15-11	14-16	15-11	64–64

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	68	1.985
2	Netherlands	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	107	90	1.189
3	Canada	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	113	134	0.843
4	United States	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	87	150	0.580

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	United States	15-7	15-12	15-6			45–25
18 Oct	Argentina	3–0	Canada	15-9	15-11	15-13			45–33
19 Oct	Canada	3–1	United States	15-13	15-11	15-17	15-3		60–44
19 Oct	Argentina	3–0	Netherlands	15-7	15-3	15-7			45–17
20 Oct	Argentina	3–0	United States	15-3	15-8	15-7			45–18
20 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15-3	15-9	15-8			45–20

Group C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	135	53	2.547
2	France	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	114	102	1.118
3	Japan	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	86	108	0.796
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	65	137	0.474

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	15-6	15-4	15-8			45–18
18 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15-6	15-10	15-6			45–22
19 Oct	France	3–0	Venezuela	15-11	17-15	15-8			47–34
19 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Japan	15-10	15-7	15-1			45–18
20 Oct	France	3–0	Japan	15-7	15-11	15-5			45–23
20 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Venezuela	15-4	15-2	15-7			45–13

Group D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	154	119	1.294
2	Italy	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	132	103	1.282
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	147	137	1.073
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	61	135	0.452

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Oct	Cuba	3–2	Bulgaria	11-15	8-15	15-10	15-11	15-10	64–61
18 Oct	Italy	3–0	Cameroon	15-4	15-3	15-10			45–17
19 Oct	Italy	3–1	Bulgaria	15-9	15-5	12-15	15-12		57–41
19 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Cameroon	15-8	15-9	15-11			45–28
20 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Italy	15-13	15-9	15-8			45–30
20 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Cameroon	15-3	15-5	15-8			45–16

Final round

Last 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

25 October

23 October

Brazil

3

France

3

27 October

France

0

Canada

1

Brazil

2

25 October

23 October

Italy

3

Argentina

0

Italy

3

28 October

Italy

3

Czechoslovakia

0

Italy

3

25 October

23 October

Cuba

1

Soviet Union

3

Sweden

0

27 October

Bulgaria

0

Bulgaria

3

Soviet Union

1

3rd place match

25 October

23 October

Cuba

3

28 October

Cuba

3

Netherlands

3

Brazil

0

Netherlands

2

Japan

0

Soviet Union

3

Final standing

Place	Team
1.	Italy
2.	Cuba
3.	Soviet Union
4.	Brazil
5.	Bulgaria
6.	Argentina
7.	Netherlands
8.	France
9.	Czechoslovakia
10.	Sweden
11.	Japan
12.	Canada
13.	United States
14.	South Korea
15.	Cameroon
16.	Venezuela

1990 Men's World Champions
Italy 1st title

Team Roster

Andrea Anastasi, Lorenzo Bernardi, Marco Bracci, Luca Cantagalli, Ferdinando De Giorgi, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Andrea Lucchetta, Marco Martinelli, Roberto Masciarelli, Paolo Tofoli, and Andrea Zorzi. Head Coach: Julio Velasco.

Italy qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

External links

• Federation Internationale de Volleyball