Women's volleyball tournament
Volleyball competition held in Japan (Group 1 Final)
1997 FIVB World Grand Prix Host nation Japan (Group 1 Final)Dates 29–31 August Teams 8 Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Russia (1st title)MVP Yevgeniya Viktorovna
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 rounds [ edit ] Ranking [ edit ] The best three teams from the overall ranking and Japan as host are qualified for the final round.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1 Russia 9 9 0 18 27 5 5.400 435 249 1.747 Final round 2 Cuba 9 6 3 15 23 13 1.769 489 454 1.077 3 South Korea 6 5 1 11 15 6 2.500 286 203 1.409 4 China 6 3 3 9 13 9 1.444 296 224 1.321 5 Italy 6 3 3 9 9 13 0.692 238 277 0.859 6 Japan [a] (H) 9 3 6 12 11 22 0.500 270 439 0.615 Final round 7 Netherlands 6 1 5 7 7 15 0.467 223 290 0.769 8 United States 9 0 9 9 5 27 0.185 248 458 0.541
First round [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] Second round [ edit ] Group C [ edit ] Group D [ edit ] Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total 15 Ago Cuba 3–0 Japan 15–3 15–4 15–6 45–13 15 Ago Italy 3–2 China 15–11 15–10 6–15 4–15 18–16 58–67 16 Ago Cuba 3–0 Italy 15–9 15–6 15–8 45–23 16 Ago China 3–0 Japan 15–7 15–5 15–11 45–23 17 Ago Italy 3–0 Japan 15–2 15–10 15–6 45–18 17 Ago Cuba 3–1 China 16–14 15–11 8–15 15–7 54–47
Group E [ edit ] Final round [ edit ] Final ranking [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR 1 Russia 3 3 0 6 9 2 4.500 152 110 1.382 2 Cuba 3 2 1 5 8 4 2.000 166 118 1.407 3 South Korea 3 1 2 4 4 7 0.571 113 137 0.825 4 Japan 3 0 3 3 1 9 0.111 80 146 0.548
Final standings [ edit ] 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix winners Russia First title
Team roster Natalia 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 coach Nikolay Karpol
Individual awards [ edit ] Most valuable player : Best scorer : Best spiker : Best blocker : Best server : Best setter : Best digger : Dream Team [ edit ] Setter: Middle Blockers: Outside hitters: Opposite Spiker: References [ edit ]