FIVB World League 1996
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The FIVB World League 1996
Volleyball World League
The FIVB World League is an international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it is the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . The tournament is annual. The women's version of the competition is called FIVB World...

was the seventh edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, played by eleven countries from May 10 to June 29, 1996. The Final Round was staged in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Competing nations

Pool A Pool B Pool C




















Pool A

Team Pts W L SW SL SR PW PL PR
22 10 2 34 13 2.615
18 6 6 24 24 1.000
16 4 8 22 26 0.846
16 4 8 13 30 0.433

Pool B

Team Pts W L SW SL SR PW PL PR
23 11 1 34 10 3.400
20 8 4 28 13 2.154
16 4 8 17 25 0.680
13 1 11 4 35 0.114

Pool C

Team Pts W L SW SL SR PW PL PR
24 12 0 36 7 5.143
15 3 9 17 31 0.548
15 3 9 16 31 0.516

Final Six

  • Teams from the same pool didn't play.

Team Pts W L SW SL SR PW PL PR
8 4 0 12 2 6.000 202 128 1.578
7 3 1 9 6 1.500 208 170 1.224
6 2 2 8 8 1.000 188 207 0.908
5 1 3 6 9 0.667 164 178 0.921
5 1 3 5 9 0.556 172 183 0.940
5 1 3 3 9 0.333 108 176 0.614


June 24, 1996
3–1 15-9, 15-9, 11-15, 15-10
3–2 4-15, 15-6, 15-7, 7-15, 15-13
3–0 15-4, 15-7, 15-3


June 25, 1996
3–0 15-10, 15-3, 15-6
3–0 15-4, 15-9, 16-14
3–0 15-9, 15-2, 16-14


June 26, 1996
3–2 10-15, 10-15, 16-14, 15-4, 16-14
3–0 15-10, 15-7, 15-4
3–1 15-12, 15-9, 10-15, 15-9


June 27, 1996
0–3 13-15, 14-16, 13-15
3–0 15-13, 15-12, 15-13
3–1 11-15, 15-10, 15-8, 15-11

Finals

June 29, 1996
3rd place 3–2 3-15 15-7 4-15 16-14 19-17
Final 3–2 17-15 15-12 10-15 10-15 22-20

Final standings

Place Team
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Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
    •   Lorenzo Bernardi
      Lorenzo Bernardi
      Lorenzo Bernardi is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994, and was elected "Volleyball Player of the Century" in 2001.-Career:...



  • Best Scorer
    •   Lorenzo Bernardi
      Lorenzo Bernardi
      Lorenzo Bernardi is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994, and was elected "Volleyball Player of the Century" in 2001.-Career:...



  • Best Spiker
    •   Stanislav Dineykin
      Stanislav Dineykin
      Stanislav Anatolevich Dineykin is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.He was born in Blagodarny....



  • Best Server
    •   Alain Roca
      Alain Roca
      Alain Roca Borrero is a volleyball player from Cuba. A two-time Olympian , he was honoured Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.Currently playing on SKY / Pinheiros -Honours:* 1996 FIVB World League — 4th place* 1996...



  • Best Blocker
    •   Ihosvany Hernández

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