Volleyball World Grand Prix 2016

The 2016 season of the Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the competition. It started on June 3rd and ended on July 10th. As in the previous season, 28 teams took part.

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As in the previous 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 (for divisions II and III there were two) three (for divisions II and III there were two) tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The best four or three teams in the overall ranking qualified alongside the hosts for the final round. In the final round, the teams played group games “everyone against everyone” (Division I) or in a system of semi-finals and finals.

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 A1 in Ningbo ( People's Republic of China )
June 10th	Germany	United States	0: 3
	China	Thailand	3-0
June 11th	United States	Thailand	3-0
	China	Germany	3-0
June 12	Germany	Thailand	3: 1
	China	United States	3: 1

Group B1 in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )
June 9th	Brazil	Italy	3: 1
	Japan	Serbia	3-0
June 10th	Brazil	Japan	3-0
	Italy	Serbia	3: 1
June 12	Brazil	Serbia	3-0
	Italy	Japan	3: 2

Group C1 in Kaliningrad ( Russia )
June 10th	Turkey	Belgium	3-0
	Russia	Netherlands	3: 1
June 11th	Turkey	Netherlands	0: 3
	Russia	Belgium	3-0
June 12	Netherlands	Belgium	3: 1
	Russia	Turkey	3: 2

Second week

Group D1 in Macau ( People's Republic of China )
17th of June	Brazil	Serbia	2: 3
	China	Belgium	3-0
18th of June	Brazil	Belgium	3: 1
	China	Serbia	3: 2
June 19th	Belgium	Serbia	2: 3
	China	Brazil	3-0

Group E1 in Long Beach ( United States )
17th of June	Turkey	Japan	3: 2
	United States	Germany	3: 1
18th of June	Turkey	Germany	3: 1
	United States	Japan	3-0
June 19th	Japan	Germany	3: 1
	United States	Turkey	3-0

Group F1 in Bari ( Italy )
17th of June	Russia	Netherlands	3-0
18th of June	Thailand	Russia	0: 3
	Netherlands	Italy	3: 1
June 19th	Netherlands	Thailand	3-0
	Russia	Italy	3: 2
20th June	Thailand	Italy	3: 2

Third week

Group G1 in Ankara ( Turkey )
June 24th	Italy	Brazil	1: 3
	Turkey	Belgium	1: 3
25th June	Turkey	Italy	1: 3
	Brazil	Belgium	3: 1
June 26th	Italy	Belgium	3-0
	Turkey	Brazil	0: 3

Group H1 in Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China )
June 24th	Germany	United States	0: 3
	China	Netherlands	3-0
25th June	United States	Netherlands	3: 1
	China	Germany	3-0
June 26th	Netherlands	Germany	3-0
	China	United States	0: 3

Group I1 in Kyoto ( Japan )
June 24th	Serbia	Russia	3: 2
	Japan	Thailand	3-0
25th June	Thailand	Russia	1: 3
	Japan	Serbia	2: 3
June 26th	Serbia	Thailand	3-0
	Japan	Russia	1: 3

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	United States United States	8th	24	25: 5	1,225
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	8th	23	24: 6	1,186
3.	Russia Russia	8th	23	26:10	1,128
4th	Brazil Brazil	7th	22nd	23:10	1,155
5.	Netherlands Netherlands	5	15th	17:14	1.004
6th	Serbia Serbia	5	12	18:20	0.978
7th	Italy Italy	4th	13	19:19	1,026
8th.	Japan Japan	3	12	16:19	0.991
9.	Turkey Turkey	3	9	13:21	0.930
10.	Thailand Thailand	2	5	7:24	0.821
11.	Belgium Belgium	1	4th	8:25	0.866
12.	Germany Germany	0	0	4:27	0.796

Final round

The final round was held from July 6th to 10th in Bangkok ( Thailand ).

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group J1
1.	Brazil Brazil	2	6th	6-0	1.451
2.	Russia Russia	1	3	3: 3	0.916
3.	Thailand Thailand	0	0	0: 6	0.772

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
Group K1
1.	United States United States	2	6th	6-0	1.179
2.	Netherlands Netherlands	1	2	3: 5	1.005
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	0	1	2: 6	0.868

July 6th	Thailand	Brazil	0: 3
7th of July	Russia	Brazil	0: 3
8th of July	Thailand	Russia	0: 3

July 6th	United States	Netherlands	3-0
7th of July	China	Netherlands	2: 3
8th of July	United States	China	3-0

	Play for 5th place

	10th of July
	Thailand Thailand	0
	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	3

Semifinals		final

July 9
Brazil Brazil	3
Netherlands Netherlands	0

		10th of July
		Brazil Brazil	3
		United States United States	2

		Play for 3rd place
July 9		10th of July
United States United States	3	Netherlands Netherlands	3
Russia Russia	0	Russia Russia	2

Division II

Preliminary round

First week

Group A2 in San Miguel de Tucumán ( Argentina )
3rd of June	Dominican R.	Bulgaria	2: 3
	Argentina	Kenya	3-0
June 4th	Kenya	Bulgaria	0: 3
	Argentina	Dominican R.	2: 3
June 5th	Dominican R.	Kenya	3-0
	Argentina	Bulgaria	1: 3

Group B2 in Zielona Góra ( Poland )
3rd of June	Czech Republic	Puerto Rico	1: 3
	Poland	Canada	3: 1
June 4th	Puerto Rico	Canada	3-0
	Poland	Czech Republic	3: 1
June 5th	Czech Republic	Canada	3-0
	Poland	Puerto Rico	2: 3

Second week

Group C2 in Olomouc ( Czech Republic )
June 10th	Bulgaria	Dominican R.	0: 3
	Czech Republic	Canada	3-0
June 11th	Dominican R.	Canada	3-0
	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	3: 1
June 12	Canada	Bulgaria	2: 3
	Czech Republic	Dominican R.	2: 3

Group D2 in Włocławek ( Poland )
June 10th	Kenya	Puerto Rico	0: 3
	Poland	Argentina	3: 2
June 11th	Puerto Rico	Argentina	3: 1
	Poland	Kenya	3-0
June 12	Poland	Puerto Rico	0: 3
	Argentina	Kenya	3-0

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	6th	17th	18: 4	1,161
2.	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	5	14th	17: 7	1.104
3.	Bulgaria Bulgaria	5	13	15: 9	1,121
4th	Poland Poland	4th	12	14:10	1,167
5.	Argentina Argentina	2	8th	12:12	0.959
6th	Czech Republic Czech Republic	2	7th	11:12	0.982
7th	Canada Canada	0	1	3:18	0.802
8th.	Kenya Kenya	0	0	0:18	0.707

Final round

The final round was held in Varna ( Bulgaria ) on June 18th and 19th .

Semi-finals June 18th		Final June 19th


Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	1
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	3


		Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	3
		Poland Poland	2

		3rd place June 19th

Bulgaria Bulgaria	1	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	3
Poland Poland	3	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1

Division III

Preliminary round

First week

Group A3 in Algiers ( Algeria )
3rd of June	Kazakhstan	Peru	1: 3
	Algeria	Mexico	0: 3
June 4th	Peru	Mexico	3-0
	Algeria	Kazakhstan	0: 3
June 5th	Kazakhstan	Mexico	3: 1
	Algeria	Peru	0: 3

Group B3 in Bendigo ( Australia )
3rd of June	Croatia	Cuba	3: 1
	Australia	Colombia	0: 3
June 4th	Colombia	Croatia	0: 3
	Australia	Cuba	1: 3
June 5th	Cuba	Colombia	3: 1
	Australia	Croatia	0: 3

Second week

Group C3 in Cali ( Colombia )
June 10th	Kazakhstan	Australia	3-0
	Colombia	Mexico	3-0
June 11th	Mexico	Kazakhstan	1: 3
	Colombia	Australia	3-0
June 12	Mexico	Australia	3: 1
	Colombia	Kazakhstan	3: 1

Group D3 in Chiclayo ( Peru )
June 10th	Croatia	Cuba	3-0
	Peru	Algeria	3-0
June 11th	Algeria	Croatia	0: 3
	Peru	Cuba	3: 2
June 12	Cuba	Algeria	3-0
	Peru	Croatia	3: 1

Overall rating

space	team	Victories	Points	sentences	BPQ
1.	Peru Peru	6th	17th	18: 4	1,419
2.	Croatia Croatia	5	15th	16: 4	1,299
3.	Colombia Colombia	4th	12	13: 7	1,189
4th	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	4th	12	14: 8	1,161
5.	Cuba Cuba	3	10	12:11	0.942
6th	Mexico Mexico	2	6th	8:13	0.863
7th	Australia Australia	0	0	2:18	0.765
8th.	Algeria Algeria	0	0	0:18	0.566

Final round

The final round was held on June 18 and 19 in Almaty ( Kazakhstan ).

Semi-finals June 18th		Final June 19th


Peru Peru	1
Croatia Croatia	3


		Croatia Croatia	3
		Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	0

		3rd place June 19th

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	3	Peru Peru	3
Colombia Colombia	2	Colombia Colombia	2

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