Volleyball World Grand Prix 2001

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The 2001 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the ninth edition of the competition. It started on August 3rd and ended on August 26th. The USA won the title for the second time.

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Eight teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks, two tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. In the final round, the eight teams were divided into two groups, each of which played “everyone against everyone”. There were matches 1–8, 2–7, 3–6 and 4–5 on the first matchday. The group third and fourth played against each other from places five to eight and the first two teams in each group met in the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Suphanburi ( Thailand )
space team sentences Points
1. RussiaRussia Russia 6: 3 5
2. United StatesUnited States United States 6: 3 5
3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 5: 6 4th
4th GermanyGermany Germany 3: 8 4th
Ball point quotient: RUS 1.190 - USA 1.085
Group B in Hong Kong ( China )
space team sentences Points
1. JapanJapan Japan 9: 1 6th
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 6: 5 5
3. BrazilBrazil Brazil 5: 8 4th
4th CubaCuba Cuba 3: 9 3
3rd August Germany Russia 0: 3
United States South Korea 0: 3
4th of August United States Germany 3-0
South Korea Russia 0: 3
5th of August Germany South Korea 3: 2
United States Russia 3-0
3rd August China Japan 0: 3
Cuba Brazil 2: 3
4th of August Cuba Japan 1: 3
China Brazil 3: 2
5th of August Japan Brazil 3-0
China Cuba 3-0

Second week

Group C in Harbin ( China )
space team sentences Points
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 9: 2 6th
2. BrazilBrazil Brazil 7: 6 5
3. JapanJapan Japan 5: 7 4th
4th GermanyGermany Germany 3: 9 3
Group D in Fengshan ( Taiwan )
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 4 6th
2. United StatesUnited States United States 8: 7 5
3. RussiaRussia Russia 6: 6 4th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3: 9 3
August 10 China Japan 3: 1
Germany Brazil 2: 3
August 11th China Germany 3-0
Japan Brazil 1: 3
12. August Germany Japan 1: 3
China Brazil 3: 1
August 10 Russia South Korea 3-0
United States Cuba 2: 3
August 11th Russia United States 2: 3
Cuba South Korea 3: 1
12. August United States South Korea 3: 2
Cuba Russia 3: 1

Third week

Group E in Harbin ( China )
space team sentences Points
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 9: 3 6th
2. United StatesUnited States United States 7: 4 5
3. CubaCuba Cuba 5: 6 4th
4th GermanyGermany Germany 1: 9 3
Group F in Tokyo ( Japan )
space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9: 4 6th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 8: 4 5
3. JapanJapan Japan 5: 6 4th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 1: 9 3
17th August Cuba Germany 3-0
China United States 3: 1
18th of August China Germany 3: 1
Cuba United States 1: 3
August 19th Germany United States 0: 3
China Cuba 3: 1
17th August Brazil South Korea 3: 1
Japan Russia 1: 3
18th of August South Korea Russia 0: 3
Japan Brazil 1: 3
August 19th South Korea Japan 0: 3
Russia Brazil 2: 3

Overall rating

space team sentences Points
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 24:10 17th
2. United StatesUnited States United States 21:14 15th
3. BrazilBrazil Brazil 21:18 15th
4th RussiaRussia Russia 20:13 14th
5. JapanJapan Japan 19:14 14th
6th CubaCuba Cuba 17:19 13
7th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 9:24 10
8th. GermanyGermany Germany 7:26 10

Final round

The final round was held in Macau from August 22nd to 26th . The German team came eighth and played with: Christina Benecke , Andrea Berg , Béatrice Dömeland , Angelina Grün , Ulrike Jurk , Anja Krause , Jana Müller , Anja-Nadin Pietrek , Kathy Radzuweit , Sylvia Roll , Judith Sylvester and Birgit Thumm . The coach was Lee Hee-wan .

Group A
space team sentences Points
1. RussiaRussia Russia 9: 3 6th
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 7: 5 5
3. JapanJapan Japan 7: 7 4th
4th GermanyGermany Germany 1: 9 3
Group B
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 2 6th
2. United StatesUnited States United States 6: 5 5
3. BrazilBrazil Brazil 6: 6 4th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 1: 9 3
August 22nd Russia Japan 3: 2
China Germany 3-0
August 23 Russia Germany 3-0
China Japan 3: 2
August 24th Japan Germany 3: 1
Russia China 3: 1
August 22nd United States South Korea 3: 1
Brazil Cuba 2: 3
August 23 United States Cuba 0: 3
Brazil South Korea 3-0
August 24th Cuba South Korea 3-0
United States Brazil 3: 1
Placement games on August 25th
5th place Brazil Japan 3: 2
7th place Germany South Korea 1: 3
  Semifinals final
       
 RussiaRussia Russia 2
 United StatesUnited States United States 3  
   
 
 United StatesUnited States United States 3
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 1
 
place 3
   
 CubaCuba Cuba 1  RussiaRussia Russia 3
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3    CubaCuba Cuba 0

Awards

Most valuable player Danielle Scott United StatesUnited States United States
Best attacker Yelisaveta Tishchenko RussiaRussia Russia
Best blocker Danielle Scott United StatesUnited States United States
Best server Zoila Barros CubaCuba Cuba
Best Libera Stacy Sykora United StatesUnited States United States

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