1991 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

1991 Men's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	22 November – 1 December
Teams	12
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament awards
MVP	Dmitry Fomin

The 1991 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was played from November 22 to December 1, 1991 in Japan. 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). The first three teams in each pool competed for the title in the final pool, the results of the preliminary round are preserved.

Final Round

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Matches for places 7–11

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
7	Germany	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
8	Tunisia	9	4	1	12	7	1.714	0	0	MAX
9	Algeria	8	3	2	11	10	1.100	0	0	MAX
10	Mexico	7	2	3	9	11	0.818	0	0	MAX
11	Chile	6	1	4	5	14	0.357	0	0	MAX
12	Iran	5	0	5	5	15	0.333	0	0	MAX

Matches for places 1–6

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan

	Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	9	4	1	13	4	3.250	242	189	1.280
2	Cuba	9	4	1	12	4	3.000	224	150	1.493
3	United States	9	4	1	12	9	1.333	281	250	1.124
4	Japan	6	1	4	7	13	0.538	229	273	0.839
5	South Korea	6	1	4	7	14	0.500	232	285	0.814
6	Brazil	6	1	4	7	14	0.500	229	290	0.790

Final standings

Rank Team  Soviet Union  Cuba  United States 4  Japan 5  South Korea 6  Brazil 7  Germany 8  Tunisia 9  Algeria 10  Mexico 11  Iran 12  Chile

1991 Men's World Cup Champions  Soviet Union 4th title 10–man Roster Evgeni Krasilnikov, Dmitry Fomin, Oleg Shatunov, Ruslan Olikhver, Aleksandr Shadchin, Konstantin Ushakov, Yuri Koroviansky, Yuri Cherednik, Sergey Kukartsev, Sergey Gorbunov Head Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

Awards

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