2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan (Final)
Dates	20 June – 12 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Marianne Steinbrecher
Official website
Tournament website

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 was a women's volleyball tournament in which 12 countries competed from 20 June to 12 July 2008. The finals were held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico. Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Poland qualified through the European Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey. China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan qualified as the best four Asian teams.

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Europe	America	Asia
Germany Italy Poland Turkey	Brazil Cuba Dominican Republic United States	China Japan Kazakhstan Thailand

Calendar

Week 1 20–22 June 2008
Group A: Kobe, Japan	Group B: Ningbo, China	Group C: Alassio, Italy
Japan United States Turkey Kazakhstan	China Brazil Germany Thailand	Italy Cuba Poland Dominican Republic
Week 2 27–29 June 2008
Group D: Vĩnh Phúc, Vietnam	Group E: Wrocław, Poland	Group F: Hong Kong
Brazil Turkey Kazakhstan Germany	Poland United States Dominican Republic Thailand	Italy China Japan Cuba
Week 3 4–6 July 2008
Group G: Bangkok, Thailand	Group H: Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Group I: Macau
Thailand Cuba Kazakhstan Germany	Italy United States Turkey Poland	China Brazil Japan Dominican Republic
Week 4 Final Round 9–13 July 2008
Yokohama, Japan
Top five teams Brazil China Italy United States Cuba and Japan as host

Teams

Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 Squads

Preliminary rounds

Week 1

Group A

June 20, 2008


Turkey	3 - 1	United States	28-26, 25-16, 21-25, 25-19
Japan	3 - 0	Kazakhstan	25-17, 25-13, 25-23

June 21, 2008


Kazakhstan	0 - 3	United States	16-25, 17-25, 18-25
Japan	3 - 2	Turkey	21-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-19, 15-12

June 22, 2008


Kazakhstan	0 - 3	Turkey	17-25, 24-26, 15-25
Japan	2 - 3	United States	29-27, 18-25, 25-18, 16-25, 13-15

Group B

June 20, 2008


Brazil	3 - 0	Thailand	25-22, 25-18, 25-20
China	3 - 1	Germany	19-25, 25-19, 25-11, 25-21

June 21, 2008


China	3 - 0	Thailand	25-11, 25-16, 25-19
Germany	1 - 3	Brazil	25-15, 23-25, 20-25, 28-30

June 22, 2008


Germany	3 - 1	Thailand	19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-22
China	3 - 2	Brazil	22-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13

Group C

June 20, 2008


Cuba	3 - 1	Poland	25-20, 29-31, 25-21, 26-24
Italy	3 - 1	Dominican Republic	19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-15

June 21, 2008


Dominican Republic	0 - 3	Cuba	22-25, 15-25, 19-25
Italy	3 - 1	Poland	25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16

June 22, 2008


Poland	2 - 3	Dominican Republic	21-25, 25-23, 25-19, 23-25, 11-15
Italy	3 - 0	Cuba	25-23, 27-25, 27-25

Week 2

Group D

June 27, 2008


Brazil	3 - 0	Kazakhstan	25-10, 25-17, 25-19
Turkey	3 - 1	Germany	25-21, 25-22, 25-27, 25-18

June 28, 2008


Kazakhstan	0 - 3	Germany	17-25, 19-25, 21-25
Brazil	3 - 0	Turkey	25-23, 25-19, 25-15

June 29, 2008


Germany	0 - 3	Brazil	15-25, 25-27, 17-25
Turkey	3 - 0	Kazakhstan	25-16, 25-20, 25-17

Group E

June 27, 2008


Poland	1 - 3	Dominican Republic	23-25, 25-19, 17-25, 20-25
Thailand	1 - 3	United States	18-25, 17-25, 28-26, 13-25

June 28, 2008


Poland	2 - 3	Thailand	25-19, 21-25, 25-18, 23-25, 4-15
United States	3 - 0	Dominican Republic	25-13, 25-21, 25-20

June 29, 2008


Poland	0 - 3	United States	17-25, 16-25, 20-25
Dominican Republic	3 - 1	Thailand	25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 25-22

Group F

June 27, 2008


Italy	3 - 0	Japan	25-17, 25-20, 25-22
China	3 - 2	Cuba	25-18, 25-27, 21-25, 25-21, 15-13

June 28, 2008


Cuba	2 - 3	Italy	25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 20-25, 13-15
China	3 - 0	Japan	25-16, 29-27, 25-22

June 29, 2008


Japan	1 - 3	Cuba	25-22, 21-25, 19-25, 16-25
China	3 - 2	Italy	18-25, 25-20, 21-25, 27-25, 15-8

Week 3

Group G

July 4, 2008


Thailand	2 - 3	Kazakhstan	19-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 14-16
Cuba	3 - 1	Germany	23-25, 25-21, 25-8, 25-21

July 5, 2008


Germany	3 - 0	Thailand	25-18, 25-15, 25-16
Kazakhstan	1 - 3	Cuba	25-22, 19-25, 21-25, 16-25

July 6, 2008


Thailand	2 - 3	Cuba	20-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 9-15
Germany	3 - 0	Kazakhstan	25-15, 25-19, 25-19

Group H

July 4, 2008


United States	3 - 1	Poland	20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-10
Italy	3 - 1	Turkey	25-20, 21-25, 30-28, 25-23

July 5, 2008


United States	3 - 1	Turkey	16-25, 20-25, 25-20, 17-25
Italy	3 - 2	Poland	23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-14, 18-16

July 6, 2008


Poland	3 - 0	Turkey	25-21, 25-22, 25-22
Italy	3 - 0	United States	25-22, 25-21, 25-16

Group I

July 4, 2008


Brazil	3 - 2	Dominican Republic	23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-9
China	3 - 0	Japan	25-16, 25-19, 25-15

July 5, 2008


Brazil	3 - 0	Japan	25-16, 25-21, 25-15
China	3 - 0	Dominican Republic	25-16, 25-22, 25-21

July 6, 2008


Dominican Republic	3 - 0	Japan	26-24, 25-13, 25-18
China	0 - 3	Brazil	21-25, 17-25, 20-25

Preliminary Ranking

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	17	9	8	1	766	639	1.199	26	6	4.333
2.	China	17	9	8	1	783	687	1.140	24	10	2.400
3.	Italy	17	9	8	1	844	751	1.124	26	10	2.600
4.	United States	16	9	7	2	771	664	1.161	22	11	2.000
5.	Cuba	15	9	6	3	856	785	1.090	22	15	1.467
6.	Turkey	13	9	4	5	743	732	1.015	16	17	0.941
7.	Germany	13	9	4	5	710	709	1.001	16	16	1.000
8.	Dominican R.	13	9	4	5	725	761	0.953	15	19	0.789
9.	Japan	11	9	2	7	641	737	0.870	9	23	0.391
10.	Poland	10	9	1	8	768	855	0.898	13	24	0.542
11.	Thailand	10	9	1	8	710	824	0.862	10	26	0.385
12.	Kazakhstan	10	9	1	8	552	725	0.761	4	26	0.154

Final round

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama
July 9, 2008


Brazil	3 - 0	United States	25-19, 25-19, 25-23
China	2 - 3	Italy	25-22, 27-29, 25-20, 20-25, 9-15
Japan	1 - 3	Cuba	25-19, 23-25, 18-25, 19-25

July 10, 2008


China	1 - 3	Cuba	21-25, 25-20, 24-26, 16-25
Italy	0 - 3	Brazil	20-25, 17-25, 23-25
Japan	2 - 3	United States	28-26, 20-25, 25-22, 20-25, 11-15

July 11, 2008


Brazil	3 - 1	China	25-18, 25-16, 21-25, 25-18
Cuba	3 - 2	United States	22-25, 17-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-11
Japan	3 - 0	Italy	25-23, 25-22, 26-24

July 12, 2008


Brazil	3 - 0	Cuba	25-14, 25-15, 25-20
Italy	3 - 1	United States	25-17, 26-28, 25-19, 25-19
Japan	1 - 3	China	17-25, 30-28, 15-25, 21-25

July 13, 2008


United States	3 - 2	China	25-23, 25-19, 22-25, 21-25, 17-15
Cuba	3 - 1	Italy	28-30, 25-18, 25-23, 25-19
Japan	0 - 3	Brazil	23-25, 23-25, 19-25

Final ranking

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	10	5	5	0	396	312	1.269	15	1	15.000
2.	Cuba	9	5	4	1	446	436	1.023	12	8	1.500
3.	Italy	7	5	2	3	431	443	0.973	7	12	0.583
4.	United States	7	5	2	3	467	491	0.951	9	13	0.692
5.	China	6	5	1	4	479	496	0.966	9	13	0.692
6.	Japan	6	5	1	4	412	454	0.910	7	12	0.583

Overall Ranking

Place	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Cuba
03 !	Italy
4	United States
5	China
6	Japan
7	Turkey
8	Germany
9	Dominican Republic
10	Poland
11	Thailand
12	Kazakhstan

2008 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners
Brazil Seventh title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Marianne Steinbrecher (BRA)
Best Spiker:
- Daimí Ramírez (CUB)
Best Blocker:
- Walewska Oliveira (BRA)
Best Server:
- Megumi Kurihara (JPN)

Best Libero:
- Yuko Sano (JPN)
Best Setter:
- Yoshie Takeshita (JPN)
Best Scorer:
- Megumi Kurihara (JPN)

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 Nanjing 2017
Squads	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix statistics

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