2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix explained

Competition:FIVB World Grand Prix
Gender:women
Year:2009
Host: (Final)
Dates:31 July – 23 August
Teams:12
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:Brazil
Second:Russia
Third:Germany
Fourth:Netherlands
Title Number:8
Mvp: Sheilla Castro
Website:Tournament website
Last:2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next:2010 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from 31 July to 23 August 2009. The finals were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico qualified for the tournament at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

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Calendar

Week 1
31 July – 2 August 2009
Group A:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Group B:
Kielce, Poland
Group C:
Ningbo, China









Week 2
7–9 August 2009
Group D:
Miao Li, Chinese Taipei
Group E:
Macau
Group F:
Osaka, Japan









Week 3
14–16 August 2009
Group G:
Hong Kong
Group H:
Mokpo, South Korea
Group I:
Bangkok, Thailand









Week 4
Final Round
19–23 August 2009
Tokyo, Japan
Top five teams





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Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host Japan and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

First round

Group C

Second round

Group F

Third round

Group I

Final round

Final ranking

Overall ranking

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Team Roster:
Natalia Pereira, Danielle Lins, Sheilla Castro, Adenisia Silva, Marianne Steinbrecher, Thaisa Menezes, Ana Tiemi Takagui, Fabiana de Oliveira, Regiane Bidias, Welissa Gonzaga, Fabiana Claudino, Camila Brait, Caroline Gattaz, Joyce Silva.
Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães

Individual awards

References