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2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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Champions
  
Brazil (11th title)

MVP
  
Natalia Pereira

Host nation
  
Thailand

Dates
  
3 Jun 2016 – 10 Jul 2016

Teams
  
28

Venues
  
20

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Champion
  
Brazil women's national volleyball team

Similar
  
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's, 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball, 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Le, 2008 FIVB Volleyball World Gr, 2016 Asian Women's Club Voll

Japan v serbia group 1 2016 fivb volleyball world grand prix


The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Brazil captured their record eleventh title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over defending champions United States. In the bronze medal match, The Netherlands prevailed in five sets over Russia. Natália Pereira was elected the most valuable player.

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In the Group 2 finals held in Varna, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic defeated Poland in five sets and earned a promotion to Group 1 for the 2017 season.

Moreover, in the Group 3 finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Croatia defeated the home team in straight sets to earn a promotion to Group 2 in the 2017 edition.

United states v thailand group 1 2016 fivb volleyball world grand prix


Qualification

  • All 28 teams of the 2015 edition directly qualified.

    • Intercontinental round

  • Group 1, 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 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 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. 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.

    • Pools composition

    The pools composition was announced on 19 August 2015.

    Squads

    There are 21 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 21 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

    Pool standing procedure

    1. Number of matches won
    2. Match points
    3. Sets ratio
    4. Points ratio
    5. 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 Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

    • Week 2

    Pool A1
  • Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China
    • Pool B1
  • Venue: Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Pool C1
  • Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia

    • Week 3

    Pool D1
  • Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China
    • Pool E1
  • Venue: Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States
    • Pool F1
  • Venue: PalaFlorio, Bari, Italy

    • Week 4

    Pool G1
  • Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
    • Pool H1
  • Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China
    • Pool I1
  • Venue: Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto, Japan

    • Week 1

    Pool A2
  • Venue: Club Deportivo Floresta, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
    • Pool B2
  • Venue: Hala MOSiR, Zielona Góra, Poland

    • Week 2

    Pool C2
  • Venue: Sport Hall Up Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
    • Pool D2
  • Venue: Hala Mistrzów, Włocławek, Poland

    • Week 1

    Pool A3
  • Venue: Salle OMS Belkhdar Tahar, Algiers, Algeria
    • Pool B3
  • Venue: Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia

    • Week 2

    Pool C3
  • Venue: Coliseo Evangelista Mora, Cali, Colombia
    • Pool D3
  • Venue: Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru

    • Final round

  • All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

    • Group 3

  • Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    • Final four (Week 3)

    Semifinals
    3rd place match
    Final

    Group 2

  • Venue: Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria

    • Final four (Week 3)

    Semifinals
    3rd place match
    Final

    Group 1

  • Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand

    • Pool play (Week 6)

    Pool J1
    Pool K1

    Final four (Week 6)

    Semifinals
    5th place match
    3rd place match
    Final

    Statistics leaders

    The statistics of each group follows 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 26 June 2016.

    Best scorers

    Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

    Best spikers

    Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

    Best blockers

    Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

    Best servers

    Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

    Best setters

    Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

    Best diggers

    Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

    Best receivers

    Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

    References

    2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Wikipedia
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