FIVB World Grand Prix 2007

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.

The 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second and third week each team played nine matches in total. Preliminary rounds were staged in Japan (3x), Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia and Chinese Taipei.

The final round was played in Ningbo, PR China over five days and the best six teams from the preliminary rounds. A round robin system was played to decide the 2007 World Grand Prix Champion.

Qualification

Asia

*The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings
**vbw|CHN
**vbw|JPN
**vbw|TPE
**vbw|KAZ

Europe

*European Qualification Tournament in Varna, Bulgaria from September 26 to October 1, 2006

Group A

*2006-09-28
*2006-09-27

Third Place Match

*2006-10-01
**2007-08-04
**2007-08-04
**2007-08-04
**2007-08-11
**2007-08-11
**2007-08-11
**2007-08-18
**2007-08-18
**2007-08-18

Final Round

*Venue: Ningbo, PR China
**2007-08-22
**2007-08-25

Overall Ranking

1. vbw|NED

2. vbw|CHN

3. vbw|ITA

4. vbw|RUS

5. vbw|BRA

6. vbw|POL

7. vbw|CUB

8. vbw|USA

9. vbw|JPN

10. vbw|KAZ

11. vbw|DOM

12. vbw|TPE

Individual Awards

*Most Valuable Player:
**flagathlete|Manon Flier|NED
*Best Spiker:
**flagathlete|Taismary Agüero|ITA
*Best Blocker:
**flagathlete|Eleonora Dziekiewicz|POL
*Best Server:
**flagathlete|Yang Hao|CHN
*Best Libero:
**flagathlete|Xian Zhang|CHN
*Best Setter:
**flagathlete|Qiuyue Wei|CHN
*Best Scorer:
**flagathlete|Taismary Agüero|ITA

References

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/Worldgrandprix/2007/General/Overview.asp FIVB]
* [http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/volleyball/world_qualifications/163/184/11319/index_EN.html CEV Results]