The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 25th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 32 teams between 7 July and 6 August. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Nanjing, China.
Defending champions Brazil won their record twelfth title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over Italy. Serbia captured their third bronze medal in the competition by defeating China in a rematch of the previous year's Olympic final. Natália Pereira from Brazil was elected the MVP for the second straight year.
In the Group 2 finals held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Poland defeated South Korea in straight sets.
Moreover, Hungary finished atop of Group 3 at their first-ever World Grand Prix participation after a 3–0 win over the home team in the final match in Canberra, Australia.
Qualification Excluding , who withdrew from the tournament, the remaining 27 teams from the 2016 edition directly qualified. , , , , , and were invited to participate in this edition. were initially listed in Group 3, but withdrew and were replaced by . were initially listed in Group 2, but withdrew and were replaced by . replaced in Group 3.
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111 1 Teams making their debuts.
Format
Intercontinental round Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn into 3 pools of 4 teams for each of the three weeks of competition, resulting in a total of 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB. Group 2, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB. Group 3, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.
Final round Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the serpentine system. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals. Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.
Pool composition The pools were announced on 14 September 2016.
Group 1 Week 1Pool A1 TurkeyPool B1 ChinaPool C1 NetherlandsWeek 2Pool D1 JapanPool E1 MacauPool F1 RussiaWeek 3Pool G1 Hong KongPool H1 ThailandPool I1 Brazil
Group 2 Week 1Pool A2 BulgariaPool B2 ArgentinaPool C2 PeruWeek 2Pool D2 KazakhstanPool E2 PolandPool F2 Puerto RicoWeek 3Pool G2 CanadaPool H2 South KoreaPool I2 Croatia
Group 3 Week 1Pool A3 MexicoPool B3 CameroonWeek 2Pool C3 VenezuelaPool D3 Trinidad and Tobago
Final round Week 5Group 1 ChinaPool J1
Pool K1Week 4Week 3Group 2 Czech RepublicGroup 3 Australia
Competition schedule ●Intercontinental round●Final round
Week 17–9 JulWeek 214–16 JulWeek 321–23 JulWeek 428–30 JulWeek 52–6 AugGroup 118 matches18 matches18 matches10 matchesGroup 218 matches18 matches18 matches4 matchesGroup 312 matches12 matches4 matches
Squads
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, 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 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
Group 1 Ranking
Week 1
Pool A1 Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey All times are Turkey Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool B1 Venue: Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool C1 Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 2
Pool D1 Venue: Kamei Arena Sendai, Sendai, Japan All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Pool E1 Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool F1 Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).
Week 3
Pool G1 Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool H1 Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
Pool I1 Venue: Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá, Brazil All times are Amazonas Time (UTC−04:00).
Group 2 Ranking
Week 1
Pool A2 Venue: Bulstrad Arena, Ruse, Bulgaria All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool B2 Venue: Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén, Argentina All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).
Pool C2 Venue: Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru All times are Peru Time (UTC−05:00).
Week 2
Pool D2 Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).
Pool E2 Venue: Hala sportowo-widowiskowa KSZO, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool F2 Venue: Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).
Week 3
Pool G2 Venue: Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, Canada All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC−07:00).
Pool H2 Venue: Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon, South Korea All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Pool I2 Venue: Varaždin Arena, Varaždin, Croatia All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Group 3 Ranking
Week 1
Pool A3 Venue: Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes City, Mexico All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Pool B3 Venue: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé, Cameroon All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).
Week 2
Pool C3 Venue: Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).
Pool D3 Venue: National Cycling Center, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).
Final round
Group 3 Venue: AIS Arena, Canberra, Australia All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
Final four (Week 3)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 2 Venue: Winter Stadium Ostrava-Poruba, Ostrava, Czech Republic All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Final four (Week 4)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 1 Venue: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool play (Week 5)
Pool J1
Pool K1
Final four (Week 5)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam457891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final RoundMara Leão, Macris Carneiro, Ana Carolina da Silva, Adenízia da Silva, Rosamaria Montibeller, Roberta Ratzke, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira (c), Amanda Francisco, Gabriella Souza, Drussyla Costa, Suelen Pinto, Ana Beatriz Corrêa, Monique PavãoHead coachJosé Roberto Guimarães
Awards
Most valuable player Natália Pereira Best Outside Hitters Zhu Ting Natália Pereira Best setter Ding Xia Best Middle Blockers Ana Beatriz Corrêa Milena Rašić Best libero Monica De Gennaro Best Opposite Tijana Bošković
Statistics leaders The statistics of each group follow the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills: serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 24 July 2017.
Best scorers Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block, and serve. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Points Name Points Name Points 1 Brankica Mihajlović 153 Kim Yeon-koung 147 Rachel Rourke 135 2 Paola Egonu 149 Dayana Segovia 145 Gréta Szakmáry 129 3 Celeste Plak 142 Ángela Leyva 144 Juliette Fidon 114 4 Sarina Koga 138 Gergana Dimitrova 143 Alexandra Dascalu 101 5 Brayelin Martínez 135 Malwina Smarzek 134 Eliza Hynes 100
Best spikers Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Paola Egonu 49.80 Malwina Smarzek 48.29 Gréta Szakmáry 43.02 2 Pleumjit Thinkaow 47.40 Kim Yeon-koung 44.56 Rachel Rourke 40.60 3 Zhu Ting 45.54 Dayana Segovia 41.91 Alexandra Dascalu 38.97 4 Kelly Murphy 44.75 Karina Ocasio 41.63 Eliza Hynes 37.37 5 Madison Kingdon 44.31 Louisa Lippmann 41.04 Bernadett Dékány 37.17
Best blockers Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Adenízia da Silva 1.09 Agnieszka Kąkolewska 0.90 Edina Dobi 1.04 2 Annerys Vargas 1.03 Bozana Butigan 0.80 Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung 0.95 3 Ana Carolina da Silva 0.73 Emilce Sosa 0.73 Sinead Jack 0.86 4 Irina Zaryazhko 0.70 Kim Su-ji 0.71 Eszter Nagy 0.70 5 Yuan Xinyue 0.69 Melissa Rangel 0.62 Marie-France Garreau Dje 0.61
Best servers Best servers determined by the average of aces per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Paola Egonu 0.48 Yeum Hye-seon 0.55 Rachel Rourke 0.70 2 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 0.46 Daly Santana 0.47 Channon Thompson 0.55 3 Chatchu-on Moksri 0.35 Bozana Butigan 0.40 Eliza Hynes 0.50 4 Yvon Beliën 0.34 Yang Hyo-jin 0.39 Alexandra Dascalu 0.39 5 Nootsara Tomkom 0.32 Joanna Wołosz 0.38 Juliette Fidon 0.32
Best setters Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Nootsara Tomkom 10.62 María Marín 9.69 Sashiko Sanay 4.75 2 Laura Dijkema 7.06 Joanna Wołosz 7.83 Zsuzsanna Tálas 4.19 3 Koyomi Tominaga 6.23 Natalya Akilova 6.53 Sophie Paine 3.63 4 Roberta Ratzke 5.82 Pavla Vincourová 6.34 Oriane Amalric 2.32 5 Niverka Marte 5.81 Denise Hanke 6.16 Nadege Koulla Henriette 2.09
Best diggers Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Brenda Castillo 3.17 Agata Witkowska 4.90 Raissa Nasser 2.50 2 Amber De Tant 2.97 Tatiana Rizzo 4.18 Alexandra Rochelle 2.36 3 Myrthe Schoot 2.69 Kim Hae-ran 3.97 Renáta Szpin 2.33 4 Justine Wong-Orantes 2.57 Lenka Dürr 3.35 Alice De Innocentiis 1.87 5 Charlotte Leys 2.36 Mirian Patiño 3.12 Freda López 1.45
Best receivers Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Monica De Gennaro 77.50 Agata Witkowska 60.00 Alexandra Rochelle 55.80 2 Tijana Malešević 64.07 Mirian Patiño 59.88 Alice De Innocentiis 39.88 3 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley 59.55 Martyna Grajber 54.75 Afesha Olton 36.22 4 Madison Kingdon 56.00 Kim Yeon-koung 54.35 Renáta Szpin 34.93 5 Piyanut Pannoy 53.43 Jennifer Geerties 54.17 Juliette Fidon 34.27
See also 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League
References
External links
Official website Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – official website Media Guide – Introduction and Tournament History at 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Preview and Competition Information at 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix