2010 FIVB World Grand Prix

Official website

tournament website

Tournament details

Host nation

Ningbo, China

Dates

Preliminary round: 6 August – 22 August
Final round: 25 August - 29 August

Teams

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

United States (3rd title)

MVP

Foluke Akinradewo (USA)

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The 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament to be played by 12 countries from 6–29 August 2010. The finals were held at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China. The United States claimed their 3rd title and Foluke Akinradewo won the Most Valuable Player award.^[1]

Standing and tie-breaking procedure:

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria:
number of matches won, points ratio and sets ratio

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Europe	America	Asia
Poland Netherlands Italy Germany	Brazil Puerto Rico Dominican Republic United States	China Japan Chinese Taipei Thailand

Teams

Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2010 Squads

Calendar

Week 1 6–8 August 2010
Group A: São Carlos, Brazil	Group B: Gdynia, Poland	Group C: Chengdu, China
Brazil Italy Japan Chinese Taipei	Poland Germany United States Dominican Republic	China Netherlands Thailand Puerto Rico
Week 2 13–15 August 2010
Group D: Bangkok, Thailand	Group E: Macau	Group F: Okayama, Japan
Thailand Italy United States Puerto Rico	China Brazil Netherlands Dominican Republic	Japan Poland Germany Chinese Taipei
Week 3 20–22 August 2010
Group G: Hong Kong	Group H: Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Group I: Tokyo, Japan
China United States Germany Thailand	Chinese Taipei Brazil Poland Puerto Rico	Japan Italy Netherlands Dominican Republic
Week 4 Final round 25–29 August 2010
Ningbo, China
Top five teams Brazil United States Poland Japan Italy and China as host

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advanced to the Final round.

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	24	8	1	711	535	1.329	25	4	6.250
2	United States	21	7	2	802	652	1.230	23	10	2.300
3	Poland	21	7	2	726	651	1.115	22	9	2.444
4	Japan	19	6	3	830	725	1.145	21	13	1.615
5	Italy	19	6	3	811	757	1.071	22	12	1.833
6	China	19	6	3	718	671	1.070	21	11	1.909
7	Netherlands	13	5	4	721	731	0.986	17	16	1.063
8	Dominican Republic	7	3	6	767	863	0.889	13	24	0.542
9	Germany	7	2	7	727	803	0.905	12	22	0.545
10	Thailand	6	2	7	657	727	0.904	8	23	0.348
11	Puerto Rico	4	1	8	600	747	0.803	7	24	0.292
12	Chinese Taipei	2	1	8	508	716	0.709	3	26	0.115

First round

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
06 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–19	25–12		75–46
06 Aug	Italy	1–3	Japan	28–30	29–27	20–25	13–25	90–107
07 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–19	25–20		75–59
07 Aug	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	15–25	20–25	19–25		54–75
08 Aug	Brazil	1–3	Italy	22–25	21–25	25–18	19–25	87–93
08 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–16	25–16		75–48

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Aug	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	24–26	25–22	14–25	19–25		82–98
06 Aug	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–18	16–25	25–22	26–24		92–89
07 Aug	Poland	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–16	25–14			75–54
07 Aug	United States	1–3	Germany	23–25	22–25	25–16	23–25		93–91
08 Aug	Poland	3–1	United States	16–25	26–24	25–19	25–23		92–91
08 Aug	Germany	2–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	25–22	29–31	25–16	17–19	115–113

Group C

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
06 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–22	25–23		75–67
06 Aug	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–18	25–22		75–60
07 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Netherlands	9–25	12–25	21–25		42–75
07 Aug	Thailand	0–3	China	16–25	16–25	22–25		54–75
08 Aug	Thailand	0–3	Puerto Rico	22–25	23–25	20–25		65–75
08 Aug	China	3–1	Netherlands	19–25	25–20	25–15	25–21	94–81

Second round

Group D

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Aug	United States	3–1	Italy	26–28	26–24	25–23	25–15	102–90
13 Aug	Thailand	3–1	Puerto Rico	23–25	25–17	25–23	25–19	98–84
14 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Italy	12–25	17–25	18–25		47–75
14 Aug	United States	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–13		75–52
15 Aug	Puerto Rico	1–3	United States	25–21	22–25	12–25	15–25	74–96
15 Aug	Italy	3–1	Thailand	21–25	25–23	25–21	25–20	96–89

Group E

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–14	25–18	25–14			75–46
13 Aug	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–16	25–19	25–16			75–51
14 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Netherlands	25–21	21–25	25–15	26–24		97–85
14 Aug	China	2–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	25–20	25–21	22–25	9–15	101–106
16 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–20	17–25	23–25	15–7	105–100
16 Aug	China	0–3	Brazil	12–25	19–25	19–25			50–75

Group F

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
13 Aug	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Poland	16–25	19–25	15–25		50–75
13 Aug	Japan	3–1	Germany	26–28	25–17	25–20	25–11	101–76
14 Aug	Germany	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–14	25–19		75–52
14 Aug	Japan	3–1	Poland	25–19	25–21	19–25	25–16	94–81
15 Aug	Germany	1–3	Poland	23–25	23–25	31–29	20–25	97–104
15 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	28–26	25–15	25–11		78–52

Third round

Group G

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
20 Aug	Germany	0–3	United States	15–25	18–25	13–25		46–75
20 Aug	China	3–1	Thailand	16–25	27–25	25–23	25–15	93–88
21 Aug	Thailand	0–3	United States	16–25	16–25	16–25		48–75
21 Aug	China	3–0	Germany	25–14	25–19	28–26		78–59
22 Aug	Germany	1–3	Thailand	25–20	16–25	16–25	22–25	79–95
22 Aug	China	1–3	United States	20–25	10–25	25-22	22-25	77-97

Group H

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–18	25–13	25–20			75–51
20 Aug	Poland	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	25–9			75–46
21 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	20–25	20–25	14–25			54–75
21 Aug	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Brazil	15–25	17–25	16–25			48–75
22 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–16	27–25	25–16			77–57
22 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Puerto Rico	27–29	25–21	18–25	25–23	17–15	112–113

Group I

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Aug	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	29–27	25–16	25–15			79–58
20 Aug	Japan	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–15	23–25	31–29	25–20		104–89
21 Aug	Dominican Republic	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	22–25	20–25			61–75
21 Aug	Japan	1–3	Italy	23–25	25–27	25–21	23–25		96–98
22 Aug	Dominican Republic	3–2	Italy	23–25	32–30	25–22	22–25	15–13	117–115
22 Aug	Japan	2–3	Netherlands	19–25	25–22	36–38	25–16	11–15	116–116

Final round

Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Aug	United States	3–2	Poland	13–25	18–25	28–26	25–19	15–12	99–107
25 Aug	Brazil	2–3	Japan	25–13	23–25	25–18	22–25	13–15	108–96
25 Aug	China	0–3	Italy	20–25	16–25	21–25			57–75
26 Aug	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–20	25–14			75–57
26 Aug	Poland	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–23	20–25	17–25		83–98
26 Aug	China	3–1	Japan	29–27	23–25	25–20	25–19		102–91
27 Aug	Japan	3–2	Italy	23–25	25–14	26–28	25–20	17–15	116–102
27 Aug	Brazil	2–3	United States	25–22	19–25	28–30	25–17	13–15	110–109
27 Aug	China	3–0	Poland	25–19	25–19	25–17			75–55
28 Aug	Poland	3–1	Japan	25–15	21–25	25–23	25–22		96–85
28 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–18	25–13	25–16			75–47
28 Aug	China	0–3	United States	21–25	25–27	22–25			68–77
29 Aug	Japan	0–3	United States	24–26	20–25	23–25			67–76
29 Aug	Italy	3–1	Poland	23–25	25–15	25–23	25–17		98–80
29 Aug	China	0–3	Brazil	12–25	16–25	15–25			43–75

Final ranking

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	13	5	0	436	409	1.066	15	4	3.750
2	Brazil	11	3	2	466	378	1.233	13	7	1.857
3	Italy	7	2	3	379	403	0.940	8	10	0.800
4	China	6	2	3	345	373	0.925	6	10	0.600
5	Japan	4	2	3	455	484	0.940	8	13	0.615
6	Poland	4	1	4	421	455	0.925	7	13	0.538

Overall ranking

Place	Team
1 !	United States
2 !	Brazil
3 !	Italy
4	China
5	Japan
6	Poland
7	Netherlands
8	Dominican Republic
9	Germany
10	Thailand
11	Puerto Rico
12	Chinese Taipei

2010 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners
United States Third title

Team roster: Ogonna Nnamani, Alisha Glass, Stacy Sykora, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Cynthia Barboza, Jennifer Tamas, Jordan Larson, Nicole Fawcett, Logan Tom, Foluke Akinradewo, Nellie Spicer, Megan Hodge, Destinee Hooker.
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Foluke Akinradewo (USA)

Best Spiker:
- Jaqueline Carvalho (BRA)

Best Blocker:
- Foluke Akinradewo (USA)

Best Server:
- Wang Yimei (CHN)

Best Libero:
- Zhang Xian (CHN)

Best Setter:
- Alisha Glass (USA)

Best Scorer:
- Saori Kimura (JPN)

References

^ FIVB. "USA claim third FIVB World Grand Prix title with perfect record". http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2010/viewPressRelease.asp?No=25759&Language=en. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

External links

Official website of the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix

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