The 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fourth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Shanghai, PR China, from 27 to 29 September 1996.
Preliminary round
Ranking The host China and top three teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.
First round
Group A Venue: Sendai, Japan
Group B Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia
Second round
Group C Venue: Osaka, Japan
Group D Venue: Beijing, China
Third round
Group E Venue: Honolulu, United States
Group F Venue: Macau
Fourth round
Group G Venue: Taipei, Taiwan
Group H Venue: Hong Kong
Final round Venue: Shanghai, China
Final ranking
Final standings
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Team rosterLeila Barros, Ana Moser, Fernanda Venturini, Fofão, Virna Dias, Ana Paula Connelly, Karin Rodrigues, Filó, Sandra Suruagy, Hilma Caldeira, Fernanda Doval and Ana Flavia Sanglard.Head coachBernardo Rezende
Individual awards Most valuable player:
Best scorer:
Best spiker:
Best blocker:
Best server:
Best receiver:
Best setter:
Best Outside Hitters:
Best Middle Blockers:
Best Opposite:
Statistics leaders Only players whose teams advanced to the final four are ranked.
Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 SUN Yue 119 2 Evguenia ARTAMONOVA 113 3 Virna Dias 103 4 Regla Bell 100 5 Leila Barros 94 6 LI Yan 92 7 Regla Torres 91 8 Elena Godina 87 9 Elizabeta Titchenko 82 10 Ana Paula Connelly 79
Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Leila Barros 38.45 2 Evguenia Artamonova 37.34 3 Virna Dias 35.43 4 Sun Yue 33.23 5 Regla Torres 32.12 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Ana Paula Connelly 1.19 2 Regla Torres 1.06 3 Lai Yawen 0.98 4 Li Yan 0.90 5 Ana Ibis Fernandez 0.88 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 DIAS Virna 0.47 2 BATUKHTINA Elena 0.44 3 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 0.39 4 BELL Regla 0.33 5 WANG Zilling 0.31 Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 SUN Yue 3.43 2 LAI Yawen 3.11 3 BARROS Leila 2.76 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 BELL Regla 74.16 2 SANGLARD Ana Flavia 71.15 3 LI Yan 67.67 Best setters Rank Name Avg %Succ 1 VENTURINI Fernanda 10.62 68.76 2 HE Qi 9.98 51.89 3 NIKULINA Marina 8.23 45.42 4 COSTA Marlenis 6.76 55.43 5 GRATCHEVA Tatianna 5.11 43.43
References Results