1993 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The first World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan from 16 to 21 November 1993.

1993 World Grand Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 16–21
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Regla Bell
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Teams

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Host Nation
China	1993 Asian Champions
Cuba	1993 NORCECA Champions
Peru	1993 South American Champions
Russia	1993 European Champions
United States	Wild Card

Squads

Main article: 1993 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup Squads

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 1993 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

• Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Tokyo)
• Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka)

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Cuba	5	5	0	10	15	4	3.750	280	175	1.600
2	China	5	4	1	9	12	7	1.714	246	212	1.160
3	Russia	5	3	2	8	12	11	1.091	290	290	1.000
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	9	11	0.818	253	257	0.984
5	United States	5	1	4	6	8	14	0.571	237	299	0.793
6	Peru	5	0	5	5	6	15	0.400	217	290	0.748

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Tokyo round

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Nov	Peru	1–3	Cuba	15–13	4–15	7–15	8–15		34–58
16 Nov	Russia	2–3	China	9–15	15–7	13–15	15–11	11–15	63–63
16 Nov	Japan	3–1	United States	17–15	13–15	15–8	15–13		60–51
17 Nov	China	0–3	Cuba	3–15	13–15	7–15			23–45
17 Nov	United States	3–2	Peru	5–15	10–15	15–12	15–7	15–9	60–55
17 Nov	Russia	3–2	Japan	15–13	7–15	17–15	11–15	15–12	65–70

Osaka round

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Nov	Russia	1–3	Cuba	15–13	4–15	7–15	6–15		32–58
19 Nov	China	3–1	United States	15–7	15–6	9–15	15–6		54–34
19 Nov	Japan	3–1	Peru	8–15	15–6	15–13	15–1		53–35
20 Nov	Cuba	3–2	United States	13–15	15–6	15–17	15–10	15–10	74–58
20 Nov	Peru	2–3	Russia	4–15	15–11	15–13	14–16	17–19	65–74
20 Nov	Japan	1–3	China	14–16	17–15	8–15	3–15		42–61
21 Nov	United States	1–3	Russia	15–11	12–15	4–15	3–15		34–56
21 Nov	Peru	0–3	China	11–15	6–15	11–15			28–45
21 Nov	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–9	15–11	15–8			45–28

Final standing

Rank Team  Cuba  China  Russia 4  Japan 5  United States 6  Peru

1993 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup champions  Cuba First title Team Roster Regla Bell, Mireya Luis, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Magaly Carvajal, Marlenis Costa, Sonia Lescaille, Tania Ortiz, Marta Sánchez, Regla Torres, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia Head Coach: Eugenio George Lafita

Individual awards

• MVP: Regla Bell
• Best scorer: Yevgeniya Artamonova
• Best spiker: Regla Bell
• Best blocker: Asako Tajimi
• Best server: Yevgeniya Artamonova
• Best setter: Marlenis Costa
• Best receiver: Regla Bell

External links

• Results