2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix explained

Competition:World Grand Prix
Continent:World
Gender:women
Year:2017
City:Nanjing (Group 1 Final)
Dates:7 July – 6 August
Teams:32
Confederations:5
Venues:25
Cities:25
Champions:BRA
Title Number:12
Second:ITA
Third:SRB
Fourth:CHN
Mvp: Natália Pereira
Outside Spikers: Zhu Ting
Natália Pereira
Opposite Spiker: Tijana Bošković
Middle Blockers: Ana Beatriz Corrêa
Milena Rašić
Setter: Ding Xia
Libero: Monica De Gennaro
Matches:148
Website:FIVB World Grand Prix
Last:2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next:2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 25th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 32 teams between 7 July and 6 August.[1] [2] The Group 1 Final Round was held in Nanjing, China.[3]

Defending champions Brazil won their record twelfth title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over Italy.[4] [5] Serbia captured their third bronze medal in the competition by defeating China in a rematch of the previous year's Olympic final.[6] Natália Pereira from Brazil was elected the MVP for the second straight year.

In the Group 2 finals held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Poland defeated South Korea in straight sets.[7]

Moreover, Hungary finished atop of Group 3 at their first-ever World Grand Prix participation after a 3–0 win over the home team in the final match in Canberra, Australia.[8]

Qualification

width=16%Africawidth=16%Asia and Oceaniawidth=36%Europewidth=16%North Americawidth=16%South America

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1 Teams making their debuts.

Format

Intercontinental round

Final round

Pool composition

The pools were announced on 14 September 2016.

Group 1

Week 1
width=33%Pool A1
Turkey		width=33%Pool B1
China		width=33%Pool C1
Netherlands









Week 2
Pool D1
Japan		Pool E1
Macau		Pool F1
Russia









Week 3
Pool G1
Hong Kong		Pool H1
Thailand		Pool I1
Brazil









Group 2

Week 1
width=33%Pool A2
Bulgaria		width=33%Pool B2
Argentina		width=33%Pool C2
Peru









Week 2
Pool D2
Kazakhstan		Pool E2
Poland		Pool F2
Puerto Rico









Week 3
Pool G2
Canada		Pool H2
South Korea		Pool I2
Croatia









Group 3

Week 1
width=50%Pool A3
Mexico		width=50%Pool B3
Cameroon






Week 2
width=17%Pool C3
Venezuela		width=17%Pool D3
Trinidad and Tobago







Final round

Week 5
Group 1
China
Pool J1


Pool K1


Week 4Week 3
width=50%Group 2
Czech Republic		width=50%Group 3
Australia






Competition schedule

●Intercontinental round●Final round
Week 1
7–9 Jul		Week 2
14–16 Jul		Week 3
21–23 Jul		Week 4
28–30 Jul		Week 5
2–6 Aug
Group 118 matches18 matches18 matches10 matches
Group 218 matches18 matches18 matches4 matches
Group 312 matches12 matches4 matches

Squads

See main article: 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix squads.

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in terms of points 1, 2, and 3 will be made, taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Intercontinental round

Group 1

Week 1

Pool A1
Pool B1
Pool C1

Week 2

Pool D1
Pool E1
Pool F1

Week 3

Pool G1
Pool H1
Pool I1

Group 2

Week 1

Pool A2
Pool B2
Pool C2

Week 2

Pool D2
Pool E2
Pool F2

Week 3

Pool G2
Pool H2
Pool I2

Group 3

Week 1

Pool A3
Pool B3

Week 2

Pool C3
Pool D3

Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

Final

Group 2

Final four (Week 4)

Final

Group 1

Pool play (Week 5)

Pool K1

Final four (Week 5)

Final

Final standing

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14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final Round
Mara Leão, Macris Carneiro, Ana Carolina da Silva, Adenízia da Silva, Rosamaria Montibeller, Roberta Ratzke, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira (c), Amanda Francisco, Gabriella Souza, Drussyla Costa, Suelen Pinto, Ana Beatriz Corrêa, Monique Pavão
Head coach
José Roberto Guimarães

Awards

Natália Pereira

Zhu Ting

Natália Pereira

Ding Xia

Ana Beatriz Corrêa

Milena Rašić

Monica De Gennaro

Tijana Bošković

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follow the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills: serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 24 July 2017.[23] [24] [25]

Best scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block, and serve.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 Pointswidth=250 Namewidth=50 Pointswidth=250 Namewidth=50 Points
align=center 1align=center 153align=center 147align=center 135
align=center 2align=center 149align=center 145align=center 129
align=center 3align=center 142align=center 144align=center 114
align=center 4align=center 138align=center 143align=center 101
align=center 5align=center 135align=center 134align=center 100

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 49.80align=center 48.29align=center 43.02
align=center 2align=center 47.40align=center 44.56align=center 40.60
align=center 3align=center 45.54align=center 41.91align=center 38.97
align=center 4align=center 44.75align=center 41.63align=center 37.37
align=center 5align=center 44.31align=center 41.04align=center 37.17

Best blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 1.09align=center 0.90align=center 1.04
align=center 2align=center 1.03align=center 0.80align=center 0.95
align=center 3align=center 0.73align=center 0.73align=center 0.86
align=center 4align=center 0.70align=center 0.71align=center 0.70
align=center 5align=center 0.69align=center 0.62align=center 0.61

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 0.48align=center 0.55align=center 0.70
align=center 2align=center 0.46align=center 0.47align=center 0.55
align=center 3align=center 0.35align=center 0.40align=center 0.50
align=center 4align=center 0.34align=center 0.39align=center 0.39
align=center 5align=center 0.32align=center 0.38align=center 0.32

Best setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 10.62align=center 9.69align=center 4.75
align=center 2align=center 7.06align=center 7.83align=center 4.19
align=center 3align=center 6.23align=center 6.53align=center 3.63
align=center 4align=center 5.82align=center 6.34align=center 2.32
align=center 5align=center 5.81align=center 6.16align=center 2.09

Best diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 3.17align=center 4.90align=center 2.50
align=center 2align=center 2.97align=center 4.18align=center 2.36
align=center 3align=center 2.69align=center 3.97align=center 2.33
align=center 4align=center 2.57align=center 3.35align=center 1.87
align=center 5align=center 2.36align=center 3.12align=center 1.45

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

GROUP 1GROUP 2GROUP 3
width=30 Rankwidth=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50 width=250 Namewidth=50
align=center 1align=center 77.50align=center 60.00align=center 55.80
align=center 2align=center 64.07 Mirian Patiñoalign=center 59.88align=center 39.88
align=center 3align=center 59.55 Martyna Grajberalign=center 54.75align=center 36.22
align=center 4align=center 56.00align=center 54.35align=center 34.93
align=center 5align=center 53.43align=center 54.17align=center 34.27

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 World Grand Prix draw completed – Olympic champions China to play silver medallists Serbia in week 3. FIVB.org. 14 September 2016. 14 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Increase in teams and record prize money headlines World Grand Prix Council meeting. FIVB.org. 14 September 2016. 14 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Nanjing set to greet world's elite in 2017 World Grand Prix Finals. FIVB.org. 23 February 2017. 23 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Tandara and Natália lead as Brazil claim 12th title in World Grand Prix. FIVB.org. 6 August 2017. 6 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins. FIVB.org. 6 August 2017. 6 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Bošković leads Serbia over China for bronze. FIVB.org. 6 August 2017. 6 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Poland beat Korea for World Grand Prix Group 2 win. FIVB.org. 29 July 2017. 6 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Szakmáry leads newcomers Hungary to World Grand Prix Group 3 title. FIVB.org. 24 July 2017. 30 July 2017.
  9. Web site: Cuba estará ausente de Liga Mundial y el Grand Prix 2017. Primera Hora. Agencia EFE. 22 September 2016. 2 November 2016. es.
  10. Web site: ¿Por qué Cuba no estará en la Liga Mundial y el Grand Prix de 2017?. Juventud Rebelde. Norland Rosendo. 22 September 2016. 2 November 2016. es.
  11. Web site: 2017 World Grand Prix draw completed – Olympic champions China to play silver medallists Serbia in week 3 . 11 October 2016 . bot: unknown . Internet Archive . 10 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161011040920/http://worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com/en/news/2017-world-grand-prix-draw-completed--?id=64873 .
  12. Web site: Azerbaijan seize historic European League crown before partisan crowd. CEV.lu. 3 July 2016. 15 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929135956/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=940&NewsID=23548&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1%2F1%2F1900&Ed=1%2F1%2F1900. 29 September 2017. dead.
  13. Web site: Venezuela se metió en el Word Grand Prix 2017. Lider en Deportes. Daymar Silva. 13 December 2016. 13 December 2016. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929135812/http://www.liderendeportes.com/noticias/mas-deportes/venezuela-se-metio-en-el-word-grand-prix-2017.aspx. 29 September 2017. dead.
  14. Web site: Venezuela to play in 2017 World Grand Prix Group 3. FIVB.org. 14 December 2016. 18 December 2016.
  15. Web site: FIVB przyznała się do błędu! Będzie zmiana składu grup w prestiżowych rozgrywkach. Sportowe Fakty. Jacek Pawlowski. 13 December 2016. 13 December 2016. pl.
  16. Web site: Malkia Strikers pull out from World Grand Prix. Capital FM. Elvince Joshua. 17 April 2017. 21 April 2017.
  17. Web site: Malkia Strikers pull out from World Grand Prix. The Star. Consolata Makokha. 18 April 2017. 21 April 2017.
  18. Web site: France set sights on World Grand Prix. FIVB.org. 20 April 2017. 20 April 2017.
  19. Web site: Canberra to host Group 3 Finals. FIVB.org. 16 December 2016. 19 December 2016.
  20. Web site: Czech Republic to host World Grand Prix Group 2 Finals. FIVB.org. 16 November 2016. 30 November 2016.
  21. Web site: 国际排联确定南京承办2017年世界女排大奖赛总决赛. CVA. 3 December 2016. 31 December 2016. zh.
  22. Web site: World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix final to be held in Nanjing. Government of Nanjing. 22 December 2016. 31 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170103094715/http://english.nanjing.gov.cn/govaffairs/newsevents/201612/t20161221_4316342.html. 3 January 2017. dead.
  23. Web site: Group 1 statistics . . 23 July 2017 . 24 July 2017.
  24. Web site: Group 2 statistics . . 23 July 2017 . 24 July 2017.
  25. Web site: Group 3 statistics . . 23 July 2017 . 24 July 2017.

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