The 2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup

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 Saitama

Saitama, Saitama

' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...

 and Fukuoka

Fukuoka

Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...

, 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 13 to November 18, 2001.

Teams

Team	Qualified as
	Host Nation
	2001 Asian Champions 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship The 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 11th Asian Championship, which was taking place from September 23 to September 30, 2001 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.-Pools composition:...
	2001 NORCECA Champions 2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from October 10 to October 14, 2001 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.-Competing nations:-Group A:...
	2001 South American Champions
	2001 European Champions 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball...
	Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2001 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

• Saitama Super Arena
  Saitama Super Arena
  is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and...
  
   (Saitama
  Saitama, Saitama
  ' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
  
  )
• Marine Messe (Fukuoka
  Fukuoka
  Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...
  
  )

Results

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Saitama round

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Fukuoka round

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Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6

Team Roster
Zhang Jing, Feng Kun

Feng Kun

Feng Kun was the China women's national volleyball team setter and captain. She was awarded MVP and Best Setter award at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where China won the gold medal in volleyball.-Notes:*Position: Setter...

, Yang Hao, Liu Yanan

Liu Yanan

Liu Yanan is a Chinese volleyball player. She currently plays club ball for Liaoning, and has played for the national team during many of its recent successes.-Notes:*Position: middle blocker*Height: 1.86 m...

, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong

Zhou Suhong

Zhou Suhong is a Chinese volleyball player, who was a member of the Chinese women's national team that won the gold medal at both the World Cup and the Athens Olympic Games. She is an opposite hitter. She is married to former Chinese men's national volleyball team memberm Tang Miao. She wears...

, Zhao Ruirui

Zhao Ruirui

Zhao Ruirui is a Chinese volleyball player who competed on the 2003 Volleyball World Cup winning side and made an initial appearance with the 2004 gold medal winning side before refracturing her right leg.-Notes:*Position: middle blocker...

, Zhang Yuehong

Zhang Yuehong

Zhang Yuehong is a female volleyball player from Liaoning, China.-Clubs: Liaoning RC Cannes Liaoning Toray Arrows -National team:*China 2000-2008-References:*...

, Chen Jing, Song Nina

Song Nina

Song Nina is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was a member of the Chinese team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...

, Xiong Zi, Lin Hanying
Head Coach: Chen Zhonghe

Awards

• MVP:   Yang Hao
• Best Scorer:   Yekaterina Gamova
• Best Spiker:   Elizaveta Tishchenko
• Best Blocker:   Yekaterina Gamova
• Best Server:   Miyuki Takahashi
  Miyuki Takahashi
  Miyuki Takahashi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for NEC Red Rockets.Miyuki Takahashi also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Best Setter:   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:...
  
  
• Best Digger:   Stacy Sykora
  Stacy Sykora
  Stacy Denise Sykora is an American volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team...
  
  
• Best Receiver:   Virna Dias
  Virna Dias
  Virna Cristine Dantas Dias is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  

External links

• Official Page of the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup