The 1991
FIVB Volleyball World League
The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wome ...
was the second edition of the annual men's international
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. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
tournament, played by 10 countries from 17 May to 27 July 1991. The Final Round was held in
Milan
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, Italy.
Pools composition
Intercontinental round
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
*Venue:
Forum di Assago
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,
Assago
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It contains the headquarters of Nestlé's Italian branch and the Mediolanum Forum
Mediolanum Forum (originally ...
, Italy
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
* Most Valuable Player
**
Andrea Zorzi
Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965 in Noale, province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effec ...
* Best Spiker
**
Ron Zwerver
Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver (born 6 June 1967) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 in Seoul, So ...
* 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 Blocker
**
Martin van der Horst
Johan Martin van der Horst (born 2 April 1965, in Heemskerk, North Holland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands
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* Best Server
**
Ron Zwerver
Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver (born 6 June 1967) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 in Seoul, So ...
* Best Receiver
**
Scott Fortune
* Best Digger
**
Scott Fortune
External links
1991 World League results
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FIVB Volleyball World League
FIVB World League
The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...
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. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
1991 in Japanese sport