1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	15–24 November
Teams	6
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
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The 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from 15 to 24 November 1997.

Qualification

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Hosts
China	1997 Asian Champions
Netherlands	1997 European Champions
Cuba	1997 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	1997 South American Champions
Australia	Wild 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

Venues

• Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
• Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan
• Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Results

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	267	175	1.526
2	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	289	287	1.007
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	253	219	1.155
4	China	5	3	2	8	9	10	0.900	233	248	0.940
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	8	12	0.667	251	263	0.954
6	Australia	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	172	273	0.630

Osaka round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Nov	13:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17
15 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Netherlands	15–13	15–10	12–15	15–5		57–43
15 Nov	17:00	Cuba	1–3	Brazil	15–13	10–15	4–15	9–15		38–58
17 Nov	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Australia	15–2	15–11	15–3			45–16
17 Nov	16:00	Cuba	3–0	China	15–12	15–11	15–3			45–26
17 Nov	18:30	Netherlands	3–2	Japan	15–9	22–24	16–14	11–15	15–9	79–71

Hiroshima round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Nov	14:00	China	0–3	Brazil	5–15	12–15	10–15			27–45
19 Nov	16:00	Australia	0–3	Netherlands	24–26	12–15	5–15			41–56
19 Nov	18:30	Japan	2–3	Cuba	15–7	4–15	15–13	6–15	11–15	51–65

Tokyo round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	13:00	China	3–1	Japan	8–15	15–13	15–12	15–11		53–51
22 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Netherlands	15–9	15–12	13–15	12–15	15–10	70–61
22 Nov	17:00	Cuba	3–1	Australia	15–3	12–15	15–4	15–12		57–34
24 Nov	12:30	Australia	2–3	China	12–15	9–15	15–13	15–12	13–15	64–70
24 Nov	15:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	5–15	11–15	17–19			33–49
24 Nov	17:00	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	15–11	16–14	4–15	15–8		50–48

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Netherlands  Cuba 4  China 5  Japan 6  Australia

1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions  Brazil First title Team Roster Roim, Leandro, Kid, Monzillo, Giba, Douglas, Nalbert, Gustavo, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardo, Manius Abbadi Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho

Awards

• Best scorer: Nalbert Bitencourt
• Best spiker: Bas van de Goor
• Best blocker: Zheng Liang
• Best server: David Beard
• Best digger: Li Tieming
• Best setter: Misha Latuhihin
• Best receiver: Nalbert Bitencourt

External links

• Results
• Official Website