1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 15–24
Teams	6
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
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The 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from November 15 to November 24, 1997.

Teams

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Hosts
China	1997 Asian Champions
Netherlands	1997 European Champions
Cuba	1997 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	1997 South American Champions
Australia	Wild Card

Squads

Main article: 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

• Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
• Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan
• Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Results

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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	267	175	1.526
2	Netherlands	8	3	2	12	9	1.333	289	287	1.007
3	Cuba	8	3	2	11	9	1.222	253	219	1.155
4	China	8	3	2	9	10	0.900	233	248	0.940
5	Japan	6	1	4	8	12	0.667	251	263	0.954
6	Australia	5	0	5	3	15	0.200	172	273	0.630

Osaka round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Nov	13:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17
15 Nov	15:00	China	3–1	Netherlands	15–13	15–10	12–15	15–5		57–43
15 Nov	17:00	Cuba	1–3	Brazil	15–13	10–15	4–15	9–15		38–58
17 Nov	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Australia	15–2	15–11	15–3			45–16
17 Nov	16:00	Cuba	3–0	China	15–12	15–11	15–3			45–26
17 Nov	18:30	Netherlands	3–2	Japan	15–9	22–24	16–14	11–15	15–9	79–71

Hiroshima round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Nov	14:00	China	0–3	Brazil	5–15	12–15	10–15			27–45
19 Nov	16:00	Australia	0–3	Netherlands	24–26	12–15	5–15			41–56
19 Nov	18:30	Japan	2–3	Cuba	15–7	4–15	15–13	6–15	11–15	51–65

Tokyo round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Nov	13:00	China	3–1	Japan	8–15	15–13	15–12	15–11		53–51
22 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–2	Netherlands	15–9	15–12	13–15	12–15	15–10	70–61
22 Nov	17:00	Cuba	3–1	Australia	15–3	12–15	15–4	15–12		57–34
24 Nov	12:30	Australia	2–3	China	12–15	9–15	15–13	15–12	13–15	64–70
24 Nov	15:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	5–15	11–15	17–19			33–49
24 Nov	17:00	Netherlands	3–1	Cuba	15–11	16–14	4–15	15–8		50–48

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Netherlands
	Cuba
4	China
5	Japan
6	Australia

1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup Champions
Brazil First title

Team Roster Roim, Leandro, Kid, Monzillo, Giba, Douglas, Nalbert, Gustavo, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardo, Manius Abbadi Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho

Awards

• Best Scorer: Nalbert Bitencourt
• Best Spiker: Bas van de Goor
• Best Blocker: Zheng Liang
• Best Server: David Beard
• Best Digger: Li Tieming
• Best Setter: Misha Latuhihin
• Best Receiver: Nalbert Bitencourt

External links

• Results
• Official Website