2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from 5 to 28 August 2011. The finals were held at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Macau, China. The United States won the tournament defeating 3–0 to Brazil in the gold medal match and Destinee Hooker won the MVP award.[1][2]

2011 FIVB World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	Macau (Final)
Dates	5–28 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Destinee Hooker (USA)
Official website
tournament website

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Europe	Americas	Asia
Poland  Serbia  Italy  Germany  Russia	Brazil  Peru  United States  Cuba  Argentina  Dominican Republic	China  Japan  South Korea  Kazakhstan  Thailand

Squads

Main article: 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix squads

Pool standing procedure

Serbia at 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix won the Bronze medal

1. Match points
2. Numbers of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio

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

Calendar

Week 1 5–7 August 2011
Group A: Bydgoszcz, Poland	Group B: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand	Group C: Busan, South Korea	Group D: Luohe, China
Poland  Italy  Dominican Republic  Argentina	Thailand  Cuba  Peru  Russia	South Korea  Brazil  Japan  Germany	China  United States  Serbia  Kazakhstan
Week 2 12–14 August 2011
Group E: Zielona Góra, Poland	Group F: Almaty, Kazakhstan	Group G: Quanzhou, China	Group H: Komaki, Japan
Poland  Cuba  South Korea  Argentina	Kazakhstan  Italy  Brazil  Thailand	China  Russia  Germany  Peru	Japan  United States  Serbia  Dominican Republic
Week 3 19–21 August 2011
Group I: Hong Kong	Group J: Hong Kong[3]	Group K: Bangkok, Thailand	Group L: Tokyo, Japan
China  Poland  Dominican Republic  Kazakhstan	United States  Italy  Germany  Peru	Thailand  Cuba  Brazil  Argentina	Japan  Russia  Serbia  South Korea
Week 4 Final Round 24–28 August 2011
Macau

Preliminary round

Ranking

The host China and top seven teams in the preliminary round advanced to the Final round.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	27	9	0	722	514	1.405	27	2	13.500
2	United States	23	8	1	708	559	1.267	25	5	5.000
3	Russia	21	7	2	751	626	1.200	23	9	2.556
4	Serbia	20	6	3	762	700	1.089	23	11	2.091
5	Italy	19	7	2	804	718	1.120	22	13	1.692
6	Japan	18	6	3	664	645	1.029	18	11	1.636
7	China	17	6	3	702	669	1.049	19	12	1.583
8	Thailand	15	5	4	695	693	1.003	17	15	1.133
9	South Korea	13	5	4	708	732	0.967	15	17	0.882
10	Poland	13	4	5	733	727	1.008	16	16	1.000
11	Cuba	9	2	7	748	814	0.919	15	21	0.714
12	Dominican Republic	8	3	6	767	829	0.925	13	23	0.565
13	Germany	7	2	7	670	729	0.919	10	22	0.455
14	Argentina	4	2	7	622	752	0.827	7	25	0.280
15	Kazakhstan	2	0	9	613	757	0.810	5	27	0.185
16	Peru	0	0	9	482	696	0.693	1	27	0.037

First round

Pool A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–17	25–22			75–59	P2
5 Aug	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–18	22–25	25–18	25–17		97–78	P2
6 Aug	Poland	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	17–25	24–26	25–23	16–18	107–113	P2
6 Aug	Italy	3–1	Argentina	25–17	23–25	25–20	25–18		98–80	P2
7 Aug	Poland	1–3	Italy	12–25	25–21	24–26	14–25		75–97	P2
7 Aug	Dominican Republic	2–3	Argentina	25–20	22–25	19–25	25–23	11–15	102–108	P2

Pool B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Russia	3–1	Cuba	24–26	25–18	25–23	25–20		99–87	P2
5 Aug	Thailand	3–0	Peru	25–20	25–13	25–16			75–49	P2
6 Aug	Peru	0–3	Russia	12–25	9–25	14–25			35–75	P2
6 Aug	Cuba	2–3	Thailand	25–23	25–17	26–28	23–25	10–15	109–108	P2
7 Aug	Peru	0–3	Cuba	24–26	19–25	22–25			65–76	P2
7 Aug	Russia	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–19	27–25			77–62	P2

Pool C

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–16	25–21			75–55	P2
5 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Germany	25–19	25–19	20–25	25–20		95–83	P2
6 Aug	South Korea	0–3	Japan	20–25	21–25	22–25			63–75	P2
6 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Germany	25–21	23–25	25–15	25–23		98–84	P2
7 Aug	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	17–25	20–25	22–25			59–75	P2
7 Aug	Japan	3–0	Germany	25–22	25–13	25–19			75–54	P2

Pool D

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Aug	Serbia	2–3	United States	22–25	19–25	25–23	25–20	10–15	101–108	P2
5 Aug	China	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–18	25–23	25–16			75–57	P2
6 Aug	Kazakhstan	0–3	United States	15–25	21–25	12–25			48–75	P2
6 Aug	China	1–3	Serbia	21–25	25–23	21–25	18–25		85–98	P2
7 Aug	China	0–3	United States	20–25	17–25	16–25			53–75	P2
7 Aug	Serbia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	25–15	25–22			75–56	P2

Second round

Pool E

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Aug	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–20	25–23			75–63	P2
12 Aug	Cuba	2–3	South Korea	25–17	16–25	17–25	25–23	12–15	95–105	P2
13 Aug	Poland	0–3	South Korea	21–25	32–34	23–25			76–84	P2
13 Aug	Cuba	2–3	Argentina	19–25	25–15	25–20	18–25	14–16	101–101	P2
14 Aug	Poland	3–1	Cuba	25–15	25–21	23–25	25–20		98–81	P2
14 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–16	25–21			75–59	P2

Pool F

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Aug	Kazakhstan	2–3	Italy	25–22	25–22	18–25	19–25	12–15	99–109	P2
12 Aug	Thailand	0–3	Brazil	16–25	23–25	16–25			55–75	P2
13 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–14	25–18	25–20			75–52	P2
13 Aug	Italy	3–2	Thailand	24–26	19–25	25–22	25–15	15–12	108–100	P2
14 Aug	Kazakhstan	0–3	Thailand	24–26	23–25	21–25			68–76	P2
14 Aug	Italy	1–3	Brazil	23–25	26–24	18–25	18–25		85–99	P2

Pool G

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Aug	Germany	0–3	Russia	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	P2
12 Aug	China	3–0	Peru	25–16	25–20	25–13			75–49	P2
13 Aug	Peru	0–3	Russia	20–25	17–25	17–25			54–75	P2
13 Aug	China	3–2	Germany	14–25	22–25	25–23	25–21	18–16	104–110	P2
14 Aug	Peru	0–3	Germany	23–25	15–25	18–25			56–75	P2
14 Aug	China	0–3	Russia	22–25	23–25	20–25			65–75	P2

Pool H

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Aug	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–22	25–10			75–54	P2
12 Aug	Japan	3–1	Serbia	25–16	25–21	17–25	25–21		92–83	P2
13 Aug	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–20	25–22			75–59	P2
13 Aug	Japan	0–3	United States	22–25	14–25	18–25			54–75	P2
14 Aug	Japan	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–22	26–24	23–25	25–20		99–91	P2
14 Aug	United States	1–3	Serbia	12–25	25–17	23–25	15–25		75–92	P2

Third round

Pool I

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	Kazakhstan	0–3	Poland	20–25	12–25	20–25			52–75	P2
19 Aug	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	26–24	25–22	25–18			76–64	P2
20 Aug	Dominican Republic	3–1	Poland	24–26	28–26	26–24	25–17		103–93	P2
20 Aug	China	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–16	19–25	25–20	25–21		94–82	P2
21 Aug	Dominican Republic	3–2	Kazakhstan	15–25	27–25	21–25	25–15	15–9	103–99	P2
21 Aug	China	3–0	Poland	25–20	25–17	25–22			75–59	P2

Pool J

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–16	25–18			75–52	P2
19 Aug	United States	3–0	Germany	25–10	25–18	25–23			75–51	P2
20 Aug	Germany	3–1	Peru	25–14	20–25	25–19	25–18		95–76	P2
20 Aug	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–19	25–18			75–60	P2
21 Aug	United States	3–0	Peru	25–13	25–18	25–15			75–46	P2
21 Aug	Germany	0–3	Italy	15–25	22–25	23–25			60–75	P2

Pool K

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	Cuba	0–3	Brazil	18–25	13–25	12–25			43–75	P2
19 Aug	Thailand	3–0	Argentina	25–23	25–15	25–14			75–52	P2
20 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–12	25–15	25–8			75–35	P2
20 Aug	Cuba	1–3	Thailand	25–23	21–25	21–25	13–25		80–98	P2
21 Aug	Argentina	0–3	Cuba	24–26	23–25	18–25			65–76	P2
21 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–12	25–18			75–46	P2

Pool L

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Aug	Russia	2–3	South Korea	22–25	25–17	25–20	23–25	11–15	106–102	P2
19 Aug	Japan	0–3	Serbia	20–25	22–25	18–25			60–75	P2
20 Aug	Russia	3–2	Serbia	25–13	21–25	21–25	25–17	15–8	108–88	P2
20 Aug	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–22	29–27			79–68	P2
21 Aug	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2
21 Aug	Japan	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–19	25–19			75–61	P2

Final round

The finals took place 24–28 August at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Macau, China.

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	8	3	0	9	3	3.000	281	252	1.115
2	Russia	6	2	1	7	4	1.750	259	234	1.107
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	246	250	0.984
4	China	1	0	3	3	9	0.333	230	280	0.821

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	Thailand	1–3	Russia	18–25	22–25	27–25	17–25		84–100	P2
24 Aug	China	2–3	Serbia	25–20	18–25	25–23	16–25	16–18	100–111	P2
25 Aug	Russia	1–3	Serbia	25–20	17–25	21–25	21–25		84–95	P2
25 Aug	China	1–3	Thailand	12–25	21–25	25–19	17–25		75–94	P2
26 Aug	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–22	25–23			75–68	P2
26 Aug	China	0–3	Russia	21–25	11–25	23–25			55–75	P2

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	248	200	1.240
2	United States	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	273	261	1.046
3	Japan	3	1	2	3	6	0.500	197	215	0.916
4	Italy	1	0	3	2	9	0.222	216	258	0.837

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	Japan	0–3	United States	22–25	17–25	23–25			62–75	P2
24 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	P2
25 Aug	United States	3–2	Italy	25–19	21–25	22–25	25–22	15–10	108–101	P2
25 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–22	25–21			75–60	P2
26 Aug	Italy	0–3	Japan	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75	P2
26 Aug	Brazil	3–1	United States	22–25	26–24	25–21	25–20		98–90	P2

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	China	2–3	Italy	13–25	25–14	25–22	16–25	10–15	89–101	P2

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	Thailand	0–3	Japan	14–25	23–25	23–25			60–75	P2

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	Serbia	0–3	United States	22–25	20–25	21–25			63–75	P2
27 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Russia	26–24	25–17	25–23			76–64	P2

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	Serbia	3–0	Russia	25–21	25–20	25–16			75–57	P2

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	United States	3–0	Brazil	26–24	25–20	25–21			76–65	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  United States  Brazil  Serbia 4  Russia 5  Japan 6  Thailand 7  Italy 8  China 9  South Korea 10  Poland 11  Cuba 12  Dominican Republic 13  Germany 14  Argentina 15  Kazakhstan 16  Peru

2011 FIVB World Grand Prix Winners  United States Fourth title Team roster: Kimberly Glass, Alisha Glass, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Lindsey Berg, Jennifer Tamas, Jordan Larson, Logan Tom, Foluke Akinradewo, Nancy Metcalf, Megan Hodge, Destinee Hooker, Tamari Miyashiro. Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:  Destinee Hooker (USA)[2] Best Spiker:  Milena Rašić (SRB) Best Blocker:  Iuliia Morozova (RUS) Best Server:  Thaísa Menezes (BRA) Best Receiver:  Fernanda Garay (BRA)

Best Libero:  Victoria Kuzyakina (RUS) Best Setter:  Danielle Lins (BRA) Best Scorer:  Jovana Brakočević (SRB) Best Digger:  Fabiana de Oliveira (BRA)

References

1. Kauffman, Bill (2011-08-28). "Destinee Hooker Earns FIVB World Grand Prix MVP". Colorado Springs, Colorado: Team USA. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
2. "USA takes revenge on Brazil to retain World Grand Prix title". Macau, China: Macau Sport Development Board. 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
3. Official website of the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix-Hong Kong

External links

• Official website of the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix