The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international men's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Nagoya and Osaka, Japan from 12 to 17 September 2017. 6 national teams from 5 confederations competed in the tournament.
Brazil claimed their fourth straight Grand Champions Cup title and fifth overall. Italy and Iran won the silver and the bronze medal respectively. This was Iran's first ever medal at a worldwide-level FIVB tournament. Ricardo Lucarelli from Brazil was elected the MVP.
Qualification FIVB announced the four best ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. South America, Europe, North America, and Asia confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental rankings at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champions Cup title.
Qualified teams CountryConfederationQualified asPrevious appearances Total First LastAVCHost nation 6 1993 2013CSVThe first continental representative 6 1993 2013CEVThe second continental representative 0 Debut DebutNORCECAThe third continental representative 3 1993 2013AVCThe fourth continental representative 2 2009 2013CEVWild card 3 1993 2013
Competition formula The competition formula of the 2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team plays against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.
Squads
Venues Nagoya roundOsaka round Nagoya, Japan Osaka, JapanNippon Gaishi HallOsaka Municipal Central GymnasiumCapacity: 8,000Capacity: 8,200
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
Results All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Nagoya round
Osaka round
Final standing
RankTeam456
14–man rosterBruno (c), Isac, Tiago Brendle, Wallace, Raphael, Otávio, Rodriguinho, Maurício Souza, Douglas, Lucão, Thales, Lucarelli, Maurício Borges, RenanHead coachRenan Dal Zotto
Awards
Most Valuable Player Ricardo Lucarelli Best setter Simone Giannelli Best outside spikers Ricardo Lucarelli Milad Ebadipour Best middle blockers Matteo Piano Lucas Saatkamp Best opposite spiker Matt Anderson Best libero Satoshi Ide
See also 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup
References
External links Official website