The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 23rd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 26 June to 2 August 2015. This was the first time that the Group 1 final round was held in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Qualification All 28 teams of the 2014 edition directly qualified. withdrew from the tournament. qualified through the 2014 Pan-American Cup.
Africa Asia and Oceania Europe North America South America
Format The second time, the World Grand Prix will feature 28 teams. During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to O will play matches in three stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 9 matches per team. Pool P to S will feature two stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 6 matches per team. Six teams will qualify for the World Grand Prix Finals featuring the top five teams from all matches (if the hosts are one of the top five teams, then the sixth top team also participates). The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
Pools composition The pools composition was announced on 1 December 2014.World Grand Prix Group 1 match schedule approved Group 1Group 2Group 3Week 2Week 1Pool A ThailandPool B ChinaPool C TurkeyPool J CroatiaPool K Puerto RicoPool N KazakhstanPool O MexicoWeek 3Week 2Pool D BrazilPool E JapanPool F RussiaPool L ArgentinaPool M BulgariaPool P PeruPool Q AlgeriaWeek 4Final roundPool G ItalyPool H Hong KongPool I GermanyGroup 3 (Week 3)AustraliaGroup 2 (Week 6)PolandGroup 1 (Week 5)United States
Competition schedule ● Intercontinental round ● Final round
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Group 1 18 matches 18 matches 18 matches 15 matches Group 2 12 matches 12 matches 4 matches Group 3 12 matches 12 matches 4 matches
Squads There are 25 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 25 players of each team can be seen in the article below.
Pool standing procedure Number of matches won Match points Sets ratio Points ratio If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
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
Intercontinental round All times are local.
Group 1
Ranking
Week 2
Pool A Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand
Pool B Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China
Pool C Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Week 3
Pool D Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil
Pool E Venue: Saitama City Memorial Gymnasium, Saitama, Japan
Pool F Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia
Week 4
Pool G Venue: PalaCatania, Catania, Italy
Pool H Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China
Pool I Venue: Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
Group 2
Ranking
Week 2
Pool J Venue: Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč, Croatia
Pool K Venue: Guillermo Angulo Coliseum, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Week 3
Pool L Venue: Estadio Cincuentenario, Formosa, Argentina
Pool M Venue: Arena Samokov, Samokov, Bulgaria
Group 3
Ranking
Week 1
Pool N Venue: Zhastar Sports Palace, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
Pool O Venue: Gimnasio Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Week 2
Pool P Venue: Coliseo Gran Chimu, Trujillo, Peru
Pool Q Venue: Salle omnisports Cheraga, Chéraga, Algeria
Final round
Group 3 Venue: AIS Arena, Canberra, Australia All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
Week 3 (Final four)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 2 Venue: Hala Globus, Lublin, Poland All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 6 (Final four)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 1
Week 5 (Final Six) Venue: CenturyLink Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Final standing
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final Round Kayla Banwarth, Courtney Thompson, Tamari Miyashiro, Lauren Gibbemeyer, Jordan Larson, Megan Hodge, Kelly Murphy, Christa Harmotto (c), Kimberly Hill, Foluke Akinradewo, Molly Kreklow, TeTori Dixon, Kelsey Robinson, Karsta Lowe Head coach Karch Kiraly
Awards
Most valuable player Karsta Lowe Best Outside Hitters Natalia Pereira Kelsey Robinson Best setter Molly Kreklow Best Middle Blockers Juciely Cristina Barreto Christa Harmotto Best libero Anna Malova Best Opposite Nataliya Obmochaeva
Statistics
The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills, serve, receive, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of 2 August 2015.
Best scorers The best scorers determined by players who scored points from spike, block, and serve. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Points Name Points Name Points 1 Polen Uslupehlivan 159 Karina Ocasio 123 Angela Leyva 137 2 Zhu Ting 157 Tabitha Love 104 Mercy Moim 127 3 Nataliya Obmochaeva 147 Michaela Mlejnkova 90 Melissa Vargas 121 4 Maren Brinker 136 Stephanie Enright 88 Amanda Coneo 105 5 Onuma Sittirak 136 Helena Havelkova 83 Cindy Ramirez 87
Best spikers The best spikers determined by players who successfully spike in percentage (%success). GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name %succ Name %succ Name %succ 1 Zhu Ting 54.10 Judith Pietersen 57.89 Melissa Vargas 51.31 2 Karsta Lowe 51.37 Lonneke Slöetjes 52.88 Jennifer Alvarez 50.52 3 Hui Ruoqi 46.31 Anne Buijs 49.54 Cindy Ramirez 47.89 4 Zeng Chunlei 45.89 Maret Grothues 44.34 Sana Anarkulova 44.85 5 Nataliya Obmochaeva 43.75 Leticia Boscacci 40.56 Brackcides Khadambi 41.78
Best blockers The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of stuff block divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average stuff block/set). GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Avg/set Name Avg/set Name Avg/set 1 Juciely Cristina Barreto 1.17 Zuzanna Efimienko 1.38 Ruth Jepngetich 1.12 2 Ana Carolina da Silva 1.03 Mira Todorova 0.88 Daymara Lescay 1.05 3 Xinyue Yuan 0.97 Agnieszka Kąkolewska 0.81 Sophie Godfrey 0.93 4 Kübra Akman 0.85 Karina Ocasio 0.80 Daniela Montaño 0.92 5 Laura Heyrman 0.72 Lucille Charuk 0.79 Clarivett Yllescas 0.85
Best servers The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of ace serve divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average ace serve/set). GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Avg/set Name Avg/set Name Avg/set 1 Kimberly Hill 0.43 Jennifer Lundquist 0.46 Melissa Vargas 0.71 2 Charlotte Leys 0.41 Michaela Mlejnkova 0.44 Jennifer Álvarez 0.62 3 Xinyue Yuan 0.41 Tamara Kaliszuk 0.43 Carla Rueda 0.46 4 Haruyo Shimamura 0.34 Anna Grejman 0.43 Safia Boukhima 0.46 5 Dani Lins 0.31 Aleksandra Sikorska 0.38 Yeisy Soto 0.42
Best setters The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of running set divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average running set/set). GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Avg/set Name Avg/set Name Avg/set 1 Nootsara Tomkom 9.13 Petya Barakova 5.15 Fatima Zahra Oukazi 7.38 2 Dani Lins 9.02 Vilmarie Mojica 5.12 Yamila Hernandez Santas 7.33 3 Chizuru Kotō 8.69 Laura Dijkema 4.43 Maria Alejandra Marin 7.00 4 Shen Jingsi 7.78 Natalia Piekarczyk 4.09 Jazmin Hernandez 6.48 5 Ofelia Malinov 6.13 Jennifer Lundquist 3.79 Zoila La Rosa 6.12
Best diggers The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of excellent dig divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average excellent dig/set). GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Avg/set Name Avg/set Name Avg/set 1 Valerie Courtois 3.00 Debora Seilhamer 3.48 Lizeth Lopez 2.83 2 Monica De Gennaro 2.38 Aleksandra Krzos 3.24 María Acosta 2.31 3 Els Vandesteene 2.14 Zhana Todorova 3.15 Nawal Mansouri 2.25 4 Charlotte Leys 2.10 Aurea Cruz 2.20 Brackcides Khadambi 2.00 5 Maren Brinker 2.00 Tesca Andrew-Wasylik 2.17 Camila Gomez 1.96
Best receivers The best scorers determined by numbers of excellent receive minus fault receive in percentage (%efficient). GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name %eff Name %eff Name %eff 1 Gabriela Guimarães 53.90 Stephanie Enright 42.86 Nawal Mansouri 53.44 2 Charlotte Leys 52.76 Aurea Cruz 41.72 Safia Boukhima 47.45 3 Sarina Koga 49.49 Eva Yaneva 37.79 Maguilaura Frias 47.18 4 Lucia Bosetti 46.60 Senna Ušić 36.76 Lizeth Lopez 44.67 5 Malika Kanthong 37.97 Helena Havelkova 32.70 Mercy Moim 42.31
References
External links Official Website