The 
FIVB World League 1993The FIVB World League is an international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it is the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . The tournament is annual. The women's version of the competition is called FIVB World...
 was the fourth edition of the annual 
Men's Volleyball TournamentVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, played by twelve countries from May 21 to July 31, 1993. The final round (
Final Four) was staged in São Paulo, Brazil.
Competing Nations
 Pool A
| Team | P | W | L | SW | SL | Pts | 
|  | 20 | 16 | 4 | 51 | 23 | 36 | 
|  | 20 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 18 | 35 | 
|  | 20 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 30 | 
|  | 20 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 29 | 
|  | 20 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 44 | 27 | 
|  | 20 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 54 | 23 | 
Pool B
| Team | P | W | L | SW | SL | Pts | 
|  | 20 | 19 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 39 | 
|  | 20 | 16 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 36 | 
|  | 20 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 
|  | 20 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 29 | 
|  | 20 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 49 | 25 | 
|  | 20 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 57 | 21 | 
Semifinals & Finals
July 30, 1993
|  | 3–0 |  | 15-11, 15-11, 15-9 | 
|  | 3–1 |  | 15-10, 15-13, 12-15, 15-9 | 
July 31, 1993
|  | 3–0 |  | 15-12, 15-11, 15-12 | 
|  | 3–0 |  | 15-2, 15-13, 15-9 | 
Final standings
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player
-   Giovane Gávio Giovane GávioGiovane Farinazzo Gavio  is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands  in the final.Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio... 
 
 
- Best Spiker
-   Dmitriy Fomin Dmitriy Fomin
 
- Best Setter
-   Mauricio Lima Mauricio LimaMaurício Lima  is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. He participated in both Olympic gold medals of the Brazil men's national volleyball team , against The Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and against Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, GreeceLima and Italy's... 
 
 
- Best Blocker
-   Oleg Shatunov Oleg Shatunov
 
- Best Server
-   Dmitriy Fomin Dmitriy Fomin
 
- Best Receiver
-   Kid Teixeira Kid Teixeira
 
- Best Digger
-   Damiano Pippi Damiano PippiDamiano 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:... 
 
 
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