Volleyball World Grand Prix 2004

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The 2004 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the twelfth edition of the competition. It started on July 9th and ended on August 1st. Brazil won the title for the fourth time.

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In the preliminary round, twelve teams competed. In the first three weeks three tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The top five teams in the overall ranking qualified for the final round alongside hosts Italy. There the six teams were divided into two groups. The two best teams in each final group reached the semi-finals. The group third played for fifth place.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Bangkok ( Thailand )
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 2 6th
2. United StatesUnited States United States 8: 3 5
3. ThailandThailand Thailand 3: 8 4th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 2: 9 3
Group B in Miaoli ( Taiwan )
space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9: 2 6th
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 7: 3 5
3. GermanyGermany Germany 4: 6 4th
4th Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 0: 9 3
July 9 Thailand Cuba 0: 3
United States South Korea 3-0
10th of July South Korea Thailand 2: 3
Cuba United States 3: 2
July 11th Thailand United States 0: 3
Cuba South Korea 3-0
July 9 Brazil Dominican R. 3-0
China Germany 3-0
10th of July Brazil Germany 3: 1
China Dominican R. 3-0
July 11th Dominican R. Germany 0: 3
China Brazil 1: 3
Group C in Kawasaki ( Japan )
space team sentences Points
1. ItalyItaly Italy 9: 3 6th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 8: 4 5
3. PolandPoland Poland 3: 8 4th
4th JapanJapan Japan 4: 9 3
July 9 Poland Russia 0: 3
Japan Italy 1: 3
10th of July Russia Italy 2: 3
Poland Japan 3: 2
July 11th Italy Poland 3-0
Japan Russia 1: 3

Second week

Group D in Manila ( Philippines )
space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9-0 6th
2. PolandPoland Poland 4: 6 4th
3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3: 6 4th
4th Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 3: 7 4th
Group E in Hong Kong ( 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 8: 5 5
3. ItalyItaly Italy 6: 7 4th
4th ThailandThailand Thailand 1: 9 3
16th of July Brazil Dominican R. 3-0
South Korea Poland 0: 3
17th July South Korea Dominican R. 3-0
Brazil Poland 3-0
July 18th Poland Dominican R. 1: 3
Brazil South Korea 3-0
16th of July Italy United States 2: 3
China Thailand 3-0
17th July Italy Thailand 3: 1
China United States 3: 2
July 18th United States Thailand 3-0
China Italy 3: 1
Group F in Jakarta ( Indonesia )
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 4 6th
2. RussiaRussia Russia 6: 6 4th
3. JapanJapan Japan 5: 7 4th
4th GermanyGermany Germany 4: 7 4th
16th of July Russia Japan 1: 3
Cuba Germany 3: 1
17th July Germany Japan 3: 1
Russia Cuba 2: 3
July 18th Cuba Japan 3: 1
Russia Germany 3-0

Third week

Group G in Rostock ( Germany )
space team sentences Points
1. GermanyGermany Germany 9: 5 6th
2. United StatesUnited States United States 8: 6 5
3. RussiaRussia Russia 6: 7 4th
4th ThailandThailand Thailand 4: 9 3
Group H in Hefei ( China )
space team sentences Points
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 7: 4 5 *
2. PolandPoland Poland 7: 4 5 *
3. ItalyItaly Italy 6: 5 5
4th Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 2: 9 3
* Ball point quotient: China 1.162 - Poland 0.992
July 23 Russia United States 1: 3
Germany Thailand 3: 1
24th July United States Thailand 3: 2
Germany Russia 3: 2
July 25th Russia Thailand 3: 1
Germany United States 3: 2
July 23 Italy Poland 0: 3
China Dominican R. 3-0
24th July Italy Dominican R. 3: 1
China Poland 3: 1
July 25th Poland Dominican R. 3: 1
China Italy 1: 3
Group I in Jeju-si ( South Korea )
space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9: 1 6th
2. CubaCuba Cuba 6: 4 5
3. JapanJapan Japan 4: 7 4th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 2: 9 3
July 23 South Korea Cuba 1: 3
Brazil Japan 3: 1
24th July South Korea Brazil 0: 3
Cuba Japan 3-0
July 25th Brazil Cuba 3-0
South Korea Japan 1: 3

Overall rating

space team sentences Points
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 27: 3 18th
2. CubaCuba Cuba 24:10 17th
3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 23:10 16
4th United StatesUnited States United States 24:14 15th
5. ItalyItaly Italy 21:15 15th
6th GermanyGermany Germany 17:18 14th
7th RussiaRussia Russia 20:17 13
8th. PolandPoland Poland 14:18 13
9. JapanJapan Japan 13:23 11
10. ThailandThailand Thailand 8:26 10
11. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 7:24 10
12. Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 5:25 10

Final round

The final round was held from July 28th to August 1st in Reggio Calabria ( Italy ).

Final group A
space team sentences Points
1. United StatesUnited States United States 4: 3 3
2. ItalyItaly Italy 4: 4 3
3. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3: 4 3
Final group B
space team sentences Points
1. CubaCuba Cuba 6: 2 4th
2. BrazilBrazil Brazil 5: 4 3
3. GermanyGermany Germany 1: 6 2
July 28th Italy China 1: 3
29th of July China United States 0: 3
30th July Italy United States 3: 1
July 28th Brazil Cuba 2: 3
29th of July Cuba Germany 3-0
30th July Brazil Germany 3: 1
  Semi-finals
July 31
Final
August 1
       
 ItalyItaly Italy 3
 CubaCuba Cuba 1  
   
 
 CubaCuba Cuba 0
   United StatesUnited States United States 3
 
3rd place
August 1st
   
 United StatesUnited States United States 2  ItalyItaly Italy 1
 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3    BrazilBrazil Brazil 3
Play for 5th place
July 31 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China GermanyGermany Germany 3: 2

Awards

Most valuable player Logan Tom United StatesUnited States United States
Best scorer Logan Tom United StatesUnited States United States
Best attacker Yumilka Ruiz CubaCuba Cuba
Best blocker Manuela Leggeri ItalyItaly Italy
Best server Logan Tom United StatesUnited States United States
Best Libera Zhang Na China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Best player Fernanda Venturini BrazilBrazil Brazil

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