The 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fifth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Kobe, Japan, from 29 to 31 August 1997.

Preliminary round

Ranking The best three teams from the overall ranking and Japan as host are qualified for the final round.

First round

Group A Venue: Macau

Group B Venue: Suwon, South Korea

Second round

Group C Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Group D Venue: Hong Kong

Third round (extra)

Group E Venue: Gifu, Japan

Final round Venue: Kobe, Japan

Final ranking

Final standings

Place Team45678

Team rosterNatalia Morozova, Anastasia Belikova, Yelena Tyurina, Elena Godina, Tatyana Menshova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Yelizaveta Tishchenko, Yelena Vasilevskaya, Tatiana Gratcheva, Olga Chukanova, Natalia Safronova and Natalia Shigina.Head coachNikolay Karpol

Individual awards

Most valuable player:

Best scorer:

Best spiker:

Best blocker:

Best server:

Best digger:

Best receiver:

Best setter:

Best outside hitters:

Best middle blockers:

Best Opposite:

Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 142 2 TORRES Regla 121 3 GODINA Elena 107 4 BELL Regla 97 5 KIM Nam Soon 92 6 TITCHENKO Elizaveta 86 7 LUIS Mireya 85 8 SASAKI Miki 82 9 BATUKHTINA Elena 77 10 TAJIMI Asako 75

Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 84.12 2 TORRES Regla 80.16 3 LUIS Mireya 77.45 4 TAJIMI Asako 73.72 5 TITCHENKO Elizaveta 71.18 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 TORRES Regla 1.05 2 TAJIMI Asako 0.93 3 TITCHENKO Elizaveta 0.88 4 CHANG So-Yun 0.83 5 BARROS Zoila 0.82 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 NARITA Ikumi 0.33 2 BARROS Zoila 0.27 3 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 0.25 Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 NARITA Ikumi 3.28 2 MITSUNAGA Hitomi 3.22 3 LUIS Mireya 2.51 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 KIM Nam Soon 76.56 2 NARITA Ikumi 72.18 3 MITSUNAGA Hitomi 70.71 Best setters Rank Name Avg %Succ 1 AGUERO Taismary 11.17 57.56 2 GRATCHEVA Tatiyana 8.87 52.48 3 KANG Hye Mi 6.34 49.84 4 ONUKI Minako 5.23 45.23

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