Volleyball World Grand Prix 2008

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2008 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the 16th edition of the competition. It started on June 20th and ended on July 13th.

mode

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 Japan.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Kobe ( Japan )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 8: 4 5 1,110
2. United StatesUnited States United States 7: 5 5 1.080
3. JapanJapan Japan 8: 5 5 1.073
4th KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 0: 9 3 0.708
Group B in Ningbo ( China )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 9: 3 6th 1.208
2. BrazilBrazil Brazil 8: 4 5 1.049
3. GermanyGermany Germany 5: 7 4th 0.967
4th ThailandThailand Thailand 1: 9 3 0.787
20th June Turkey United States 3: 1
Japan Kazakhstan 3-0
June 21st Kazakhstan United States 0: 3
Japan Turkey 3: 2
June 22 Kazakhstan Turkey 0: 3
Japan United States 2: 3
20th June Brazil Thailand 3-0
China Germany 3: 1
June 21st China Thailand 3-0
Germany Brazil 1: 3
June 22 Germany Thailand 3: 1
China Brazil 3: 2
Group C in Alassio ( Italy )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. ItalyItaly Italy 9: 2 6th 1.183
2. CubaCuba Cuba 6: 4 5 1.095
3. Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 4: 8 4th 0.872
4th PolandPoland Poland 4: 9 3 0.906
20th June Cuba Poland 3: 1
Italy Dominican R. 3: 1
June 21st Dominican R. Cuba 0: 3
Italy Poland 3: 1
June 22 Poland Dominican R. 2: 3
Italy Cuba 3-0

Second week

Group D in Vinh Phuc ( Vietnam )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9-0 6th 1.428
2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 6: 4 5 1.074
3. GermanyGermany Germany 4: 6 4th 0.936
4th KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 0: 9 3 0.693
Group E in Wroclaw ( Poland )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. United StatesUnited States United States 9: 1 6th 1.372
2. Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 6: 5 5 1,000
3. ThailandThailand Thailand 5: 8 4th 0.893
4th PolandPoland Poland 3: 9 3 0.867
June 27th Brazil Kazakhstan 3-0
Turkey Germany 3: 1
June 28th Kazakhstan Germany 0: 3
Brazil Turkey 3-0
June 29th Germany Brazil 0: 3
Turkey Kazakhstan 3-0
June 27th Poland Dominican R. 1: 3
Thailand United States 1: 3
June 28th Poland Thailand 2: 3
United States Dominican R. 3-0
June 29th Poland United States 0: 3
Dominican R. Thailand 3: 1
Group F in Hong Kong ( China )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 9: 4 6th 1.088
2. ItalyItaly Italy 8: 5 5 1.060
3. CubaCuba Cuba 7: 7 4th 1.020
4th JapanJapan Japan 1: 9 3 0.817
June 27th Italy Japan 3-0
China Cuba 3: 2
June 28th Cuba Italy 2: 3
China Japan 3-0
June 29th Japan Cuba 1: 3
China Italy 3: 2

Third week

Group G in Bangkok ( Thailand )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. CubaCuba Cuba 9: 4 6th 1.167
2. GermanyGermany Germany 7: 3 5 1.125
3. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 4: 8 4th 0.861
4th ThailandThailand Thailand 4: 9 3 0.894
Group H in Taipei ( Taiwan )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. ItalyItaly Italy 9: 3 6th 1.137
2. United StatesUnited States United States 6: 5 5 1.083
3. PolandPoland Poland 6: 6 4th 0.920
4th TurkeyTurkey Turkey 2: 9 3 0.882
July 4th Thailand Kazakhstan 2: 3
Cuba Germany 3: 1
5th July Germany Thailand 3-0
Kazakhstan Cuba 1: 3
July 6th Thailand Cuba 2: 3
Germany Kazakhstan 3-0
July 4th United States Poland 3: 1
Italy Turkey 3: 1
5th July United States Turkey 3: 1
Italy Poland 3: 2
July 6th Poland Turkey 3-0
Italy United States 3-0
Group I in Macau ( China )
space team sentences Points BPQ
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 9: 2 6th 1.215
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 6: 3 5 1.130
3. Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 5: 6 4th 0.996
4th JapanJapan Japan 0: 9 3 0.695
July 4th Brazil Dominican R. 3: 2
China Japan 3-0
5th July Brazil Japan 3-0
China Dominican R. 3-0
July 6th Dominican R. Japan 3-0
China Brazil 0: 3

Overall rating

space team sentences Points BPQ
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 26: 6 17th 1,199
2. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 24:10 17th 1,140
3. ItalyItaly Italy 26:10 17th 1.124
4th United StatesUnited States United States 22:11 16 1.161
5. CubaCuba Cuba 22:15 15th 1.090
6th TurkeyTurkey Turkey 16:17 13 1.015
7th GermanyGermany Germany 16:16 13 1.001
8th. Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 15:19 13 0.953
9. JapanJapan Japan 9:23 11 0.870
10. PolandPoland Poland 13:24 10 0.898
11. ThailandThailand Thailand 10:26 10 0.862
12. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 4:26 10 0.761

Final round

The final round was held from July 9th to 13th in Yokohama ( Japan ).

space team sentences Points BPQ
1. BrazilBrazil Brazil 15: 1 10 1.269
2. CubaCuba Cuba 12: 8 9 1.023
3. ItalyItaly Italy 7:12 7th 0.973
4th United StatesUnited States United States 9:13 7th 0.951
5. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 9:13 6th 0.966
6th JapanJapan Japan 7:12 6th 0.910
July 9 Brazil United States 3-0
China Italy 2: 3
Japan Cuba 1: 3
10th of July China Cuba 1: 3
Italy Brazil 0: 3
Japan United States 2: 3
July 11th Brazil China 3: 1
Cuba United States 3: 2
Japan Italy 3-0
July 12 Brazil Cuba 3-0
Italy United States 3: 1
Japan China 1: 3
July 13th United States China 3: 2
Cuba Italy 3: 1
Japan Brazil 0: 3

Awards

Most valuable player Marianne Steinbrecher BrazilBrazil Brazil
Best scorer Megumi Kurihara JapanJapan Japan
Best attacker Daimí Ramírez CubaCuba Cuba
Best blocker Walewska Oliveira BrazilBrazil Brazil
Best server Megumi Kurihara JapanJapan Japan
Best Libera Yuko Sano JapanJapan Japan
Best player Yoshie Takeshita JapanJapan Japan

Web links