1997 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
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The Second Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
women's volleyball
was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997.
Team Roster
Yelena Vasilevskaya
, Natalya Morozova
, Yelena Batukhtina, Yelena Godina, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Tatyana Gracheva
, Elizaveta Tishchenko, Anastasiya Belikova, Natalya Safronova
, Anna Artamonova, Irina Tebenikhina
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol
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:...
women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997.
Teams
| Team | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| Host Nation | |
| 1997 Asian Champions 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship The 1997 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 9th Asian Championship, which took place from September 21 to September 28, 1997 in Manila, Philippines.-Pools composition:... |
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| 1997 NORCECA Champions | |
| 1997 South American Champions | |
| 1997 European Champions 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 1997 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Brno, Czech Republic from September 27 to October 5, 1997.... |
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| Wild Card |
Competition formula
The competition formula of the 1997 Women'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 |
Yelena Vasilevskaya
Yelena Vasilyevna Vasilevskaya , is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.-External links:**...
, Natalya Morozova
Natalya Morozova
Natalya Igorevna Morozova , is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-External links:**...
, Yelena Batukhtina, Yelena Godina, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Tatyana Gracheva
Tatyana Gracheva
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Gracheva , is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Also competed in 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
, Elizaveta Tishchenko, Anastasiya Belikova, Natalya Safronova
Natalya Safronova
Natalya Safronova , is a female volleyball player from Russia.Playing with the Russian club Zarechie Odintsovo, she won the "Best Attacker" award at the 2006-07 CEV Cup.-External links:*...
, Anna Artamonova, Irina Tebenikhina
Irina Tebenikhina
Irina Tebenikhina is a female volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
Nikolay Karpol
Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol in Polesie Voivodeship, Poland; now Pruzhany Raion, Brest Voblast, Belarus) is a retired Russian women's volleyball coach, who is considered to be one of the most experienced international coaches in the history of the modern game....
Awards
- MVP:
Yevgeniya Artamonova - Best Scorer: Yevgeniya Artamonova
- Best Spiker:
Regla BellRegla BellRegla Maritza Bell MacKenzie is female volleyball player from Cuba who won three times the gold medal at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the World Championship in 1998 with the Cuban national team.... - Best Blocker: Anastasiya Belikova
- Best Server: Natalya MorozovaNatalya MorozovaNatalya Igorevna Morozova , is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-External links:**...
- Best Digger:
Hiroko TsukumoHiroko TsukumoHiroko Tsukumo is a retired volleyball player from Japan, who competed for the Japan women's national team in the 1990s. She was named Best Digger and Best Receiver at the 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship... - Best Setter: Taismary AgüeroTaismary AgüeroTaismary Agüero Leiva Botteghi is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player.-Life:Born in Yaguajay in the province of Sancti Spiritus, when 8 year old she began to play volleyball; two years later she entered in the Cerro Pelado Training Center in Havana. In 1993 she won the junior women's...
- Best Receiver: Yelena Batukhtina