# 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from 5 to 28 August 2011. The finals were held at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Macau, China. The United States won the tournament defeating 3–0 to Brazil in the gold medal match and Destinee Hooker won the MVP award.

## Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:
| Europe | Americas | Asia |
| Poland  Serbia  Italy  Germany  Russia | Brazil  Peru  United States  Cuba  Argentina  Dominican Republic | China  Japan  South Korea  Kazakhstan  Thailand |

## Pool standing procedure

1. Match points 2. Numbers of matches won 3. Sets ratio 4. Points ratio
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

## Calendar

Week 1 5–7 August 2011 :
| Group A: Bydgoszcz, Poland | Group B: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand | Group C: Busan, South Korea | Group D: Luohe, China |
| Poland  Italy  Dominican Republic  Argentina | Thailand  Cuba  Peru  Russia | South Korea  Brazil  Japan  Germany | China  United States  Serbia  Kazakhstan |
| Week 2 12–14 August 2011 ||||
| Group E: Zielona Góra, Poland | Group F: Almaty, Kazakhstan | Group G: Quanzhou, China | Group H: Komaki, Japan |
| Poland  Cuba  South Korea  Argentina | Kazakhstan  Italy  Brazil  Thailand | China  Russia  Germany  Peru | Japan  United States  Serbia  Dominican Republic |
| Week 3 19–21 August 2011 ||||
| Group I: Hong Kong | Group J: Hong Kong | Group K: Bangkok, Thailand | Group L: Tokyo, Japan |
| China  Poland  Dominican Republic  Kazakhstan | United States  Italy  Germany  Peru | Thailand  Cuba  Brazil  Argentina | Japan  Russia  Serbia  South Korea |
| Week 4 Final Round 24–28 August 2011 ||||
| Macau ||||

## Preliminary round
### Ranking

The host China and top seven teams in the preliminary round advanced to the final round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 722 | 514 | 1.405 | 27 | 2 | 13.500 | Final round |
| 2 | United States | 9 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 708 | 559 | 1.267 | 25 | 5 | 5.000 | Final round |
| 3 | Russia | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 751 | 626 | 1.200 | 23 | 9 | 2.556 | Final round |
| 4 | Serbia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 762 | 700 | 1.089 | 23 | 11 | 2.091 | Final round |
| 5 | Italy | 9 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 804 | 718 | 1.120 | 22 | 13 | 1.692 | Final round |
| 6 | Japan | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 664 | 645 | 1.029 | 18 | 11 | 1.636 | Final round |
| 7 | China | 9 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 702 | 669 | 1.049 | 19 | 12 | 1.583 | Hosts for the Final round |
| 8 | Thailand | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 695 | 693 | 1.003 | 17 | 15 | 1.133 | Final round |
| 9 | South Korea | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 708 | 732 | 0.967 | 15 | 17 | 0.882 | |
| 10 | Poland | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 733 | 727 | 1.008 | 16 | 16 | 1.000 | |
| 11 | Cuba | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 748 | 814 | 0.919 | 15 | 21 | 0.714 | |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 767 | 829 | 0.925 | 13 | 23 | 0.565 | |
| 13 | Germany | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 670 | 729 | 0.919 | 10 | 22 | 0.455 | |
| 14 | Argentina | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 622 | 752 | 0.827 | 7 | 25 | 0.280 | |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 613 | 757 | 0.810 | 5 | 27 | 0.185 | |
| 16 | Peru | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 482 | 696 | 0.693 | 1 | 27 | 0.037 | |

### First round
#### Pool A

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | Poland | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–22 | | | 75–59 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Aug | Italy | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–18 | 22–25 | 25–18 | 25–17 | | 97–78 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | Poland | 2–3 | Dominican Republic | 25–21 | 17–25 | 24–26 | 25–23 | 16–18 | 107–113 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | Italy | 3–1 | Argentina | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–18 | | 98–80 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | Poland | 1–3 | Italy | 12–25 | 25–21 | 24–26 | 14–25 | | 75–97 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | Argentina | 25–20 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 11–15 | 102–108 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool B

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | Russia | 3–1 | Cuba | 24–26 | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–20 | | 99–87 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Aug | Thailand | 3–0 | Peru | 25–20 | 25–13 | 25–16 | | | 75–49 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | Peru | 0–3 | Russia | 12–25 | 9–25 | 14–25 | | | 35–75 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | Cuba | 2–3 | Thailand | 25–23 | 25–17 | 26–28 | 23–25 | 10–15 | 109–108 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | Peru | 0–3 | Cuba | 24–26 | 19–25 | 22–25 | | | 65–76 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | Russia | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–18 | 25–19 | 27–25 | | | 77–62 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool C

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Japan | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–21 | | 75–55 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Aug | South Korea | 3–1 | Germany | 25–19 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 25–20 | 95–83 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | South Korea | 0–3 | Japan | 20–25 | 21–25 | 22–25 | | 63–75 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | Brazil | 3–1 | Germany | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–15 | 25–23 | 98–84 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | South Korea | 0–3 | Brazil | 17–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | | 59–75 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | Germany | 25–22 | 25–13 | 25–19 | | 75–54 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool D

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Aug | Serbia | 2–3 | United States | 22–25 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 25–20 | 10–15 | 101–108 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Aug | China | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–16 | | | 75–57 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | United States | 15–25 | 21–25 | 12–25 | | | 48–75 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Aug | China | 1–3 | Serbia | 21–25 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 18–25 | | 85–98 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | China | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 17–25 | 16–25 | | | 53–75 | P2 P3 |
| 7 Aug | Serbia | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–22 | | | 75–56 | P2 P3 |

### Second round
#### Pool E

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Aug | Poland | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | | 75–63 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | Cuba | 2–3 | South Korea | 25–17 | 16–25 | 17–25 | 25–23 | 12–15 | 95–105 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Poland | 0–3 | South Korea | 21–25 | 32–34 | 23–25 | | | 76–84 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Cuba | 2–3 | Argentina | 19–25 | 25–15 | 25–20 | 18–25 | 14–16 | 101–101 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | Poland | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–15 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–20 | | 98–81 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | South Korea | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–16 | 25–21 | | | 75–59 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool F

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Aug | Kazakhstan | 2–3 | Italy | 25–22 | 25–22 | 18–25 | 19–25 | 12–15 | 99–109 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | Thailand | 0–3 | Brazil | 16–25 | 23–25 | 16–25 | | | 55–75 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–14 | 25–18 | 25–20 | | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Italy | 3–2 | Thailand | 24–26 | 19–25 | 25–22 | 25–15 | 15–12 | 108–100 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Thailand | 24–26 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | | 68–76 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | Italy | 1–3 | Brazil | 23–25 | 26–24 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | 85–99 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool G

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Aug | Germany | 0–3 | Russia | 18–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | | 58–75 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | China | 3–0 | Peru | 25–16 | 25–20 | 25–13 | | | 75–49 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Peru | 0–3 | Russia | 20–25 | 17–25 | 17–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | China | 3–2 | Germany | 14–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 25–21 | 18–16 | 104–110 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | Peru | 0–3 | Germany | 23–25 | 15–25 | 18–25 | | | 56–75 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | China | 0–3 | Russia | 22–25 | 23–25 | 20–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool H

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 12 Aug | United States | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–10 | | 75–54 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | Japan | 3–1 | Serbia | 25–16 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 25–21 | 92–83 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Serbia | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–17 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | 75–59 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | Japan | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 14–25 | 18–25 | | 54–75 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | Japan | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–22 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 99–91 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | United States | 1–3 | Serbia | 12–25 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 15–25 | 75–92 | P2 P3 |

### Third round
#### Pool I

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Poland | 20–25 | 12–25 | 20–25 | | | 52–75 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Aug | China | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 26–24 | 25–22 | 25–18 | | | 76–64 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Poland | 24–26 | 28–26 | 26–24 | 25–17 | | 103–93 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | China | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | 25–16 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | 94–82 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | Dominican Republic | 3–2 | Kazakhstan | 15–25 | 27–25 | 21–25 | 25–15 | 15–9 | 103–99 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | China | 3–0 | Poland | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–22 | | | 75–59 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool J

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | Italy | 3–0 | Peru | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Aug | United States | 3–0 | Germany | 25–10 | 25–18 | 25–23 | | 75–51 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | Germany | 3–1 | Peru | 25–14 | 20–25 | 25–19 | 25–18 | 95–76 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | United States | 3–0 | Italy | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | 75–60 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | United States | 3–0 | Peru | 25–13 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | Germany | 0–3 | Italy | 15–25 | 22–25 | 23–25 | | 60–75 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool K

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | Cuba | 0–3 | Brazil | 18–25 | 13–25 | 12–25 | | 43–75 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Aug | Thailand | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–23 | 25–15 | 25–14 | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–12 | 25–15 | 25–8 | | 75–35 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | Cuba | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–23 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 13–25 | 80–98 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | Argentina | 0–3 | Cuba | 24–26 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | 65–76 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–16 | 25–12 | 25–18 | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |

#### Pool L

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | Russia | 2–3 | South Korea | 22–25 | 25–17 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 11–15 | 106–102 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Aug | Japan | 0–3 | Serbia | 20–25 | 22–25 | 18–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | Russia | 3–2 | Serbia | 25–13 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 25–17 | 15–8 | 108–88 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–19 | 25–22 | 29–27 | | | 79–68 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | Serbia | 3–0 | South Korea | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–23 | | | 75–57 | P2 P3 |
| 21 Aug | Japan | 3–0 | Russia | 25–23 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–61 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

The finals took place 24–28 August at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Macau, China.

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 281 | 252 | 1.115 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 259 | 234 | 1.107 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 246 | 250 | 0.984 | 5th place match |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 230 | 280 | 0.821 | 7th place match |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | Thailand | 1–3 | Russia | 18–25 | 22–25 | 27–25 | 17–25 | | 84–100 | P2 P3 |
| 24 Aug | China | 2–3 | Serbia | 25–20 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 16–25 | 16–18 | 100–111 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Aug | Russia | 1–3 | Serbia | 25–20 | 17–25 | 21–25 | 21–25 | | 84–95 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Aug | China | 1–3 | Thailand | 12–25 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 17–25 | | 75–94 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Aug | Serbia | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–23 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 75–68 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Aug | China | 0–3 | Russia | 21–25 | 11–25 | 23–25 | | | 55–75 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 248 | 200 | 1.240 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 273 | 261 | 1.046 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 197 | 215 | 0.916 | 5th place match |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 216 | 258 | 0.837 | 7th place match |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | Japan | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 17–25 | 23–25 | | | 62–75 | P2 P3 |
| 24 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Italy | 25–16 | 25–17 | 25–17 | | | 75–50 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Aug | United States | 3–2 | Italy | 25–19 | 21–25 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 15–10 | 108–101 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Japan | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–60 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Aug | Italy | 0–3 | Japan | 23–25 | 23–25 | 19–25 | | | 65–75 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Aug | Brazil | 3–1 | United States | 22–25 | 26–24 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 98–90 | P2 P3 |

### 7th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Aug | China | 2–3 | Italy | 13–25 | 25–14 | 25–22 | 16–25 | 10–15 | 89–101 | P2 P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Aug | Thailand | 0–3 | Japan | 14–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Aug | Serbia | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Aug | Brazil | 3–0 | Russia | 26–24 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 76–64 | P2 P3 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Aug | Serbia | 3–0 | Russia | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–16 | | | 75–57 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Aug | United States | 3–0 | Brazil | 26–24 | 25–20 | 25–21 | | | 76–65 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Brazil |
| | Serbia |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Thailand |
| 7 | Italy |
| 8 | China |
| 9 | South Korea |
| 10 | Poland |
| 11 | Cuba |
| 12 | Dominican Republic |
| 13 | Germany |
| 14 | Argentina |
| 15 | Kazakhstan |
| 16 | Peru |
* 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix winners
* United States Fourth title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player:
** Destinee Hooker (USA)
* Best spiker:
** Milena Rašić (SRB)
* Best blocker:
** Iuliia Morozova (RUS)
* Best server:
** Thaísa Menezes (BRA)
* Best receiver:
** Fernanda Garay (BRA)
* Best libero:
** Victoria Kuzyakina (RUS)
* Best setter:
** Danielle Lins (BRA)
* Best scorer:
** Jovana Brakočević (SRB)
* Best digger:
** Fabiana de Oliveira (BRA)