2001 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

2001 World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 13–18
Teams	6
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	China (1st title)
MVP	Yang Hao
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The 2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Saitama and Fukuoka, Japan from November 13 to November 18, 2001.

Teams

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Host Nation
China	2001 Asian Champions
United States	2001 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2001 South American Champions
Russia	2001 European Champions
South Korea	Wild Card

Squads

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2001 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

• Saitama Super Arena (Saitama)
• Marine Messe (Fukuoka)

Results

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	10	5	0	453	378	1.198	15	3	5.000
2	Russia	8	3	2	458	407	1.125	11	8	1.375
3	Japan	8	3	2	388	388	1.000	9	8	1.125
4	Brazil	7	2	3	439	443	0.991	9	11	0.818
5	United States	6	1	4	467	495	0.943	8	13	0.615
6	South Korea	6	1	4	315	409	0.770	4	13	0.308

Saitama round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	14:00	South Korea	3–1	United States	25–18	25–21	19–25	25–23		94–87	P2
13 Nov	16:00	China	3–1	Russia	33–35	25–21	25–19	27–25		110–100	P2
13 Nov	19:00	Japan	3–0	Brazil	26–24	25–20	25–22			76–66	P2
14 Nov	14:00	United States	1–3	China	20–25	25–22	22–25	22–25		89–97	P2
14 Nov	16:00	Brazil	2–3	Russia	25–21	20–25	30–28	16–25	10–15	101–114	P2
14 Nov	19:00	Japan	3–1	South Korea	22–25	25–18	25–23	25–19		97–85	P2

Fukuoka round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Nov	13:00	Russia	1–3	United States	25–18	22–25	20–25	27–29		94–97	P2
16 Nov	15:00	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	21–25	14–25	15–25			50–75	P2
16 Nov	18:00	China	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63	P2
17 Nov	13:00	Japan	0–3	Russia	17–25	23–25	13–25			53–75	P2
17 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–2	United States	25–17	21–25	20–25	25–22	20–18	111–107	P2
17 Nov	18:00	South Korea	0–3	China	13–25	15–25	12–25			40–75	P2
18 Nov	13:00	Russia	3–0	South Korea	25–14	25–18	25–14			75–46	P2
18 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Brazil	25–21	25–17	21–25	25–23		96–86	P2
18 Nov	18:00	United States	1–3	Japan	20–25	26–24	23–25	18–25		87–99	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  China  Russia  Japan 4  Brazil 5  United States 6  South Korea

2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup Champions  China First title Team Roster Zhang Jing, Feng Kun, Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Zhang Yuehong, Chen Jing, Song Nina, Xiong Zi, Lin Hanying Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe

Awards

• MVP: Yang Hao
• Best Scorer: Yekaterina Gamova
• Best Spiker: Elizaveta Tishchenko
• Best Blocker: Yekaterina Gamova
• Best Server: Miyuki Takahashi
• Best Setter: Tatyana Gracheva
• Best Digger: Stacy Sykora
• Best Receiver: Virna Dias

External links

• Official Page of the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup