Volleyball competition held in Japan (Final)
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 was a women's volleyball tournament in which 12 countries competed from 20 June to 12 July 2008. The finals were held in Yokohama Arena , Yokohama , Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico . Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Poland qualified through the European Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey . China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan qualified as the best four Asian teams.
Competing nations
The following national teams qualified:
Calendar
Teams
Preliminary rounds
Ranking
The host Japan and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification
1
Brazil
9
8
1
17
26
6
4.333
766
639
1.199
Final round
2
China
9
8
1
17
24
10
2.400
783
687
1.140
3
Italy
9
8
1
17
26
10
2.600
844
751
1.124
4
United States
9
7
2
16
22
11
2.000
771
664
1.161
5
Cuba
9
6
3
15
22
15
1.467
856
785
1.090
6
Turkey
9
4
5
13
16
17
0.941
743
732
1.015
7
Germany
9
4
5
13
16
16
1.000
710
709
1.001
8
Dominican Republic
9
4
5
13
15
19
0.789
725
761
0.953
9
Japan [ a] (H)
9
2
7
11
9
23
0.391
641
737
0.870
Final round
10
Poland
9
1
8
10
13
24
0.542
768
855
0.898
11
Thailand
9
1
8
10
10
26
0.385
710
824
0.862
12
Kazakhstan
9
1
8
10
4
26
0.154
552
725
0.761
First round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Second round
Group D
Group E
Group F
Date
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
27 Jun
Italy
3–0
Japan
25–17
25–20
25–22
75–59
P2 P3
27 Jun
China
3–2
Cuba
25–18
25–27
21–25
25–21
15–13
111–104
P2 P3
28 Jun
Cuba
2–3
Italy
25–21
19–25
25–19
20–25
13–15
102–105
P2 P3
28 Jun
China
3–0
Japan
25–16
29–27
25–22
79–65
P2 P3
29 Jun
Japan
1–3
Cuba
25–22
21–25
19–25
16–25
81–97
P2 P3
29 Jun
China
3–2
Italy
18–25
25–20
21–25
27–25
15–8
106–103
P2 P3
Third round
Group G
Group H
Group I
Final round
Final ranking
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
1
Brazil
5
5
0
10
15
1
15.000
396
312
1.269
2
Cuba
5
4
1
9
12
8
1.500
446
436
1.023
3
Italy
5
2
3
7
7
12
0.583
431
443
0.973
4
United States
5
2
3
7
9
13
0.692
467
491
0.951
5
China
5
1
4
6
9
13
0.692
479
496
0.966
6
Japan
5
1
4
6
7
12
0.583
412
454
0.907
Overall ranking
2008 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix winners
Brazil Seventh title
Team roster
Walewska Oliveira , Carolina Albuquerque , Marianne Steinbrecher , Paula Pequeno , Thaísa Menezes , Hélia Souza (c ), Valeska Menezes , Fabiana Claudino , Wélissa Gonzaga , Jaqueline Carvalho , Sheilla Castro , Fabiana Oliveira
Head coach
José Roberto Guimarães
Individual awards
Most valuable player :
Best spiker :
Best blocker :
Best server :
Best libero :
Best setter :
Best scorer :
References