2016_FIVB_Volleyball_World_Grand_Prix

2016 World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Bangkok (Group 1 Final)
Dates	3 June – 10 July
Teams	28 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	20 (in 20 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament awards
MVP	Natália Pereira
Best Setter	Nootsara Tomkom
Best OH	Sheilla Castro; Kimberly Hill
Best MB	Rachael Adams; Thaísa Menezes
Best OPP	Lonneke Slöetjes
Best Libero	Lin Li
Tournament statistics
Matches played	121
Best scorer	Nataliya Goncharova (185 points)
Best spiker	Paola Egonu (46.05%)
Best blocker	Irina Zaryazhko (1.22)
Best server	Ajcharaporn Kongyot (0.45)
Best setter	Kanami Tashiro (4.86)
Best digger	Anna Malova (3.08)
Best receiver	Wilavan Apinyapong (53.85%)
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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.^[1] Brazil captured their record eleventh title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over defending champions United States.^[2] In the bronze medal match, The Netherlands prevailed in five sets over Russia.^[3] Natália Pereira was elected the most valuable player.^[4]

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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.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]^[8]

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The match, originally scheduled for 17 June at 18:30, was interrupted in the second set due to power outage. Italy was leading 25–10, 16–15. Play was suspended and the match was rescheduled after agreement of both teams.^[10]^[11]

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	Week 1 3–5 Jun	Week 2 9–12 Jun	Week 3 17–19 Jun	Week 4 24–26 Jun	Week 6 6–10 Jul
Group 1		18 matches	18 matches	18 matches	11 matches
Group 2	12 matches	12 matches	4 matches
Group 3	12 matches	12 matches	4 matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	9	8	1	24	25	5	5.000	739	603	1.226	Qualified for the Group 1 final round
2	China	9	8	1	23	24	6	4.000	701	591	1.186
3	Russia	9	8	1	23	26	10	2.600	833	738	1.129
4	Brazil	9	7	2	22	23	10	2.300	779	674	1.156
5	Netherlands	9	5	4	15	17	14	1.214	709	706	1.004
6	Serbia	9	5	4	12	18	20	0.900	836	854	0.979
7	Italy	9	4	5	13	19	19	1.000	840	818	1.027
8	Japan	9	3	6	12	16	19	0.842	776	783	0.991
9	Turkey	9	3	6	9	13	21	0.619	719	773	0.930
10	Thailand	9	2	7	5	7	24	0.292	611	744	0.821	Qualified as hosts for the Group 1 final round
11	Belgium	9	1	8	4	8	25	0.320	668	771	0.866
12	Germany	9	0	9	0	4	27	0.148	610	766	0.796	Relegated position

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
10 Jun	07:00	Germany	0–3	United States	15–25	17–25	12–25		44–75	P2 P3
10 Jun	11:30	China	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–14	25–11		75–39	P2 P3
11 Jun	07:00	United States	3–0	Thailand	25–21	29–27	25–23		79–71	P2 P3
11 Jun	11:30	China	3–0	Germany	25–12	25–22	25–16		75–50	P2 P3
12 Jun	07:00	Thailand	3–1	Germany	16–25	28–26	25–22	25–16	94–89	P2 P3
12 Jun	11:30	China	3–1	United States	25–20	25–19	15–25	25–23	90–87	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	17:45	Brazil	3–1	Italy	23–25	25–15	25–15	27–25		100–80	P2 P3
9 Jun	20:15	Japan	3–0	Serbia	31–29	25–18	28–26			84–73	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:45	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	P2 P3
10 Jun	20:15	Italy	3–1	Serbia	25–16	25–19	29–31	25–17		104–83	P2 P3
12 Jun	13:05	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–20	25–18	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
12 Jun	15:30	Italy	3–2	Japan	25–20	25–20	23–25	25–27	15–8	113–100	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	14:40	Turkey	3–0	Belgium	25–22	25–23	26–24			76–69	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:10	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	25–22	20–25	25–20	25–16		95–83	P2 P3
11 Jun	14:40	Turkey	0–3	Netherlands	25–27	21–25	22–25			68–77	P2 P3
11 Jun	17:10	Russia	3–0	Belgium	25–20	25–15	25–16			75–51	P2 P3
12 Jun	14:40	Netherlands	3–1	Belgium	25–20	25–21	18–25	25–20		93–86	P2 P3
12 Jun	17:10	Russia	3–2	Turkey	26–24	20–25	20–25	25–20	15–10	106–104	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	08:00	Brazil	2–3	Serbia	25–16	31–29	19–25	19–25	16–18	110–113	P2 P3
17 Jun	12:00	China	3–0	Belgium	25–19	25–17	25–22			75–58	P2 P3
18 Jun	06:30	Brazil	3–1	Belgium	23–25	25–19	25–15	25–18		98–77	P2 P3
18 Jun	09:00	China	3–2	Serbia	27–25	17–25	20–25	25–22	15–9	104–106	P2 P3
19 Jun	05:00	Belgium	2–3	Serbia	26–24	24–26	23–25	25–23	10–15	108–113	P2 P3
19 Jun	07:30	China	3–0	Brazil	25–23	25–16	25–20			75–59	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	00:10	Turkey	3–2	Japan	21–25	25–16	23–25	25–21	15–13	109–100	P2 P3
18 Jun	02:10	United States	3–1	Germany	25–17	24–26	25–10	25–23		99–76	P2 P3
19 Jun	00:10	Turkey	3–1	Germany	25–18	16–25	25–19	25–19		91–81	P2 P3
19 Jun	02:10	United States	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60	P2 P3
19 Jun	22:10	Japan	3–1	Germany	25–27	26–24	25–15	25–18		101–84	P2 P3
20 Jun	00:10	United States	3–0	Turkey	25–21	25–20	25–16			75–57	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Jun	11:30	Italy	1–3	Brazil	26–24	22–25	13–25	22–25	83–99	P2 P3
24 Jun	14:30	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	18–25	14–25	25–19	21–25	78–94	P2 P3
25 Jun	11:30	Brazil	3–1	Belgium	13–25	25–19	25–16	25–18	88–78	P2 P3
25 Jun	14:30	Turkey	1–3	Italy	25–21	21–25	19–25	17–25	82–96	P2 P3
26 Jun	11:30	Italy	3–0	Belgium	25–14	25–12	25–21		75–47	P2 P3
26 Jun	14:30	Turkey	0–3	Brazil	14–25	21–25	19–25		54–75	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
24 Jun	10:30	Germany	0–3	United States	19–25	22–25	28–30		69–80	P2 P3
24 Jun	12:30	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–23	25–21		75–66	P2 P3
25 Jun	05:15	United States	3–1	Netherlands	25–17	19–25	25–17	25–20	94–79	P2 P3
25 Jun	07:45	China	3–0	Germany	25–13	25–16	25–22		75–51	P2 P3
26 Jun	05:15	Netherlands	3–0	Germany	26–24	25–20	25–22		76–66	P2 P3
26 Jun	07:45	China	0–3	United States	19–25	21–25	17–25		57–75	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	07:10	Serbia	3–2	Russia	23–25	25–27	25–21	25–20	15–12	113–105	P2 P3
24 Jun	10:10	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–19	25–15			75–54	P2 P3
25 Jun	06:10	Thailand	1–3	Russia	16–25	22–25	25–22	12–25		75–97	P2 P3
25 Jun	09:10	Japan	2–3	Serbia	23–25	25–20	25–17	25–27	8–15	106–104	P2 P3
26 Jun	06:10	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–20			75–58	P2 P3
26 Jun	09:10	Japan	1–3	Russia	25–20	23–25	24–26	20–25		92–96	P2 P3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	Puerto Rico	6	6	0	17	18	4	4.500	524	451	1.162	Qualified for the Group 2 final round
2	Dominican Republic	6	5	1	14	17	7	2.429	540	489	1.104	Qualified for the Group 2 final round
3	Bulgaria	6	5	1	13	15	9	1.667	554	494	1.121	Qualified as hosts for the Group 2 final round
4	Poland	6	4	2	12	14	10	1.400	565	484	1.167	Qualified for the Group 2 final round
5	Argentina	6	2	4	8	12	12	1.000	524	546	0.960
6	Czech Republic	6	2	4	7	11	12	0.917	502	511	0.982
7	Canada	6	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	414	516	0.802
8	Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	319	451	0.707	Relegated position

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	21:10	Dominican Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	25–23	20–25	18–25	25–17	9–15	97–105	P2 P3
4 Jun	00:10	Argentina	3–0	Kenya	25–22	25–21	25–13			75–56	P2 P3
4 Jun	21:10	Kenya	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	17–25	9–25			43–75	P2 P3
5 Jun	00:10	Argentina	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–22	16–25	15–25	25–23	14–16	95–111	P2 P3
5 Jun	21:10	Dominican Republic	3–0	Kenya	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	P2 P3
6 Jun	00:10	Argentina	1–3	Bulgaria	25–27	17–25	27–25	19–25		88–102	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	15:10	Czech Republic	1–3	Puerto Rico	25–21	20–25	21–25	19–25		85–96	P2 P3
3 Jun	18:10	Poland	3–1	Canada	25–19	28–30	25–15	25–20		103–84	P2 P3
4 Jun	15:10	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–11	25–16			75–45	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:10	Poland	3–1	Czech Republic	25–15	23–25	25–20	25–23		98–83	P2 P3
5 Jun	15:10	Czech Republic	3–0	Canada	25–13	25–18	25–23			75–54	P2 P3
5 Jun	18:10	Poland	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–18	23–25	25–15	26–28	13–15	112–101	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	13:10	Bulgaria	0–3	Dominican Republic	16–25	24–26	23–25			63–76	P2 P3
10 Jun	16:10	Czech Republic	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–21	25–21			75–61	P2 P3
11 Jun	13:10	Dominican Republic	3–0	Canada	25–16	27–25	25–21			77–62	P2 P3
11 Jun	16:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Czech Republic	25–22	25–16	23–25	25–19		98–82	P2 P3
12 Jun	13:10	Canada	2–3	Bulgaria	22–25	25–22	25–21	26–28	10–15	108–111	P2 P3
12 Jun	16:10	Czech Republic	2–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	25–15	21–25	26–24	8–15	102–104	P2 P3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	6	6	0	17	18	4	4.500	521	367	1.420	Qualified for the Group 3 final round
2	Croatia	6	5	1	15	16	4	4.000	477	367	1.300
3	Colombia	6	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	464	390	1.190
4	Kazakhstan	6	4	2	12	14	8	1.750	510	439	1.162	Qualified as hosts for the Group 3 final round
5	Cuba	6	3	3	10	12	11	1.091	475	504	0.942
6	Mexico	6	2	4	6	8	13	0.615	435	504	0.863
7	Australia	6	0	6	0	2	18	0.111	379	495	0.766
8	Algeria	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	255	450	0.567

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	151	104	1.452	Semifinals
2	Russia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	131	143	0.916	Semifinals
3	Thailand	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	119	154	0.773	5th place match

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	151	128	1.180	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	168	167	1.006	Semifinals
3	China	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	159	183	0.869	5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Jun	13:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Peru	21–25	25–21	24–26	16–25	86–97	P2 P3
3 Jun	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Mexico	23–25	20–25	15–25		58–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	13:00	Peru	3–0	Mexico	25–16	25–16	25–13		75–45	P2 P3
4 Jun	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	13–25	5–25		35–75	P2 P3
5 Jun	13:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Mexico	25–16	25–20	21–25	25–23	96–84	P2 P3
5 Jun	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Peru	12–25	13–25	12–25		37–75	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
3 Jun	07:40	Croatia	3–1	Cuba	25–17	21–25	25–17	25–18	96–77	P2 P3
3 Jun	10:40	Australia	0–3	Colombia	17–25	13–25	13–25		43–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	06:10	Colombia	0–3	Croatia	20–25	22–25	17–25		59–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	09:10	Australia	1–3	Cuba	22–25	25–27	25–18	25–27	97–97	P2 P3
5 Jun	03:10	Cuba	3–1	Colombia	21–25	25–20	25–17	25–21	96–83	P2 P3
5 Jun	06:10	Australia	0–3	Croatia	19–25	17–25	12–25		48–75	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
10 Jun	22:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–6	25–20		75–40	P2 P3
11 Jun	00:30	Colombia	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–10	25–18		75–47	P2 P3
11 Jun	21:00	Mexico	1–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	18–25	28–26	20–25	86–101	P2 P3
11 Jun	23:30	Colombia	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–20	25–15		75–52	P2 P3
12 Jun	21:00	Mexico	3–1	Australia	18–25	26–24	29–27	25–23	98–99	P2 P3
12 Jun	23:30	Colombia	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–21	22–25	25–19	25–12	97–77	P2 P3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	21:35	Croatia	3–0	Cuba	25–13	25–15	25–13			75–41	P2 P3
11 Jun	00:05	Peru	3–0	Algeria	25–9	25–9	25–11			75–29	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:35	Algeria	0–3	Croatia	19–25	17–25	15–25			51–75	P2 P3
11 Jun	23:05	Peru	3–2	Cuba	25–14	23–25	20–25	25–19	15–6	108–89	P2 P3
12 Jun	21:35	Cuba	3–0	Algeria	25–13	25–12	25–20			75–45	P2 P3
13 Jun	00:05	Peru	3–1	Croatia	16–25	25–21	25–13	25–22		91–81	P2 P3

Semifinals		Final

18 June

Peru	1
		19 June
Croatia	3
		Croatia	3
18 June
		Kazakhstan	0
Kazakhstan	3

Colombia	2
		3rd place match

		19 June

		Peru	3

		Colombia	2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
6 Jul	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Brazil	24–26	16–25	11–25	51–76	P2 P3
7 Jul	11:00	Russia	0–3	Brazil	22–25	10–25	21–25	53–75	P2 P3
8 Jul	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Russia	25–27	24–26	19–25	68–78	P2 P3

Semifinals		Final

9 July

Brazil	3
		10 July
Netherlands	0
		Brazil	3
9 July
		United States	2
United States	3

Russia	0
		3rd place match

		10 July

		Netherlands	3

		Russia	2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	08:00	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
9 Jul	11:00	United States	3–0	Russia	25–20	25–23	25–14			75–57	P2 P3

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	Points	Name	Points	Name	Points
1	Nataliya Goncharova	185	Berenika Tomsia	167	Ángela Leyva	203
2	Lonneke Slöetjes	169	Emiliya Nikolova	138	Samanta Fabris	154
3	Polen Uslupehlivan	154	Brayelin Martínez	138	Madelaynne Montaño	134
4	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	135	Bethania de la Cruz	133	Kenny Moreno	126
5	Louisa Lippmann	131	Karina Ocasio	131	Radmila Beresneva	86

2016_FIVB_Volleyball_World_Grand_Prix

Qualification

Format

Intercontinental round

Final round

Pools composition

Competition schedule

Squads

Pool standing procedure

Intercontinental round

Group 1

Ranking

Week 2

Pool A1

Pool B1

Pool C1

Week 3

Pool D1

Pool E1

Pool F1

Week 4

Pool G1

Pool H1

Pool I1

Group 2

Ranking

Week 1

Pool A2

Pool B2

Week 2

Pool C2

Pool D2

Group 3

Ranking

Week 1

Pool A3

Pool B3

Week 2

Pool C3

Pool D3

Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Group 2

Final four (Week 3)

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Group 1

Pool play (Week 6)

Pool J1

Pool K1

Final four (Week 6)

Semifinals

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Best scorers

Best spikers

Best blockers

Best servers

Best setters

Best diggers

Best receivers

See also

Notes

References

External links

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