The 2008 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the 16th edition of the competition. It started on June 20th and ended on July 13th.
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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 Japan.
Preliminary round
First week
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
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
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
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
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
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
Final round
The final round was held from July 9th to 13th in Yokohama ( Japan ).
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
Web links
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