FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
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| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| First season | 1993 (Men, Women) |
| Ceased | 2017 (Men, Women) |
| Replaced by | FIVB Volleyball World Championship |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Last champion(s) | M: File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (5th title) W: File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (2nd title) |
| Most titles | M: File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (5 titles) W: File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (2 titles each) |
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without two high-profile world-level volleyball competitions, alongside the pre-existing men's and women's world championship, men's and women's world cup and the volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games which are all quadrennial and the annual men's and women's Nations League. The World Grand Champions Cup was therefore played quadrennially the year after the Olympic Games and is always hosted by the Japan Volleyball Association. It did not give any points for the World Ranking. Brazil has been the most successful team in the men's tournament, having won five of the seven editions. Brazil has also finished runners-up to Cuba and Italy in the only two occasions claimed by other national teams. The women's tournament history is more balanced with Brazil and China having won the tournament twice, while Cuba, Italy, and Russia have won one title each.
History
The World Grand Champions Cup was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without a world FIVB competition. This is the only FIVB tournament that doesn't give FIVB points for the world ranking. On 22 June 2023, Volleyball Calendar 2025–2028 approved by FIVB shown that World Championships to be played biannually in odd years. That meant the World Grand Champions Cup was discontinued and replaced by World Championships.[1]
Winners
Brazil has been the most successful team with the men's team winning five and the women's team two titles.
Competition formula
The World Grand Champions Cup has always had the same formula since the first edition:
- The competition takes place in Japan.
- Six teams participate in each event: host nation, four continental champions and one wild card.
- Japan is always pre-qualified as the host nation.
- Four continental champions from continents whose teams reached the highest ranking at the preceding Olympic Games.
- The remaining team participates through a wild card granted by the FIVB.
- A round robin format is used for this competition.
- Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: until 2013 match points, numbers of matches won, sets ratio (the total number of sets won divided by the total number of sets lost), points ratio, direct confrontation; since 2017 the first criterion became the number of matches won, followed by match points, sets ratio etc.
Results summary
Men
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Medals summary
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Women
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
All-time team records
| 1 | Japan | 35 |
| 2 | Brazil | 30 |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 25 |
| 4 | China | 25 |
| 5 | Russia | 25 |
| 6 | United States | 25 |
| 7 | Cuba | 10 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 10 |
| 9 | Thailand | 10 |
| 10 | Poland | 5 |
| 1 | Brazil | 22 |
| 2 | China | 19 |
| 3 | Russia | 14 |
| 4 | United States | 14 |
| 5 | Japan | 13 |
| 6 | Cuba | 9 |
| 7 | Italy | 5 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 4 |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 3 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 |
| 1 | Italy | 100 % |
| 2 | Cuba | 90 % |
| 3 | China | 76 % |
| 4 | Brazil | 73 % |
| 5 | Russia | 56 % |
| 6 | United States | 56 % |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 40 % |
| 8 | Japan | 37 % |
| 9 | Poland | 20 % |
| 10 | Republic of Korea | 12 % |
(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)
| Team | S | Firs | Best | Pts | MP | W | L | GF | GA | diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 1997 | 1st | 52 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 76 | 32 | +44 |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 1993 | 3rd | 48 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 55 | 74 | -19 |
| 3 | China | 5 | 1993 | 1st | 44 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 61 | 32 | +29 |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 1993 | 1st | 39 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 1993 | 2nd | 39 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 48 | +4 |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 5 | 1997 | 5th | 28 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 71 | -57 |
| 7 | Cuba | 2 | 1993 | 1st | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 10 | +18 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2009 | 3rd | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -5 |
| 9 | Thailand | 2 | 2009 | 5th | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 28 | -20 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 2009 | 1st | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 2005 | 5th | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 |
| 12 | Peru | 1 | 1993 | 6th | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
Most valuable player by edition
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See also
- Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup
- FIVB Volleyball World League
- FIVB World Grand Prix
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup
- List of indoor volleyball world medalists
References
- ↑ "Volleyball calendar 2025-2028 approved by the FIVB Board of Administration". www.fivb.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
External links
- FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
- International volleyball competitions
- International women's volleyball competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 1993
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2017
- FIVB Men's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
- FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
- International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan
- Quadrennial sporting events
- Defunct sporting events
- Defunct sports competitions