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International volleyball competition for national teams From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without two high-profile world-level volleyball competitions, alongside the pre-existing men's and women's world championship, men's and women's world cup and the volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games which are all quadrennial and the annual men's and women's Nations League.
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| Sport | Volleyball |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| First season | 1993 (Men, Women) |
| Ceased | 2017 (Men, Women) |
| Replaced by | FIVB Volleyball World Championship |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Last champion(s) | M:  Brazil (5th title) W:  China (2nd title) |
| Most titles | M: Brazil (5 titles) W: Brazil China (2 titles each) |
The World Grand Champions Cup was therefore played quadrennially the year after the Olympic Games and is always hosted by the Japan Volleyball Association. It did not give any points for the World Ranking.
Brazil has been the most successful team in the men's tournament, having won five of the seven editions. Brazil has also finished runners-up to Cuba and Italy in the only two occasions claimed by other national teams. The women's tournament history is more balanced with Brazil and China having won the tournament twice, while Cuba, Italy, and Russia have won one title each.
The World Grand Champions Cup was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB. The main goal was not to have a single year without a world FIVB competition. This is the only FIVB tournament that doesn't give FIVB points for the world ranking.
On 22 June 2023, Volleyball Calendar 2025–2028 approved by FIVB shown that World Championships to be played biannually in odd years. That meant the World Grand Champions Cup was discontinued and replaced by World Championships.[1]
Brazil has been the most successful team with the men's team winning five and the women's team two titles.
The World Grand Champions Cup has always had the same formula since the first edition:
| Year | Round-robin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | 5th place | 6th place | ||
| 1993 Details |
 Italy |
 Brazil |
 Cuba |
 Japan |
 United States |
 South Korea | |
| 1997 Details |
Brazil |
 Netherlands |
Cuba |
 China |
Japan |
 Australia | |
| 2001 Details |
Cuba |
Brazil |
 Yugoslavia |
 South Korea |
 Japan |
 Argentina | |
| 2005 Details |
Brazil |
United States |
Italy |
Japan |
 Egypt |
China | |
| 2009 Details |
Brazil |
Cuba |
Japan |
 Poland |
 Iran |
Egypt | |
| 2013 Details |
Brazil |
 Russia |
Italy |
Iran |
United States |
Japan | |
| 2017 Details |
Brazil |
Italy |
Iran |
United States |
 France |
Japan | |
| Year | Round-robin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | 5th place | 6th place | ||
| 1993 Details |
Cuba |
China |
 Russia |
Japan |
United States |
 Peru | |
| 1997 Details |
Russia |
Cuba |
Brazil |
China |
Japan |
South Korea | |
| 2001 Details |
China |
Russia |
Japan |
Brazil |
United States |
South Korea | |
| 2005 Details |
Brazil |
United States |
China |
Poland |
Japan |
South Korea | |
| 2009 Details |
Italy |
Brazil |
 Dominican Republic |
Japan |
South Korea |
 Thailand | |
| 2013 Details |
Brazil |
United States |
Japan |
Russia |
Thailand |
Dominican Republic | |
| 2017 Details |
China |
Brazil |
United States |
Russia |
Japan |
 South Korea | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| 1 | Japan | 35 |
| 2 | Brazil | 30 |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 25 |
| 4 | China | 25 |
| 5 | Russia | 25 |
| 6 | United States | 25 |
| 7 | Cuba | 10 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 10 |
| 9 | Thailand | 10 |
| 10 | Poland | 5 |
| 1 | Brazil | 22 |
| 2 | China | 19 |
| 3 | Russia | 14 |
| 4 | United States | 14 |
| 5 | Japan | 13 |
| 6 | Cuba | 9 |
| 7 | Italy | 5 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 4 |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 3 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 |
| 1 | Italy | 100 % |
| 2 | Cuba | 90 % |
| 3 | China | 76 % |
| 4 | Brazil | 73 % |
| 5 | Russia | 56 % |
| 6 | United States | 56 % |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 40 % |
| 8 | Japan | 37 % |
| 9 | Poland | 20 % |
| 10 | Republic of Korea | 12 % |
(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)
| Team | S | Firs | Best | Pts | MP | W | L | GF | GA | diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 1997 | 1st | 52 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 76 | 32 | +44 |
| 2 | Japan | 7 | 1993 | 3rd | 48 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 55 | 74 | -19 |
| 3 | China | 5 | 1993 | 1st | 44 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 61 | 32 | +29 |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 1993 | 1st | 39 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 1993 | 2nd | 39 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 48 | +4 |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 5 | 1997 | 5th | 28 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 71 | -57 |
| 7 | Cuba | 2 | 1993 | 1st | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 10 | +18 |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2009 | 3rd | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -5 |
| 9 | Thailand | 2 | 2009 | 5th | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 28 | -20 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 2009 | 1st | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 2005 | 5th | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 |
| 12 | Peru | 1 | 1993 | 6th | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
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