2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The FIVB announced the best four ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. Asia, Europe, North America, and South America confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental ranking at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champion Cup title.[1]

2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Previous appearances
			Total	First	Last
Japan	AVC	Host nation	6	1993	2013
China	AVC	The first continental representative	4	1993	2005
Russia	CEV	The second continental representative	4	1993	2013
United States	NORCECA	The third continental representative	4	1993	2013
Brazil	CSV	The fourth continental representative	5	1997	2013
South Korea	AVC	Wild card	4	1997	2009

The competition formula of the 2017 Women's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

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.

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	454	343	1.324
2	Brazil	3	2	11	13	7	1.857	438	405	1.081
3	United States	3	2	7	10	10	1.000	431	434	0.993
4	Russia	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	411	427	0.963
5	Japan	2	3	6	10	11	0.909	462	471	0.981
6	South Korea	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	260	376	0.691

Tokyo round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	12:40	Russia	1–3	Brazil	17–25	25–23	23–25	12–25		77–98	P2 P3
5 Sep	15:40	United States	1–3	China	25–18	18–25	14–25	17–25		74–93	P2 P3
5 Sep	19:15	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–23	25–21	26–24			76–68	P2 P3
6 Sep	12:40	Brazil	2–3	China	20–25	12–25	25–20	25–23	17–19	99–112	P2 P3
6 Sep	15:40	South Korea	0–3	United States	22–25	20–25	16–25			58–75	P2 P3
6 Sep	19:15	Russia	3–1	Japan	22–25	25–18	25–22	28–26		100–91	P2 P3

Nagoya round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Sep	12:40	United States	3–2	Russia	23–25	25–21	19–25	25–21	15–9	107–101	P2 P3
8 Sep	15:40	China	3–0	South Korea	25–14	25–4	25–12			75–30	P2 P3
8 Sep	19:15	Japan	3–2	Brazil	25–18	25–27	25–15	16–25	15–6	106–91	P2 P3
9 Sep	12:40	Russia	0–3	China	20–25	18–25	20–25			58–75	P2 P3
9 Sep	15:40	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–10	25–23			75–48	P2 P3
9 Sep	19:15	Japan	2–3	United States	25–22	21–25	28–26	21–25	12–15	107–113	P2 P3
10 Sep	11:40	South Korea	0–3	Russia	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75	P2 P3
10 Sep	14:40	United States	0–3	Brazil	20–25	23–25	19–25			62–75	P2 P3
10 Sep	18:15	China	3–1	Japan	25–22	24–26	25–18	25–16		99–82	P2 P3

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