The Second Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997.
Teams
Squads
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
Results
Pts
Matches
Sets
Points
Rank
Team
W
L
W
L
Ratio
W
L
Ratio
1
Russia
10
5
0
15
3
5.000
266
165
1.612
2
Cuba
9
4
1
13
6
2.167
253
213
1.188
3
Brazil
8
3
2
12
6
2.000
235
183
1.284
4
China
7
2
3
8
10
0.800
191
218
0.876
5
Japan
6
1
4
4
13
0.308
191
248
0.770
6
South Korea
5
0
5
1
15
0.067
130
239
0.544
Osaka round
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
14 Nov
13:00
Brazil
1–3
Cuba
13–15
8–15
15–12
9–15
45–57
14 Nov
15:00
Russia
3–0
China
15–5
15–7
15–3
45–15
14 Nov
18:15
Japan
3–1
South Korea
15–12
15–7
13–15
15–10
58–44
16 Nov
12:30
South Korea
0–3
Brazil
14–16
4–15
3–15
21–46
16 Nov
14:30
Russia
3–0
Japan
15–3
15–7
27–25
57–35
16 Nov
16:30
China
2–3
Cuba
15–9
15–11
7–15
8–15
10–15
55–65
Hiroshima round
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
18 Nov
14:00
Cuba
3–0
South Korea
15–8
15–10
15–2
45–20
18 Nov
16:00
Brazil
2–3
Russia
15–7
7–15
15–9
7–15
10–15
54–61
18 Nov
18:30
Japan
1–3
China
4–15
15–10
13–15
8–15
40–55
Tokyo round
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
21 Nov
14:00
Russia
3–1
Cuba
15–9
13–15
15–6
15–9
58–39
21 Nov
16:00
China
3–0
South Korea
15–6
15–12
15–5
45–23
21 Nov
18:30
Japan
0–3
Brazil
13–15
1–15
9–15
23–45
23 Nov
13:00
Cuba
3–0
Japan
15–7
15–13
17–15
47–35
23 Nov
15:00
South Korea
0–3
Russia
6–15
11–15
5–15
22–45
23 Nov
17:00
Brazil
3–0
China
15–6
15–6
15–9
45–21
Final standing
1997 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup Champions
Russia First title
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
Awards
External links
Worldwide Junior / Youth Multi-sport events Continental
Africa(CAVB )
African Championship
African Club Championships
African Club Cup
African Beach
African Games
Asia and Oceania(AVC ) Europe(CEV ) Americas
Top events North America(NORCECA ) South America(CSV )
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