# 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international women's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from 5 to 10 September 2017. 6 national teams from 4 confederations competed in the tournament.
China claimed their second title at the tournament with an unbeaten record. Brazil claimed the silver after a face-off in the final round with United States who finished third. Zhu Ting from China was elected the MVP.

## Qualification

The FIVB announced the best four ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. Asia, Europe, North America, and South America confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental ranking at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champion Cup title.

### Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances |
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Total | First | Last |
| Japan | AVC | Host nation | 6 | 1993 | 2013 |
| China | AVC | The first continental representative | 4 | 1993 | 2005 |
| Russia | CEV | The second continental representative | 4 | 1993 | 2013 |
| United States | NORCECA | The third continental representative | 4 | 1993 | 2013 |
| Brazil | CSV | The fourth continental representative | 5 | 1997 | 2013 |
| South Korea | AVC | Wild card | 4 | 1997 | 2009 |

## Venues

| Tokyo round | TokyoNagoya | TokyoNagoya | Nagoya round |
| Tokyo, Japan | TokyoNagoya | TokyoNagoya | Nagoya, Japan |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | TokyoNagoya | TokyoNagoya | Nippon Gaishi Hall |
| Capacity: 10,000 | TokyoNagoya | TokyoNagoya | Capacity: 10,000 |

## Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2017 Women's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

## Match officials

| Confederation | Referee | Matches |
| AVC | Nathanon Sowapark | M001, M005, M008, M012, M015 |
| AVC | Mohammad Shahmiri | M003, M004, M007, M011, M014 |
| CEV | Juraj Mokry | M001, M005, M008, M011, M014 |
| CEV | Daniele Rapisarda | M002, M006, M009, M010, M013 |
| NORCECA | Patricia Rolf | M003, M004, M009, M010, M013 |
| CSV | Hernan Gonzalo Casamiquela | M002, M006, M007, M012, M015 |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser. Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

## Results

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 454 | 343 | 1.324 |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 438 | 405 | 1.081 |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 431 | 434 | 0.993 |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 411 | 427 | 0.963 |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 0.909 | 462 | 471 | 0.981 |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 260 | 376 | 0.691 |

### Tokyo round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Sep | 12:40 | Russia | 1–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 12–25 | | 77–98 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Sep | 15:40 | United States | 1–3 | China | 25–18 | 18–25 | 14–25 | 17–25 | | 74–93 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Sep | 19:15 | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–23 | 25–21 | 26–24 | | | 76–68 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Sep | 12:40 | Brazil | 2–3 | China | 20–25 | 12–25 | 25–20 | 25–23 | 17–19 | 99–112 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Sep | 15:40 | South Korea | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 20–25 | 16–25 | | | 58–75 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Sep | 19:15 | Russia | 3–1 | Japan | 22–25 | 25–18 | 25–22 | 28–26 | | 100–91 | P2 P3 |

### Nagoya round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 12:40 | United States | 3–2 | Russia | 23–25 | 25–21 | 19–25 | 25–21 | 15–9 | 107–101 | P2 P3 |
| 8 Sep | 15:40 | China | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–14 | 25–4 | 25–12 | | | 75–30 | P2 P3 |
| 8 Sep | 19:15 | Japan | 3–2 | Brazil | 25–18 | 25–27 | 25–15 | 16–25 | 15–6 | 106–91 | P2 P3 |
| 9 Sep | 12:40 | Russia | 0–3 | China | 20–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | | | 58–75 | P2 P3 |
| 9 Sep | 15:40 | Brazil | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–15 | 25–10 | 25–23 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 9 Sep | 19:15 | Japan | 2–3 | United States | 25–22 | 21–25 | 28–26 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 107–113 | P2 P3 |
| 10 Sep | 11:40 | South Korea | 0–3 | Russia | 19–25 | 16–25 | 21–25 | | | 56–75 | P2 P3 |
| 10 Sep | 14:40 | United States | 0–3 | Brazil | 20–25 | 23–25 | 19–25 | | | 62–75 | P2 P3 |
| 10 Sep | 18:15 | China | 3–1 | Japan | 25–22 | 24–26 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | 99–82 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | Brazil |
| | United States |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | South Korea |
* 2017 Women's World Grand Champions Cup champions
* China Second title
* 14–woman roster
* Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting (c), Gong Xiangyu, Diao Linyu, Yao Di, Zhang Changning, Liu Xiaotong, Zheng Yixin, Wang Chenyue, Lin Li, Ding Xia, Wang Mengjie, Yan Ni, Zeng Chunlei
* Head coach
* An Jiajie

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
    Zhu Ting
* Best setter
    Koyomi Tominaga
* Best outside spikers
    Zhu Ting
    Jordan Larson
* Best middle blockers
    Ana Carolina da Silva
    Yuan Xinyue
* Best opposite spiker
    Tandara Caixeta
* Best libero
    Kotoe Inoue