Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
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The 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.
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[edit] History
[edit] Origins
The World Grand Champions Cup was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organized by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without a world FIVB competition. This is the only FIVB tournament that doesn't give FIVB points for the world ranking.
[edit] Winners (Men)
Brazil has been the most successful team in the Men's World Grand Champions Cup. Cuba has also obtained good results, including 3 medals.
[edit] Winners (Women)
The Women's World Grand Champions Cup has had not one great winner, every edition has had a new champion.
[edit] Competition Formula
The World Grand Champions Cup has always had the same formula since the first edition:
- The competition takes place in Japan.
- Six teams participate in each event: host team, four qualified, one per invitation.
- Japan is always pre-qualified as host nation.
- Four continental champions from continents whose teams reached the highest ranking at the preceding Olympic Games.
- The remaining team participates through a wild card granted by the FIVB.
- A round robin format is used for this competition.
- Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: number of wins, point ratio (the total number of points won divided by the total number of points lost), set ratio, direct confrontation.
[edit] Winners summary
See also Detailed Palmares
[edit] Men's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1993 | Japan |
Italy |
Brazil |
Cuba |
1997 | Japan |
Brazil |
Netherlands |
Cuba |
2001 | Japan |
Cuba |
Brazil |
Yugoslavia |
2005 | Japan |
Brazil |
United States |
Italy |
2009 | Japan |
[edit] Women's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1993 | Japan |
Cuba |
China |
Russia |
1997 | Japan |
Russia |
Cuba |
Brazil |
2001 | Japan |
China |
Russia |
Japan |
2005 | Japan |
Brazil |
United States |
China |
2009 | Japan |
[edit] Medals summary
[edit] Men
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Serbia (former YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Women
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] External links
International Volleyball
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