1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

1993 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates23–28 November
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Italy (1st title)

The 1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from 23 to 28 November 1993.

Qualification

Team Qualified as
 Japan Hosts
 South Korea 1993 Asian Champions
 Italy 1993 European Champions
 Cuba 1993 NORCECA Champions
 Brazil 1993 South American Champions
 United States Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 1993 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Main article: 1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

Results

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Italy 5 5 0 10 15 4 3.750 265 208 1.274
2  Brazil 5 4 1 9 14 6 2.333 268 226 1.186
3  Cuba 5 3 2 8 11 8 1.375 243 212 1.146
4  Japan 5 2 3 7 9 10 0.900 236 241 0.979
5  United States 5 1 4 6 5 14 0.357 202 255 0.792
6  South Korea 5 0 5 5 3 15 0.200 184 256 0.719
Source: [citation needed]

Osaka round

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
23 Nov Cuba  1–3  Brazil 15–8 10–15 8–15 6–15   39–53
23 Nov South Korea  0–3  Italy 5–15 9–15 9–15     23–45
23 Nov Japan  3–1  United States 15–12 13–15 15–10 15–11   58–48
24 Nov Italy  3–1  Japan 8–15 15–9 15–12 15–13   53–49
24 Nov Brazil  3–1  United States 4–15 15–13 15–13 15–8   49–49
24 Nov Cuba  3–1  South Korea 15–10 13–15 15–8 15–8   58–41

Tokyo round

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
26 Nov United States  0–3  Italy 5–15 7–15 8–15     20–45
26 Nov South Korea  0–3  Brazil 9–15 12–15 7–15     28–45
26 Nov Japan  1–3  Cuba 15–9 2–15 12–15 13–15   42–54
27 Nov Brazil  2–3  Italy 15–8 15–17 13–15 15–13 11–15 69–68
27 Nov Cuba  3–0  United States 15–7 15–6 15–9     45–22
27 Nov South Korea  0–3  Japan 9–15 13–15 12–15     34–45
28 Nov Italy  3–1  Cuba 15–10 15–9 9–15 15–13   54–47
28 Nov United States  3–2  South Korea 8–15 10–15 15–7 15–8 15–13 63–58
28 Nov Japan  1–3  Brazil 8–15 8–15 15–7 11–15   42–52

Final standing