2000 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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Volleyball competition held in Philippines

2000 FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	24–27 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Liubov Chachkova-Sokolova
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The 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix was the eighth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in three countries and six cities throughout Asia: Hong Kong, Thailand, PR China, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia, cumulating with the final round at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, from 24 to 27 August 2000.

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The best four teams from the overall ranking are qualified for the final round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	9	9	0	18	27	4	6.750	746	607	1.229	Final round
2	Russia	9	8	1	17	24	10	2.400	770	675	1.141
3	Brazil	9	7	2	16	23	8	2.875	745	658	1.132
4	China	9	4	5	13	18	17	1.059	777	756	1.028
5	United States	9	4	5	13	15	19	0.789	745	775	0.961
6	South Korea	9	3	6	12	15	20	0.750	753	772	0.975
7	Italy	9	1	8	10	6	26	0.231	631	753	0.838
8	Japan	9	0	9	9	3	27	0.111	574	745	0.770

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First round

Group A

Venue: Macau

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Ago	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–23	25–16	25–15			75–54
4 Ago	China	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–20	25–16			75–50
5 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Japan	37–35	25–18	25–21			87–74
5 Ago	China	3–1	United States	25–27	25–15	25–16	25–21		100–79
6 Ago	United States	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–17	26–24			76–59
6 Ago	Brazil	3–2	China	25–22	27–25	23–25	18–25	16–14	109–111

Group B

Venue: Yala, Thailand

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Ago	Cuba	3–2	Italy	25–18	16–25	25–21	23–25	15–12	104–101
4 Ago	Russia	3–2	South Korea	20–25	25–22	25–11	25–27	15–10	110–95
5 Ago	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–61
5 Ago	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	25–20	25–17	25–17			75–54
6 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Russia	25–18	25–22	25–16			75–56
6 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–18	25–18			75–57

Second round

Group C

Venue: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–19	25–20			76–58
11 Ago	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–15	25–18	25–16			75–49
12 Ago	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–16	25–11	25–20			75–47
12 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–17	25–23	25–18			75–58
13 Ago	Italy	3–2	Japan	19–25	24–26	25–22	25–15	17–15	110–103
13 Ago	Russia	3–0	Brazil	25–23	25–21	25–21			75–65

Group D

Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Ago	China	3–1	United States	22–25	25–21	25–22	25–22		97–90
11 Ago	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	19–25	25–19	25–17	25–23		94–84
12 Ago	Cuba	3–0	United States	25–23	25–23	25–16			75–62
12 Ago	South Korea	3–2	China	21–25	25–15	25–21	23–25	15–10	109–96
13 Ago	United States	3–1	South Korea	20–25	25–23	25–22	25–21		95–91
13 Ago	Cuba	3–0	China	25–22	25–19	25–18			75–59

Third round

Group E

Venue: Yuxi, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Ago	United States	3–2	China	26–28	25–20	22–25	25–18	15–12	113–103
18 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–13	25–18	25–19			75–50
19 Ago	China	3–0	Japan	25–15	25–18	25–23			75–56
19 Ago	Cuba	3–1	United States	25–15	25–23	23–25	25–17		98–80
20 Ago	Cuba	3–0	China	25–20	25–20	25–21			75–61
20 Ago	United States	3–1	Japan	21–25	25–14	25–17	25–21		96–77

Group F

Venue: Quezon City, Philippines

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–14	25–20	25–21			75–55
18 Ago	Russia	3–2	South Korea	25–21	19–25	18–25	25–19	15–13	102–103
19 Ago	Russia	3–1	Italy	25–18	20–25	25–14	25–19		95–76
19 Ago	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–17	25–22	29–27			79–66
20 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–17	26–24			76–64
20 Ago	Russia	3–2	Brazil	25–18	18–25	20–25	25–19	19–17	107–104

Final round

Venue: Quezon City, Philippines

5th–8th place

5th–8th semifinals		5th place

24 August

United States	3
		25 August
Japan	0
		United States	0
24 August
		South Korea	3
Italy	1

South Korea	3
		7th place

		25 August

		Japan	1

		Italy	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Ago	United States	3–0	Japan	27–25	25–22	25–23			77–70
24 Ago	Italy	1–3	South Korea	20–25	26–24	18–25	17–25		81–99

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Ago	Japan	1–3	Italy	25–19	21–25	11–25	19–25		76–94

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Ago	United States	0–3	South Korea	23–25	23–25	19–25			65–75

Final four

Semifinals		Final

26 August

Cuba	3
		27 August
China	1
		Cuba	3
26 August
		Russia	1
Brazil	0

Russia	3
		3rd place match

		27 August

		China	1

		Brazil	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Ago	Cuba	3–1	China	25–19	25–21	16–25	35–33		101–98
26 Ago	Brazil	0–3	Russia	20–25	23–25	22–25			65–75

3rd place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Ago	China	1–3	Brazil	25–12	13–25	19–25	18–25		75–87

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Ago	Cuba	3–1	Russia	21–25	25–15	25–23	25–21		96–84

Final standings

Place	Team
	Cuba
	Russia
	Brazil
4	China
5	South Korea
6	United States
7	Italy
8	Japan

2000 FIVB World Grand Prix winners
Cuba Second title

Team roster

Yumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Raisa O'Farrill Bolanos, Regla Bell, Indira Mestre, Regla Torres, Taismary Aguero, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Marta Sánchez and Zoila Barros.

Head coach

Luis Calderon

Individual awards

Most valuable player:
- Lyubov Sokolova (RUS)
Best scorer:
- Barbara Jelic (CRO)
Best spiker:
- Valle Ana Fernandez (CUB)
Best blocker:
- Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)
Best server:
- Érika Coimbra (BRA)
Best setter:
- Hélia Souza (BRA)
Best receiver:
- Stacy Sykora (USA)
Best libero:
- Li Yan (CHN)

Dream Team

Setter:
- Robyn Ah Mow (USA)
Middle Blockers:
- Danielle Scott (USA)
- Regla Torres (CUB)
Outside hitters:
- Barbara Jelic (CRO)
- Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
Opposite Spiker:
- Leila Barros (BRA)

References

Archived Results

v t e FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Successor: FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League (since 2018)
Seasons	Hong Kong 1993 Shanghai 1994 Shanghai 1995 Shanghai 1996 Kobe 1997 Hong Kong 1998 Yuxi 1999 Quezon City 2000 Macau 2001 Hong Kong 2002 Andria 2003 Reggio Calabria 2004 Sendai 2005 Reggio Calabria 2006 Ningbo 2007 Yokohama 2008 Tokyo 2009 Ningbo 2010 Macau 2011 Ningbo 2012 Sapporo 2013 Tokyo 2014 Omaha 2015 Bangkok 2016 Nanjing 2017
Squads	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix statistics

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