The 1993 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

The FIVB World Grand Champions Cup is a men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1993, it is an international tournament that is played the year after the Olympic Games.-Origins:...

was held in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 from November 23 to November 28, 1993.

Teams

Team	Qualified as
	Host Nation
	1993 Asian Champions
	1993 NORCECA Champions
	1993 South American Champions 1993 Men's South American Volleyball Championship The 1993 South American Volleyball Championship, took place in 1993 in Córdoba .-Final positions:...
	1993 European Champions 1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship The 1993 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball...
	Wild Card

Competition Formula

The competition formula of the 1993 Men's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Results

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Osaka round

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Tokyo round

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Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6

Team Roster
Marco Bracci

Marco Bracci

Marco Bracci is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter....

, Claudio Galli, Andrea Gardini

Andrea Gardini

Andrea Gardini is an Italian former volleyball player. Standing at 202 cm, he played central blocker and totalled 418 caps for the Italian national volleyball team....

, Andrea Giani

Andrea Giani

Andrea Giani is an Italian coach and retired volleyball player who scored notable successes in the 1990s, winning three World Championships with his national team. He is 196 cm tall.-Career:...

, Pasquale Gravina

Pasquale Gravina

Pasquale Gravina is a former Italian professional volleyball player.Gravina is 202 cm and played as middle attacker. After played for minor leagues, he made his debut in the Italian volleyball championship first division in 1988, for Falconara. His qualities, especially in block actions, made him...

, Andrea Zorzi

Andrea Zorzi

Andrea Zorzi is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team . A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter...

, Luca Cantagalli

Luca Cantagalli

Luca Cantagalli is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994.-Career:Debuting on March 18, 1986, he totalled 330 caps for Italy men's national volleyball team...

, Davide Bellini, Damiano Pippi

Damiano Pippi

Damiano Pippi is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Individual awards:...

, Michele Pasinato

Michele Pasinato

Michele Pasinato is a former Italian volleyball player, who earned a total number of 256 caps for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Nicknamed Paso and Micky he was on the side that won the title at the 1998 World Championships in Japan.-References:...

, Lorenzo Bernardi

Lorenzo Bernardi

Lorenzo Bernardi is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994, and was elected "Volleyball Player of the Century" in 2001.-Career:...

Head Coach: Julio Velasco

Julio Velasco

Julio Velasco is a professional volleyball coach from Argentina, who guided the Italian national men's team to several successes in the 1990s. After the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Italians won silver, he switched to the Italian women's team...

External links

• Results