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The World Cup is a men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1965 (men) and 1973 (women), it is an international qualification event for the Olympic Games. It is not to be confused with the World Championship. Image File history File links VolleyballWorldCupLogo. ... It has been suggested that History of volleyball be merged into this article or section. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... 2006 Logo The Volleyball World Championship is a mens and womens volleyball competition. ...

History

Origins

The World Cup was created in 1965 with the purpose of partially filling the gap between the two most important volleyball tournaments, the Olympic Games and the World Championship, which take place in alternating 4-year cycles. The establishment of a third international competition would leave only one in every four years with no major events. Olympic Logo Volleyball Olympic Tournament refers to the indoor volleyball events played at the Olympic Games. ... 2006 Logo The Volleyball World Championship is a mens and womens volleyball competition. ...

The World Cup was to be held in the year following the Olympic Games. The first two tournaments were for men's volleyball only; in 1973, a women's tournament was also introduced. Originally, each tournament had a different host, but in 1977 the competition was transferred to Japan on a permanent basis.

In the 1990s, the installment of annual international events such as the World League and the Grand Prix made the original motivations for the creation of the World Cup obsolete. Instead of letting a consolidated event disappear for lack of interest, the FIVB decided to change its format in 1991: it would be held in the year preceding, and not following, the Olympic Games; and it would be considered a first international olympic qualification tournament, granting the winner a direct berth in the games. World League Logo The World League is a mens volleyball competition. ... FIVB Logo Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport of volleyball. ...

This move saved the competition. The possibility of securing an early berth for the Olympic Games, thus avoiding extrenous and in some cases tight continental qualification procedures, became a consistent motivation for the national federations to participate in the World Cup. In 1995, the number of olympic spots granted at the competition was increased to three, as it remains up to now (2005).

Winners (Men)

Former U.S.S.R. is so far (2003) the only team that managed to win more than once the Men's World Cup. The Soviets took the gold at the opening edition of the tournament, in 1965. Four years later, the winner was also a communist nation, East Germany. Soviet redirects here. ... Soviet redirects here. ... GDR redirects here. ...

Scheduled for Uruguay, the men's events of the 1973 edition were cancelled. In 1977, competition was resumed in Japan, and the USSR came back for two wins in a row. In 1985, they were once again runner-ups, but lost the decisive match to U.S.A. in five sets. In 1989, Cuba surprised the world and beat a rising Italy to take the gold. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

With the competition now set as a qualifying event for the Olympic Games, U.S.S.R., led by Dmitri Fomin won the title in 1991, at the brink of dissolution. The Italians, who hadn't participated in this edition, finally conquered their gold medal in 1995. The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

Inheriting a large part of the former Soviet volleyball programme, Russia was the winner in 1999. In the following edition, the last one played so far, favorite Brazil did not disappoint its fans and swept smoothly through all its opponents for the gold.

Winners (Women)

The Women's World Cup has had not one great winner, like its counterpart for men's volleyball, but two: Cuba and China.

The first edition of the tournament was won by the U.S.S.R.. Japan, the runner-up of 1973, took the gold in 1977. With the help of superstar player Lang Ping, China won the following two editions, in 1981 and 1985. Soviet redirects here. ... Lang Ping (simplified Chinese: 郎平), known as Jenny Lang Ping is one of the most famous and respected individuals in the history of volleyball. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Then Cuba stepped forward to begin its amazing World Cup career, winning its first title in 1989. With the tournament now as an olympic qualifier, there followed three more consecutive victories, in 1991, 1995 and 1999.

Finally, China came back in 2003 with a remarkably offensive team to win its third title.

Competition Formula

The World Cup is the most stable from all competition formulas employed by the FIVB. The following rules apply: FIVB Logo Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport of volleyball. ...

• The competition takes place in Japan.
• Twelve teams participate in each event: ten qualified, two per invitation.
• Japan is always pre-qualified as host nation.
• Nine teams qualify through Continental Championships. Africa has one spot reserved in the tournament. All other continents have two.
• The remaining two teams participate through wild cards granted by the FIVB.
• The competition is divided in exactly two phases (called "legs").
• Teams are divided in two pools.
• At the first leg, each team plays one match against all other teams in its pool.
• At the second leg, each team plays one match against all the teams in the other pool.
• Matches take place continuously through two weeks, with one-day breaks every two or three days. Each day, six matches are played.
• Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: number of wins, set average, point average, direct confrontation.
• Top three teams in overall standings, regardless of pools, qualify for the following Olympic Games.
• The tournament implements very tight line-up restrictions: only twelve players are allowed, and no replacement is permitted, even in the case of injuries.

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Winners summary

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Men's Volleyball World Cup
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1965	Warsaw, Poland	U.S.S.R.	Poland	Czechoslovakia
1969	Berlin, West Germany	East Germany	Japan	U.S.S.R.
1977	Japan	U.S.S.R.	Japan	Cuba
1981	Japan	U.S.S.R.	Cuba	Brazil
1985	Japan	U.S.A.	U.S.S.R.	Czechoslovakia
1989	Japan	Cuba	Italy	U.S.S.R.
1991	Japan	U.S.S.R.	Cuba	U.S.A.
1995	Japan	Italy	Netherlands	Brazil
1999	Japan	Russia	Cuba	Italy
2003	Japan	Brazil	Italy	Serbia and Montenegro

Women's Volleyball World Cup
Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973	Montevideo, Uruguay	U.S.S.R.	Japan	South Korea
1977	Japan	Japan	Cuba	South Korea
1981	Japan	China	Japan	U.S.S.R.
1985	Japan	China	Cuba	U.S.S.R.
1989	Japan	Cuba	U.S.S.R.	China
1991	Japan	Cuba	China	U.S.S.R.
1995	Japan	Cuba	Brazil	China
1999	Japan	Cuba	Russia	Brazil
2003	Japan	China	Brazil	U.S.A.

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Medals summary - Men

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Medals summary - Women

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Reference

• List of indoor volleyball world title winners

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External links

• Official Website of the FIVB
• Official website of the 2003 World Cup

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