The 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from 15 to 24 November 1997.
Qualification TeamQualified asHosts1997 Asian Champions1997 European Champions1997 NORCECA Champions1997 South American ChampionsWild Card
Competition formula The competition formula of the 1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.
Squads
Venues Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
Results All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Osaka round
Hiroshima round
Tokyo round
Final standing
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Team Roster Roim, Leandro, Kid, Monzillo, Giba, Douglas, Nalbert, Gustavo, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardo, Manius Abbadi Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho
Awards Best scorer: Nalbert Bitencourt Best spiker: Bas van de Goor Best blocker: Zheng Liang Best server: David Beard Best digger: Li Tieming Best setter: Misha Latuhihin Best receiver: Nalbert Bitencourt
External links Results Official Website