1997 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 1997 FIVB Volleyball World League was the eighth edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 16 May to 5 July 1997. The Final Round was held in Moscow, Russia.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Argentina Brazil Bulgaria Japan	China Italy Spain Yugoslavia	Cuba Netherlands Russia South Korea

Intercontinental round

• The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Russia finish lower than second in Pool C, they will still qualify along with the best two second teams across all three pools.

	Qualified for the Final round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Final round

• Venue: Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Moscow, Russia

Pool play

• Teams from the same pool of Intercontinental Round will not play. Russia will be considered as the runners-up of Pool B.

	Qualified for the Final
	Qualified for the 3rd place match

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jun	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	15–11	15–13	8–15	15–10		53–49
30 Jun	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–11	15–9			45–31
30 Jun	Bulgaria	2–3	Russia	9–15	15–11	3–15	15–11	7–15	49–67
1 Jul	Bulgaria	2–3	Cuba	4–15	15–11	12–15	15–9	13–15	59–65
1 Jul	Italy	3–0	Brazil	15–12	15–8	15–12			45–32
1 Jul	Russia	2–3	Netherlands	15–17	15–3	15–4	11–15	13–15	69–54
2 Jul	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–5	15–9			45–25
2 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–13	15–8	15–2			45–23
2 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Russia	15–11	15–7	15–5			45–23
4 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	Bulgaria	15–9	15–13	13–15	7–15	15–12	65–64
4 Jul	Italy	3–1	Cuba	14–16	15–11	15–12	15–8		59–47
4 Jul	Russia	3–0	Brazil	15–11	16–14	15–8			46–33

Finals

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Jul	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	8–15	12–15	8–15			28–45

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
5 Jul	Italy	3–0	Cuba	15–8	15–5	15–10			45–23

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Cuba
	Russia
4	Netherlands
5	Brazil
6	Bulgaria
7	Yugoslavia
8	Argentina
9	Spain
10	China
11	South Korea
12	Japan

1997 World League Champions
Italy 6th title

Awards

• MVP
  • Guido Görtzen
• Best Scorer
  • Guido Görtzen
• Best Spiker
  • Bas van de Goor
• Best Server
  • Ramón Gato
• Best Blocker
  • Ihosvany Hernández

External links

• 1997 World League results
• Sports123