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Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 9th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, United States from 21 July to 4 August 1996.[1]

Quick Facts Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueOmni Coliseum and
Stegeman Coliseum
Date21 July – 4 August
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
 Netherlands (1st title)
 Italy
 Yugoslavia
← 1992
2000 →
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Qualification

More information Means of qualification, Date ...
Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country18 September 1990Japan Tokyo1 United States
1995 World Cup18 November – 2 December 1995 Japan3 Italy
 Netherlands
 Brazil
African Qualifier29–31 March 1996Morocco Rabat1 Tunisia
Asian Qualifier12–21 April 1996South Korea Seoul & Japan Tokyo1 South Korea
European Qualifier27–29 March 1996Denmark Copenhagen1 Russia
North American Qualifier14–16 April 1996Canada Calgary1 Cuba
South American Qualifier12–14 April 1996Argentina Buenos Aires1 Argentina
1st World Qualifier3–5 May 1996Portugal Espinho1 Bulgaria
2nd World Qualifier3–5 May 1996Germany Munich1 Yugoslavia
3rd World Qualifier3–5 May 1996Greece Patras1 Poland
Total12
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Pools composition

More information Pool A, Pool B ...
Pool A Pool B
 United States (Hosts)  Italy
 Brazil  Netherlands
 Cuba  Russia
 Argentina  South Korea
 Bulgaria  Tunisia
 Poland  Yugoslavia
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Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

More information Main venue, Sub venue ...
Main venue Sub venue
Atlanta, United States Athens, United States
Omni Coliseum Stegeman Coliseum
Capacity: 16,378 Capacity: 10,523
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Preliminary round

  • The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Cuba 5 4 1 9 12 5 2.400 233 191 1.220 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 5 3 2 8 10 6 1.667 210 187 1.123
3  Bulgaria 5 3 2 8 10 8 1.250 225 212 1.061
4  Argentina 5 3 2 8 9 9 1.000 222 225 0.987
5  United States 5 2 3 7 10 9 1.111 241 233 1.034
6  Poland 5 0 5 5 1 15 0.067 151 234 0.645
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Source: [citation needed]
21 July 1996 Cuba  3–0  Bulgaria
(15–9, 15–7, 15–7)
 
21 July 1996 United States  3–0  Poland
(15–13, 15–6, 15–8)
 
21 July 1996 Argentina  3–1  Brazil
(9–15, 15–8, 16–14, 15–6)
 
23 July 1996 Bulgaria  3–0  Brazil
(15–11, 15–13, 15–8)
 
23 July 1996 United States  3–0  Argentina
(15–7, 15–8, 15–11)
 
23 July 1996 Cuba  3–0  Poland
(15–13, 15–2, 15–13)
 
25 July 1996 Argentina  3–1  Bulgaria
(15–10, 15–8, 11–15, 15–10)
 
25 July 1996 Brazil  3–0  Poland
(15–7, 15–11, 15–8)
 
25 July 1996 Cuba  3–2  United States
(4–15, 15–9, 14–16, 15–8, 18–16)
 
27 July 1996 Cuba  3–0  Argentina
(15–10, 15–12, 15–9)
 
27 July 1996 Bulgaria  3–0  Poland
(15–4, 15–10, 15–7)
 
27 July 1996 Brazil  3–0  United States
(15–11, 15–11, 15–7)
 
29 July 1996 Argentina  3–1  Poland
(7–15, 17–15, 15–10, 15–9)
 
29 July 1996 Bulgaria  3–2  United States
(15–11, 13–15, 11–15, 15–5, 15–12)
 
29 July 1996 Brazil  3–0  Cuba
(15–11, 15–10, 15–11)
 

Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Italy 5 5 0 10 15 0 MAX 225 138 1.630 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 5 4 1 9 12 3 4.000 209 131 1.595
3  FR Yugoslavia 5 3 2 8 9 8 1.125 215 191 1.126
4  Russia 5 2 3 7 7 9 0.778 196 201 0.975
5  South Korea 5 1 4 6 3 12 0.250 156 198 0.788
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 5 1 15 0.067 98 240 0.408
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Source: [citation needed]
21 July 1996 Netherlands  3–0  Tunisia
(15–4, 15–4, 15–2)
 
21 July 1996 Italy  3–0  South Korea
(15–13, 15–12, 15–8}
 
21 July 1996 FR Yugoslavia  3–1  Russia
(10–15, 15–13, 15–10, 15–11)
 
23 July 1996 Netherlands  3–0  Russia
(15–9, 15–9, 15–9)
 
23 July 1996 Italy  3–0  Tunisia
(15–9, 15–5, 15–1)
 
23 July 1996 FR Yugoslavia  3–0  South Korea
(15–5, 15–6, 16–14)
 
25 July 1996 Italy  3–0  Netherlands
(15–8, 15–8, 15–13)
 
25 July 1996 FR Yugoslavia  3–1  Tunisia
(15–4, 15–17, 15–3, 15–3)
 
25 July 1996 Russia  3–0  South Korea
(15–8, 15–4, 16–14)
 
27 July 1996 Italy  3–0  Russia
(15–11, 15–6, 15–12)
 
27 July 1996 Netherlands  3–0  FR Yugoslavia
(15–7, 15–6, 15–9)
 
27 July 1996 South Korea  3–0  Tunisia
(15–4, 15–6, 15–6)
 
29 July 1996 Italy  3–0  FR Yugoslavia
(15–12, 15–8, 15–12)
 
29 July 1996 Russia  3–0  Tunisia
(15–9, 15–10, 15–11)
 
29 July 1996 Netherlands  3–0  South Korea
(15–4, 15–11, 15–12)
 

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
31 July
 
 
 Cuba0
 
2 August
 
 Russia3
 
 Russia0
 
31 July
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Bulgaria1
 
4 August
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands3
 
31 July
 
 Italy2
 
 Brazil2
 
2 August
 
 Yugoslavia3
 
 Yugoslavia1
 
31 July
 
 Italy3 Bronze medal match
 
 Argentina1
 
4 August
 
 Italy3
 
 Russia1
 
 
 Yugoslavia3
 
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Cuba3
 
2 August
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 Cuba0
 
1 August
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil3
 
 
 Argentina1
 
7th place match
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Argentina2

Quarterfinals

31 July 1996 Cuba  0–3  Russia
(13–15, 15–17, 11–15}
 
31 July 1996 Bulgaria  1–3  Netherlands
(14–16, 15–9, 3–15 ,13–15)
 
31 July 1996 Brazil  2–3  FR Yugoslavia
(6–15, 5–15 ,15–8 ,16–14, 10–15)
 
31 July 1996 Argentina  1–3  Italy
(15–12, 9–15, 7–15,4–15)
 

5th–8th semifinals

1 August 1996 Cuba  3–1  Bulgaria
(15–4, 15–12, 16–17 ,15–12)
 
1 August 1996 Brazil  3–1  Argentina
(15–10, 15–3, 13–15 ,15–9)
 

Semifinals

2 August 1996 Russia  0–3  Netherlands
(6–15, 6–15, 10–15)
 
2 August 1996 FR Yugoslavia  1–3  Italy
(12–15, 15–8, 6–15, 7–15)
 

7th place match

2 August 1996 Bulgaria  3–2  Argentina
(15–10, 15–10, 7–15, 7–15, 20–18)
 

5th place match

2 August 1996 Cuba  0–3  Brazil
(12–15, 14–16, 14–16)
 

Bronze medal match

4 August 1996 Russia  1–3  FR Yugoslavia
(8–15, 15–7, 8–15 ,9–15)
 

Gold medal match

4 August 1996 Netherlands  3–2  Italy
(15–12, 9–15, 16–14, 9–15, 17–15)
 

Final standing

More information Rank, Team ...
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Medalists

More information Gold, Silver ...
Gold Silver Bronze
 Netherlands (NED)
Misha Latuhihin
Henk-Jan Held
Brecht Rodenburg
Guido Görtzen
Richard Schuil
Ron Zwerver
Bas van de Goor
Jan Posthuma
Olof van der Meulen
Peter Blangé
Rob Grabert
Mike van de Goor
Head coach:

Joop Alberda

  Italy (ITA)
Andrea Gardini
Marco Meoni
Pasquale Gravina
Paolo Tofoli
Samuele Papi
Andrea Sartoretti
Marco Bracci
Lorenzo Bernardi
Luca Cantagalli
Andrea Zorzi
Andrea Giani
Vigor Bovolenta
Head coach:

Julio Velasco

  FR Yugoslavia (YUG)
Đorđe Đurić
Žarko Petrović
Vladimir Batez
Željko Tanasković
Dejan Brđović
Đula Mešter
Slobodan Kovač
Nikola Grbić
Vladimir Grbić
Rajko Jokanović
Goran Vujević
Andrija Gerić
Head coach:

Zoran Gajić

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Awards

  • Most valuable player
Netherlands Bas van de Goor
  • Best spiker
Netherlands Bas van de Goor
  • Best server
Argentina Marcos Milinkovic
  • Best blocker
Bulgaria Nikolay Jeliazkov
  • Best setter
Netherlands Peter Blangé

See also

References

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