The 1991 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 22 November to 1 December 1991 in

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. The World Cup consisted of 12 teams: champions of 5 geographic areas (Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe), the four runners-up, the host country and two guest teams (wild card).

Qualification

Results

All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

First round

Pool A

Location:

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

Location:

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

Pool B

Location:

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...

Location:

Matsumoto Matsumoto (松本 or 松元, "base of the pine tree") may refer to: Places * Matsumoto, Nagano (松本市), a city ** Matsumoto Airport, an airport southwest of Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto, Kagoshima (松元町), a former town now part of the c ...

Final round

The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.

7th–12th places

Location:

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Final places

Location:

Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player :

Dmitry Fomin Dmitry Fomin or Dmitri Fomine (russian: Дмитрий Фомин; born 21 January 1968) is a former Russian male volleyball player. He was part of the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team at the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Champions ...

* Best Spiker :

* Best Blocker :

Bryan Ivie Bryan Eric Ivie (born May 5, 1969 in Torrance, California) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ...

* Best Server :

Raúl Diago Raúl Diago Izquierdo (born August 1, 1967 in Matanzas) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A three-time Olympian (1992, 1996 and 2000) he was honoured ''Best Setter'' at the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship in Japan, where Cuba men's n ...

* Best Setter :

Shin Young-chul Shin Young-chul (; born ) is a former South Korean male volleyball player. He was part of the South Korea men's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympi ...

* Best Receiver :

Noh Jin-soo No Jin-su (born 21 March 1965) is a South Korean volleyball player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 199 ...

* Best Digger :

Uvaldo Acosta Uvaldo Acosta (May 16, 1965 – February 12, 1998) was an American male volleyball player. He was part of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Brazil. Acosta played for George ...

References

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