2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international men's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Nagoya and Osaka, Japan from 12 to 17 September 2017. 6 national teams from 5 confederations competed in the tournament.^[1]

2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	12–17 September
Teams	6 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Ricardo Lucarelli
Best Setter	Simone Giannelli
Best OH	Ricardo Lucarelli Milad Ebadipour
Best MB	Matteo Piano Lucas Saatkamp
Best OPP	Matt Anderson
Best Libero	Satoshi Ide
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Attendance	79,800 (5,320 per match)
Official website
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
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Brazil claimed their fourth straight Grand Champions Cup title and fifth overall.^[2] Italy and Iran won the silver and the bronze medal respectively. This was Iran's first ever medal at a worldwide-level FIVB tournament.^[3][4] Ricardo Lucarelli from Brazil was elected the MVP.

Qualification

FIVB announced the four best ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. South America, Europe, North America, and Asia confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental rankings at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champions Cup title.^[1]

 

2017 World Grand Champions Cup participating teams

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Previous appearances
			Total	First	Last
Japan	AVC	Host nation	6	1993	2013
Brazil	CSV	The first continental representative	6	1993	2013
France	CEV	The second continental representative	0	Debut	Debut
United States	NORCECA	The third continental representative	3	1993	2013
Iran	AVC	The fourth continental representative	2	2009	2013
Italy	CEV	Wild card	3	1993	2013

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team plays 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.

Squads

Main article: 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

Nagoya round	Osaka round
Nagoya, Japan	Osaka, Japan
Nippon Gaishi Hall	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 8,200

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Results

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

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	446	393	1.135
2	Italy	4	1	12	14	8	1.750	509	506	1.006
3	Iran	4	1	9	12	10	1.200	501	495	1.012
4	United States	2	3	8	11	9	1.222	463	416	1.113
5	France	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	410	436	0.940
6	Japan	0	5	0	2	15	0.133	335	418	0.801

Nagoya round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	12:40	France	0–3	Brazil	25–27	25–27	22–25			72–79	P2 P3
12 Sep	15:40	Italy	2–3	Iran	19–25	25–23	26–28	31–29	11–15	112–120	P2 P3
12 Sep	19:15	Japan	0–3	United States	21–25	18–25	13–25			52–75	P2 P3
13 Sep	12:40	Brazil	2–3	Italy	25–15	25–27	25–27	25–18	12–15	112–102	P2 P3
13 Sep	15:40	United States	2–3	Iran	25–20	25–17	25–27	21–25	12–15	108–104	P2 P3
13 Sep	19:15	Japan	0–3	France	15–25	23–25	23–25			61–75	P2 P3

Osaka round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	12:40	Iran	0–3	Brazil	22–25	19–25	15–25			56–75	P2 P3
15 Sep	15:40	France	0–3	United States	20–25	17–25	16–25			53–75	P2 P3
15 Sep	19:15	Italy	3–1	Japan	25–23	22–25	25–20	25–22		97–90	P2 P3
16 Sep	12:40	United States	2–3	Brazil	26–28	25–15	20–25	25–22	13–15	109–105	P2 P3
16 Sep	15:50	France	1–3	Italy	25–21	20–25	22–25	21–25		88–96	P2 P3
16 Sep	19:15	Japan	1–3	Iran	25–21	19–25	20–25	14–25		78–96	P2 P3
17 Sep	11:40	Italy	3–1	United States	25–22	25–22	23–25	29–27		102–96	P2 P3
17 Sep	14:40	Iran	3–2	France	38–36	25–23	22–25	25–27	15–11	125–122	P2 P3
17 Sep	18:15	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team     Brazil     Italy     Iran 4   United States 5   France 6   Japan

2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup Champions    Brazil 5th title 14–man Roster Bruno (c), Isac, Tiago Brendle, Wallace, Raphael, Otávio, Rodriguinho, Maurício Souza, Douglas, Lucão, Thales, Lucarelli, Maurício Borges, Renan Head Coach Renan Dal Zotto

Awards

Most Valuable Player   Ricardo Lucarelli Best Setter   Simone Giannelli Best Outside Spikers   Ricardo Lucarelli   Milad Ebadipour

Best Middle Blockers   Matteo Piano   Lucas Saatkamp Best Opposite Spiker   Matt Anderson Best Libero   Satoshi Ide

See also

• 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

References

1. "OLYMPIC VOLLEYBALL SEQUEL CONFIRMED FOR GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP IN JAPAN". FIVB.
2. "Lucas, Mauricio lead block party in Brazil's straight-set win over Japan". FIVB.org. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
3. "Lanza shines in Italy's four-set win over USA". FIVB.org. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
4. "Ghafour excels in Iran's five-set triumph over France". FIVB.org. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

External links

• Official website