2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

2013 Women's World Grand Champions Cup
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Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates 12–17 November
Teams 6
Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
MVP Fabiana Claudino
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The 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup will be held in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan from November 12 to 17, 2013.[1][2] Brazil won their second title[3] and Brazilian Fabiana Claudino was selected the Most Valuable Player.[4]

Teams

Team Qualified as
 Japan Host Nation
 Russia 2013 European Champions
 Thailand 2013 Asian Champions
 Brazil 2013 South American Champions
 United States 2013 NORCECA Champions
 Dominican Republic[5][6] Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2013 Women's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Venues

Opening Ceremony and First Round Award Ceremony and Second Round
Nagoya, Japan Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Gaishi Hall Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000

Results

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 15 5 0 15 2 7.500 421 342 1.231
2  United States 10 4 1 12 9 1.333 464 449 1.033
3  Japan 9 3 2 10 7 1.429 403 393 1.025
4  Russia 4 1 4 8 13 0.615 465 470 0.989
5  Thailand 4 1 4 5 13 0.385 391 421 0.929
6  Dominican Republic 3 1 4 6 12 0.500 367 436 0.842

Nagoya round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 Nov 12:10 Thailand  0–3  Dominican Republic 23–25 21–25 23–25     67–75 P2 P3
12 Nov 15:40 United States  0–3  Brazil 24–26 24–26 20–25     68–77 P2 P3
12 Nov 19:10 Japan  3–1  Russia 25–20 26–28 25–16 26–24   102–88 P2 P3
13 Nov 12:10 Brazil  3–0  Thailand 25–18 25–17 25–17     75–52 P2 P3
13 Nov 16:10 Russia  3–1  Dominican Republic 25–14 22–25 25–23 25–15   97–77 P2 P3
13 Nov 19:10 Japan  1–3  United States 19–25 19–25 25–19 21–25   84–94 P2 P3

Tokyo round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
15 Nov 12:10 Dominican Republic  1–3  Brazil 20–25 15–25 25–22 19–25   79–97 P2 P3
15 Nov 16:10 United States  3–2  Russia 16–25 25–22 25–19 24–26 15–13 105–105 P2 P3
15 Nov 19:10 Thailand  0–3  Japan 20–25 27–29 22–25     69–79 P2 P3
16 Nov 12:10 United States  3–2  Thailand 13–25 27–25 25–22 21–25 15–13 101–110 P2 P3
16 Nov 16:10 Russia  1–3  Brazil 25–18 18–25 22–25 19–25   84–93 P2 P3
16 Nov 19:10 Japan  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–17 25–19 29–27     79–63 P2 P3
17 Nov 12:10 Dominican Republic  1–3  United States 14–25 16–25 25–21 18–25   73–96 P2 P3
17 Nov 15:10 Thailand  3–1  Russia 18–25 25–22 25–21 25–23   93–91 P2 P3
17 Nov 18:10 Brazil  3–0  Japan 29–27 25–14 25–18     79–59 P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team
1st  Brazil
2nd  United States
3rd  Japan
4  Russia
5  Thailand
6  Dominican Republic
 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup Champions 

Brazil
Second title


Team roster:
Fabiana Claudino (C), Adenízia da Silva, Claudia Silva, Michelle Pavão, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira, Sheilla Castro, Fabiana de Oliveira (L), Monique Pavão, Fernanda Garay, Fabiola de Souza, Camila Brait (L), Walewska Oliveira, Carol Gattaz.
Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
Brazil Fabiana Claudino[4]
  • Best Setter
Japan Hitomi Nakamichi
  • Best Outside Spikers
Japan Saori Sakoda
Thailand Onuma Sittirak
  • Best Middle Blockers
Russia Iuliia Morozova
Thailand Pleumjit Thinkaow
  • Best Opposite Spiker
Dominican Republic Gina Mambrú
  • Best Libero
Japan Arisa Sato

References

  1. ↑ "FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 2013". FIVB.
  2. ↑ "USA, Brazil & Thailand earn place in FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup". FIVB.
  3. ↑ "Brazil wins over Japan, clinching Women' s World Grand Champions Cup". Tokyo, Japan: Sina. Xinhua. 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  4. 1 2 "Claudino gives credit to teammates for MVP award". Tokyo, Japan: FIVB. 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Sexteto femenino de voleibol estará en Copa de Campeones". Listin Diario (in Spanish) (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic). 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ↑ Montenegro, Tony (2013-10-07). "Dominicana se lleva el Wild Card" (in Spanish). voleibol.pe. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  7. ↑ "FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 2013 Schedule" (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball Association (JVA).
  8. ↑ "Excitement builds as FIVB World Grand Champions Cup match pairings announced". FIVB.

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