Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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]

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
Netherlands (1st title)  Italy  FR Yugoslavia
← 1992 2000 →

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 September 1990	Atlanta	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

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	15	0	MAX	225	138	1.630	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	9	12	3	4.000	209	131	1.595
3	FR Yugoslavia	5	3	2	8	9	8	1.125	215	191	1.126
4	Russia	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	196	201	0.975
5	South Korea	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	156	198	0.788
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	98	240	0.408

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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 10   United States 11   Poland 12   Tunisia

1996 Men's Olympic champions    Netherlands 1st title 12–man roster Misha Latuhihin, Henk-Jan Held, Brecht Rodenburg, Guido Görtzen, Richard Schuil, Ron Zwerver, B. van de Goor, Jan Posthuma, Olof van der Meulen, Peter Blangé, Rob Grabert, M. van de Goor Head coach Joop Alberda

Medalists

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 Head coach: Joop Alberda	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 Head coach: Julio Velasco	FR 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 Head coach: Zoran Gajić

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Bas van de Goor

• Best spiker

  Bas van de Goor

• Best server

  Marcos Milinkovic

• Best blocker

  Nikolay Jeliazkov

References

1. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com^{[dead link]}