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:

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Pool B

Location:

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Location: Matsumoto

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 * Best spiker *: Dmitry Fomin * Best blocker *: Bryan Ivie * Best server *:

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* Best setter *: Shin Young-chul * Best receiver *: Noh Jin-soo * Best digger *: Uvaldo Acosta

References

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