1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Men's World Grand Champions Cup World 1997 1997 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup logo.png 160px 15–24 November 6 3 3 BRA 1 1993 2001 The 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from 15 to 24 November 1997. Qualification TeamQualified asJPNHostsCHN1997 Asian ChampionsNED1997 European ChampionsCUB1997 NORCECA ChampionsBRA1997 South American ChampionsAUSWild Card Competition formula The competition formula of the 1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained. Squads 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads Venues JPN Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan JPN Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan JPN Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Results All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00). main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete BRA BRA NED NED CUB CUB CHN CHN JPN JPN AUS AUS 5 0 15 3 267 175 3 2 12 9 289 287 3 2 11 9 253 219 3 2 9 10 233 248 1 4 8 12 251 263 0 5 3 15 172 273 Osaka round 15 Nov 13:00 JPN 3–0 AUS 15–4 15–10 15–3 45–17 15 Nov 15:00 CHN 3–1 NED 15–13 15–10 12–15 15–5 57–43 15 Nov 17:00 CUB 1–3 BRA 15–13 10–15 4–15 9–15 38–58 17 Nov 14:00 BRA 3–0 AUS 15–2 15–11 15–3 45–16 17 Nov 16:00 CUB 3–0 CHN 15–12 15–11 15–3 45–26 17 Nov 18:30 NED 3–2 JPN 15–9 22–24 16–14 11–15 15–9 79–71 Hiroshima round 19 Nov 14:00 CHN 0–3 BRA 5–15 12–15 10–15 27–45 19 Nov 16:00 AUS 0–3 NED 24–26 12–15 5–15 41–56 19 Nov 18:30 JPN 2–3 CUB 15–7 4–15 15–13 6–15 11–15 51–65 Tokyo round 22 Nov 13:00 CHN 3–1 JPN 8–15 15–13 15–12 15–11 53–51 22 Nov 15:00 BRA 3–2 NED 15–9 15–12 13–15 12–15 15–10 70–61 22 Nov 17:00 CUB 3–1 AUS 15–3 12–15 15–4 15–12 57–34 24 Nov 12:30 AUS 2–3 CHN 12–15 9–15 15–13 15–12 13–15 64–70 24 Nov 15:00 JPN 0–3 BRA 5–15 11–15 17–19 33–49 24 Nov 17:00 NED 3–1 CUB 15–11 16–14 4–15 15–8 50–48 Final standing RankTeamBRANEDCUB4CHN5JPN6AUS vb 1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions BRA First Team Roster Roim, Leandro, Kid, Monzillo, Giba, Douglas, Nalbert, Gustavo, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardo, Manius Abbadi Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho Awards Best scorer: BRA Nalbert Bitencourt Best spiker: NED Bas van de Goor Best blocker: CHN Zheng Liang Best server: AUS David Beard Best digger: CHN Li Tieming Best setter: NED Misha Latuhihin Best receiver: BRA Nalbert Bitencourt External links Results Official Website Category:FIVB Men's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup World Grand Champions Cup FIVB Men's World Grand Champions cup V Category:November 1997 sports events in Asia