The 2016

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was the 24th edition of the annual women's international

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tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in

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captured their record eleventh title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over defending champions

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. In the bronze medal match,

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prevailed in five sets over

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. Natália Pereira was elected the most valuable player. In the Group 2 finals held in

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defeated

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in five sets and earned a promotion to Group 1 for the 2017 season. Moreover, in the Group 3 finals in

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defeated the

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in straight sets to earn a promotion to Group 2 in the 2017 edition.

Qualification

*All 28 teams of the 2015 edition directly qualified.

Format

Intercontinental round

*Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB. *Group 2, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB. *Group 3, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.

Final round

*Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the

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. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals. *Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.

Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 19 August 2015.

Competition schedule

Squads

There are 21 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 21 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # 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

Intercontinental round

*All times are

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( UTC±00:00).

Group 1

Ranking

Week 2

=Pool A1

= *Venue: Beilun Gymnasium,

Ningbo Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the Eas ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

=Pool B1

= *Venue:

Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 1 (Portuguese: ''Arena Carioca 1'') is an indoor arena in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paraly ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

=Pool C1

= *Venue: DS Yantarny,

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Prego ...

Week 3

=Pool D1

= *Venue:

Macau Forum Macau Forum (, ) is a venue connected to the adjacent Macao Polytechnic University Multisport Pavilion and Media Centre located at Avenida de Marciano Baptista, in Sé, Macau, China. Macao Forum used to be the largest indoor venue in Macau befor ...

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=Pool E1

= *Venue: Walter Pyramid,

Long Beach Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

=Pool F1

= *Venue: PalaFlorio,

Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...

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Week 4

=Pool G1

= *Venue:

Başkent Volleyball Hall Başkent Volleyball Hall, () is an indoor volleyball venue within the TVF Sports Complex located at Beşevler neighborhood of Yenimahalle district in Ankara, Turkey. Opened in 2010, the venue has a seating capacity of 7,600 spectators. Construc ...

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=Pool H1

= *Venue:

Hong Kong Coliseum Hong Kong Coliseum (), commonly and informally known as the Hung Hom Coliseum (, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. It is in Yau Tsim Mong District. It was built by the Urban Council ...

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 ...

=Pool I1

= *Venue: Shimadzu Arena,

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

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Group 2

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A2

= *Venue: Club Deportivo Floresta,

San Miguel de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán (), usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Argentin ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

=Pool B2

= *Venue: Hala MOSiR,

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

Week 2

=Pool C2

= *Venue: Sport Hall Up Olomouc,

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=Pool D2

= *Venue:

Hala Mistrzów Hala Mistrzów (polish: Hall of Champions) is an arena in Włocławek, Poland. It is primarily used for basketball. Hala Mistrzow holds 4,200 people and hosts the home games of Anwil Włocławek Anwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, mun ...

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Group 3

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A3

= *Venue: Salle OMS Belkhdar Tahar,

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

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=Pool B3

= *Venue: Bendigo Stadium,

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Week 2

=Pool C3

= *Venue: Coliseo Evangelista Mora,

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

=Pool D3

= *Venue: Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo,

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Final round

*All times are

( UTC±00:00).

Group 3

*Venue:

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Final four (Week 3)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 2

*Venue: Palace of Culture and Sports,

Final four (Week 3)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 1

*Venue:

Indoor Stadium Huamark Indoor Stadium Huamark (, , ) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena, located in Hua Mak Subdistrict, Bang Kapi District, Bang Kapi, Bangkok, Thailand. It is next to Rajamangala National Stadium and is a part of Hua Mak Sports Complex. The orig ...

Pool play (Week 6)

=Pool J1

=Pool K1

Final four (Week 6)

=Semifinals

=5th place match

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

* Most valuable player *: Natália Pereira * Best Outside Hitters *:

Sheilla Castro Sheilla Tavares de Castro (born 1 July 1983) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. On both occasions the Brazilian national team won the gold medal. She also pl ...

*: Kimberly Hill * Best setter *: Nootsara Tomkom * Best Middle Blockers *: Rachael Adams *:

Thaísa Menezes Thaísa Daher de Menezes (; born 15 May 1987) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player. She won back-to-back gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She has won numerous Best Spiker and Best Blocker Awards, and is often singled o ...

* Best libero *: Lin Li * Best Opposite *: Lonneke Slöetjes

Statistics leaders

The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 26 June 2016.

Best scorers

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

Best spikers

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Best blockers

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Best servers

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best setters

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Best diggers

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Best receivers

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

Notes

References

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
– official website
2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
– official website
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Qualification

Format

Intercontinental round

Final round

Pools composition

Competition schedule

Squads

Pool standing procedure

Intercontinental round

Group 1

Ranking

Week 2

=Pool A1

=Pool B1

=Pool C1

Week 3

=Pool D1

=Pool E1

=Pool F1

Week 4

=Pool G1

=Pool H1

=Pool I1

Group 2

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A2

=Pool B2

Week 2

=Pool C2

=Pool D2

Group 3

Ranking

Week 1

=Pool A3

=Pool B3

Week 2

=Pool C3

=Pool D3

Final round

Group 3

Final four (Week 3)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 2

Final four (Week 3)

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Group 1

Pool play (Week 6)

=Pool J1

=Pool K1

Final four (Week 6)

=Semifinals

=5th place match

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

Statistics leaders

Best scorers

Best spikers

Best blockers

Best servers

Best setters

Best diggers

Best receivers

See also

Notes

References

External links