Volleyball World Grand Prix 1995

The 1995 season of the Volleyball World Grand Prix was the third edition of the competition. The USA won the title for the first time. The German women won only two sets and were eliminated without a win.

mode

Eight teams competed in the preliminary round. Every week two tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The four best teams in the overall ranking qualified for the final round, which was played according to the “everyone against everyone” mode.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Honolulu ( USA ) space team sentences Points 1.  Cuba 9: 3 6th 2.  United States 8: 4 5 3.  People's Republic of China 6: 7 4th 4th  Japan 2: 9 3

Group B in Belo Horizonte ( Brazil ) space team sentences Points 1.  Brazil 8: 3 5 2.  Russia 7: 5 5 3.  South Korea 6: 4 5 4th  Germany 0: 9 3

China Cuba 1: 3 Japan United States 1: 3 Cuba Japan 3-0 China United States 2: 3 China Japan 3: 1 Cuba United States 3: 2

South Korea Russia 3: 1 Brazil Germany 3-0 Germany Russia 0: 3 Brazil South Korea 3-0 Germany South Korea 0: 3 Brazil Russia 2: 3

Second week

Group C in Taipei ( Taiwan ) space team sentences Points 1.  United States 9: 3 6th 2.  Brazil 8: 6 5 3.  Japan 6: 6 4th 4th  Germany 1: 9 3

Group D in Jakarta ( Indonesia ) space team sentences Points 1.  Cuba 9: 2 6th 2.  Russia 6: 6 5 3.  People's Republic of China 6: 6 4th 4th  South Korea 2: 9 3

United States Brazil 3: 2 Japan Germany 3-0 Brazil Japan 3: 2 Germany United States 0: 3 Japan United States 1: 3 Brazil Germany 3: 1

China South Korea 3-0 Cuba Russia 3-0 Cuba South Korea 3: 1 China Russia 2: 3 Russia South Korea 3: 1 China Cuba 1: 3

Third week

Group E in Tokyo ( Japan ) space team sentences Points 1.  South Korea 8: 6 5 2.  United States 7: 7 5 3.  Russia 6: 8 4th 4th  Japan 5: 7 4th

Group F in Macau space team sentences Points 1.  People's Republic of China 9: 2 6th 2.  Cuba 6: 4 5 3.  Brazil 6: 6 4th 4th  Germany 0: 9 3

United States South Korea 1: 3 Japan Russia 3: 1 Japan South Korea 0: 3 Russia United States 2: 3 Russia South Korea 3: 2 Japan United States 2: 3

Cuba Brazil 3: 1 China Germany 3-0 Brazil Germany 3-0 China Cuba 3-0 Cuba Germany 3-0 China Brazil 3: 2

Fourth week

Group G in Hamamatsu ( Japan ) space team sentences Points 1.  Brazil 9: 2 6th 2.  Cuba 7: 6 5 3.  Japan 4: 7 4th 4th  Russia 4: 9 3

Group H in Beijing ( China ) space team sentences Points 1.  United States 9: 4 6th 2.  People's Republic of China 7: 4 5 3.  South Korea 6: 6 4th 4th  Germany 1: 9 3

Cuba Russia 3: 2 Brazil Japan 3-0 Japan Russia 3: 1 Brazil Cuba 3: 1 Cuba Japan 3: 1 Brazil Russia 3: 1

United States South Korea 3: 2 China Germany 3-0 United States Germany 3: 1 China South Korea 3: 1 South Korea Germany 3-0 United States China 3: 1

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points
1.	United States	35:18	23
2.	Cuba	31:15	22nd
3.	Brazil	31:17	20th
4th	People's Republic of China	29:18	20th
5.	South Korea	20:25	16
6th	Russia	22:29	16
7th	Japan	17:29	15th
8th.	Germany	2:36	12

Final round

The final round was held in Shanghai ( People's Republic of China ).

space	team	sentences	Points
1.	United States	9: 3	6th
2.	Brazil	8: 5	5
3.	Cuba	5: 7	4th
4th	People's Republic of China	2: 9	3

United States	Cuba	3: 1
Brazil	China	3: 1
Brazil	Cuba	3: 1
United States	China	3-0
United States	Brazil	3: 2
Cuba	China	3: 1