2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix explained

Competition:	World Grand Prix
Continent:	World
Gender:	women
Year:	2014
Host:	(Group 1 Final)
Dates:	25 July – 24 August
Teams:	28
Venues:	20
Cities:	20
Champions:	Brazil
Title Number:	10
Website:	2014 FIVB World Grand Prix
Last:	2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next:	2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star team won the tournament for the tenth time, the second consecutive victory.

Qualification

No qualification tournament.
28 teams are invited.^[1]

Qualified teams

width=17%	Africa	width=17%	Asia and Oceania	width=32%	Europe	width=17%	North, Central America and Caribbean	width=17%	South America

Format

It will be the first time the World Grand Prix will feature 28 teams.
During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to O will play matches in three stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 9 matches per team. Pool P to S will feature two stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 6 matches per team.
Six teams will qualify for the World Grand Prix Finals featuring the top four teams from all matches, plus the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 and the hosts (if the hosts are one of the top four teams, then the fifth top team also participates).
The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.

Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 1 December 2014.^[2]

Group 1			Group 2		Group 3
Week 2			Week 1
width=14%	Pool A Turkey	width=14%	Pool B South Korea	width=14%	Pool C Italy	width=15%	Pool J Peru	width=15%	Pool K Puerto Rico	width=14%	Pool P Kazakhstan	width=14%	Pool Q Mexico

Week 3			Week 2
Pool D Brazil	Pool E Turkey	Pool F Hong Kong	Pool L Belgium	Pool M Peru	Pool R Czech Republic	Pool S Croatia

Week 4			Week3		Final round
Pool G Thailand	Pool H Russia	Pool I Macau	Pool N Argentina	Pool O Netherlands	Group 1 (Week 6) Japan
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Squads

See main article: article and 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix squads.

Intercontinental round

All times are local.

Group 1

Week 1

Week 2

Pool D

Venue: Ibirapuera Gymnasium, São Paulo, Brazil

Pool E

Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey

Pool F

Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China

Week 3

Pool G

Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand

Pool H

Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia

Pool I

Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China

Group 2

Week 1

Pool J

Venue: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru

Pool K

Venue: Coliseo Guillermo Angulo, Carolina, Puerto Rico

Week 2

Pool L

Venue: Sportoase Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pool M

Venue: Coliseo Gran Chimú, Trujillo, Peru

Week 3

Pool N

Venue: Microestadio Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pool O

Venue: Topsport Centre Doetinchem, Doetinchem, Netherlands

Group 3

Week 1

Pool P

Venue: Baluan Sports and Culture Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Pool Q

Venue: Olympic Gymnasium Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico

Week 2

Pool R

Venue: City Hall Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Pool S

Venue: Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč, Croatia

Final round

Group 3

Venue: Arena Samokov, Samokov, Bulgaria

Final

Group 2

Venue: Hala Widowwiskowo Sportowa, Koszalin, Poland

Final

Group 1

Final Six

Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan

Final standing

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14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final Round
Fabiana Claudino (c), Dani Lins, Ana Carolina da Silva, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Tandara Caixeta, Gabriela Guimarães, Sheilla Castro, Fernanda Garay, Monique Pavão, Fabíola de Souza, Camila Brait, Léia Silva,
Head coach
José Roberto Guimarães