1990 FIVB Volleyball World League

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The 1990 FIVB Volleyball World League was the first edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 8 countries from 27 April to 15 July 1990. The Final Round was held in Osaka, Japan.

Pools composition[]

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil  France  Italy  United States	China  Japan  Netherlands  Soviet Union

Intercontinental round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	21	9	3	31	19	1.632	0	0	MAX
2	Brazil	21	9	3	29	20	1.450	0	0	MAX
3	France	17	5	7	24	26	0.923	0	0	MAX
4	United States	13	1	11	15	34	0.441	0	0	MAX

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	23	11	1	34	4	8.500	0	0	MAX
2	Soviet Union	20	8	4	26	15	1.733	0	0	MAX
3	Japan	17	5	7	16	23	0.696	0	0	MAX
4	China	12	0	12	2	36	0.056	0	0	MAX

Final round[]

• Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan

	Semifinals				Final
	14 July
	Italy	3
					15 July
	Soviet Union	2
					Italy	3
	14 July
					Netherlands	0
	Netherlands	3
	Brazil	0
					3rd place match
					15 July
					Soviet Union	1
					Brazil	3

Semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Jul	Italy	3–2	Soviet Union	15–12	16–17	15–11	14–16	15–9	75–65
14 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–7	15–10			45–24

3rd place match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Jul	Soviet Union	1–3	Brazil	16–14	7–15	10–15	12–15		45–59

Final[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Jul	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	16–14	16–14			47–35

Final standing[]

Awards[]

• Most Valuable Player

Andrea Zorzi

• Best Spiker

Ron Zwerver

• Best Blocker

Andrea Gardini

• Best Setter

Paolo Tofoli

External links[]

• World League History – official website