1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup explained

Competition:World Grand Champions Cup
Continent:World
Gender:women
Year:1997
Size:160px
Host:Japan
Dates:November 14–23
Teams:6
Venues:3
Cities:3
Champions:Russia
Title Number:1
Mvp:Yevgeniya Artamonova
Last:1993 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
Next:2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The Second Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997.

Teams

width=180Teamwidth=250Qualified as
Host Nation
1997 Asian Champions
1997 NORCECA Champions
1997 South American Champions
1997 European Champions
Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 1997 Women'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

Results

Tokyo round

Final standing

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4
5
6

Team Roster
Yelena Vasilevskaya, Natalya Morozova, Yelena Batukhtina, Yelena Godina, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Tatyana Gracheva, Elizaveta Tishchenko, Anastasiya Belikova, Natalya Safronova, Anna Artamonova, Irina Tebenikhina
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol

Awards

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