2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	China (Final)
Dates	4 August – 26 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Manon Flier
Official website
	Tournament website

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.

The 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second and third week each team played nine matches in total. Preliminary rounds were staged in Japan (3x), Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia and Chinese Taipei.

The final round was played in Ningbo, PR China, at Beilun Gymnasium over five days and the best six teams from the preliminary rounds. A round robin system was played to decide the 2007 World Grand Prix Champion.

Qualification

Asia

The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
- China
- Japan
- Chinese Taipei
- Kazakhstan

Europe

European Qualification Tournament in Varna, Bulgaria, from September 26 to October 1, 2006

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Netherlands	6	3	3	0	288	239	1.205	9	3	3.000
2.	Azerbaijan	5	3	2	1	268	247	1.085	7	5	1.400
3.	Poland	4	3	1	2	295	300	0.983	7	7	1.000
4.	Bulgaria	3	3	0	3	174	239	0.728	1	9	0.111

2006-09-26


Poland	2 – 3	Netherlands	30:28 25:22 22:25 26:28 10:15
Azerbaijan	3 – 0	Bulgaria	25:21 25:20 25:18

2006-09-27


Poland	2 – 3	Azerbaijan	25:23 20:25 25:22 16:25 07:15
Netherlands	3 – 0	Bulgaria	25:16 25:17 25:10

2006-09-28


Azerbaijan	1 – 3	Netherlands	25:19 20:25 24:26 14:25
Bulgaria	1 – 3	Poland	20:25 25:14 13:25 14:25

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Russia	5	3	2	1	309	287	1.077	8	6	1.333
2.	Turkey	5	3	2	1	310	310	1.000	8	7	1.143
3.	Italy	4	3	1	2	261	262	0.996	6	6	1.000
4.	Serbia & M.	4	3	1	2	256	277	0.924	5	8	0.625

2006-09-26


Turkey	3 – 2	Italy	20:25 22:25 25:20 25:19 15:12
Russia	3 – 2	Serbia & M.	22:25 25:17 21:25 25:18 15:08

2006-09-27


Italy	3 – 0	Serbia & M.	25:16 25:17 25:21
Turkey	3 – 2	Russia	23:25 21:25 25:20 25:21 15:09

2006-09-28


Russia	3 – 1	Italy	26:28 25:22 25:17 25:18
Serbia & M.	3 – 2	Turkey	25:14 19:25 23:25 25:15 17:15

Play-offs

2006-09-30


Azerbaijan	1 – 3	Poland	25:18 23:25 25:27 20:25
Turkey	0 – 3	Italy	20:25 20:25 19:25

Third place match

2006-10-01


Poland	0 – 3	Italy	23:25 20:25 16:25

First place match

2006-10-01


Netherlands	0 – 3	Russia	19:25 19:25 21:25

- Russia, Netherlands, Italy and Poland qualified

North and South America

2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 27 to July 8, 2006

Teams

First round

Group A

Venue: Tokyo, Japan
- 2007-08-03


Cuba	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–23 25–22 25–15
Japan	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	25–23 25–21 25–20

- 2007-08-04


Cuba	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	25–17 25–17 25–14
Japan	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–19 25–11 25–22

- 2007-08-05


Dominican R.	2 – 3	Kazakhstan	19–25 23–25 25–21 25–21 13–15
Japan	2 – 3	Cuba	25–20 18–25 25–21 20–25 13–15

Group B

Venue: Verona, Italy
- 2007-08-03


Brazil	3 – 0	Netherlands	25–20 25–12 25–12
Italy	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	25–10 25–13 25–18

- 2007-08-04


Chinese Taipei	0 – 3	Brazil	19–25 09-25 13–25
Italy	3 – 0	Netherlands	25–22 25–18 25–16

- 2007-08-05


Netherlands	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	25–16 25–19 25–13
Italy	2 – 3	Brazil	19–25 26–24 24–26 26–24 08-15

Group C

Venue: Rzeszów, Poland
- 2007-08-03


Russia	3 – 1	China	27–25 21–25 25–16 25–15
Poland	2 – 3	United States	25–19 25–18 17–25 15–25 12–15

- 2007-08-04


Russia	0 – 3	United States	23–25 22–25 13–25
Poland	2 – 3	China	26–28 26–24 15–25 25–23 12–15

- 2007-08-05


China	3 – 0	United States	25–21 30–28 25–20
Poland	0 – 3	Russia	17–25 16–25 21–25

Second round

Group D

Venue: Tokyo, Japan
- 2007-08-10


Brazil	3 – 0	Netherlands	25–23 25–23 26–24
Japan	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	25–19 25–17 25-05

- 2007-08-11


Brazil	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	25–13 25–17 25–20
Japan	2 – 3	Netherlands	18–25 28–26 20–25 27–25 11–15

- 2007-08-12


Netherlands	3 – 0	Chinese Taipei	25–12 25–21 25–19
Japan	0 – 3	Brazil	15–25 19–25 13–25

Group E

Venue: Khabarovsk, Russia
- 2007-08-10


Cuba	1 – 3	United States	19–25 22–25 25–21 22–25
Russia	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	25–16 25–22 28–26

- 2007-08-11


Cuba	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	25–23 25–21 25–20
United States	2 – 3	Russia	25–18 18–25 24–26 25–21 06-15

- 2007-08-12


United States	3 – 1	Kazakhstan	25–21 20–25 25–21 26–24
Russia	3 – 2	Cuba	25–23 25–23 24–26 21–25 15–11

Group F

Venue: Hong Kong
- 2007-08-10


Italy	1 – 3	Poland	24–26 25–16 18–25 17–25
China	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–16 25–12 25–14

- 2007-08-11


Italy	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–16 25–18 25–15
China	2 – 3	Poland	25–16 25–21 21–25 16–25 10–15

- 2007-08-12


Dominican R.	0 – 3	Poland	16–25 17–25 19–25
China	2 – 3	Italy	21–25 25–20 25–14 20–25 12–15

Third round

Group G

Venue: Osaka, Japan
- 2007-08-17


Poland	3 – 0	Russia	25–21 25–19 28–26
Japan	3 – 0	Kazakhstan	25–20 25–22 25–19

- 2007-08-18


Kazakhstan	2 – 3	Russia	14–25 25–14 23–25 25–23 10–15
Japan	1 – 3	Poland	20–25 25–16 23–25 14–25

- 2007-08-19


Kazakhstan	1 – 3	Poland	27–25 20–25 23–25 15–25
Japan	1 – 3	Russia	25–21 23–25 18–25 19–25

Group H

Venue: Taipei
- 2007-08-17


Brazil	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–22 25–19 25–17
Chinese Taipei	0 – 3	Italy	20–25 17–25 21–25

- 2007-08-18


Italy	3 – 1	Dominican R.	25–21 25–19 23–25 25–16
Chinese Taipei	0 – 3	Brazil	12–25 15–25 20–25

- 2007-08-19


Chinese Taipei	0 – 3	Dominican R.	16–25 20–25 22–25
Italy	3 – 1	Brazil	25–20 25–21 15–25 25–22

Group I

Venue: Macau
- 2007-08-17


Cuba	1 – 3	Netherlands	25–27 27–25 18–25 20–25
China	3 – 0	United States	25–18 25–17 25–22

- 2007-08-18


Cuba	2 – 3	United States	25–18 21–25 23–25 25–22 13–15
China	2 – 3	Netherlands	23–25 25–19 25–23 14–25 12–15

- 2007-08-19


United States	1 – 3	Netherlands	18–25 23–25 25–11 20–25
China	1 – 3	Cuba	24–26 25–23 22–25 20–25

Preliminary ranking

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	17	9	8	1	728	550	1.324	25	5	5.000
2.	Italy	16	9	7	2	774	682	1.135	24	10	2.400
3.	Russia	16	9	7	2	788	740	1.065	21	14	1.500
4.	Poland	15	9	6	3	790	758	1.042	22	14	1.571
5.	Netherlands	15	9	6	3	731	705	1.037	18	15	1.200
6.	Cuba	14	9	5	4	823	777	1.059	21	15	1.400
7.	United States	14	9	5	4	784	784	1.000	18	18	1.000
8.	China	13	9	4	5	816	777	1.050	20	17	1.176
9.	Japan	13	9	4	5	719	702	1.024	18	15	1.200
10.	Kazakhstan	10	9	1	8	681	781	0.872	7	26	0.269
11.	Dominican R.	10	9	1	8	574	713	0.805	6	24	0.250
12.	Chinese Taipei	9	9	0	9	436	675	0.646	0	27	0.000

Final round

Venue: Ningbo, PR China
- 2007-08-22


Brazil	3 – 0	Poland	25–21 25–21 25–17
Italy	3 – 1	Russia	25–18 25–17 23–25 25–17
China	2 – 3	Netherlands	26–28 24–26 25–23 25–23 08-15

- 2007-08-23


Russia	3 – 2	Brazil	25–16 15–25 19–25 25–17 15–13
Italy	1 – 3	Netherlands	24–26 25–22 25–27 16–25
Poland	2 – 3	China	25–21 15–25 16–25 25–22 09-15

- 2007-08-24


Brazil	2 – 3	Netherlands	25–19 19–25 23–25 25–23 08-15
Russia	3 – 0	Poland	25–11 25–22 26–24
Italy	2 – 3	China	23–25 25–19 22–25 26–24 12–15

- 2007-08-25


Netherlands	3 – 0	Poland	25–22 25–22 25–23
China	3 – 0	Russia	25–23 27–25 25–22
Brazil	1 – 3	Italy	22–25 25–19 18–25 21–25

- 2007-08-26


Netherlands	3 – 2	Russia	21–25 25–18 25–13 20–25 15-08
Poland	3 – 0	Italy	25–21 25–18 25–19
China	3 – 0	Brazil	25–21 25–21 25–13

Final ranking

	Team	Points	M	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Netherlands	10	5	5	0	503	454	1.108	15	7	2.143
2.	China	9	5	4	1	476	438	1.087	14	7	2.000
3.	Italy	7	5	2	3	448	446	1.004	9	11	0.818
4.	Russia	7	5	2	3	411	434	0.947	9	11	0.818
5.	Brazil	6	5	1	4	412	434	0.949	8	12	0.667
6.	Poland	6	5	1	4	348	392	0.888	5	12	0.417

Overall ranking

Place	Team
	Netherlands
	China
	Italy
4.	Russia
5.	Brazil
6.	Poland
7.	United States
8.	Japan
9.	Cuba
10.	Kazakhstan
11.	Dominican Republic
12.	Chinese Taipei

2007 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners
Netherlands First title

Team roster

Kim Staelens, Francien Huurman, Chaïne Staelens, Mirjam Orsel, Alice Blom, Floortje Meijners, Janneke van Tienen, Caroline Wensink, Manon Flier, Riëtte Fledderus, Ingrid Visser (c) and Debby Stam

Head Coach

Avital Selinger

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Manon Flier (NED)
Best Spiker:
- Taismary Agüero (ITA)
Best Blocker:
- Eleonora Dziekiewicz (POL)
Best Server:
- Yang Hao (CHN)

Best Libero:
- Zhang Xian (CHN)
Best Setter:
- Wei Qiuyue (CHN)
Best Scorer:
- Taismary Agüero (ITA)

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References

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FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Successor: FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League (since 2018)
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