FIVB World Grand Prix 2008

Infobox FIVB tournament
competition = FIVB World Grand Prix
continent =
gender = Women
year =

size =
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host = Japan
dates = June 20 – July 12
teams = 12
venues = 1
cities = 1
champions = Brazil
title_number = 7
mvp = flagicon|BRA Marianne Steinbrecher
website = [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/Worldgrandprix/2008/General/Overview.asp?sm=12 Tournament website ]
last = FIVB World Grand Prix 2007
next = FIVB World Grand Prix 2009

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 is a women's volleyball tournament played by 12 countries from June 20 to July 12, 2008. The finals will be held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico. Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Poland qualified through the European Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey. China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan qualified as the best four Asian teams.

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

June 21, 2008

June 21, 2008

June 21, 2008

June 28, 2008

June 28, 2008

June 28, 2008

July 5, 2008

July 5, 2008

July 5, 2008

Final Round

Yokohama Arena, Yokohama

July 9, 2008

July 12, 2008

Overall Ranking

1. vbw|BRA

2. vbw|CUB

3. vbw|ITA

4. vbw|USA

5. vbw|CHN

6. vbw|JPN

7. vbw|TUR

8. vbw|GER

9. vbw|DOM

10. vbw|POL

11. vbw|THA

12. vbw|KAZ

Individual Awards

*Most Valuable Player:
**flagathlete|Mari|BRA
*Best Spiker:
**flagathlete|Daimi Ramirez|CUB
*Best Blocker:
**flagathlete|Walewska Oliveira|BRA
*Best Server:
**flagathlete|Megumi Kurihara|JPN
*Best Libero:
**flagathlete|Yuko Sano|JPN
*Best Setter:
**flagathlete|Yoshie Takeshita|JPN
*Best Scorer:
**flagathlete|Megumi Kurihara|JPN

Reference

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2008/General/Overview.asp FIVB official site]