Volleyball World Grand Prix 2007

The 2007 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the 15th edition of the competition. It started on August 3rd and ended on August 26th. The Netherlands won the title for the first 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 five best teams in the overall standings qualified for the final round alongside hosts China.

Preliminary round

First week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group A in Tokyo ( Japan )
1.	Cuba Cuba	9: 2	6th	1.225
2.	Japan Japan	8: 3	5	1.131
3.	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	3: 8	4th	0.859
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2: 9	3	0.844

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group B in Verona ( Italy )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 2	6th	1.404
2.	Italy Italy	8: 3	5	1,199
3.	Netherlands Netherlands	3: 6	4th	0.884
4th	Taiwan Taiwan	0: 9	3	0.578


3rd August	Cuba	Dominican R.	3-0
	Japan	Kazakhstan	3-0
4th of August	Cuba	Kazakhstan	3-0
	Japan	Dominican R.	3-0
5th of August	Dominican R.	Kazakhstan	2: 3
	Japan	Cuba	2: 3


3rd August	Brazil	Netherlands	3-0
	Italy	Taiwan	3-0
4th of August	Taiwan	Brazil	0: 3
	Italy	Netherlands	3-0
5th of August	Netherlands	Taiwan	3-0
	Italy	Brazil	2: 3

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group C in Rzeszów ( Poland )
1.	Russia Russia	6: 4	5	1,100
2.	United States United States	6: 5	5	1.060
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	7: 5	5	1.018
4th	Poland Poland	4: 9	3	0.863


3rd August	Russia	China	3: 1
	Poland	United States	2: 3
4th of August	Russia	United States	0: 3
	Poland	China	2: 3
5th of August	China	United States	3-0
	Poland	Russia	0: 3

Second week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group D in Tokyo ( Japan )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9-0	6th	1.353
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	6: 5	5	1.125
3.	Japan Japan	5: 6	4th	0.974
4th	Taiwan Taiwan	0: 9	3	0.636

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group E in Khabarovsk ( Russia )
1.	Russia Russia	9: 4	6th	1.085
2.	United States United States	8: 5	5	1.021
3.	Cuba Cuba	6: 6	4th	1.004
4th	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	1: 9	3	0.880


August 10	Brazil	Netherlands	3-0
	Japan	Taiwan	3-0
August 11th	Brazil	Taiwan	3-0
	Japan	Netherlands	2: 3
12. August	Netherlands	Taiwan	3-0
	Japan	Brazil	0: 3


August 10	Cuba	United States	1: 3
	Russia	Kazakhstan	3-0
August 11th	Cuba	Kazakhstan	3-0
	United States	Russia	2: 3
12. August	United States	Kazakhstan	3: 1
	Russia	Cuba	3: 2

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group F in Hong Kong ( China )
1.	Poland Poland	9: 3	6th	1.155
2.	Italy Italy	7: 5	5	1.057
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	7: 6	4th	1,132
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	0: 9	3	0.636


August 10	Italy	Poland	1: 3
	China	Dominican R.	3-0
August 11th	Italy	Dominican R.	3-0
	China	Poland	2: 3
12. August	Dominican R.	Poland	0: 3
	China	Italy	2: 3

Third week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group G in Osaka ( Japan )
1.	Poland Poland	9: 2	6th	1.155
2.	Russia Russia	6: 6	5	1.015
3.	Japan Japan	5: 6	4th	0.976
4th	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	3: 9	3	0.877

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group H in Taipei ( Taiwan )
1.	Italy Italy	9: 2	6th	1.159
2.	Brazil Brazil	7: 3	5	1,221
3.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	4: 6	4th	0.926
4th	Taiwan Taiwan	0: 9	3	0.724


17th August	Poland	Russia	3-0
	Japan	Kazakhstan	3-0
18th of August	Kazakhstan	Russia	2: 3
	Japan	Poland	1: 3
August 19th	Kazakhstan	Poland	1: 3
	Japan	Russia	1: 3


17th August	Brazil	Dominican R.	3-0
	Taiwan	Italy	0: 3
18th of August	Italy	Dominican R.	3: 1
	Taiwan	Brazil	0: 3
August 19th	Taiwan	Dominican R.	0: 3
	Italy	Brazil	3: 1

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group I in Macau ( China )
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	9: 4	6th	1.073
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6: 6	4th	1.008
3.	Cuba Cuba	6: 7	4th	0.993
4th	United States United States	4: 8	4th	0.925


17th August	Cuba	Netherlands	1: 3
	China	United States	3-0
18th of August	Cuba	United States	2: 3
	China	Netherlands	2: 3
August 19th	United States	Netherlands	1: 3
	China	Cuba	1: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	25: 5	17th	1,324
2.	Italy Italy	24:10	16	1,135
3.	Russia Russia	21:14	16	1.065
4th	Poland Poland	22:14	15th	1.042
5.	Netherlands Netherlands	18:15	15th	1.037
6th	Cuba Cuba	21:15	14th	1.059
7th	United States United States	18:18	14th	1,000
8th.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	20:17	13	1.050
9.	Japan Japan	18:15	13	1.024
10.	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	7:26	10	0.872
11.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	6:24	10	0.805
12.	Taiwan Taiwan	0:27	9	0.646

Final round

The final round was held in Ningbo ( China ) from August 22nd to 26th .

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	15: 7	10	1.108
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	14: 7	9	1.087
3.	Italy Italy	9:11	7th	1.004
4th	Russia Russia	9:11	7th	0.947
5.	Brazil Brazil	8:12	6th	0.949
6th	Poland Poland	5:12	6th	0.888


August 22nd	Brazil	Poland	3-0
	Italy	Russia	3: 1
	China	Netherlands	2: 3
August 23	Russia	Brazil	2: 3
	Italy	Netherlands	1: 3
	Poland	China	2: 3
August 24th	Brazil	Netherlands	2: 3
	Russia	Poland	3-0
	Italy	China	2: 3
August 25	Netherlands	Poland	3-0
	China	Russia	3-0
	Brazil	Italy	1: 3
26th of August	Netherlands	Russia	3: 2
	Poland	Italy	3-0
	China	Brazil	3-0

Awards

Most valuable player	Manon Flier	Netherlands Netherlands
Best scorer	Taismary Aguero	Italy Italy
Best attacker	Taismary Aguero	Italy Italy
Best blocker	Eleonora Dziekiewicz	Poland Poland
Best server	Yang Hao	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best Libera	Zhang Xian	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best player	Wei Qiuyue	China People's Republic People's Republic of China

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)