1993 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup

1993 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 23–28
Teams	6
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
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The 1993 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from November 23 to November 28, 1993.

Teams

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

Squads

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

Competition Formula

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

Venues

• Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka)
• Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Tokyo)

Results

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	10	5	0	15	4	3.750	265	208	1.274
2	Brazil	9	4	1	14	6	2.333	268	226	1.186
3	Cuba	8	3	2	11	8	1.375	243	212	1.146
4	Japan	7	2	3	9	10	0.900	236	241	0.979
5	United States	6	1	4	5	14	0.357	202	255	0.792
6	South Korea	5	0	5	3	15	0.200	184	256	0.719

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

Rank	Team
1 !	Italy
2 !	Brazil
3 !	Cuba
4	Japan
5	United States
6	South Korea

1993 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup Champions
Italy First title

Team Roster Marco Bracci, Claudio Galli, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Pasquale Gravina, Andrea Zorzi, Luca Cantagalli, Davide Bellini, Damiano Pippi, Michele Pasinato, Lorenzo Bernardi Head Coach: Julio Velasco

External links

• Results