The 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 2007 in Japan.
Teams
12 teams participated in the World Cup: The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , , Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , The host nation's team: Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007: ,
Squads
Venues Round Site A Site B 1st Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu 2nd Namihaya Dome, Kadoma Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai 3rd Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto 4th Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya Park Arena Komaki, Komaki
Format The competition system of the 2007 World Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.
Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B) Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.
Results
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
First round
Site A
Site B
Second round
Site A
Site B
Third round
Site A
Site B
Fourth round
Site A
Site B
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Team roster Jenny Barazza, Taismary Agüero, Antonella Del Core, Francesca Ferretti, Simona Gioli, Francesca Piccinini, Paola Cardullo, Martina Guiggi, Sara Anzanello, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Serena Ortolani, Manuela Secolo Head coach Massimo Barbolini
Awards
Most valuable player Simona Gioli Best scorer Katarzyna Skowronska Best spiker Nancy Carrillo Best blocker Simona Gioli Best server Yanelis Santos Best libero Paola Cardullo Best receiver Yuko Sano Best digger Yuko Sano Best setter Hélia Souza
External links Official website Match Info
References