2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Osaka and Nagoya, Japan from 18 to 23 November 2009.

2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	18–23 November
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Robertlandy Simón
Official website
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Qualification

Team	Qualified as
Japan	Hosts and 2009 Asian Champions
Iran	2009 Asian Runners-up
Poland	2009 European Champions
Cuba	2009 NORCECA Champions
Brazil	2009 South American Champions
Egypt	Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Main article: 2009 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

• Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
• Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Japan

Results

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	436	360	1.211
2	Cuba	5	4	1	9	14	7	2.000	474	420	1.129
3	Japan	5	3	2	8	9	11	0.818	430	437	0.984
4	Poland	5	2	3	7	9	10	0.900	402	433	0.928
5	Iran	5	1	4	6	8	14	0.571	472	491	0.961
6	Egypt	5	0	5	5	5	15	0.333	388	461	0.842

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Osaka round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Nov	13:30	Egypt	2–3	Iran	25–21	20–25	21–25	25–17	10–15	101–103	P2 P3
18 Nov	15:30	Cuba	2–3	Brazil	22–25	26–24	18–25	25–23	10–15	101–112	P2 P3
18 Nov	19:00	Japan	3–2	Poland	22–25	25–15	21–25	25–21	15–10	108–96	P2 P3
19 Nov	13:30	Iran	1–3	Brazil	22–25	18–25	25–23	19–25		84–98	P2 P3
19 Nov	15:30	Poland	1–3	Cuba	25–22	18–25	18–25	22–25		83–97	P2 P3
19 Nov	19:00	Egypt	1–3	Japan	15–25	25–22	21–25	17–25		78–97	P2 P3

Nagoya round

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Nov	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–17	25–17	25–18			75–52	P2 P3
21 Nov	14:30	Cuba	3–2	Egypt	25–17	23–25	25–14	23–25	15–7	111–88	P2 P3
21 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	Iran	27–25	18–25	25–23	20–25	16–14	106–112	P2 P3
22 Nov	12:30	Egypt	0–3	Brazil	21–25	22–25	22–25			65–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	14:30	Iran	1–3	Poland	23–25	25–18	26–28	23–25		97–96	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Cuba	19–25	20–25	22–25			61–75	P2 P3
23 Nov	13:30	Cuba	3–1	Iran	25–14	25–22	15–25	25–15		90–76	P2 P3
23 Nov	15:30	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–19	25–18	25–19			75–56	P2 P3
23 Nov	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–12	26–24	25–22			76–58	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Cuba  Japan 4  Poland 5  Iran 6  Egypt

2009 Men's World Grand Champions Cup champions  Brazil Third title Team Roster Bruno, Sidão, Vissotto, Giba, Murilo, Théo, Sérgio, Thiago, João Paulo, Rodrigão, Lucas, Marlon Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP: Robertlandy Simón
• Best scorer: Kunihiro Shimizu
• Best spiker: Tatsuya Fukuzawa
• Best blocker: Robertlandy Simón
• Best server: Robertlandy Simón
• Best setter: Bruno Rezende
• Best libero: Sérgio Santos

External links

• Official website
• NTV website (in Japanese)