2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

2009 FIVB World Grand Prix

Official website

Tournament website

Tournament details

Host nation

Japan

Dates

Preliminary Round: July 31 – August 16
Final round: August 19 - August 23

Teams

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

Brazil (8th title)

MVP

Sheilla Castro

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The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico qualified for the tournament at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Europe	America	Asia
Poland Netherlands Russia Germany	Brazil Puerto Rico Dominican Republic United States	China Japan South Korea Thailand

Teams

Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 Squads

Calendar

Week 1 31 July - 2 August 2009
Group A: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Group B: Kielce, Poland	Group C: Ningbo, China
Brazil United States Germany Puerto Rico	Poland Japan Netherlands Thailand	China Russia Dominican Republic South Korea
Week 2 7–9 August 2009
Group D: Miao Li, Chinese Taipei	Group E: Macau	Group F: Osaka, Japan
United States Netherlands Dominican Republic Germany	China Brazil Poland Thailand	Japan South Korea Russia Puerto Rico
Week 3 14–16 August 2009
Group G: Hong Kong	Group H: Mokpo, South Korea	Group I: Bangkok, Thailand
China Poland Netherlands Dominican Republic	Brazil Japan Germany South Korea	Thailand United States Russia Puerto Rico
Week 4 Final Round 19–23 August 2009
Tokyo, Japan
Top five teams Brazil China Netherlands Germany Russia and Japan as host

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host Japan and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final round.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	18	9	0	793	613	1.294	27	7	3.857
2	Netherlands	16	7	2	772	654	1.180	25	7	3.571
3	China	16	7	2	871	760	1.146	25	13	1.923
4	Russia	15	6	3	832	767	1.085	22	15	1.467
5	Japan	14	5	4	740	700	1.057	18	16	1.125
6	Germany	14	5	4	748	729	1.026	20	15	1.333
7	Poland	13	4	5	749	778	0.963	17	19	0.895
8	Thailand	13	4	5	724	825	0.878	15	21	0.714
9	United States	12	3	6	752	791	0.951	14	22	0.636
10	Puerto Rico	11	2	7	685	791	0.866	9	25	0.360
11	Dominican Republic	10	1	8	717	830	0.864	10	26	0.385
12	South Korea	10	1	8	697	842	0.828	10	26	0.385

First round

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25:22	25:17	25:17			75:56
31 Jul	Germany	3–0	United States	25:15	25:15	25:16			75:46
01 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25:12	25:19	25:16			75:47
01 Aug	Puerto Rico	2–3	United States	25:21	25:20	23:25	14:25	13:15	100:106
02 Aug	Brazil	3–0	United States	25:18	25:22	25:13			75:53
02 Aug	Puerto Rico	3–2	Germany	13:25	27:25	25:21	21:25	15:11	101:107

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Poland	2–3	Thailand	25:13	25:27	22:25	25:21	11:15	108:101
31 Jul	Netherlands	0–3	Japan	13:25	19:25	20:25			52:75
01 Aug	Poland	0–3	Netherlands	23:25	20:25	21:25			64:75
01 Aug	Thailand	3–2	Japan	19:25	28:26	25:21	21:25	15:11	108:108
02 Aug	Japan	3–0	Poland	25:20	26:24	27:25			78:69
02 Aug	Netherlands	3–1	Thailand	25:27	25:21	25:17	25:20		100:85

Group C

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Russia	3–0	South Korea	25:23	25:23	25:15			75:61
31 Jul	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25:12	25:18	25:19			75:49
01 Aug	Dominican Republic	2–3	Russia	21:25	27:25	25:19	11:25	10:15	94:109
01 Aug	China	3–0	South Korea	25:15	25:21	25:14			75:50
02 Aug	South Korea	2–3	Dominican Republic	22:25	12:25	25:18	26:24	10:15	95:107
02 Aug	China	3–2	Russia	23:25	25:23	20:25	25:14	15:9	108:96

Second round

Group D

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	United States	3–2	Dominican Republic	25:18	25:19	23:25	21:25	23:21	117:108
07 Aug	Netherlands	3–1	Germany	25:13	25:23	22:25	25:23		97:84
08 Aug	United States	2–3	Netherlands	25:12	22:25	16:25	25:21	13:15	101:98
08 Aug	Dominican Republic	0–3	Germany	16:25	17:25	20:25			53:75
09 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Dominican Republic	25:19	25:15	25:18			75:52
09 Aug	Germany	3–0	United States	25:22	25:18	27:25			77:65

Group E

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25:14	25:17	25:11			75:42
07 Aug	China	3–2	Poland	25:19	25:27	24:26	25:14	15:12	114:98
08 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Poland	25:22	25:9	13:25	25:15		88:71
08 Aug	China	3–1	Thailand	25:27	25:19	25:17	25:19		100:82
09 Aug	Thailand	0–3	Poland	24:26	13:25	25:27			62:78
09 Aug	China	2–3	Brazil	21:25	20:25	25:19	25:22	12:15	103:106

Group F

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
07 Aug	South Korea	2–3	Russia	25:23	20:25	18:25	27:25	13:15	103:113
07 Aug	Japan	3–0	Puerto Rico	25:22	25:21	25:17			75:60
08 Aug	Russia	1–3	Puerto Rico	17:25	22:25	25:22	26:28		90:100
08 Aug	Japan	3–1	South Korea	22:25	25:13	25:18	25:10		97:66
09 Aug	South Korea	3–2	Puerto Rico	25:18	25:18	24:26	22:25	15:13	111:100
09 Aug	Japan	3–1	Russia	20:25	25:19	25:15	25:21		95:80

Third round

Group G

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	Poland	0–3	Netherlands	17:25	17:25	13:25			47:75
14 Aug	China	3–1	Dominican Republic	25:21	21:25	25:17	25:20		96:83
15 Aug	Dominican Republic	0–3	Netherlands	14:25	31:33	28:30			73:88
15 Aug	China	2–3	Poland	21:25	21:25	25:18	26:24	11:15	104:107
16 Aug	Dominican Republic	2–3	Poland	25:22	23:25	14:25	25:13	11:15	98:100
16 Aug	China	3–1	Netherlands	25:21	25:22	21:25	25:21		96:89

Group H

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	South Korea	1–3	Germany	28:26	20:25	22:25	11:25		81:101
14 Aug	Japan	1–3	Brazil	12:25	19:25	25:15	13:25		69:90
15 Aug	Brazil	3–2	Germany	25:27	25:15	25:19	19:25	15:10	109:96
15 Aug	South Korea	0–3	Japan	13:25	20:25	22:25			55:75
16 Aug	Germany	2–3	Japan	25:23	14:25	18:25	25:21	10:15	92:109
16 Aug	South Korea	1–3	Brazil	27:25	15:25	15:25	19:25		76:100

Group I

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	Thailand	3–0	Puerto Rico	27:25	30:28	25:13			82:66
14 Aug	United States	1–3	Russia	21:25	24:26	25:19	17:25		87:95
15 Aug	Russia	3–1	Thailand	25:18	24:26	25:11	25:12		99:67
15 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	16:25	18:25	22:25			56:75
16 Aug	Thailand	3–2	United States	19:25	25:20	25:21	23:25	15:11	107:102
16 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	16:25	17:25	19:25			52:75

Overall Ranking

Place	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Russia
03 !	Germany
4	Netherlands
5	China
6	Japan
7	United States
8	Thailand
9	Puerto Rico
10	Poland
11	Dominican Republic
12	South Korea

2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners
Brazil Eighth title

**Team Roster:**
Natalia Pereira, Danielle Lins, Sheilla Castro, Adenisia Silva, Marianne Steinbrecher, Thaisa Menezes, Ana Tiemi Takagui, Fabiana de Oliveira, Regiane Bidias, Welissa Gonzaga, Fabiana Claudino, Camila Brait, Caroline Gattaz, Joyce Silva. Head Coach: José Roberto Guimarães

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Sheilla Castro (BRA)

Best Spiker:
- Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS)

Best Blocker:
- Fabiana Claudino (BRA)

Best Server:
- Manon Flier (NED)

Best Libero:
- Kerstin Tzscherlich (GER)

Best Setter:
- Yoshie Takeshita (JPN)

Best Scorer:
- Manon Flier (NED)

References

FIVB official site

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

Seasons	Hong Kong 1993 Shanghai 1994 Shanghai 1995 Shanghai 1996 Kobe 1997 Hong Kong 1998 Yuxi 1999 Quezon City 2000 Macau 2001 Hong Kong 2002 Andria 2003 Reggio Calabria 2004 Sendai 2005 Reggio Calabria 2006 Ningbo 2007 Yokohama 2008 Tokyo 2009 Ningbo 2010 Macau 2011 Ningbo 2012 Sapporo 2013 Tokyo 2014 Omaha 2015 Bangkok 2016

Squads	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

FIVB World Grand Prix statistics

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