1997 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Encyclopedia
The 1997 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup
was held in Japan
from November 15 to November 24, 1997.
Team Roster
Roim, Leandro, Kid, Monzillo, Giba, Douglas
, Nalbert, Gustavo
, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardinho, Manius Abbadi
Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho
Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
The FIVB World Grand Champions Cup is a men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1993, it is an international tournament that is played the year after the Olympic Games.-Origins:...
was held in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
from November 15 to November 24, 1997.
Teams
| Team | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| Host Nation | |
| 1997 Asian Champions | |
| 1997 NORCECA Champions | |
| 1997 South American Champions 1997 Men's South American Volleyball Championship The 1997 South American Volleyball Championship, took place in 1997 in Caracas .-Final positions:... |
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| 1997 European Champions 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball... |
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| Wild Card |
Competition formula
The competition formula of the 1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.Venues
- Osaka-jō HallOsaka-jo Hall, or Osaka Castle Hall, is a multi-purpose arena, in the Kyōbashi area, of Osaka, Japan. The hall opened in 1983 and can seat up to 16,000 people...
(OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
) - Hiroshima Green ArenaHiroshima Green ArenaHiroshima Green Arena and was known as Hiroshima Prefectural Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Hiroshima, Japan. The capacity of the arena's main stadium is 8,000. The arena was rebuilt for 1994 Asian Games...
(HiroshimaHiroshimais the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
) - Yoyogi National GymnasiumYoyogi National Gymnasiumis an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its suspension roof design.It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games...
(TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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Results
|}Osaka round
|}Hiroshima round
|}Tokyo round
|}Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 |
Douglas Chiarotti
Douglas Chiarotti known as Douglas is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cuba....
, Nalbert, Gustavo
Gustavo Endres
Gustavo Endres is a Brazilian volleyball player.With the Brazil national team he won for World Leagues , two World Cups , two World Championships and one Olympic gold medal...
, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardinho, Manius Abbadi
Awards
- Best Scorer:
Nalbert Bitencourt - Best Spiker:
Bas van de GoorBas van de GoorSebastiaan Jacques Henri van de Goor is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.... - Best Blocker:
Zheng Liang - Best Server:
David Beard - Best Digger: Li Tieming
- Best Setter: Misha LatuhihinMisha LatuhihinMisha Jonas Emanuel Latuhihin is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia under the guidance of coach Joop Alberda...
- Best Receiver: Nalbert Bitencourt