2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

2016 World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
City	Bangkok (Group 1 Final)
Dates	3 June – 10 July
Teams	28 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	20 (in 20 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament awards
MVP	Natália Pereira
Best Setter	Nootsara Tomkom
Best OH	Sheilla Castro Kimberly Hill
Best MB	Rachael Adams Thaísa Menezes
Best OPP	Lonneke Slöetjes
Best Libero	Lin Li
Tournament statistics
Matches played	121
Best scorer	Nataliya Goncharova (185 points)
Best spiker	Paola Egonu (46.05%)
Best blocker	Irina Zaryazhko (1.22)
Best server	Ajcharaporn Kongyot (0.45)
Best setter	Kanami Tashiro (4.86)
Best digger	Anna Malova (3.08)
Best receiver	Wilavan Apinyapong (53.85%)
Official website
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1] Brazil captured their record eleventh title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over defending champions United States.^[2] In the bronze medal match, The Netherlands prevailed in five sets over Russia.^[3] Natália Pereira was elected the most valuable player.^[4]

In the Group 2 finals held in Varna, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic defeated Poland in five sets and earned a promotion to Group 1 for the 2017 season.^[5][6]

Moreover, in the Group 3 finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Croatia defeated the home team in straight sets to earn a promotion to Group 2 in the 2017 edition.^[7][8]

Qualification

• All 28 teams of the 2015 edition directly qualified.^[9]

Africa	Asia and Oceania	Europe	North America	South America
Algeria  Kenya	Australia  China  Japan  Kazakhstan  Thailand	Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Czech Republic  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Poland  Russia  Serbia  Turkey	Canada  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States	Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Peru

Format

Intercontinental round

• Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
• Group 2, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
• Group 3, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.

Final round

• Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the serpentine system. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals.
• Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.

Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 19 August 2015.^[9]

Group 1			Group 2		Group 3
Week 2			Week 1
Pool A1 China	Pool B1 Brazil	Pool C1 Russia	Pool A2 Argentina	Pool B2 Poland	Pool A3 Algeria	Pool B3 Australia
United States  Thailand  Germany  China	Brazil  Italy  Japan  Serbia	Russia  Netherlands  Turkey  Belgium	Argentina  Bulgaria  Dominican Republic  Kenya	Canada  Czech Republic  Poland  Puerto Rico	Mexico  Peru  Kazakhstan  Algeria	Croatia  Colombia  Australia  Cuba
Week 3			Week 2
Pool D1 Macau	Pool E1 United States	Pool F1 Italy	Pool C2 Czech Republic	Pool D2 Poland	Pool C3 Colombia	Pool D3 Peru
Brazil  Belgium  Serbia  China	United States  Germany  Japan  Turkey	Russia  Netherlands  Italy  Thailand	Bulgaria  Canada  Czech Republic  Dominican Republic	Argentina  Kenya  Poland  Puerto Rico	Australia  Colombia  Kazakhstan  Mexico	Croatia  Peru  Cuba  Algeria
Week 4			Final round
Pool G1 Turkey	Pool H1 Hong Kong	Pool I1 Japan	Group 3 (Week 3) Kazakhstan	Group 2 (Week 3) Bulgaria	Group 1 (Week 6) Thailand
Brazil  Italy  Turkey  Belgium	United States  Netherlands  Germany  China	Russia  Thailand  Japan  Serbia	Kazakhstan  Peru  Croatia  Colombia	Bulgaria  Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic  Poland	Pool J1  Thailand  Russia  Brazil Pool K1  United States  China  Netherlands

Competition schedule

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Intercontinental round

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Final round

	Week 1 3–5 Jun	Week 2 9–12 Jun	Week 3 17–19 Jun	Week 4 24–26 Jun	Week 5 1–3 Jul	Week 6 6–10 Jul
Group 1		18 matches	18 matches	18 matches		11 matches
Group 2	12 matches	12 matches	4 matches
Group 3	12 matches	12 matches	4 matches

Squads

There are 21 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 21 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Main article: 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix squads

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Intercontinental round

• All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

Group 1

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	9	8	1	24	25	5	5.000	739	603	1.226	Qualified for the Group 1 final round
2	China	9	8	1	23	24	6	4.000	701	591	1.186
3	Russia	9	8	1	23	26	10	2.600	833	738	1.129
4	Brazil	9	7	2	22	23	10	2.300	779	674	1.156
5	Netherlands	9	5	4	15	17	14	1.214	709	706	1.004
6	Serbia	9	5	4	12	18	20	0.900	836	854	0.979
7	Italy	9	4	5	13	19	19	1.000	840	818	1.027
8	Japan	9	3	6	12	16	19	0.842	776	783	0.991
9	Turkey	9	3	6	9	13	21	0.619	719	773	0.930
10	Thailand	9	2	7	5	7	24	0.292	611	744	0.821	Qualified as hosts for the Group 1 final round
11	Belgium	9	1	8	4	8	25	0.320	668	771	0.866
12	Germany	9	0	9	0	4	27	0.148	610	766	0.796	Relegated position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 2

Pool A1

• Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	07:00	Germany	0–3	United States	15–25	17–25	12–25			44–75	P2 P3
10 Jun	11:30	China	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–14	25–11			75–39	P2 P3
11 Jun	07:00	United States	3–0	Thailand	25–21	29–27	25–23			79–71	P2 P3
11 Jun	11:30	China	3–0	Germany	25–12	25–22	25–16			75–50	P2 P3
12 Jun	07:00	Thailand	3–1	Germany	16–25	28–26	25–22	25–16		94–89	P2 P3
12 Jun	11:30	China	3–1	United States	25–20	25–19	15–25	25–23		90–87	P2 P3

Pool B1

• Venue: Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jun	17:45	Brazil	3–1	Italy	23–25	25–15	25–15	27–25		100–80	P2 P3
9 Jun	20:15	Japan	3–0	Serbia	31–29	25–18	28–26			84–73	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:45	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–23	25–15			75–58	P2 P3
10 Jun	20:15	Italy	3–1	Serbia	25–16	25–19	29–31	25–17		104–83	P2 P3
12 Jun	13:05	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	25–20	25–18	25–18			75–56	P2 P3
12 Jun	15:30	Italy	3–2	Japan	25–20	25–20	23–25	25–27	15–8	113–100	P2 P3

Pool C1

• Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	14:40	Turkey	3–0	Belgium	25–22	25–23	26–24			76–69	P2 P3
10 Jun	17:10	Russia	3–1	Netherlands	25–22	20–25	25–20	25–16		95–83	P2 P3
11 Jun	14:40	Turkey	0–3	Netherlands	25–27	21–25	22–25			68–77	P2 P3
11 Jun	17:10	Russia	3–0	Belgium	25–20	25–15	25–16			75–51	P2 P3
12 Jun	14:40	Netherlands	3–1	Belgium	25–20	25–21	18–25	25–20		93–86	P2 P3
12 Jun	17:10	Russia	3–2	Turkey	26–24	20–25	20–25	25–20	15–10	106–104	P2 P3

Week 3

Pool D1

• Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	08:00	Brazil	2–3	Serbia	25–16	31–29	19–25	19–25	16–18	110–113	P2 P3
17 Jun	12:00	China	3–0	Belgium	25–19	25–17	25–22			75–58	P2 P3
18 Jun	06:30	Brazil	3–1	Belgium	23–25	25–19	25–15	25–18		98–77	P2 P3
18 Jun	09:00	China	3–2	Serbia	27–25	17–25	20–25	25–22	15–9	104–106	P2 P3
19 Jun	05:00	Belgium	2–3	Serbia	26–24	24–26	23–25	25–23	10–15	108–113	P2 P3
19 Jun	07:30	China	3–0	Brazil	25–23	25–16	25–20			75–59	P2 P3

Pool E1

• Venue: Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	00:10	Turkey	3–2	Japan	21–25	25–16	23–25	25–21	15–13	109–100	P2 P3
17 Jun	02:10	United States	3–1	Germany	25–17	24–26	25–10	25–23		99–76	P2 P3
18 Jun	00:10	Turkey	3–1	Germany	25–18	16–25	25–19	25–19		91–81	P2 P3
18 Jun	02:10	United States	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60	P2 P3
19 Jun	22:10	Japan	3–1	Germany	25–27	26–24	25–15	25–18		101–84	P2 P3
19 Jun	00:10	United States	3–0	Turkey	25–21	25–20	25–16			75–57	P2 P3

Pool F1

• Venue: PalaFlorio, Bari, Italy

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jun	15:30	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–23	28–26			78–66	P2 P3
18 Jun	15:30	Thailand	0–3	Russia	22–25	22–25	13–25			57–75	P2 P3
18 Jun	18:30	Netherlands	3–1	Italy	19–25	25–23	25–18	25–22		94–88	P2 P3
19 Jun	15:30	Netherlands	3–0	Thailand	25–19	25–16	25–21			75–56	P2 P3
19 Jun	18:30	Russia	3–2	Italy	19–25	25–15	25–22	22–25	15–10	106–97	P2 P3
20 Jun[n 1]	07:10	Thailand	3–2	Italy	25–20	23–25	25–23	19–25	15–11	107–104	P2 P3

Week 4

Pool G1

• Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	11:30	Italy	1–3	Brazil	26–24	22–25	13–25	22–25		83–99	P2 P3
24 Jun	14:30	Turkey	1–3	Belgium	18–25	14–25	25–19	21–25		78–94	P2 P3
25 Jun	11:30	Brazil	3–1	Belgium	13–25	25–19	25–16	25–18		88–78	P2 P3
25 Jun	14:30	Turkey	1–3	Italy	25–21	21–25	19–25	17–25		82–96	P2 P3
26 Jun	11:30	Italy	3–0	Belgium	25–14	25–12	25–21			75–47	P2 P3
26 Jun	14:30	Turkey	0–3	Brazil	14–25	21–25	19–25			54–75	P2 P3

Pool H1

• Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	10:30	Germany	0–3	United States	19–25	22–25	28–30			69–80	P2 P3
24 Jun	12:30	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–23	25–21			75–66	P2 P3
25 Jun	05:15	United States	3–1	Netherlands	25–17	19–25	25–17	25–20		94–79	P2 P3
25 Jun	07:45	China	3–0	Germany	25–13	25–16	25–22			75–51	P2 P3
26 Jun	05:15	Netherlands	3–0	Germany	26–24	25–20	25–22			76–66	P2 P3
26 Jun	07:45	China	0–3	United States	19–25	21–25	17–25			57–75	P2 P3

Pool I1

• Venue: Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jun	07:10	Serbia	3–2	Russia	23–25	25–27	25–21	25–20	15–12	113–105	P2 P3
24 Jun	10:10	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–20	25–19	25–15			75–54	P2 P3
25 Jun	06:10	Thailand	1–3	Russia	16–25	22–25	25–22	12–25		75–97	P2 P3
25 Jun	09:10	Japan	2–3	Serbia	23–25	25–20	25–17	25–27	8–15	106–104	P2 P3
26 Jun	06:10	Serbia	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–20	25–20			75–58	P2 P3
26 Jun	09:10	Japan	1–3	Russia	25–20	23–25	24–26	20–25		92–96	P2 P3

Group 2

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification or relegation
1	Puerto Rico	6	6	0	17	18	4	4.500	524	451	1.162	Qualified for the Group 2 final round
2	Dominican Republic	6	5	1	14	17	7	2.429	540	489	1.104
3	Bulgaria	6	5	1	13	15	9	1.667	554	494	1.121	Qualified as hosts for the Group 2 final round
4	Poland	6	4	2	12	14	10	1.400	565	484	1.167	Qualified for the Group 2 final round
5	Argentina	6	2	4	8	12	12	1.000	524	546	0.960
6	Czech Republic	6	2	4	7	11	12	0.917	502	511	0.982
7	Canada	6	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	414	516	0.802
8	Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	319	451	0.707	Relegated position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 1

Pool A2

• Venue: Club Deportivo Floresta, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	21:10	Dominican Republic	2–3	Bulgaria	25–23	20–25	18–25	25–17	9–15	97–105	P2 P3
4 Jun	00:10	Argentina	3–0	Kenya	25–22	25–21	25–13			75–56	P2 P3
4 Jun	21:10	Kenya	0–3	Bulgaria	17–25	17–25	9–25			43–75	P2 P3
5 Jun	00:10	Argentina	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–22	16–25	15–25	25–23	14–16	95–111	P2 P3
5 Jun	21:10	Dominican Republic	3–0	Kenya	25–21	25–21	25–20			75–62	P2 P3
6 Jun	00:10	Argentina	1–3	Bulgaria	25–27	17–25	27–25	19–25		88–102	P2 P3

Pool B2

• Venue: Hala MOSiR, Zielona Góra, Poland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	15:10	Czech Republic	1–3	Puerto Rico	25–21	20–25	21–25	19–25		85–96	P2 P3
3 Jun	18:10	Poland	3–1	Canada	25–19	28–30	25–15	25–20		103–84	P2 P3
4 Jun	15:10	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–11	25–16			75–45	P2 P3
4 Jun	18:10	Poland	3–1	Czech Republic	25–15	23–25	25–20	25–23		98–83	P2 P3
5 Jun	15:10	Czech Republic	3–0	Canada	25–13	25–18	25–23			75–54	P2 P3
5 Jun	18:10	Poland	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–18	23–25	25–15	26–28	13–15	112–101	P2 P3

Week 2

Pool C2

• Venue: Sport Hall Up Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	13:10	Bulgaria	0–3	Dominican Republic	16–25	24–26	23–25			63–76	P2 P3
10 Jun	16:10	Czech Republic	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–21	25–21			75–61	P2 P3
11 Jun	13:10	Dominican Republic	3–0	Canada	25–16	27–25	25–21			77–62	P2 P3
11 Jun	16:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Czech Republic	25–22	25–16	23–25	25–19		98–82	P2 P3
12 Jun	13:10	Canada	2–3	Bulgaria	22–25	25–22	25–21	26–28	10–15	108–111	P2 P3
12 Jun	16:10	Czech Republic	2–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	25–15	21–25	26–24	8–15	102–104	P2 P3

Pool D2

• Venue: Hala Mistrzów, Włocławek, Poland

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	15:10	Kenya	0–3	Puerto Rico	11–25	20–25	22–25			53–75	P2 P3
10 Jun	18:10	Poland	3–2	Argentina	25–23	24–26	25–15	23–25	15–10	112–99	P2 P3
11 Jun	15:10	Puerto Rico	3–1	Argentina	30–28	22–25	25–16	25–22		102–91	P2 P3
11 Jun	18:10	Poland	3–0	Kenya	25–18	25–10	25–14			75–42	P2 P3
12 Jun	13:10	Poland	0–3	Puerto Rico	21–25	21–25	23–25			65–75	P2 P3
12 Jun	16:10	Argentina	3–0	Kenya	26–24	25–22	25–17			76–63	P2 P3

Group 3

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	6	6	0	17	18	4	4.500	521	367	1.420	Qualified for the Group 3 final round
2	Croatia	6	5	1	15	16	4	4.000	477	367	1.300
3	Colombia	6	4	2	12	13	7	1.857	464	390	1.190
4	Kazakhstan	6	4	2	12	14	8	1.750	510	439	1.162	Qualified as hosts for the Group 3 final round
5	Cuba	6	3	3	10	12	11	1.091	475	504	0.942
6	Mexico	6	2	4	6	8	13	0.615	435	504	0.863
7	Australia	6	0	6	0	2	18	0.111	379	495	0.766
8	Algeria	6	0	6	0	0	18	0.000	255	450	0.567

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Week 1

Pool A3

• Venue: Salle OMS Belkhdar Tahar, Algiers, Algeria

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	13:00	Kazakhstan	1–3	Peru	21–25	25–21	24–26	16–25		86–97	P2 P3
3 Jun	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Mexico	23–25	20–25	15–25			58–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	13:00	Peru	3–0	Mexico	25–16	25–16	25–13			75–45	P2 P3
4 Jun	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Kazakhstan	17–25	13–25	5–25			35–75	P2 P3
5 Jun	13:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Mexico	25–16	25–20	21–25	25–23		96–84	P2 P3
5 Jun	15:00	Algeria	0–3	Peru	12–25	13–25	12–25			37–75	P2 P3

Pool B3

• Venue: Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
3 Jun	07:40	Croatia	3–1	Cuba	25–17	21–25	25–17	25–18		96–77	P2 P3
3 Jun	10:40	Australia	0–3	Colombia	17–25	13–25	13–25			43–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	06:10	Colombia	0–3	Croatia	20–25	22–25	17–25			59–75	P2 P3
4 Jun	09:10	Australia	1–3	Cuba	22–25	25–27	25–18	25–27		97–97	P2 P3
5 Jun	03:10	Cuba	3–1	Colombia	21–25	25–20	25–17	25–21		96–83	P2 P3
5 Jun	06:10	Australia	0–3	Croatia	19–25	17–25	12–25			48–75	P2 P3

Week 2

Pool C3

• Venue: Coliseo Evangelista Mora, Cali, Colombia

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	22:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–6	25–20			75–40	P2 P3
11 Jun	00:30	Colombia	3–0	Mexico	25–19	25–10	25–18			75–47	P2 P3
11 Jun	21:00	Mexico	1–3	Kazakhstan	20–25	18–25	28–26	20–25		86–101	P2 P3
11 Jun	23:30	Colombia	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–20	25–15			75–52	P2 P3
12 Jun	21:00	Mexico	3–1	Australia	18–25	26–24	29–27	25–23		98–99	P2 P3
12 Jun	23:30	Colombia	3–1	Kazakhstan	25–21	22–25	25–19	25–12		97–77	P2 P3

Pool D3

• Venue: Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jun	21:35	Croatia	3–0	Cuba	25–13	25–15	25–13			75–41	P2 P3
11 Jun	00:05	Peru	3–0	Algeria	25–9	25–9	25–11			75–29	P2 P3
11 Jun	20:35	Algeria	0–3	Croatia	19–25	17–25	15–25			51–75	P2 P3
11 Jun	23:05	Peru	3–2	Cuba	25–14	23–25	20–25	25–19	15–6	108–89	P2 P3
12 Jun	21:35	Cuba	3–0	Algeria	25–13	25–12	25–20			75–45	P2 P3
13 Jun	00:05	Peru	3–1	Croatia	16–25	25–21	25–13	25–22		91–81	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

Group 3

• Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Final four (Week 3)

	Semifinals				Final
	18 June
	Peru	1
					19 June
	Croatia	3
					Croatia	3
	18 June
					Kazakhstan	0
	Kazakhstan	3
	Colombia	2
					3rd place match
					19 June
					Peru	3
					Colombia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	06:10	Peru	1–3	Croatia	14–25	27–29	25–20	7–25		73–99	P2 P3
18 Jun	09:10	Kazakhstan	3–2	Colombia	25–20	25–20	21–25	18–25	15–9	104–99	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	06:10	Peru	3–2	Colombia	25–17	21–25	25–22	23–25	15–6	109–95	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	09:10	Croatia	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–19	29–27	25–16			79–62	P2 P3

Group 2

• Venue: Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria

Final four (Week 3)

	Semifinals				Final
	18 June
	Puerto Rico	1
					19 June
	Dominican Republic	3
					Dominican Republic	3
	18 June
					Poland	2
	Bulgaria	1
	Poland	3
					3rd place match
					19 June
					Puerto Rico	3
					Bulgaria	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Jun	13:10	Puerto Rico	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	22–25	27–29	14–25		88–100	P2 P3
18 Jun	16:10	Bulgaria	1–3	Poland	25–23	21–25	15–25	21–25		82–98	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	13:10	Puerto Rico	3–1	Bulgaria	23–25	25–22	25–21	25–23		98–91	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jun	16:10	Dominican Republic	3–2	Poland	21–25	23–25	25–18	25–20	15–11	109–99	P2 P3

Group 1

• Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand

Pool play (Week 6)

Pool J1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	151	104	1.452	Semifinals
2	Russia	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	131	143	0.916
3	Thailand	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	119	154	0.773	5th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Brazil	24–26	16–25	11–25			51–76	P2 P3
7 Jul	11:00	Russia	0–3	Brazil	22–25	10–25	21–25			53–75	P2 P3
8 Jul	11:00	Thailand	0–3	Russia	25–27	24–26	19–25			68–78	P2 P3

Pool K1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	151	128	1.180	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	168	167	1.006
3	China	2	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	159	183	0.869	5th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Jul	08:00	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–17	25–23			75–61	P2 P3
7 Jul	08:00	China	2–3	Netherlands	25–23	14–25	25–19	20–25	8–15	92–107	P2 P3
8 Jul	08:00	United States	3–0	China	25–21	26–24	25–22			76–67	P2 P3

Final four (Week 6)

	Semifinals				Final
	9 July
	Brazil	3
					10 July
	Netherlands	0
					Brazil	3
	9 July
					United States	2
	United States	3
	Russia	0
					3rd place match
					10 July
					Netherlands	3
					Russia	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	08:00	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
9 Jul	11:00	United States	3–0	Russia	25–20	25–23	25–14			75–57	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	05:00	Thailand	0–3	China	23–25	23–25	12–25			58–75	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	08:00	Netherlands	3–2	Russia	18–25	23–25	30–28	25–21	15–9	111–108	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	11:00	Brazil	3–2	United States	18–25	25–17	25–23	22–25	15–9	105–99	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  United States  Netherlands 4  Russia 5  China 6  Thailand 7  Serbia 8  Italy 9  Japan 10  Turkey 11  Belgium 12  Germany 13  Dominican Republic 14  Poland 15  Puerto Rico 16  Bulgaria 17  Argentina 18  Czech Republic 19  Canada 20  Kenya 21  Croatia 22  Kazakhstan 23  Peru 24  Colombia 25  Cuba 26  Mexico 27  Australia 28  Algeria

2016 World Grand Prix champions  Brazil 11th title 14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final Round Fabiana Claudino (c), Juciely Barreto, Dani Lins, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Roberta Ratzke, Gabriela Guimarães, Tandara Caixeta, Sheilla Castro, Fernanda Garay, Mariana Costa, Natália Pereira, Camila Brait, Léia Silva, Head coach José Roberto Guimarães

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Natália Pereira

• Best Outside Hitters

  Sheilla Castro

  Kimberly Hill

• Best setter

  Nootsara Tomkom

• Best Middle Blockers

  Rachael Adams

  Thaísa Menezes

• Best libero

  Lin Li

• Best Opposite

  Lonneke Slöetjes

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 26 June 2016.^[12][13][14]

Best scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	Points	Name	Points	Name	Points
1	Nataliya Goncharova	185	Berenika Tomsia	167	Ángela Leyva	203
2	Lonneke Slöetjes	169	Emiliya Nikolova	138	Samanta Fabris	154
3	Polen Uslupehlivan	154	Brayelin Martínez	138	Madelaynne Montaño	134
4	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	135	Bethania de la Cruz	133	Kenny Moreno	126
5	Louisa Lippmann	131	Karina Ocasio	131	Radmila Beresneva	86

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	%	Name	%	Name	%
1	Paola Egonu	46.05	Brayelin Martínez	43.32	Samanta Fabris	51.39
2	Lonneke Slöetjes	45.91	Berenika Tomsia	42.82	Ángela Leyva	48.88
3	Nataliya Goncharova	43.65	Stephanie Enright	40.68	Mira Topić	46.67
4	Kimberly Hill	41.98	Emiliya Nikolova	40.33	Heidy Rodríguez	43.16
5	Zhu Ting	40.76	Karina Ocasio	40.31	Kenny Moreno	43.03

Best blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	Avg	Name	Avg	Name	Avg
1	Irina Zaryazhko	1.22	Agnieszka Kąkolewska	0.97	Daymara Lescay	0.87
2	Xu Yunli	0.73	Brackcides Khadambi	0.72	Kristina Anikonova	0.67
3	Yan Ni	0.67	Lucille Charuk	0.71	Ángela Leyva	0.61
4	Nataliya Goncharova	0.67	Lynda Morales	0.70	Heidy Casanova	0.61
5	Freya Aelbrecht	0.64	Karina Ocasio	0.67	Lorena Zuleta	0.60

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	Avg	Name	Avg	Name	Avg
1	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	0.45	Yael Castiglione	0.42	Shae Sloane	0.55
2	Hande Baladın	0.32	Áurea Cruz	0.37	Ana Grbac	0.52
3	Nursevil Aydinlar	0.32	Anna Grejman	0.36	Samanta Fabris	0.48
4	Yvon Beliën	0.32	Emilce Sosa	0.33	Mira Topić	0.44
5	Antonella Del Core	0.32	Viktoriya Grigorova	0.31	Fahima Brahmi	0.39

Best setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	Avg	Name	Avg	Name	Avg
1	Kanami Tashiro	4.86	Joanna Wołosz	10.70	María Marín	8.19
2	Ding Xia	4.57	Vilmarie Mojica	8.23	Irina Lukomskaya	7.30
3	Alisha Glass	4.57	Yael Castiglione	7.67	Ana Grbac	6.26
4	Laura Dijkema	4.34	Pavla Vincourová	4.61	Shae Sloane	5.55
5	Pornpun Guedpard	4.29	Jane Wairimu	4.44	Alexandra Muñoz	5.42

Best diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	Avg	Name	Avg	Name	Avg
1	Anna Malova	3.08	Veronika Dostálová	6.48	Freda López	3.29
2	Monica De Gennaro	2.74	Tatiana Rizzo	5.04	Emily Borrell	2.96
3	Lenka Dürr	2.10	Shara Venegas	4.87	Alice De Innocentiis	2.45
4	Wilavan Apinyapong	2.10	Agata Durajczyk	3.27	Vanessa Palacios	2.39
5	Charlotte Leys	2.09	Brackcides Khadambi	2.89	Lizbeth Sainz	2.14

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

	GROUP 1		GROUP 2		GROUP 3
Rank	Name	%	Name	%	Name	%
1	Wilavan Apinyapong	53.85	Áurea Cruz	66.20	Camila Gómez	45.08
2	Jordan Larson	51.20	Agata Durajczyk	61.88	María Martínez	44.67
3	Piyanut Pannoy	49.01	Michaela Mlejnková	54.05	Radmila Beresneva	41.01
4	Lenka Dürr	48.28	Tatiana Rizzo	53.96	Mira Topić	40.56
5	Kelsey Robinson	43.26	Mariya Filipova	51.72	Tatyana Fendrikova	39.86

See also

• 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League
• 2016 Women's European Volleyball League
• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Notes

1. The match, originally scheduled for 17 June at 18:30, was interrupted in the second set due to power outage. Italy was leading 25–10, 16–15. Play was suspended and the match was rescheduled after agreement of both teams.^[10][11]

References

1. "2016 World Grand Prix Finals hosts confirmed". FIVB.org. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
2. "Brazil down USA in five-setter to clinch World Grand Prix title". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
3. "Netherlands stun Russia in five-setter to claim Bronze". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
4. "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". FIVB.org. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
5. "Martínez spearheads dominican golden triumph in Varna". FIVB.org. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
6. "Dominican Republic get the gold, Emiliya Nikolova gets the groom". FIVB.org. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
7. "Croatia claim Group 3 gold with Fabris' 27-point effort". FIVB.org. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
8. "Croatia on top of the podium for FIVB World Grand Prix 2016 Group 3". FIVB.org. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
9. "2016 World Grand Prix draw results announced". FIVB.org. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
10. "Italy-Thailand match suspended". FIVB.org. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
11. "Italy v Thailand rescheduled for Monday". FIVB.org. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
12. "Group 1 statistics". FIVB.org. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
13. "Group 2 statistics". FIVB.org. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
14. "Group 3 statistics". FIVB.org. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
• 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – official website
• Media Guide – Introduction and Tournament History at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• Media Guide – Preview and Competition Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• Media Guide – Team Information and Players statistics at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• Media Guide – Referees at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• Media Guide – Tournaments Records and History World Ranking at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• Media Guide – Historical Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
• Media Guide – Media Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix