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The 1990 FIVB Volleyball World League was the first edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 8 countries from 27 April to 15 July 1990. The Final Round was held in Osaka, Japan.

## Contents

* 1 Pools composition
* 2 Intercontinental round
* 2.1 Pool A
* 2.2 Pool B
* 3 Final round
* 3.1 Semifinals
* 3.2 3rd place match
* 3.3 Final
* 4 Final standing
* 5 Awards
* 6 External links

## Pools composition[edit]

Pool A  | Pool B

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Brazil
France
Italy
United States

China
Japan
Netherlands
Soviet Union

## Intercontinental round[edit]

### Pool A[edit]

| Pts  | Matches  | Sets  | Points

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Rank  | Team  | W  | L  | W  | L  | Ratio  | W  | L  | Ratio
1  |  Italy | 21 | 9  | 3  | 31  | 19  | 1.632  | 0  | 0  | MAX
2  |  Brazil | 21 | 9  | 3  | 29  | 20  | 1.450  | 0  | 0  | MAX
3  |  France | 17 | 5  | 7  | 24  | 26  | 0.923  | 0  | 0  | MAX
4  |  United States | 13 | 1  | 11  | 15  | 34  | 0.441  | 0  | 0  | MAX

### Pool B[edit]

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Rank  | Team  | W  | L  | W  | L  | Ratio  | W  | L  | Ratio
1  |  Netherlands | 23 | 11  | 1  | 34  | 4  | 8.500  | 0  | 0  | MAX
2  |  Soviet Union | 20 | 8  | 4  | 26  | 15  | 1.733  | 0  | 0  | MAX
3  |  Japan | 17 | 5  | 7  | 16  | 23  | 0.696  | 0  | 0  | MAX
4  |  China | 12 | 0  | 12  | 2  | 36  | 0.056  | 0  | 0  | MAX

## Final round[edit]

* Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan

| Semifinals| | Final

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|  Italy| 3

| 15 July

|  Soviet Union| 2 |

|  Italy| 3

| 14 July

| |  Netherlands| 0

|  Netherlands| 3

|  Brazil| 0 |

| 3rd place match

| 15 July

|  Soviet Union| 1

|  Brazil| 3

### Semifinals[edit]

Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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14 Jul  | Italy | 3–2 |  Soviet Union | 15–12  | 16–17  | 15–11  | 14–16  | 15–9  | 75–65
14 Jul  | Netherlands | 3–0 |  Brazil | 15–7  | 15–7  | 15–10  |  |  | 45–24

### 3rd place match[edit]

Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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15 Jul  | Soviet Union | 1–3 |  Brazil | 16–14  | 7–15  | 10–15  | 12–15  |  | 45–59

### Final[edit]

Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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15 Jul  | Italy | 3–0 |  Netherlands | 15–7  | 16–14  | 16–14  |  |  | 47–35

## Final standing[edit]

| Rank  | Team

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|  Italy
|  Netherlands
|  Brazil
4  |  Soviet Union
5  |  France
6  |  Japan
7  |  United States
8  |  China
|  1990 World League Champions

Italy
1st title

## Awards[edit]

* Most Valuable Player

Andrea Zorzi

* Best Spiker

Ron Zwerver

* Best Blocker

Andrea Gardini

* Best Setter

Paolo Tofoli

## External links[edit]

* Sport portal
* Volleyball portal
* Japan portal

* World League History – official website
* 1990 World League results

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FIVB Volleyball World League

* Successor: FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League (since 2018)

Seasons|

* Osaka 1990
* Milan 1991
* Genoa 1992
* São Paulo 1993
* Milan 1994
* Rio de Janeiro 1995
* Rotterdam 1996
* Moscow 1997
* Milan 1998
* Mar del Plata 1999
* Rotterdam 2000
* Katowice 2001
* Belo Horizonte 2002
* Madrid 2003
* Rome 2004
* Belgrade 2005
* Moscow 2006
* Katowice 2007
* Rio de Janeiro 2008
* Belgrade 2009
* Córdoba 2010
* Gdańsk 2011
* Sofia 2012
* Mar del Plata 2013
* Florence 2014
* Rio de Janeiro 2015
* Kraków 2016
* Curitiba 2017

Qualification|

* 1990–2009: not held
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014–2017: not held

Squads|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017

* FIVB Volleyball World League statistics

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