2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan from November 12 to 17, 2013.^[1][2] Brazil won their second title^[3] and Brazilian Fabiana Claudino was selected the Most Valuable Player.^[4]

2013 Women's World Grand Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	12–17 November
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Fabiana Claudino
Official website
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Teams

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Host Nation
Russia	2013 European Champions
Thailand	2013 Asian Champions
Brazil	2013 South American Champions
United States	2013 NORCECA Champions
Dominican Republic^[5]^[6]	Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2013 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.

Venues

Opening Ceremony and First Round	Award Ceremony and Second Round
Nagoya, Japan	Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Gaishi Hall	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	421	342	1.231
2	United States	5	4	1	10	12	9	1.333	464	449	1.033
3	Japan	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	403	393	1.025
4	Russia	5	1	4	4	8	13	0.615	465	470	0.989
5	Thailand	5	1	4	4	5	13	0.385	391	421	0.929
6	Dominican Republic	5	1	4	3	6	12	0.500	367	436	0.842

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Nagoya round

• Venue: Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Japan^[7][8]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Nov	12:10	Thailand	0–3	Dominican Republic	23–25	21–25	23–25			67–75	P2 P3
12 Nov	15:40	United States	0–3	Brazil	24–26	24–26	20–25			68–77	P2 P3
12 Nov	19:10	Japan	3–1	Russia	25–20	26–28	25–16	26–24		102–88	P2 P3
13 Nov	12:10	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–17	25–17			75–52	P2 P3
13 Nov	16:10	Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–14	22–25	25–23	25–15		97–77	P2 P3
13 Nov	19:10	Japan	1–3	United States	19–25	19–25	25–19	21–25		84–94	P2 P3

Tokyo round

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Nov	12:10	Dominican Republic	1–3	Brazil	20–25	15–25	25–22	19–25		79–97	P2 P3
15 Nov	16:10	United States	3–2	Russia	16–25	25–22	25–19	24–26	15–13	105–105	P2 P3
15 Nov	19:10	Thailand	0–3	Japan	20–25	27–29	22–25			69–79	P2 P3
16 Nov	12:10	United States	3–2	Thailand	13–25	27–25	25–22	21–25	15–13	101–110	P2 P3
16 Nov	16:10	Russia	1–3	Brazil	25–18	18–25	22–25	19–25		84–93	P2 P3
16 Nov	19:10	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–19	29–27			79–63	P2 P3
17 Nov	12:10	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	14–25	16–25	25–21	18–25		73–96	P2 P3
17 Nov	15:10	Thailand	3–1	Russia	18–25	25–22	25–21	25–23		93–91	P2 P3
17 Nov	18:10	Brazil	3–0	Japan	29–27	25–14	25–18			79–59	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team     Brazil     United States     Japan 4   Russia 5   Thailand 6   Dominican Republic

2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup champions    Brazil Second title Team roster: Fabiana Claudino (C), Adenízia da Silva, Claudia Silva, Michelle Pavão, Tandara Caixeta, Natália Pereira, Sheilla Castro, Fabiana de Oliveira (L), Monique Pavão, Fernanda Garay, Fabiola de Souza, Camila Brait (L), Walewska Oliveira, Carol Gattaz. Head coach: José Roberto Guimarães

Awards

• Most valuable player

    Fabiana Claudino^[4]

• Best setter

    Hitomi Nakamichi

• Best Outside Spikers

    Saori Sakoda

    Onuma Sittirak

• Best Middle Blockers

    Iuliia Morozova

    Pleumjit Thinkaow

• Best opposite spiker

    Gina Mambrú

• Best libero

    Arisa Sato

References

1. "FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 2013". FIVB.
2. "USA, Brazil & Thailand earn place in FIVB Women's Grand Champions Cup". FIVB.
3. "Brazil wins over Japan, clinching Women' s World Grand Champions Cup". Tokyo, Japan: Sina. Xinhua. 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
4. "Claudino gives credit to teammates for MVP award". Tokyo, Japan: FIVB. 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
5. "Sexteto femenino de voleibol estará en Copa de Campeones". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
6. Montenegro, Tony (2013-10-07). (in Spanish). voleibol.pe. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
7. "FIVB Volleyball Grand Champions Cup 2013 Schedule" (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball Association (JVA).
8. "Excitement builds as FIVB World Grand Champions Cup match pairings announced". FIVB.

External links

• Official website
• (in Japanese)