Volleyball World Grand Prix 2014

The 2014 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the 22nd edition of the competition. It started on July 25th and ended on August 24th. For the first time, 28 instead of the previous 20 teams took part.

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From this year, the teams played in three divisions, with promotion and relegation. Each division had two phases - Preliminary Round and Final Six (Division I) or Final Four (Division II and III).

All teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks (in Division III there were two) there were two (in Division I three) tournaments with four teams in parallel. The best four or three teams in the overall ranking qualified alongside the hosts for the final round. The winner of the Final Four of Division II also qualified for the Final Six. In the final round, the teams played “everyone against everyone”.

The number of wins was decisive for the placement after the group games. If the match was 3-0 or 3-1, there were three points for the winner and none for the loser. If the score was 3: 2, the winner received two points and the opponent one point. If two or more teams had the same number of wins, the order in the table was determined according to the following criteria: First, the number of points decided, in case of equality the quotient of the sets and finally the quotient of the ball points.

Division I.

Preliminary round

First week

Group A in Ankara ( Turkey )
August 1st	United States	Russia	1: 3
	Turkey	Japan	3-0
August 2nd	Russia	Japan	3: 1
	Turkey	United States	3: 2
3rd August	Japan	United States	2: 3
	Turkey	Russia	3: 2

Group B in Ansan ( South Korea )
August 1st	Serbia	Germany	3-0
	South Korea	Thailand	3: 1
August 2nd	South Korea	Germany	3: 1
	Serbia	Thailand	2: 3
3rd August	South Korea	Serbia	1: 3
	Thailand	Germany	0: 3

Group C in Sassari ( Italy )
August 1st	Brazil	China	3: 1
	Italy	Dominican Rep.	3-0
August 2nd	China	Dominican Rep.	3-0
	Brazil	Italy	3-0
3rd August	Dominican Rep.	Brazil	0: 3
	Italy	China	3: 2

Second week

Group D in São Paulo ( Brazil )
8th August	Russia	United States	1: 3
	Brazil	South Korea	3-0
August 9	Brazil	Russia	3-0
	United States	South Korea	3-0
August 10	Brazil	United States	3-0
	Russia	South Korea	1: 3

Group E in Ankara ( Turkey )
8th August	Serbia	Germany	0: 3
	Turkey	Dominican Rep.	2: 3
August 9	Germany	Dominican Rep.	3: 2
	Turkey	Serbia	3: 2
August 10	Dominican Rep.	Serbia	0: 3
	Turkey	Germany	3: 1

Group F in Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China )
8th August	Japan	Italy	2: 3
	China	Thailand	3: 1
August 9	Italy	Thailand	3-0
	China	Japan	3-0
August 10	Japan	Thailand	3: 1
	China	Italy	3: 1

Third week

Group G in Bangkok ( Thailand )
15th of August	Thailand	Dominican Rep.	3: 1
	Brazil	United States	3: 2
August 16	Brazil	Dominican Rep.	3-0
	Thailand	United States	2: 3
17th August	Dominican Rep.	United States	1: 3
	Thailand	Brazil	0: 3

Group H in Kaliningrad ( Russia )
15th of August	Turkey	Germany	1: 3
	Russia	Italy	3: 1
August 16	Italy	Germany	3: 2
	Russia	Turkey	3: 1
17th August	Italy	Turkey	1: 3
	Germany	Russia	0: 3

Group I in Macau ( People's Republic of China )
15th of August	Japan	Serbia	3: 1
	China	South Korea	3: 1
August 16	Japan	South Korea	3: 2
	China	Serbia	2: 3
17th August	South Korea	Serbia	3: 1
	China	Japan	1: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	27: 3	26th	1.312
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	21:15	17th	1,072
3.	Turkey Turkey	22:17	16	1,017
4th	Russia Russia	19:16	16	1,039
5.	United States United States	20:18	15th	1,040
6th	Serbia Serbia	18:18	13	1,020
7th	Japan Japan	17:20	13	0.943
8th.	Korea South South Korea	16:19	13	0.930
9.	Italy Italy	18:18	12	0.986
10.	Germany Germany	16:18	12	0.968
11.	Thailand Thailand	11:24	6th	0.881
12.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	7:26	3	0.882

Final round

The final round was held in Tokyo ( Japan ) from August 20 to 24 .

space	team	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Brazil Brazil	13	14: 3	1,290
2.	Japan Japan	12	12: 4	1,187
3.	Russia Russia	7th	10:10	0.933
4th	Turkey Turkey	7th	10:12	0.983
5.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6th	8:12	0.991
6th	Belgium Belgium	0	2:15	0.744

20th of August	China	Belgium	3: 1
	Turkey	Brazil	3: 2
	Japan	Russia	3: 1
August 21	Russia	Belgium	3-0
	Brazil	China	3-0
	Japan	Turkey	3-0
August 22nd	Turkey	Russia	2: 3
	Belgium	Brazil	0: 3
	China	Japan	0: 3
August 23	Turkey	China	2: 3
	Russia	Brazil	0: 3
	Japan	Belgium	3-0
August 24th	China	Russia	2: 3
	Belgium	Turkey	1: 3
	Brazil	Japan	3-0

Division II

Preliminary round

First week

Group J in Lima ( Peru )
July 25th	Poland	Belgium	3: 1
	Peru	Canada	3: 1
July 26th	Poland	Canada	3: 1
	Peru	Belgium	0: 3
July 27th	Belgium	Canada	3-0
	Peru	Poland	1: 3

Group K in Caguas ( Puerto Rico )
July 25th	Netherlands	Cuba	3-0
	Puerto Rico	Argentina	3-0
July 26th	Cuba	Argentina	1: 3
	Puerto Rico	Netherlands	0: 3
July 27th	Argentina	Netherlands	0: 3
	Puerto Rico	Cuba	3-0

Second week

Group L in Leuven ( Belgium )
August 1st	Netherlands	Argentina	3-0
	Belgium	Canada	3-0
August 2nd	Argentina	Canada	2: 3
	Netherlands	Belgium	3: 2
3rd August	Canada	Netherlands	2: 3
	Argentina	Belgium	0: 3

Group M in Trujillo ( Peru )
August 1st	Poland	Cuba	3-0
	Peru	Puerto Rico	0: 3
August 2nd	Poland	Puerto Rico	1: 3
	Peru	Cuba	3-0
3rd August	Cuba	Puerto Rico	2: 3
	Peru	Poland	2: 3

Third week

Group N in Buenos Aires ( Argentina )
8th August	Canada	Cuba	0: 3
	Argentina	Peru	3-0
August 9	Cuba	Peru	2: 3
	Argentina	Canada	3: 1
August 10	Peru	Canada	0: 3
	Argentina	Cuba	3: 1

Group O in Doetinchem ( Netherlands )
8th August	Belgium	Poland	3-0
	Netherlands	Puerto Rico	2: 3
August 9	Puerto Rico	Poland	3: 1
	Netherlands	Belgium	3-0
August 10	Puerto Rico	Belgium	0: 3
	Poland	Netherlands	0: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Netherlands Netherlands	26: 7	23	1,197
2.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	21:12	19th	1,088
3.	Belgium Belgium	21: 9	19th	1,135
4th	Poland Poland	17:17	14th	0.981
5.	Argentina Argentina	14:18	13	1.004
6th	Peru Peru	12:21	9	0.942
7th	Canada Canada	11:23	6th	0.887
8th.	Cuba Cuba	9:24	5	0.838

Final round

The final round took place on August 15-16 in Koszalin ( Poland ).

Semi-finals August 15th		Final August 16th


Poland Poland	0
Belgium Belgium	3


		Belgium Belgium	3
		Netherlands Netherlands	2

		3rd place August 16th

Netherlands Netherlands	3	Poland Poland	0
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	1	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	3

Division III

Preliminary round

First week

Group P in Almaty ( Kazakhstan )
July 25th	Croatia	Czech Republic	1: 3
	Kazakhstan	Australia	3-0
July 26th	Australia	Czech Republic	0: 3
	Kazakhstan	Croatia	1: 3
July 27th	Croatia	Australia	3-0
	Kazakhstan	Czech Republic	1: 3

Group Q in Mexico City ( Mexico )
July 25th	Algeria	Bulgaria	2: 3
	Mexico	Kenya	1: 3
July 26th	Bulgaria	Kenya	3: 2
	Mexico	Algeria	3-0
July 27th	Kenya	Algeria	3-0
	Mexico	Bulgaria	1: 3

Second week

Group R in Brno ( Czech Republic )
August 1st	Mexico	Kazakhstan	0: 3
	Czech Republic	Algeria	3-0
August 2nd	Mexico	Czech Republic	0: 3
	Kazakhstan	Algeria	3-0
3rd August	Algeria	Mexico	1: 3
	Czech Republic	Kazakhstan	3-0

Group S in Poreč ( Croatia )
August 1st	Australia	Bulgaria	0: 3
	Croatia	Kenya	3-0
August 2nd	Bulgaria	Kenya	3: 1
	Australia	Croatia	1: 3
3rd August	Kenya	Australia	3: 2
	Croatia	Bulgaria	1: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Czech Republic Czech Republic	18: 2	18th	1,364
2.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	18: 7	16	1,209
3.	Croatia Croatia	14: 8	12	1,100
4th	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	11: 9	9	1,068
5.	Kenya Kenya	12:12	9	0.975
6th	Mexico Mexico	8:13	6th	0.913
7th	Australia Australia	3:18	1	0.764
8th.	Algeria Algeria	3:18	1	0.735

Final round

The final round was held on August 16 and 17 in Samokow ( Bulgaria ).

Semi-finals August 16		Final August 17th


Bulgaria Bulgaria	3
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	1


		Bulgaria Bulgaria	3
		Czech Republic Czech Republic	0

		3rd place August 17th

Czech Republic Czech Republic	3	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	0
Croatia Croatia	2	Croatia Croatia	3

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)