Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Omni Coliseum and; Stegeman Coliseum
Date	21 July – 4 August
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 9th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, United States from 21 July to 4 August 1996.[1]

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 September 1990	Tokyo	1	United States
1995 World Cup	18 November – 2 December 1995	Japan	3	Italy
				Netherlands
				Brazil
African Qualifier	29–31 March 1996	Rabat	1	Tunisia
Asian Qualifier	12–21 April 1996	Seoul & Tokyo	1	South Korea
European Qualifier	27–29 March 1996	Copenhagen	1	Russia
North American Qualifier	14–16 April 1996	Calgary	1	Cuba
South American Qualifier	12–14 April 1996	Buenos Aires	1	Argentina
1st World Qualifier	3–5 May 1996	Espinho	1	Bulgaria
2nd World Qualifier	3–5 May 1996	Munich	1	FR Yugoslavia
3rd World Qualifier	3–5 May 1996	Patras	1	Poland
Total			12

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
United States (Hosts)	Italy
Brazil	Netherlands
Cuba	Russia
Argentina	South Korea
Bulgaria	Tunisia
Poland	FR Yugoslavia

Rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue
Atlanta, United States	Athens, United States
Omni Coliseum	Stegeman Coliseum
Capacity: 16,378	Capacity: 10,523

Preliminary round

The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	9	4	1	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220
2	Brazil	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	7	2	3	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–7	15–7			45–23
21 Jul	United States	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–6	15–8			45–27
21 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Brazil	9–15	15–8	16–14	15–6		55–43
23 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–13	15–8			45–32
23 Jul	United States	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–8	15–11			45–26
23 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–2	15–13			45–28
25 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	15–10	15–8	11–15	15–10		56–43
25 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Poland	15–7	15–11	15–8			45–26
25 Jul	Cuba	3–2	United States	4–15	15–9	14–16	15–8	18–16	66–64
27 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	15–10	15–12	15–9			45–31
27 Jul	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–4	15–10	15–7			45–21
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–11	15–11	15–7			45–29
29 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Poland	7–15	17–15	15–10	15–9		54–49
29 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	15–11	13–15	11–15	15–5	15–12	69–58
29 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	15–11	15–10	15–11			45–32

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	225	138	1.630
2	Netherlands	9	4	1	12	3	4.000	209	131	1.595
3	FR Yugoslavia	8	3	2	9	8	1.125	215	191	1.126
4	Russia	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	196	201	0.975
5	South Korea	6	1	4	3	12	0.250	156	198	0.788
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	98	240	0.408

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
21 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–4	15–2		45–10
21 Jul	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–12	15–8		45–33
21 Jul	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Russia	10–15	15–13	15–10	15–11	55–49
23 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	Russia	15–9	15–9	15–9		45–27
23 Jul	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–5	15–1		45–15
23 Jul	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–6	16–14		46–25
25 Jul	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	15–8	15–8	15–13		45–29
25 Jul	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Tunisia	15–4	15–17	15–3	15–3	60–27
25 Jul	Russia	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–4	16–14		46–26
27 Jul	Italy	3–0	Russia	15–11	15–6	15–12		45–29
27 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	FR Yugoslavia	15–7	15–6	15–9		45–22
27 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–6	15–6		45–16
29 Jul	Italy	3–0	FR Yugoslavia	15–12	15–8	15–12		45–32
29 Jul	Russia	3–0	Tunisia	15–9	15–10	15–11		45–30
29 Jul	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–11	15–12		45–27

Final round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

31 July

Cuba	0
		2 August
Russia	3
		Russia	0
31 July
		Netherlands	3
Bulgaria	1
				4 August
Netherlands	3
				Netherlands	3
31 July
				Italy	2
Brazil	2
		2 August
FR Yugoslavia	3
		FR Yugoslavia	1
31 July
		Italy	3	Bronze medal match
Argentina	1
				4 August
Italy	3
				Russia	1

				FR Yugoslavia	3

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

1 August

Cuba	3
		2 August
Bulgaria	1
		Cuba	0
1 August
		Brazil	3
Brazil	3

Argentina	1
		7th place match

		2 August

		Bulgaria	3

		Argentina	2

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Russia	13–15	15–17	11–15			39–47
31 Jul	Bulgaria	1–3	Netherlands	14–16	15–9	3–15	13–15		45–55
31 Jul	Brazil	2–3	FR Yugoslavia	6–15	5–15	15–8	16–14	10–15	52–67
31 Jul	Argentina	1–3	Italy	15–12	9–15	7–15	4–15		35–57

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Aug	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria	15–4	15–12	16–17	15–12		61–45
1 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	15–10	15–3	13–15	15–9		58–37

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Aug	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	6–15	6–15	10–15			22–45
2 Aug	FR Yugoslavia	1–3	Italy	12–15	15–8	6–15	7–15		40–53

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Aug	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina	15–10	15–10	7–15	7–15	20–18	64–68

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	12–15	14–16	14–16			40–47

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Aug	Russia	1–3	FR Yugoslavia	8–15	15–7	8–15	9–15		40–52

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	15–12	9–15	16–14	9–15	17–15	66–71

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Italy
	FR Yugoslavia
4	Russia
5	Brazil
6	Cuba
7	Bulgaria
8	Argentina
9	South Korea
9	United States
11	Poland
11	Tunisia

1996 Men's Olympic Champions
Netherlands 1st title

12–man Roster

Latuhihin, Held, Rodenburg, Görtzen, Schuil, Zwerver, B. van de Goor, Posthuma, van der Meulen, Blangé, Grabert, M. van de Goor

Head Coach

Alberda

Medalists

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Bas van de Goor

Best Spiker

Bas van de Goor

Best Server

Marcos Milinkovic

Best Blocker

Nikolay Jeliazkov

References

"Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

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[1] "Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Netherlands (NED) Misha Latuhihin Henk-Jan Held Brecht Rodenburg Guido Görtzen Richard Schuil Ron Zwerver Bas van de Goor Jan Posthuma Olof van der Meulen Peter Blangé Rob Grabert Mike van de Goor	Italy (ITA) Andrea Gardini Marco Meoni Pasquale Gravina Paolo Tofoli Samuele Papi Andrea Sartoretti Marco Bracci Lorenzo Bernardi Luca Cantagalli Andrea Zorzi Andrea Giani Vigor Bovolenta	Yugoslavia (YUG) Đorđe Đurić Žarko Petrović Vladimir Batez Željko Tanasković Dejan Brđović Đula Mešter Slobodan Kovač Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Rajko Jokanović Goran Vujević Andrija Gerić