1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

Women's volleyball tournament FIVB World Grand Prix World women 1997 (Group 1 Final) 29–31 August 8 1 1 Russia 1 RUS Yevgeniya Artamonova CUB Taismary Aguero RUS Yelena Godina RUS Yevgeniya Artamonova RUS Elizaveta Tichtchenko CUB Zoila Barros CUB Regla Torres 1996 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 1998 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fifth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Kobe, Japan, from 29 to 31 August 1997. Preliminary round Ranking The best three teams from the overall ranking and Japan as host are qualified for the final round. main Volleyball Q points 2 1 complete RUS RUS CUB CUB KOR KOR CHN CHN ITA ITA JPN JPN H NED NED USA USA 9 0 27 5 435 249 6 3 23 13 489 454 5 1 15 6 286 203 3 3 13 9 296 224 3 3 9 13 238 277 3 6 11 22 270 439 1 5 7 15 223 290 0 9 5 27 248 458 #AAFFAA Final round A A A #87ceeb Final round H Qualified as hosts First round Group A Venue: Macau 8 Ago RUS 3–0 USA 15–1 15–8 15–3 45–12 8 Ago CHN 3–0 ITA 15–6 15–6 15–11 45–23 9 Ago RUS 3–0 ITA 15–10 15–5 15–3 45–18 9 Ago CHN 3–0 USA 15–0 15–7 15–4 45–11 10 Ago ITA 3–2 USA 14–16 15–6 15–13 12–15 15–7 71–57 10 Ago RUS 3–1 CHN 15–10 10–15 15–9 15–13 55–47 Group B Venue: Suwon, South Korea 8 Ago KOR 3–2 NED 13–15 15–4 15–13 10–15 15–10 68–57 8 Ago JPN 3–2 CUB 15–8 15–11 8–15 14–16 15–13 67–63 9 Ago KOR 3–0 JPN 15–5 15–8 15–11 45–24 9 Ago CUB 3–2 NED 15–13 7–15 15–11 15–17 15–12 67–68 10 Ago KOR 3–1 CUB 15–12 13–15 15–12 15–11 58–50 10 Ago JPN 3–0 NED 15–2 15–11 15–9 45–22 Second round Group C Venue: Taipei, Taiwan 15 Ago KOR 3–0 USA 15–4 15–4 15–4 45–12 15 Ago RUS 3–0 NED 15–0 16–14 15–2 46–16 16 Ago NED 3–0 USA 15–2 15–12 15–5 45–19 16 Ago RUS 3–0 KOR 15–8 15–9 15–8 45–25 17 Ago KOR 3–0 NED 15–7 15–3 15–5 45–15 17 Ago RUS 3–0 USA 17–15 15–4 15–2 47–21 Group D Venue: Hong Kong 15 Ago CUB 3–0 JPN 15–3 15–4 15–6 45–13 15 Ago ITA 3–2 CHN 15–11 15–10 6–15 4–15 18–16 58–67 16 Ago CUB 3–0 ITA 15–9 15–6 15–8 45–23 16 Ago CHN 3–0 JPN 15–7 15–5 15–11 45–23 17 Ago ITA 3–0 JPN 15–2 15–10 15–6 45–18 17 Ago CUB 3–1 CHN 16–14 15–11 8–15 15–7 54–47 Third round (extra) Group E Venue: Gifu, Japan 22 Ago RUS 3–2 CUB 14–16 16–14 15–8 15–12 15–12 75–62 22 Ago JPN 3–2 USA 9–15 15–7 15–10 11–15 15–12 65–59 23 Ago RUS 3–1 JPN 15–1 15–5 13–15 15–12 58–33 23 Ago CUB 3–0 USA 15–4 16–14 15–4 46–22 24 Ago CUB 3–1 JPN 15–7 12–15 15–12 15–13 57–47 24 Ago RUS 3–1 USA 15–9 4–15 15–6 15–5 49–35 Final round Venue: Kobe, Japan 29 Ago CUB 3–1 KOR 16–17 15–7 15–3 15–3 61–30 29 Ago RUS 3–0 JPN 16–14 15–1 15–7 46–22 30 Ago RUS 3–0 KOR 15–4 15–9 17–15 47–28 30 Ago CUB 3–0 JPN 15–12 15–8 15–9 45–29 31 Ago RUS 3–2 CUB 15–8 10–15 4–15 15–9 15–13 59–60 31 Ago KOR 3–1 JPN 10–15 15–7 15–2 15–5 55–29 Final ranking main Volleyball points 2 1 complete RUS RUS CUB CUB KOR KOR JPN JPN 3 0 9 2 152 110 2 1 8 4 166 118 1 2 4 7 113 137 0 3 1 9 80 146 #FFD700 1ST #C0C0C0 2ND #CD7F32 3RD Final standings Place TeamRUSCUBKOR4JPN5CHN6ITA7NED8USA vbw 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix winners RUS First Team rosterNatalia Morozova, Anastasia Belikova, Yelena Tyurina, Elena Godina, Tatyana Menshova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Yelizaveta Tishchenko, Yelena Vasilevskaya, Tatiana Gratcheva, Olga Chukanova, Natalia Safronova and Natalia Shigina.Head coachNikolay Karpol Individual awards Most valuable player: Evguenia Artamonova RUS Best scorer: Evguenia Artamonova RUS Best spiker: Evguenia Artamonova RUS Best blocker: Regla Torres CUB Best server: Ikumi Narita JPN Best digger: Ikumi Narita JPN Best receiver: Kang Hye-Mi KOR Best setter: Tatyana Grachova RUS Best outside hitters: Yevgeniya Artamonova RUS Yelena Godina RUS Best middle blockers: Zoila Barros CUB Elizaveta Tichtchenko RUS Best Opposite: Regla Torres CUB Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked. Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 RUS ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 142 2 CUB TORRES Regla 121 3 RUS GODINA Elena 107 4 CUB BELL Regla 97 5 KOR KIM Nam Soon 92 6 RUS TITCHENKO Elizaveta 86 7 CUB LUIS Mireya 85 8 JPN SASAKI Miki 82 9 RUS BATUKHTINA Elena 77 10 JPN TAJIMI Asako 75 Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 RUS ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 84.12 2 CUB TORRES Regla 80.16 3 CUB LUIS Mireya 77.45 4 JPN TAJIMI Asako 73.72 5 RUS TITCHENKO Elizaveta 71.18 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 CUB TORRES Regla 1.05 2 JPN TAJIMI Asako 0.93 3 RUS TITCHENKO Elizaveta 0.88 4 KOR CHANG So-Yun 0.83 5 CUB BARROS Zoila 0.82 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 JPN NARITA Ikumi 0.33 2 CUB BARROS Zoila 0.27 3 RUS ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 0.25 Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 JPN NARITA Ikumi 3.28 2 JPN MITSUNAGA Hitomi 3.22 3 CUB LUIS Mireya 2.51 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 KOR KIM Nam Soon 76.56 2 JPN NARITA Ikumi 72.18 3 JPN MITSUNAGA Hitomi 70.71 Best setters Rank Name Avg %Succ 1 CUB AGUERO Taismary 11.17 57.56 2 RUS GRATCHEVA Tatiyana 8.87 52.48 3 KOR KANG Hye Mi 6.34 49.84 4 JPN ONUKI Minako 5.23 45.23 References Results FIVB World Grand Prix Category:1997 in Japanese women's sport Category:International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan 1997 Category:Sports competitions in Kobe Category:August 1997 sports events in Japan Category:Women's volleyball in Japan Category:Long stubs with short prose