2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix


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. The Group [|1] Final Round was held in Nanjing, China.
Defending champions Brazil won their record twelfth title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over Italy. Serbia captured their third bronze medal in the competition by defeating China in a rematch of the previous year olympic final. 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.
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.

Qualification

AfricaAsia and OceaniaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth America



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Format

Intercontinental round

The pools were announced on 14 September 2016.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Competition schedule

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

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, the 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 the 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

Ranking

Week 1

Pool A1
Pool D1
Pool G1

Ranking

Week 1

Pool A2
Pool D2
Pool G2

Ranking

Week 1

Pool A3
Pool C3

Group 3

Semifinals
3rd place match
Final

Group 2

Semifinals
3rd place match
Final

Group 1

Pool J1
Pool K1

Final four (Week 5)

Semifinals
3rd place match
Final

Final standing

RankTeam
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10
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21
22
23
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Awards

The statistics of each group follows 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.

Best scorers

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

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Best blockers

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

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best setters

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

Best diggers

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

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.