FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1993
No. of teams	6
Continent	International (FIVB)
Most recent champion(s)	M:  Brazil (4th title) W:  Brazil (2nd title)
Most titles	M:  Brazil (4 titles) W:  Brazil (2 titles)

The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1993, it's an international tournament that is played the year after the Olympic Games.

History

Origins

The World Grand Champions Cup was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised 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.

Winners

Brazil has been the most successful team with the men's team winning four and the women's team two titles.

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 nation, four continental champions and one wild card.
• Japan is always pre-qualified as the 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: match points, numbers of matches won, sets ratio (the total number of sets won divided by the total number of sets lost), points ratio, direct confrontation.

Summaries

Men

Year	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place
1993 Details	Italy	Brazil	Cuba	Japan	United States	South Korea
1997 Details	Brazil	Netherlands	Cuba	China	Japan	Australia
2001 Details	Cuba	Brazil	Yugoslavia	South Korea	Japan	Argentina
2005 Details	Brazil	United States	Italy	Japan	Egypt	China
2009 Details	Brazil	Cuba	Japan	Poland	Iran	Egypt
2013 Details	Brazil	Russia	Italy	Iran	United States	Japan

Women

Year	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place
1993 Details	Cuba	China	Russia	Japan	United States	Peru
1997 Details	Russia	Cuba	Brazil	China	Japan	South Korea
2001 Details	China	Russia	Japan	Brazil	United States	South Korea
2005 Details	Brazil	United States	China	Poland	Japan	South Korea
2009 Details	Italy	Brazil	Dominican Republic	Japan	South Korea	Thailand
2013 Details	Brazil	United States	Japan	Russia	Thailand	Dominican Republic

Medals summary

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	4	2	0	6
2	Cuba	1	1	2	4
3	Italy	1	0	2	3
4	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
7	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Serbia *	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	2	1	1	4
2	China	1	1	1	3
	Russia	1	1	1	3
4	Cuba	1	1	0	2
5	Italy	1	0	0	1
6	United States	0	2	0	2
7	Japan	0	0	2	2
8	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

* = FIVB considers Serbia (Since 2007) as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991), FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).

See also

• Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
• FIVB Volleyball World Championship
• FIVB Volleyball World Cup
• FIVB Volleyball World League
• FIVB World Grand Prix
• List of indoor volleyball World Champions

External links

• Official website of the FIVB