2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix explained

Competition:	World Grand Prix
Continent:	World
Gender:	women
Year:	2013
Host:	(Final)
Dates:	2 August – 1 September
Teams:	20 (6 in Final Round)
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Brazil
Title Number:	9
Website:	fivb.com
Last:	2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next:	2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 21st edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 20 countries from 2 August to 1 September 2013.^[1]

Competing nations

Qualification process

^[2]

width=200	Competition !	width=150	Date !	width=200	Venue !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=220	Qualified
Automatically Qualified^[3] ^[4] ^[5]			4
	June 1 – July 6, 2012		4^[6]
	July 12–21, 2012		1
	July 12–21, 2012		4 (NORCECA)^[a]
	September 10–16, 2012		2
FIVB Appointed^[7] ^[8]			4
CAVB Appointed^[9]			1
Total			20

^[a] The top four NORCECA teams and the top from CSV confederation, other than Brazil, at the 2012 Pan-American Cup qualified.

Squads

See main article: article and 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix squads.

Calendar

The original list was released December 1, 2012; one day later on December 2 a new list was released to the public.

Week 1 2–4 August 2013
width=18%	Group A: Campinas, Brazil	width=18%	Group B: Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	width=18%	Group C: Ankara, Turkey	width=18%	Group D: Macau, China	width=18%	Group E: Montichiari, Italy

Week 2 9–11 August 2013
Group F: Belgrade, Serbia	Group G: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Group H: Płock, Poland	Group I: Hong Kong, China	Group J: Yekaterinburg, Russia

Week 3 16–18 August 2013
Group K: Almaty, Kazakhstan	Group L: Bangkok, Thailand	Group M: Sendai, Japan	Group N: Wuhan, China	Group O: Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei

Week 4 Final Round 28 August–1 September 2013
Sapporo

Preliminary round

Ranking

Japan (finals host) and the top five teams in the preliminary round will advance to the final round.

All times are local for the host city

First round

Pool A

Venue: Arena Concórdia, Campinas, Brazil

Pool B

Venue: Palácio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Second round

Pool F

Venue: Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Serbia

Pool G

Venue: Palacio de Recreación y Deportes, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Pool H

Venue: Orlen Arena, Płock, Poland

Pool I

Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong

Pool J

Venue: DIVS Uralochka, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Third round

Pool K

Venue: Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Pool L

Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand

Pool M

Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai, Japan

Pool N

Venue: Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China

Pool O

Venue: Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei

Final round

Pool Final

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo, Japan

All times are local for the host city.

Final standing

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12
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20

Team roster
Fabiana Claudino (c), Danielle Lins, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Priscila Daroit, Claudia Silva, Michelle Pavão, Gabriela Guimarães, Sheilla Castro, Fabiana Oliveira, Monique Pavão, Fernanda Rodrigues
Head coach
José Roberto Guimarães