1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

1995 Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	3–17 November
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 4 host cities)
Champions	Cuba (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mireya Luis

The 1995 FIVB Women's World Cup was a volleyball tournament held from 3 to 17 November 1995 in Japan. Twelve national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US.

Teams

• Japan — Host
• Kenya — African Champions
• China — Asian Champions
• Netherlands — European Champions
• Cuba — NORCECA Champions
• Brazil — South American Champions
• South Korea — Asian Vice-champions
• Croatia — European Vice-champions
• United States — NORCECA Vice-champions
• Peru — South American Vice-champions
• Canada — Wild-card
• Egypt — Wild-card

Squads

Further information: 1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Cuba	11	11	0	22	33	3	11.000	527	292	1.805
2	Brazil	11	10	1	21	30	4	7.500	498	249	2.000
3	China	11	8	3	19	24	14	1.714	498	351	1.419
4	Croatia	11	7	4	18	27	15	1.800	527	427	1.234
5	South Korea	11	6	5	17	24	16	1.500	515	395	1.304
6	Japan	11	6	5	17	22	16	1.375	460	378	1.217
7	United States	11	6	5	17	19	18	1.056	464	402	1.154
8	Netherlands	11	6	5	17	19	19	1.000	459	416	1.103
9	Canada	11	3	8	14	11	24	0.458	310	438	0.708
10	Peru	11	2	9	13	7	27	0.259	242	471	0.514
11	Kenya	11	1	10	12	3	30	0.100	150	464	0.323
12	Egypt	11	0	11	11	0	33	0.000	128	495	0.259

Source:

First round

Site A

Location: Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Nov	13:30	Peru	3–0	Egypt	15–13	15–10	15–8			45–31
3 Nov	15:30	China	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	16–14	16–14			47–35
3 Nov	19:00	Japan	3–0	Canada	15–8	15–2	15–3			45–13
4 Nov	14:00	China	3–0	Egypt	15–6	15–3	15–1			45–10
4 Nov	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Canada	15–11	15–9	15–10			45–30
4 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–9			45–24
5 Nov	13:30	Netherlands	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–2	15–4			45–9
5 Nov	15:30	Canada	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–12	15–10			45–34
5 Nov	18:00	China	3–2	Japan	8–15	11–15	15–10	15–4	15–12	64–56

Site B

Location: Matsumoto

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Kenya	15–4	15–6	15–2			45–12
3 Nov	14:00	South Korea	3–1	United States	10–15	15–13	15–12	15–10		55–50
3 Nov	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Croatia	15–8	15–7	15–1			45–16
4 Nov	12:00	South Korea	3–0	Kenya	15–5	15–2	15–3			45–10
4 Nov	13:30	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–13	15–9			45–30
4 Nov	16:30	Croatia	3–0	United States	16–14	15–10	15–13			46–37
5 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	15–0	15–6	15–4			45–10
5 Nov	14:00	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–6	15–6	15–8			45–20
5 Nov	17:00	Croatia	3–1	South Korea	13–15	17–16?	15–12	15–8		60–51?

Second round

Site A

Location: Fukuoka

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	13:00	Canada	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–3	15–11			45–15
7 Nov	15:30	China	3–0	Peru	15–6	15–1	15–1			45–8
7 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	Netherlands	15–10	15–13	8–15	15–9		53–47
8 Nov	13:30	China	3–0	Canada	15–4	15–9	15–3			45–16
8 Nov	16:00	Netherlands	3–0	Peru	15–9	15–3	15–8			45–20
8 Nov	18:30	Japan	3–0	Egypt	15–1	15–0	15–1			45–2

Site B

Location: Fukui

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	13:00	Croatia	3–0	Kenya	15–4	15–2	15–3			45–9
7 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	United States	15–6	15–5	17–16			47–27
7 Nov	18:00	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	10–15	15–13	15–9	15–7		55–44
8 Nov	13:00	United States	3–0	Kenya	15–2	15–2	15–8			45–12
8 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–12	15–12	14–16	15–9		59–49
8 Nov	18:00	Cuba	3–2	Croatia	11–15	16–14	10–15	15–9	15–7	67–60

Third round

Site A

Location: Nagoya

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	12:30	South Korea	3–0	Peru	15–0	15–3	15–1			45–4
11 Nov	15:30	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	15–2	15–5	15–9			45–16
11 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	15–1	15–3	15–3			45–7
12 Nov	13:30	United States	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–2	15–1			45–6
12 Nov	15:30	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–6	15–4	15–10			45–20
12 Nov	18:00	Croatia	3–2	Japan	9–15	15–5	15–8	5–15	15–12	59–55
13 Nov	13:30	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–2	15–1			45–6
13 Nov	15:00	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–7	15–9			45–23
13 Nov	18:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	15–2	15–8	15–6			45–16

Site B

Location: Okazaki

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	12:00	China	3–2	Croatia	7–15	10–15	15–9	15–3	15–9	62–51
11 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	Netherlands	16–14	15–7	15–6			46–27
11 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Canada	15–0	15–5	15–8			45–13
12 Nov	12:00	China	3–1	South Korea	15–9	15–3	10–15	15–6		55–33
12 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
12 Nov	18:00	Peru	3–0	Kenya	15–10	15–4	15–7			45–21
13 Nov	12:00	United States	3–2	Canada	5–15	15–4	13–15	15–7	15–8	63–49
13 Nov	15:00	China	3–0	Kenya	15–2	15–0	15–3			45–5
13 Nov	17:30	Croatia	3–0	Peru	15–3	15–4	15–1			45–8

Fourth round

Site A

Location: Osaka

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Nov	13:00	Croatia	3–0	Canada	15–8	15–5	15–6			45–19
15 Nov	15:30	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	15–4	15–5	15–5			45–14
15 Nov	18:15	Japan	3–0	United States	15–11	15–8	15–8			45–27
16 Nov	13:00	Cuba	3–0	China	15–11	15–11	15–5			45–27
16 Nov	15:30	Kenya	3–0	Egypt	15–5	15–4	15–5			45–14
16 Nov	18:15	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–12	15–5			45–24
17 Nov	13:00	Netherlands	3–2	South Korea	6–15	15–8	15–11	6–15	15–9	57–58
17 Nov	15:30	Brazil	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–2	15–0			45–7
17 Nov	18:15	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–11	15–8	15–12			45–31

Site B

Location: Kobe

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Nov	12:30	Cuba	3–0	Peru	15–0	15–7	15–2			45–9
15 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	China	15–6	17–16	15–9			47–31
15 Nov	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	Kenya	15–1	15–7	15–0			45–8
16 Nov	13:00	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–4	15–5	15–6			45–15
16 Nov	15:30	Netherlands	3–2	Croatia	15–4	11–15	15–9	13–15	15–12	69–55
16 Nov	18:00	United States	3–1	Peru	15–5	14–16	15–10	15–7		59–38
17 Nov	13:00	Croatia	3–0	Egypt	15–3	15–1	15–1			45–5
17 Nov	15:30	United States	3–0	China	15–9	15–12	15–11			45–32
17 Nov	18:00	Canada	3–0	Kenya	15–6	15–1	15–4			45–11

Final standing

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	China
4	Croatia
5	South Korea
6	Japan
7	United States
8	Netherlands
9	Canada
10	Peru
11	Kenya
12	Egypt

Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics

1995 Women's World Cup champions
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 3rd title

Team roster

Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilia Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Raisa O'Farrill, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Taismary Agüero, Ana Ibis Fernandez, Magaly Carvajal, Mirka Francia, Marta Sánchez

Head coach

Eugenio George Lafita

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Mireya Luis (CUB)

• Best scorer

  Ana Moser (BRA)

• Best spiker

  Mireya Luis (CUB)

• Best server

  Elles Leferink (NED)

• Best blocker

  Jerine Fleurke (NED)

• Best digger

  Marlenis Costa (CUB)

• Best setter

  Marlenis Costa (CUB)

• Best receiver

  Nataša Osmokrović (CRO)

External links

• Results
• Player Statistics
• Attack, Block, Serve
• Dig, Set, Reception