Volleyball World Grand Prix 2009

Preliminary round Brazil - Puerto Rico

Preliminary round USA - Germany

The 2009 season of the Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 17th edition of the competition. It started on July 31st and ended on August 23rd.

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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

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group A in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9-0	6th	1,442
2.	Germany Germany	6: 5	5	1.037
3.	United States United States	3: 8	4th	0.820
4th	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	4: 9	3	0.887

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group B in Kielce ( Poland )
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	9: 1	6th	1.244
2.	Thailand Thailand	7: 7	5	0.928
3.	Poland Poland	5: 6	4th	1.042
4th	Japan Japan	2: 9	3	0.856

July 31	Brazil	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Germany	United States	3-0
August 1st	Brazil	Germany	3-0
	Puerto Rico	United States	2: 3
August 2nd	Brazil	United States	3-0
	Puerto Rico	Germany	2: 3

July 31	Poland	Thailand	2: 3
	Japan	Netherlands	0: 3
August 1st	Poland	Netherlands	0: 3
	Thailand	Japan	3: 2
August 2nd	Poland	Japan	3-0
	Netherlands	Thailand	3: 1

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group C in Ningbo ( China )
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9: 2	6th	1.323
2.	Russia Russia	8: 5	5	1.065
3.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	5: 8	4th	0.896
4th	Korea South South Korea	2: 9	3	0.802

August 31	Russia	South Korea	3-0
	China	Dominican R.	3-0
August 1st	Dominican R.	Russia	2: 3
	China	South Korea	3-0
August 2nd	South Korea	Dominican R.	2: 3
	China	Russia	3: 2

Second week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group D in Miaoli ( Taiwan )
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	9: 3	6th	1.139
2.	Germany Germany	7: 3	5	1.098
3.	United States United States	5: 8	4th	1,000
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	2: 9	3	0.798

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group E in Macau ( China )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 3	6th	1.245
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	8: 6	5	1.108
3.	Poland Poland	6: 6	4th	0.939
4th	Thailand Thailand	1: 9	3	0.729

August 7th	United States	Dominican R.	3: 2
	Netherlands	Germany	3: 1
8th August	United States	Netherlands	2: 3
	Dominican R.	Germany	0: 3
August 9	Netherlands	Dominican R.	3-0
	Germany	United States	3-0

August 7th	Brazil	Thailand	3-0
	China	Poland	3: 2
8th August	Brazil	Poland	3: 1
	China	Thailand	3: 1
August 9	Thailand	Poland	0: 3
	China	Brazil	2: 3

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group F in Osaka ( Japan )
1.	Japan Japan	9: 2	6th	1.296
2.	Russia Russia	5: 8	4th	0.950
3.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	5: 7	4th	0.942
4th	Korea South South Korea	6: 8	4th	0.903

August 7th	South Korea	Russia	2: 3
	Japan	Puerto Rico	3-0
8th August	Russia	Puerto Rico	1: 3
	Japan	South Korea	3: 1
August 9	South Korea	Puerto Rico	3: 2
	Japan	Russia	3: 1

Third week

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group G in Hong Kong ( China )
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	7: 3	5	1.167
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	8: 5	5	1.061
3.	Poland Poland	6: 7	5	0.917
4th	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	3: 9	3	0.894

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group H in Mokpo ( South Korea )
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 4	6th	1.241
2.	Japan Japan	7: 5	5	1.068
3.	Germany Germany	7: 7	4th	0.966
4th	Korea South South Korea	2: 9	3	0.767

August 14th	Poland	Netherlands	0: 3
	China	Dominican R.	3: 1
15th of August	Dominican R.	Netherlands	0: 3
	China	Poland	2: 3
August 16	Dominican R.	Poland	2: 3
	China	Netherlands	3: 1

August 14th	South Korea	Germany	1: 3
	Japan	Brazil	1: 3
15th of August	Brazil	Germany	3: 2
	South Korea	Japan	0: 3
August 16	Germany	Japan	2: 3
	South Korea	Brazil	1: 3

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
Group I in Bangkok ( Thailand )
1.	Russia Russia	9: 2	6th	1.306
2.	Thailand Thailand	7: 5	5	0.959
3.	United States United States	6: 6	4th	1.023
4th	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	0: 9	3	0.750

August 14th	Thailand	Puerto Rico	3-0
	United States	Russia	1: 3
15th of August	Russia	Thailand	3: 1
	Puerto Rico	United States	0: 3
August 16	United States	Thailand	2: 3
	Puerto Rico	Russia	0: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	27: 7	18th	1.294
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	25: 7	17th	1.180
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	25:13	16	1.146
4th	Russia Russia	22:15	15th	1.085
5.	Japan Japan	18:16	14th	1.057
6th	Germany Germany	20:15	14th	1.026
7th	Poland Poland	17:19	13	0.963
8th.	Thailand Thailand	15:21	13	0.878
9.	United States United States	14:22	12	0.951
10.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	9:25	10	0.866
11.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	10:26	10	0.864
12.	Korea South South Korea	10:26	10	0.828

Final round

The final round was held in Tokyo ( Japan ) from August 19-23.

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	15: 4	10	1.191
2.	Russia Russia	14: 6	9	1.085
3.	Germany Germany	9:11	7th	1,000
4th	Netherlands Netherlands	7:13	7th	0.921
5.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	7:12	6th	0.924
6th	Japan Japan	6:12	6th	0.905

August 19th	Netherlands	China	3: 2
	Brazil	Russia	3: 2
	Japan	Germany	1: 3
20th of August	Netherlands	Germany	3: 2
	China	Brazil	0: 3
	Japan	Russia	1: 3
August 21	China	Russia	1: 3
	Brazil	Germany	3-0
	Japan	Netherlands	3-0
August 22nd	Germany	Russia	1: 3
	Brazil	Netherlands	3: 1
	Japan	China	0: 3
August 23	Germany	China	3: 1
	Russia	Netherlands	3-0
	Japan	Brazil	1: 3

Awards

Most valuable player	Sheilla Castro	Brazil Brazil
Best scorer	Manon Flier	Netherlands Netherlands
Best attacker	Tatiana Kosheleva	Russia Russia
Best blocker	Fabiana Claudino	Brazil Brazil
Best server	Manon Flier	Netherlands Netherlands
Best Libera	Kerstin Tzscherlich	Germany Germany
Best player	Yoshie Takeshita	Japan Japan

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)