2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from 31 July to 23 August 2009. The finals were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico qualified for the tournament at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico.

2009 FIVB World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan (Final)
Dates	31 July – 23 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Sheilla Castro
Official website

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Europe	America	Asia
Poland  Netherlands  Russia  Germany	Brazil  Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic  United States	China  Japan  South Korea  Thailand

Teams

Calendar

Week 1 31 July – 2 August 2009
Group A: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Group B: Kielce, Poland	Group C: Ningbo, China
Brazil  United States  Germany  Puerto Rico	Poland  Japan  Netherlands  Thailand	China  Russia  Dominican Republic  South Korea
Week 2 7–9 August 2009
Group D: Miao Li, Chinese Taipei	Group E: Macau	Group F: Osaka, Japan
United States  Netherlands  Dominican Republic  Germany	China  Brazil  Poland  Thailand	Japan  South Korea  Russia  Puerto Rico
Week 3 14–16 August 2009
Group G: Hong Kong	Group H: Mokpo, South Korea	Group I: Bangkok, Thailand
China  Poland  Netherlands  Dominican Republic	Brazil  Japan  Germany  South Korea	Thailand  United States  Russia  Puerto Rico
Week 4 Final Round 19–23 August 2009
Tokyo, Japan
Top five teams  Brazil  China  Netherlands  Germany  Russia and  Japan as host

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host Japan and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final round.

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	18	9	0	793	613	1.294	27	7	3.857
2	Netherlands	16	7	2	772	654	1.180	25	7	3.571
3	China	16	7	2	871	760	1.146	25	13	1.923
4	Russia	15	6	3	832	767	1.085	22	15	1.467
5	Japan	14	5	4	740	700	1.057	18	16	1.125
6	Germany	14	5	4	748	729	1.026	20	15	1.333
7	Poland	13	4	5	749	778	0.963	17	19	0.895
8	Thailand	13	4	5	724	825	0.878	15	21	0.714
9	United States	12	3	6	752	791	0.951	14	22	0.636
10	Puerto Rico	11	2	7	685	791	0.866	9	25	0.360
11	Dominican Republic	10	1	8	717	830	0.864	10	26	0.385
12	South Korea	10	1	8	697	842	0.828	10	26	0.385

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–17	25–17			75–56
31 Jul	Germany	3–0	United States	25–15	25–15	25–16			75–46
1 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–12	25–19	25–16			75–47
1 Aug	Puerto Rico	2–3	United States	25–21	25–20	23–25	14–25	13–15	100–106
2 Aug	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–18	25–22	25–13			75–53
2 Aug	Puerto Rico	3–2	Germany	13–25	27–25	25–21	21–25	15–11	101–107

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Poland	2–3	Thailand	25–12	23–25	22–25	25–19	13–15	107–96
31 Jul	Netherlands	0–3	Japan	13–25	19–25	20–25			52–75
1 Aug	Poland	0–3	Netherlands	23–25	20–25	21–25			64–75
1 Aug	Thailand	3–2	Japan	19–25	25–20	25–18	20–25	15–11	104–101
2 Aug	Japan	3–0	Poland	25–20	26–24	27–25			78–69
2 Aug	Netherlands	3–1	Thailand	25–27	25–21	25–17	25–20		100–85

Group C

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Russia	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–23	25–15			75–61
31 Jul	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–12	25–18	25–19			75–49
1 Aug	Dominican Republic	2–3	Russia	21–25	27–25	25–19	11–25	10–15	94–109
1 Aug	China	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–21	25–14			75–50
2 Aug	South Korea	2–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	12–25	25–18	26–24	10–15	95–107
2 Aug	China	3–2	Russia	23–25	25–23	20–25	25–14	15–9	108–96

Group D

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Aug	United States	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–18	25–19	23–25	21–25	23–21	117–108
7 Aug	Netherlands	3–1	Germany	25–13	25–23	22–25	25–23		97–84
8 Aug	United States	2–3	Netherlands	25–12	22–25	16–25	25–21	13–15	101–98
8 Aug	Dominican Republic	0–3	Germany	16–25	17–25	20–25			53–75
9 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–15	25–18			75–52
9 Aug	Germany	3–0	United States	25–22	25–18	27–25			77–65

Group E

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–17	25–11			75–42
7 Aug	China	3–2	Poland	25–19	25–27	24–26	25–14	15–12	114–98
8 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Poland	25–22	25–9	13–25	25–15		88–71
8 Aug	China	3–1	Thailand	25–27	25–19	25–17	25–19		100–82
9 Aug	Poland	3–0	Thailand	26–24	25–14	27–25			78–63
9 Aug	China	2–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	25–19	25–22	12–15	103–106

Group F

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Aug	South Korea	2–3	Russia	25–23	20–25	18–25	27–25	13–15	103–113
7 Aug	Japan	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–21	25–17			75–60
8 Aug	Russia	1–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	22–25	25–22	26–28		90–100
8 Aug	Japan	3–1	South Korea	22–25	25–13	25–18	25–10		97–66
9 Aug	South Korea	3–2	Puerto Rico	25–18	25–18	24–26	22–25	15–13	111–100
9 Aug	Japan	3–1	Russia	20–25	25–19	25–15	25–21		95–80

Group G

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	Poland	0–3	Netherlands	17–25	17–25	13–25			47–75
14 Aug	China	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–21	21–25	25–17	25–20		96–83
15 Aug	Dominican Republic	0–3	Netherlands	14–25	31–33	28–30			73–88
15 Aug	China	2–3	Poland	21–25	21–25	25–18	26–24	11–15	104–107
16 Aug	Dominican Republic	2–3	Poland	25–22	23–25	14–25	25–13	11–15	98–100
16 Aug	China	3–1	Netherlands	25–21	25–22	21–25	25–21		96–89

Group H

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	South Korea	1–3	Germany	28–26	20–25	22–25	11–25		81–101
14 Aug	Japan	1–3	Brazil	12–25	19–25	25–15	13–25		69–90
15 Aug	Brazil	3–2	Germany	25–27	25–15	25–19	19–25	15–10	109–96
15 Aug	South Korea	0–3	Japan	13–25	20–25	22–25			55–75
16 Aug	Germany	2–3	Japan	25–23	14–25	18–25	25–21	10–15	92–109
16 Aug	South Korea	1–3	Brazil	27–25	15–25	15–25	19–25		76–100

Group I

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
14 Aug	Thailand	3–0	Puerto Rico	27–25	30–28	25–13			82–66
14 Aug	United States	1–3	Russia	21–25	24–26	25–19	17–25		87–95
15 Aug	Russia	3–1	Thailand	25–18	24–26	25–11	25–12		99–67
15 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	16–25	18–25	22–25			56–75
16 Aug	Thailand	3–2	United States	19–25	25–20	25–21	23–25	15–11	107–102
16 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	16–25	17–25	19–25			52–75

Final round

• Venue– Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	China	18–25	25–22	25–22	24–26	15–13	107–108
19 Aug	Brazil	3–2	Russia	25–20	22–25	25–17	24–26	16–14	112–102
19 Aug	Japan	1–3	Germany	21–25	25–16	17–25	22–25		85–91
20 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	Germany	19–25	25–21	25–22	21–25	15–13	105–106
20 Aug	China	0–3	Brazil	21–25	20–25	29–31			70–81
20 Aug	Japan	1–3	Russia	17–25	23–25	29–27	14–25		83–102
21 Aug	China	1–3	Russia	29–27	16–25	19–25	23–25		87–102
21 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–15	25–15	25–16			75–46
21 Aug	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–18	25–22			75–62
22 Aug	Germany	1–3	Russia	25–16	21–25	23–25	20–25		89–91
22 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Netherlands	25–22	18–25	25–20	25–16		93–83
22 Aug	Japan	0–3	China	20–25	23–25	17–25			60–75
23 Aug	Germany	3–1	China	25–14	23–25	25–21	25–14		98–74
23 Aug	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25–20	25–23	25–21			75–64
23 Aug	Japan	1–3	Brazil	21–25	27–25	19–25	19–25		86–100

Final ranking

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	461	387	1.191	15	4	3.750
2	Russia	9	4	1	472	435	1.085	14	6	2.333
3	Germany	7	2	3	430	430	1.000	9	11	0.818
4	Netherlands	7	2	3	421	457	0.921	7	13	0.538
5	China	6	1	4	414	448	0.924	7	12	0.583
6	Japan	6	1	4	389	430	0.905	6	12	0.500

Overall Ranking

Place Team  Brazil  Russia  Germany 4  Netherlands 5  China 6  Japan 7  Poland 8  Thailand 9  United States 10  Puerto Rico 11  Dominican Republic 12  South Korea

2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Winners  Brazil Eighth title Team Roster: Natalia Pereira, Danielle Lins, Sheilla Castro, Adenisia Silva, Marianne Steinbrecher, Thaisa Menezes, Ana Tiemi Takagui, Fabiana de Oliveira, Regiane Bidias, Welissa Gonzaga, Fabiana Claudino, Camila Brait, Caroline Gattaz, Joyce Silva. Head Coach: José Roberto Guimarães

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:  Sheilla Castro (BRA) Best Spiker:  Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS) Best Blocker:  Fabiana Claudino (BRA) Best Server:  Manon Flier (NED)

Best Libero:  Kerstin Tzscherlich (GER) Best Setter:  Yoshie Takeshita (JPN) Best Scorer:  Manon Flier (NED)

References

• FIVB official site