The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star team won the tournament for the tenth time, their second consecutive victory.
Qualification No qualification tournament. 28 teams were invited.
Qualified teams AfricaAsia and OceaniaEuropeNorth, Central America and CaribbeanSouth America
Format This was the first time the World Grand Prix featured 28 teams. During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to O would play matches in three stand-alone tournaments, for a total of nine matches per team. Pool P to S eould feature two stand-alone tournaments, for a total of six matches per team. Six teams would qualify for the World Grand Prix Finals featuring the top four teams from all matches, plus the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 and the hosts (if the hosts are one of the top four teams, then the fifth top team would also participate). The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 met the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
Pools composition The pools composition was announced on 1 December 2014.Press release FIVB. Group 1Group 2Group 3Week 2Week 1Pool A TurkeyPool B South KoreaPool C ItalyPool J PeruPool K Puerto RicoPool P KazakhstanPool Q MexicoWeek 3Week 2Pool D BrazilPool E TurkeyPool F Hong KongPool L BelgiumPool M PeruPool R Czech RepublicPool S CroatiaWeek 4Week3Final roundPool G ThailandPool H RussiaPool I MacauPool NArgentinaPool ONetherlandsGroup 1 (Week 6)Japan
Squads
Intercontinental round All times are local.
Group 1
Ranking
Week 1
Pool A Venue: Baskent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Pool B Venue: Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea
Pool C Venue: PalaSerradimigni, Sassari, Italy
Week 2
Pool D Venue: Ibirapuera Gymnasium, São Paulo, Brazil
Pool E Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Pool F Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China
Week 3
Pool G Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand
Pool H Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia
Pool I Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China
Group 2
Ranking
Week 1
Pool J Venue: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru
Pool K Venue: Coliseo Guillermo Angulo, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Week 2
Pool L Venue: Sportoase Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Pool M Venue: Coliseo Gran Chimú, Trujillo, Peru
Week 3
Pool N Venue: Microestadio Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pool O Venue: Topsport Centre Doetinchem, Doetinchem, Netherlands
Group 3
Ranking
Week 1
Pool P Venue: Baluan Sports and Culture Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Pool Q Venue: Olympic Gymnasium Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
Week 2
Pool R Venue: City Hall Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Pool S Venue: Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč, Croatia
Final round
Group 3 Venue: Arena Samokov, Samokov, Bulgaria
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 2 Venue: Hala Widowwiskowo Sportowa, Koszalin, Poland
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 1
Final Six Venue: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
14-woman roster for Group 1 final roundFabiana Claudino (c), Dani Lins, Ana Carolina da Silva, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Tandara Caixeta, Gabriela Guimarães, Sheilla Castro, Fernanda Garay, Monique Pavão, Fabíola de Souza, Camila Brait, Léia Silva,Head coachJosé Roberto Guimarães
Awards
Most Valuable PlayerBrazil sweep Japan to land record 10th World Grand Prix title FIVB – Press release Yuko Sano Best Outside Hitters Xiaotong Liu Miyu Nagaoka Best Setter Danielle Lins Best Middle Blockers Irina Fetisova Fabiana Claudino Best Libero Yuko Sano Best Opposite Sheilla Castro
References
External links FIVB