FIVB World Grand Prix 2007

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The FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.

The 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second and third week each team played nine matches in total. Preliminary rounds were staged in Japan (3x), Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia and Chinese Taipei.

The final round was played in Ningbo, PR China over five days and the best six teams from the preliminary rounds. A round robin system was played to decide the 2007 World Grand Prix Champion.

Contents 1 Qualification 1.1 Asia 1.2 Europe 1.3 North and South America 2 Teams 3 First Round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 4 Second Round 4.1 Group D 4.2 Group E 4.3 Group F 5 Third Round 5.1 Group G 5.2 Group H 5.3 Group I 5.4 Preliminary Ranking 6 Final Ranking 7 Overall Ranking 8 Individual Awards 9 Reference

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Asia

• The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
  •  China
  •  Japan
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Kazakhstan

[edit] Europe

• European Qualification Tournament in Varna, Bulgaria from September 26 to October 1, 2006
  •  Russia
  •  Netherlands
  •  Italy
  •  Poland

[edit] North and South America

• 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 27 to July 8, 2006
  •  Brazil
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  United States

[edit] Teams

Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 Squads

[edit] First Round

[edit] Group A

• August 3 to August 5, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan
  •  Cuba
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Japan
  •  Kazakhstan

[edit] Group B

• August 16 to August 20, 2007 in Verona, Italy
  •  Brazil
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands

[edit] Group C

• August 16 to August 20, 2007 in Rzeszow, Poland
  •  China
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
  •  United States

[edit] Second Round

[edit] Group D

• August 10 to August 12, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan
  •  Brazil
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Japan
  •  Netherlands

[edit] Group E

• August 10 to August 12, 2007 in Khabarovsk, Russia
  •  Cuba
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Russia
  •  United States

[edit] Group F

• August 10 to August 12, 2007 in Hong Kong, China
  •  China
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Italy
  •  Poland

[edit] Third Round

[edit] Group G

• August 17 to August 19, 2007 in Osaka, Japan
  •  Japan
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Russia
  •  Poland

[edit] Group H

• August 17 to August 19, 2007 in Taipei
  •  Brazil
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Italy

[edit] Group I

• August 17 to August 19, 2007 in Macau, China
  •  China
  •  Cuba
  •  Netherlands
  •  United States

[edit] Preliminary Ranking

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	17	9	8	1	728	550	1.324	25	5	5.000
2.	Italy	16	9	7	2	774	682	1.135	24	10	2.400
3.	Russia	16	9	7	2	788	740	1.065	21	14	1.500
4.	Poland	15	9	6	3	790	758	1.042	22	14	1.571
5.	Netherlands	15	9	6	3	731	705	1.037	18	15	1.200
6.	Cuba	14	9	5	4	823	777	1.059	21	15	1.400
7.	United States	14	9	5	4	784	784	1.000	18	18	1.000
8.	China	13	9	4	5	816	777	1.050	20	17	1.176
9.	Japan	13	9	4	5	719	702	1.024	18	15	1.200
10.	Kazakhstan	13	9	1	8	681	781	0.872	7	26	0.269
11.	Dominican Republic	13	9	1	8	574	713	0.805	6	24	0.250
12.	Chinese Taipei	13	9	0	9	436	675	0.646	0	27	0.000

[edit] Final Ranking

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Netherlands	10	5	5	0	503	454	1.108	15	7	2.143
2.	China	9	5	4	1	476	438	1.087	14	7	2.000
3.	Italy	7	5	2	3	448	446	1.004	9	11	0.818
4.	Russia	7	5	2	3	411	434	0.947	9	11	0.818
5.	Brazil	6	5	1	4	412	434	0.949	8	12	0.667
6.	Poland	6	5	1	4	348	392	0.888	5	12	0.417

[edit] Overall Ranking

1.  Netherlands 2.  China 3.  Italy 4.  Russia 5.  Brazil 6.  Poland 7.  Cuba 8.  United States 9.  Japan 10.  Kazakhstan 11.  Dominican Republic 12.  Chinese Taipei

2007 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners  Netherlands First title

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
  •  Manon Flier (NED)

• Best Spiker:
  •  Taismary Agüero (ITA)

• Best Blocker:
  •  Eleonora Dziekiewicz (POL)

• Best Server:
  •  Yang Hao (CHN)

• Best Libero:
  •  Xian Zhang (CHN)

• Best Setter:
  •  Qiuyue Wei (CHN)

• Best Scorer:
  •  Taismary Agüero (ITA)

[edit] Reference

• FIVB

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