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FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called FIVB Volleyball World League, World League. This event should not be confused with the other intern ...

2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's

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tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second, and third week, each team played nine matches in total. Preliminary rounds were staged in Japan (3x), Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia, and Chinese Taipei. The final round was played in

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, at

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, over five days and the best six teams from the preliminary rounds. A round robin system was played to decide the 2007 World Grand Prix Champion.

Qualification

Asia

*The top four Asian teams according to the

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** ** **

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Europe

*European Qualification Tournament in

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, from September 26 to October 1, 2006

Group A

Group B

Play-offs

Third place match

First place match

**''Russia, Netherlands, Italy and Poland qualified''

North and South America

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, from June 27 to July 8, 2006 ** ** ** **

Teams

Preliminary round

Ranking

The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

First round

Group A

*Venue:

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

Group B

*Venue:

Verona, Italy Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city municipality in the region and in northeastern Italy. The metropoli ...

Group C

*Venue:

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

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Second round

Group D

*Venue:

Group E

*Venue: Khabarovsk, Russia

Group F

*Venue:

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Third round

Group G

*Venue:

Osaka, Japan is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a populatio ...

Group H

*Venue:

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Group I

*Venue:

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Final round

*Venue:

Final ranking

Overall ranking

Individual awards

*Most valuable player: ** *Best spiker: ** *Best blocker: ** *Best server: ** *Best libero: ** *Best setter: ** *Best scorer: **

References

FIVB

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2007 in Chinese sport International volleyball competitions hosted by China

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