1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

1993 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Japan
Dates November 23–28
Teams 6
Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Italy (1st title)
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The 1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from November 23 to November 28, 1993.

Teams

Team Qualified as
 Japan Hosts
 South Korea 1993 Asian Champions
 Italy 1993 European Champions
 Cuba 1993 NORCECA Champions
 Brazil 1993 South American Champions
 United States Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 1993 Men's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

Results

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 10 5 0 15 4 3.750 265 208 1.274
2  Brazil 9 4 1 14 6 2.333 268 226 1.186
3  Cuba 8 3 2 11 8 1.375 243 212 1.146
4  Japan 7 2 3 9 10 0.900 236 241 0.979
5  United States 6 1 4 5 14 0.357 202 255 0.792
6  South Korea 5 0 5 3 15 0.200 184 256 0.719

Osaka round

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
23 Nov Cuba  1–3  Brazil 15–8 10–15 8–15 6–15   39–53
23 Nov South Korea  0–3  Italy 5–15 9–15 9–15     23–45
23 Nov Japan  3–1  United States 15–12 13–15 15–10 15–11   58–48
24 Nov Italy  3–1  Japan 8–15 15–9 15–12 15–13   53–49
24 Nov Brazil  3–1  United States 4–15 15–13 15–13 15–8   49–49
24 Nov Cuba  3–1  South Korea 15–10 13–15 15–8 15–8   58–41

Tokyo round

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
26 Nov United States  0–3  Italy 5–15 7–15 8–15     20–45
26 Nov South Korea  0–3  Brazil 9–15 12–15 7–15     28–45
26 Nov Japan  1–3  Cuba 15–9 2–15 12–15 13–15   42–54
27 Nov Brazil  2–3  Italy 15–8 15–17 13–15 15–13 11–15 69–68
27 Nov Cuba  3–0  United States 15–7 15–6 15–9     45–22
27 Nov South Korea  0–3  Japan 9–15 13–15 12–15     34–45
28 Nov Italy  3–1  Cuba 15–10 15–9 9–15 15–13   54–47
28 Nov United States  3–2  South Korea 8–15 10–15 15–7 15–8 15–13 63–58
28 Nov Japan  1–3  Brazil 8–15 8–15 15–7 11–15   42–52

Final standing

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Cuba
4  Japan
5  United States
6  South Korea
 1993 Men's World Grand Champions Cup Champions 

Italy
First title


Team Roster
Marco Bracci, Claudio Galli, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Pasquale Gravina, Andrea Zorzi, Luca Cantagalli, Davide Bellini, Damiano Pippi, Michele Pasinato, Lorenzo Bernardi
Head Coach: Julio Velasco

External links

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