The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Brazil captured their record eleventh title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over defending champions United States. In the bronze medal match, The Netherlands prevailed in five sets over Russia. Natália Pereira was elected the most valuable player.
In the Group 2 finals held in Varna, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic defeated Poland in five sets and earned a promotion to Group 1 for the 2017 season.
Moreover, in the Group 3 finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Croatia defeated the home team in straight sets to earn a promotion to Group 2 in the 2017 edition.
Qualification All 28 teams of the 2015 edition directly qualified.
AfricaAsia and OceaniaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth America
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 serpentine system. 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. Group 1Group 2Group 3Week 2Week 1Pool A1 ChinaPool B1 BrazilPool C1 RussiaPool A2 ArgentinaPool B2 PolandPool A3 AlgeriaPool B3 AustraliaWeek 3Week 2Pool D1 MacauPool E1 United StatesPool F1 ItalyPool C2 Czech RepublicPool D2 PolandPool C3 ColombiaPool D3 PeruWeek 4Final roundPool G1 TurkeyPool H1 Hong KongPool I1 JapanGroup 3 (Week 3)KazakhstanGroup 2 (Week 3)BulgariaGroup 1 (Week 6)ThailandPool J1
Pool K1
Competition schedule ●Intercontinental round●Final round
Week 13–5 JunWeek 29–12 JunWeek 317–19 JunWeek 424–26 JunWeek 51–3 JulWeek 66–10 JulGroup 118 matches18 matches18 matches11 matchesGroup 212 matches12 matches4 matchesGroup 312 matches12 matches4 matches
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 Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).
Group 1
Ranking
Week 2
Pool A1 Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China
Pool B1 Venue: Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pool C1 Venue: DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia
Week 3
Pool D1 Venue: Macau Forum, Macau, China
Pool E1 Venue: Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States
Pool F1 Venue: PalaFlorio, Bari, Italy
Week 4
Pool G1 Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
Pool H1 Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China
Pool I1 Venue: Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto, Japan
Group 2
Ranking
Week 1
Pool A2 Venue: Club Deportivo Floresta, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Pool B2 Venue: Hala MOSiR, Zielona Góra, Poland
Week 2
Pool C2 Venue: Sport Hall Up Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Pool D2 Venue: Hala Mistrzów, Włocławek, Poland
Group 3
Ranking
Week 1
Pool A3 Venue: Salle OMS Belkhdar Tahar, Algiers, Algeria
Pool B3 Venue: Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia
Week 2
Pool C3 Venue: Coliseo Evangelista Mora, Cali, Colombia
Pool D3 Venue: Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru
Final round All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).
Group 3 Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Final four (Week 3)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 2 Venue: Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria
Final four (Week 3)
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Group 1 Venue: Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand
Pool play (Week 6)
Pool J1
Pool K1
Final four (Week 6)
Semifinals
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam45678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final RoundFabiana Claudino (c), Juciely Barreto, Dani Lins, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Roberta Ratzke, Gabriela Guimarães, Tandara Caixeta, Sheilla Castro, Fernanda Garay, Mariana Costa, Natália Pereira, Camila Brait, Léia Silva,Head coachJosé Roberto Guimarães
Awards
Most valuable player Natália Pereira Best Outside Hitters Sheilla Castro Kimberly Hill Best setter Nootsara Tomkom Best Middle Blockers Rachael Adams Thaísa Menezes 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. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Points Name Points Name Points 1 Nataliya Goncharova 185 Berenika Tomsia 167 Ángela Leyva 203 2 Lonneke Slöetjes 169 Emiliya Nikolova 138 Samanta Fabris 154 3 Polen Uslupehlivan 154 Brayelin Martínez 138 Madelaynne Montaño 134 4 Ajcharaporn Kongyot 135 Bethania de la Cruz 133 Kenny Moreno 126 5 Louisa Lippmann 131 Karina Ocasio 131 Radmila Beresneva 86
Best spikers Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Paola Egonu 46.05 Brayelin Martínez 43.32 Samanta Fabris 51.39 2 Lonneke Slöetjes 45.91 Berenika Tomsia 42.82 Ángela Leyva 48.88 3 Nataliya Goncharova 43.65 Stephanie Enright 40.68 Mira Topić 46.67 4 Kimberly Hill 41.98 Emiliya Nikolova 40.33 Heidy Rodríguez 43.16 5 Zhu Ting 40.76 Karina Ocasio 40.31 Kenny Moreno 43.03
Best blockers Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Irina Zaryazhko 1.22 Agnieszka Kąkolewska 0.97 Daymara Lescay 0.87 2 Xu Yunli 0.73 Brackcides Khadambi 0.72 Kristina Anikonova 0.67 3 Yan Ni 0.67 Lucille Charuk 0.71 Ángela Leyva 0.61 4 Nataliya Goncharova 0.67 Lynda Morales 0.70 Heidy Casanova 0.61 5 Freya Aelbrecht 0.64 Karina Ocasio 0.67 Lorena Zuleta 0.60
Best servers Best servers determined by the average of aces per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Ajcharaporn Kongyot 0.45 Yael Castiglione 0.42 Shae Sloane 0.55 2 Hande Baladın 0.32 Áurea Cruz 0.37 Ana Grbac 0.52 3 Nursevil Aydinlar 0.32 Anna Grejman 0.36 Samanta Fabris 0.48 4 Yvon Beliën 0.32 Emilce Sosa 0.33 Mira Topić 0.44 5 Antonella Del Core 0.32 Viktoriya Grigorova 0.31 Fahima Brahmi 0.39
Best setters Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Kanami Tashiro 4.86 Joanna Wołosz 10.70 María Marín 8.19 2 Ding Xia 4.57 Vilmarie Mojica 8.23 Irina Lukomskaya 7.30 3 Alisha Glass 4.57 Yael Castiglione 7.67 Ana Grbac 6.26 4 Laura Dijkema 4.34 Pavla Vincourová 4.61 Shae Sloane 5.55 5 Pornpun Guedpard 4.29 Jane Wairimu 4.44 Alexandra Muñoz 5.42
Best diggers Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Anna Malova 3.08 Veronika Dostálová 6.48 Freda López 3.29 2 Monica De Gennaro 2.74 Tatiana Rizzo 5.04 Emily Borrell 2.96 3 Lenka Dürr 2.10 Shara Venegas 4.87 Alice De Innocentiis 2.45 4 Wilavan Apinyapong 2.10 Agata Durajczyk 3.27 Vanessa Palacios 2.39 5 Charlotte Leys 2.09 Brackcides Khadambi 2.89 Lizbeth Sainz 2.14
Best receivers Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 Rank Name Name Name 1 Wilavan Apinyapong 53.85 Áurea Cruz 66.20 Camila Gómez 45.08 2 Jordan Larson 51.20 Agata Durajczyk 61.88 María Martínez 44.67 3 Piyanut Pannoy 49.01 Michaela Mlejnková 54.05 Radmila Beresneva 41.01 4 Lenka Dürr 48.28 Tatiana Rizzo 53.96 Mira Topić 40.56 5 Kelsey Robinson 43.26 Mariya Filipova 51.72 Tatyana Fendrikova 39.86
See also 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League 2016 Women's European Volleyball League Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Notes
References
External links Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix – official website Media Guide – Introduction and Tournament History at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Preview and Competition Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Team Information and Players statistics at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Referees at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Tournaments Records and History World Ranking at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Historical Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix Media Guide – Media Information at 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix