1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

The Volleyball World Championship for Men 1990 was held from October 18 to 28 held in Brazil. Italy won the title for the first time. The Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and Curitiba.

Mode

The sixteen participants played in the first round in four groups of four. The group Fourth determined in the next round the places from thirteen to sixteen. The runners-up and third reached the knockout stages. The losers played for the ranks nine to twelve, the winners met in the quarterfinals of the seeded group winners. The losers of the quarter-finals came in the round for places five to eight, the winner determined in the semi-finals and final to the new World Champion.

Schedule

First round

Placement matches

Full Time

Qualification

Hosts Brazil and the top seven teams in the last World Cup qualified automatically. Five other starting places there were for the top ranked teams in the last continental tournaments. In this way, reached Italy (European Championship 1989), South Korea (Asia), Cameroon (Africa ), Canada ( NORCECA ) and Venezuela ( South America) the final round.

The last three participants were determined at a B tournament from 12 to 22 April in Japan. There were twelve teams initially in two groups of six. The top three teams in each group played in the final group for participation in the World Cup tournament in Brazil.