Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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
	← 1992 2000 →

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	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	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.

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]}

21 July 1996	Cuba	3–0	Bulgaria
	(15–9, 15–7, 15–7)

21 July 1996	United States	3–0	Poland
	(15–13, 15–6, 15–8)

21 July 1996	Argentina	3–1	Brazil
	(9–15, 15–8, 16–14, 15–6)

23 July 1996	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil
	(15–11, 15–13, 15–8)

23 July 1996	United States	3–0	Argentina
	(15–7, 15–8, 15–11)

23 July 1996	Cuba	3–0	Poland
	(15–13, 15–2, 15–13)

25 July 1996	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria
	(15–10, 15–8, 11–15, 15–10)

25 July 1996	Brazil	3–0	Poland
	(15–7, 15–11, 15–8)

25 July 1996	Cuba	3–2	United States
	(4–15, 15–9, 14–16, 15–8, 18–16)

27 July 1996	Cuba	3–0	Argentina
	(15–10, 15–12, 15–9)

27 July 1996	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland
	(15–4, 15–10, 15–7)

27 July 1996	Brazil	3–0	United States
	(15–11, 15–11, 15–7)

29 July 1996	Argentina	3–1	Poland
	(7–15, 17–15, 15–10, 15–9)

29 July 1996	Bulgaria	3–2	United States
	(15–11, 13–15, 11–15, 15–5, 15–12)

29 July 1996	Brazil	3–0	Cuba
	(15–11, 15–10, 15–11)

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]}

21 July 1996	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–4, 15–4, 15–2)

21 July 1996	Italy	3–0	South Korea
	(15–13, 15–12, 15–8}

21 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Russia
	(10–15, 15–13, 15–10, 15–11)

23 July 1996	Netherlands	3–0	Russia
	(15–9, 15–9, 15–9)

23 July 1996	Italy	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–9, 15–5, 15–1)

23 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	South Korea
	(15–5, 15–6, 16–14)

25 July 1996	Italy	3–0	Netherlands
	(15–8, 15–8, 15–13)

25 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Tunisia
	(15–4, 15–17, 15–3, 15–3)

25 July 1996	Russia	3–0	South Korea
	(15–8, 15–4, 16–14)

27 July 1996	Italy	3–0	Russia
	(15–11, 15–6, 15–12)

27 July 1996	Netherlands	3–0	FR Yugoslavia
	(15–7, 15–6, 15–9)

27 July 1996	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–4, 15–6, 15–6)

29 July 1996	Italy	3–0	FR Yugoslavia
	(15–12, 15–8, 15–12)

29 July 1996	Russia	3–0	Tunisia
	(15–9, 15–10, 15–11)

29 July 1996	Netherlands	3–0	South Korea
	(15–4, 15–11, 15–12)

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
Yugoslavia	3
		Yugoslavia	1
31 July
		Italy	3	Bronze medal match
Argentina	1
				4 August
Italy	3
				Russia	1

				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

31 July 1996	Cuba	0–3	Russia
	(13–15, 15–17, 11–15}

31 July 1996	Bulgaria	1–3	Netherlands
	(14–16, 15–9, 3–15 ,13–15)

31 July 1996	Brazil	2–3	FR Yugoslavia
	(6–15, 5–15 ,15–8 ,16–14, 10–1)

31 July 1996	Argentina	1–3	Italy
	(15–12, 9–15, 7–15,4–15)

5th–8th semifinals

1 August 1996	Cuba	3–1	Bulgaria
	(15–4, 15–12, 16–17 ,15–12)

1 August 1996	Brazil	3–1	Argentina
	(15–10, 15–3, 13–15 ,15–9)

Semifinals

2 August 1996	Russia	0–3	Netherlands
	(6–15, 6–15, 10–15)

2 August 1996	FR Yugoslavia	1–3	Italy
	(12–15, 15–8, 6–15, 7–15)

7th place match

2 August 1996	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina
	(15–10, 15–10, 7–15, 7–15, 20–18)

5th place match

2 August 1996	Cuba	0–3	Brazil
	(12–15, 14–16, 14–16)

Bronze medal match

4 August 1996	Russia	1–3	FR Yugoslavia
	(8–15, 15–7, 8–15 ,9–15)

Gold medal match

4 August 1996	Netherlands	3–2	Italy
	(15–12, 9–15, 16–14, 9–15, 17–15)

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