# 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international men's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Nagoya and Osaka, Japan from 12 to 17 September 2017. 6 national teams from 5 confederations competed in the tournament.
Brazil claimed their fourth straight Grand Champions Cup title and fifth overall. Italy and Iran won the silver and the bronze medal respectively. This was Iran's first ever medal at a worldwide-level FIVB tournament. Ricardo Lucarelli from Brazil was elected the MVP.

## Qualification

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

### Qualified teams

| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Previous appearances | Previous appearances | Previous appearances |
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Total | First | Last |
| Japan | AVC | Host nation | 6 | 1993 | 2013 |
| Brazil | CSV | The first continental representative | 6 | 1993 | 2013 |
| France | CEV | The second continental representative | 0 | Debut | Debut |
| United States | NORCECA | The third continental representative | 3 | 1993 | 2013 |
| Iran | AVC | The fourth continental representative | 2 | 2009 | 2013 |
| Italy | CEV | Wild card | 3 | 1993 | 2013 |

## Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team plays 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.

## Venues

| Nagoya round | Osaka round |
| Nagoya, Japan | Osaka, Japan |
| Nippon Gaishi Hall | Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 8,200 |

## 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 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2.800 | 446 | 393 | 1.135 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 509 | 506 | 1.006 |
| 3 | Iran | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1.200 | 501 | 495 | 1.012 |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1.222 | 463 | 416 | 1.113 |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 410 | 436 | 0.940 |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 335 | 418 | 0.801 |

### Nagoya round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Sep | 12:40 | France | 0–3 | Brazil | 25–27 | 25–27 | 22–25 | | | 72–79 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Sep | 15:40 | Italy | 2–3 | Iran | 19–25 | 25–23 | 26–28 | 31–29 | 11–15 | 112–120 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Sep | 19:15 | Japan | 0–3 | United States | 21–25 | 18–25 | 13–25 | | | 52–75 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Sep | 12:40 | Brazil | 2–3 | Italy | 25–15 | 25–27 | 25–27 | 25–18 | 12–15 | 112–102 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Sep | 15:40 | United States | 2–3 | Iran | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–27 | 21–25 | 12–15 | 108–104 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Sep | 19:15 | Japan | 0–3 | France | 15–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | | 61–75 | P2 P3 |

### Osaka round

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Sep | 12:40 | Iran | 0–3 | Brazil | 22–25 | 19–25 | 15–25 | | | 56–75 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Sep | 15:40 | France | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 17–25 | 16–25 | | | 53–75 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Sep | 19:15 | Italy | 3–1 | Japan | 25–23 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | 97–90 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Sep | 12:40 | United States | 2–3 | Brazil | 26–28 | 25–15 | 20–25 | 25–22 | 13–15 | 109–105 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Sep | 15:50 | France | 1–3 | Italy | 25–21 | 20–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | 88–96 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Sep | 19:15 | Japan | 1–3 | Iran | 25–21 | 19–25 | 20–25 | 14–25 | | 78–96 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Sep | 11:40 | Italy | 3–1 | United States | 25–22 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 29–27 | | 102–96 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Sep | 14:40 | Iran | 3–2 | France | 38–36 | 25–23 | 22–25 | 25–27 | 15–11 | 125–122 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Sep | 18:15 | Brazil | 3–0 | Japan | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–22 | | | 75–54 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Italy |
| | Iran |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Japan |
* 2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions
* Brazil 5th title
* 14–man roster
* Bruno (c), Isac, Tiago Brendle, Wallace, Raphael, Otávio, Rodriguinho, Maurício Souza, Douglas, Lucão, Thales, Lucarelli, Maurício Borges, Renan
* Head coach
* Renan Dal Zotto

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
    Ricardo Lucarelli
* Best setter
    Simone Giannelli
* Best outside spikers
    Ricardo Lucarelli
    Milad Ebadipour
* Best middle blockers
    Matteo Piano
    Lucas Saatkamp
* Best opposite spiker
    Matt Anderson
* Best libero
    Satoshi Ide