2001 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 20–25
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ivan Miljković
Official website
FIVB

The 2001 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan from November 20 to November 25, 2001.

Teams

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Hosts
South Korea	2001 Asian Champions
Yugoslavia	2001 European Champions
Cuba	2001 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2001 South American Champions
Argentina	Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2001 Men's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

• Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Results

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	430	356	1.208
2	Brazil	9	4	1	14	4	3.500	422	356	1.185
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	9	7	1.286	378	326	1.160
4	South Korea	7	2	3	7	10	0.700	369	394	0.937
5	Japan	6	1	4	4	14	0.286	361	426	0.847
6	Argentina	5	0	5	4	15	0.267	357	459	0.778

Nagoya round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Nov	14:00	South Korea	1–3	Brazil	21–25	21–25	25–19	19–25		86–94	P2
20 Nov	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–20	25–22	25–23			75–65	P2
20 Nov	19:00	Japan	3–2	Argentina	24–26	25–21	22–25	25–17	15–13	111–102	P2
21 Nov	14:00	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	17–25	17–25	22–25			56–75	P2
21 Nov	16:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–15	25–7			75–38	P2
21 Nov	19:00	Yugoslavia	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–18	25–17			75–50	P2

Tokyo round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	13:00	Cuba	3–2	Brazil	25–21	22–25	20–25	25–20	15–11	107–102	P2
23 Nov	15:00	Argentina	1–3	Yugoslavia	25–22	21–25	11–25	18–25		75–97	P2
23 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	South Korea	21–25	21–25	25–27			67–77	P2
24 Nov	13:00	Cuba	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–18	25–18	25–13		97–74	P2
24 Nov	15:00	South Korea	3–1	Argentina	23–25	27–25	25–21	25–12		100–83	P2
24 Nov	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Yugoslavia	26–24	25–20	25–22			76–66	P2
25 Nov	13:00	Argentina	0–3	Cuba	18–25	17–25	24–26			59–76	P2
25 Nov	15:00	Yugoslavia	3–0	South Korea	25–16	25–18	25–16			75–50	P2
25 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	21–25	19–25	19–25			59–75	P2

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Cuba 02 !  Brazil 03 !  Yugoslavia 4  South Korea 5  Japan 6  Argentina

2001 Men's World Grand Champions Cup Champions  Cuba First title Team Roster Leonel Marshall, Jorge Luis Hernandez, Iván Ruíz, Ángel Dennis, Pavel Pimienta, Maikel Salas, Raidel Poey, Ramón Gato, Alain Roca, Ihosvany Hernández, Yosenki García, Yasser Romero Head Coach: Gilberto Herrera

Awards

• MVP: Ivan Miljković
• Best Scorer: Ivan Miljković
• Best Spiker: Kim Sang-woo
• Best Blocker: Andrija Gerić
• Best Server: Ángel Dennis
• Best Digger: Katsutoshi Tsumagari
• Best Setter: Alain Roca
• Best Receiver: Vasa Mijić

External links

• Official website