1996 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fourth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Shanghai, PR China, from 27 to 29 September 1996.

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host China and top three teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final round.

	Qualified for the Final round
	Qualified as hosts for the Final round

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	23	11	1	33	6	5.500	542	386	1.404
2	Brazil	21	9	3	30	16	1.875	607	518	1.172
3	China	20	8	4	28	20	1.400	632	538	1.175
4	Russia	19	7	5	26	19	1.368	586	553	1.060
5	United States	19	7	5	28	24	1.167	659	626	1.053
6	South Korea	15	3	9	15	28	0.536	511	576	0.887
7	Netherlands	14	2	10	9	32	0.281	391	594	0.658
8	Japan	13	1	11	11	35	0.314	487	624	0.780

First round

Group A

• Venue: Sendai, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Ago	China	3–0	Cuba	15–13	15–8	15–12			45–33
30 Ago	Russia	3–1	Japan	10–15	15–12	15–9	15–11		55–47
31 Ago	China	3–2	Japan	10–15	15–12	15–10	9–15	15–11	64–63
31 Ago	Cuba	3–1	Russia	5–15	15–11	15–10	15–12		50–48
1 Sep	Russia	3–1	China	15–13	3–15	15–9	15–12		48–49
1 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–11	12–15	15–8	15–13		57–47

Group B

• Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Ago	Netherlands	3–2	United States	16–17	15–9	5–15	15–13	15–9	66–63
30 Ago	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	17–16	16–14	15–7			48–37
31 Ago	United States	3–2	South Korea	10–15	9–15	15–12	15–11	15–12	64–65
31 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–13	15–7			45–29
1 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Netherlands	15–9	15–10	13–15	15–4		58–38
1 Sep	Brazil	3–2	United States	15–5	11–15	9–15	15–9	15–12	65–56

Second round

Group C

• Venue: Osaka, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Sep	United States	3–2	Brazil	15–8	10–15	5–15	15–7	15–9	60–54
6 Sep	Russia	3–0	Japan	15–6	15–5	15–11			45–22
7 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Japan	15–2	7–15	15–9	15–17	15–8	67–51
7 Sep	United States	3–0	Russia	15–10	15–13	15–13			45–36
8 Sep	United States	3–1	Japan	15–9	9–15	15–4	15–7		54–35
8 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Russia	16–14	14–16	15–5	15–13		60–48

Group D

• Venue: Beijing, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Sep	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	16–14	15–12	15–3			46–29
6 Sep	China	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–5	15–7			45–14
7 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–7	15–4			45–16
7 Sep	China	3–2	South Korea	14–16	15–7	13–15	15–9	15–9	72–56
8 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–6	17–16			47–33
8 Sep	Cuba	3–0	China	15–3	15–10	15–10			45–23

Third round

Group E

• Venue: Honolulu, United States

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–3	15–13	7–15	15–8		40–32
12 Sep	United States	3–1	Netherlands	13–15	15–0	15–12	15–9		58–36
14 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	15–9	15–10	15–5			45–24
14 Sep	Japan	3–2	United States	15–9	6–15	10–15	16–14	15–8	62–61
15 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–12	15–13	16–14			46–39
15 Sep	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–10	15–13	15–4			45–27

Group F

• Venue: Macau

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Russia	14–16	15–10	15–7	15–12		59–45
13 Sep	China	3–1	South Korea	15–6	16–14	11–15	15–5		57–40
14 Sep	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–2	15–12	15–5			45–19
14 Sep	China	3–2	Russia	15–2	15–8	13–15	13–15	15–11	71–51
15 Sep	Russia	3–0	South Korea	17–15	15–12	15–10			47–37
15 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	15–7	14–16	15–7	15–12		59–42

Fourth round

Group G

• Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Sep	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	15–13	15–12	15–10			45–35
20 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–8	15–10			45–25
21 Sep	Brazil	3–1	South Korea	15–8	8–15	15–8	15–12		53–43
21 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–11	15–12			45–36
22 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–12	15–13			45–28
22 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Brazil	15–2	15–8	16–14			46–24

Group H

• Venue: Hong Kong

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Sep	Russia	3–1	United States	15–13	12–15	15–6	15–10		57–44
19 Sep	China	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–4	15–6			45–17
20 Sep	United States	3–1	Netherlands	15–8	15–4	14–16	15–10		59–38
20 Sep	Russia	3–1	China	15–8	15–9	16–17	15–1		61–35
21 Sep	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–12	15–12	15–10			45–34
21 Sep	United States	3–2	China	15–11	11–15	16–14	11–15	15–12	68–67

Final round

• Venue: Shanghai, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–7	15–9	9–15	7–15	15–10	61–56
27 Sep	Russia	3–0	China	15–5	15–12	15–7			45–24
28 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Russia	13–15	8–15	15–9	15–6	17–15	68–60
28 Sep	Brazil	3–2	China	13–15	15–11	15–5	15–17	15–9	73–57
29 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Russia	13–15	12–15	15–6	15–2	16–14	71–52
29 Sep	Cuba	3–1	China	15–5	15–8	6–15	15–13		51–41

Final ranking

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	6	1.500	205	165	1.242
2	Cuba	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	175	162	1.080
3	Russia	4	1	2	7	6	1.167	157	163	0.963
4	China	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	122	169	0.722

Final standings

Place	Team
	Brazil
	Cuba
	Russia
4	China
5	United States
6	South Korea
7	Netherlands
8	Japan

1996 FIVB World Grand Prix winners
Brazil Second title

Team roster

Leila Barros, Ana Moser, Fernanda Venturini, Fofão, Virna Dias, Ana Paula Connelly, Karin Rodrigues, Filó, Sandra Suruagy, Hilma Caldeira, Fernanda Doval and Ana Flavia Sanglard.

Head Coach

Bernardo Rezende

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player:
  • Leila Barros (BRA)
• Best Scorer:
  • Sun Yue (CHN)
• Best Spiker:
  • Regla Bell (CUB)
• Best Blocker:
  • Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
• Best Server:
  • Henriëtte Weersing (NED)
• Best Setter:
  • Fernanda Venturini (BRA)
• Best Receiver:
  • Leila Barros (BRA)

Dream Team

Setter:

• • Fernanda Venturini (BRA)

Middle Blockers:

• • Lai Yawen (CHN)
  • Danielle Scott (USA)

Outside Hitters:

• • Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
  • Regla Bell (CUB)

Opposite Hitter:

• • Leila Barros (BRA)

References

• Results