2010 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's volleyball tournament to be played by 12 countries from 6–29 August 2010. The finals were held at the Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China.

2010 FIVB World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	China (Final)
Dates	6–29 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	China
Tournament awards
MVP	Foluke Akinradewo (USA)
Official website
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The United States claimed their 3rd title and Foluke Akinradewo of the United States won the Most Valuable Player award.^[1]

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Europe	America	Asia
Poland  Netherlands  Italy  Germany	Brazil  Puerto Rico  Dominican Republic  United States	China  Japan  Chinese Taipei  Thailand

Teams

Further information: FIVB World Grand Prix 2010 Squads

Calendar

Week 1 6–8 August 2010
Group A: São Carlos, Brazil	Group B: Gdynia, Poland	Group C: Chengdu, China
Brazil  Italy  Japan Chinese Taipei	Poland  Germany  United States  Dominican Republic	China  Netherlands  Thailand  Puerto Rico
Week 2 13–15 August 2010
Group D: Bangkok, Thailand	Group E: Macau	Group F: Okayama, Japan
Thailand  Italy  United States  Puerto Rico	China  Brazil  Netherlands  Dominican Republic	Japan  Poland  Germany Chinese Taipei
Week 3 20–22 August 2010
Group G: Hong Kong	Group H: Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Group I: Tokyo, Japan
China  United States  Germany  Thailand	Chinese Taipei  Brazil  Poland  Puerto Rico	Japan  Italy  Netherlands  Dominican Republic
Week 4 Final round 25–29 August 2010
Ningbo, China
Top five teams  Brazil  United States  Poland  Japan  Italy and  China as host

Standing and tie-breaking procedure

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria:
number of matches won, points ratio and sets ratio

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host China and top five teams in the preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	9	8	1	24	711	535	1.329	25	4	6.250	Final round
2	United States	9	7	2	21	802	652	1.230	23	10	2.300
3	Poland	9	7	2	21	726	651	1.115	22	9	2.444
4	Japan	9	6	3	19	830	725	1.145	21	13	1.615
5	Italy	9	6	3	19	811	757	1.071	22	12	1.833
6	China	9	6	3	19	718	671	1.070	21	11	1.909	Hosts for the final round
7	Netherlands	9	5	4	13	721	731	0.986	17	16	1.063
8	Dominican Republic	9	3	6	7	767	863	0.889	13	24	0.542
9	Germany	9	2	7	7	727	803	0.905	12	22	0.545
10	Thailand	9	2	7	6	657	727	0.904	8	23	0.348
11	Puerto Rico	9	1	8	4	600	747	0.803	7	24	0.292
12	Chinese Taipei	9	1	8	2	508	716	0.709	3	26	0.115

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First round

Group A

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–19	25–12			75–46	P2 P3
6 Aug	Italy	1–3	Japan	28–30	29–27	20–25	13–25		90–107	P2 P3
7 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
7 Aug	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	15–25	20–25	19–25			54–75	P2 P3
8 Aug	Brazil	1–3	Italy	22–25	21–25	25–18	19–25		87–93	P2 P3
8 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–16	25–16	25–16			75–48	P2 P3

Group B

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	24–26	25–22	14–25	19–25		82–98	P2 P3
6 Aug	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–18	16–25	25–22	26–24		92–89	P2 P3
7 Aug	Poland	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–16	25–14			75–54	P2 P3
7 Aug	United States	1–3	Germany	23–25	22–25	25–16	23–25		93–91	P2 P3
8 Aug	Poland	3–1	United States	16–25	26–24	25–19	25–23		92–91	P2 P3
8 Aug	Germany	2–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	25–22	29–31	25–16	17–19	115–113	P2 P3

Group C

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	Netherlands	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–22	25–23			75–67	P2 P3
6 Aug	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–18	25–22			75–60	P2 P3
7 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Netherlands	9–25	12–25	21–25			42–75	P2 P3
7 Aug	Thailand	0–3	China	16–25	16–25	22–25			54–75	P2 P3
8 Aug	Thailand	0–3	Puerto Rico	22–25	23–25	21–25			66–75	P2 P3
8 Aug	China	3–1	Netherlands	19–25	25–20	25–15	25–21		94–81	P2 P3

Second round

Group D

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	United States	3–1	Italy	26–28	26–24	25–23	25–15		102–90	P2 P3
13 Aug	Thailand	3–1	Puerto Rico	23–25	25–17	25–23	25–19		98–84	P2 P3
14 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Italy	12–25	17–25	18–25			47–75	P2 P3
14 Aug	United States	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–13			75–52	P2 P3
15 Aug	Puerto Rico	1–3	United States	25–21	22–25	12–25	15–25		74–96	P2 P3
15 Aug	Italy	3–1	Thailand	21–25	25–23	25–21	25–20		96–89	P2 P3

Group E

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–14	25–18	25–14			75–46	P2 P3
13 Aug	China	3–0	Netherlands	25–16	25–19	25–16			75–51	P2 P3
14 Aug	Brazil	3–1	Netherlands	25–21	21–25	25–15	26–24		97–85	P2 P3
14 Aug	China	2–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	25–20	25–21	22–25	9–15	101–106	P2 P3
16 Aug	Netherlands	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–20	17–25	23–25	15–7	105–100	P2 P3
16 Aug	China	0–3	Brazil	12–25	19–25	19–25			50–75	P2 P3

Group F

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Aug	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Poland	16–25	19–25	15–25			50–75	P2 P3
13 Aug	Japan	3–1	Germany	26–28	25–17	25–20	25–11		101–76	P2 P3
14 Aug	Germany	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–14	25–19			75–52	P2 P3
14 Aug	Japan	3–1	Poland	25–19	25–21	19–25	25–16		94–81	P2 P3
15 Aug	Germany	1–3	Poland	23–25	23–25	31–29	20–25		97–104	P2 P3
15 Aug	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	28–26	25–15	25–11			78–52	P2 P3

Third round

Group G

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	Germany	0–3	United States	15–25	18–25	13–25			46–75	P2 P3
20 Aug	China	3–1	Thailand	16–25	27–25	25–23	25–15		93–88	P2 P3
21 Aug	Thailand	0–3	United States	16–25	16–25	16–25			48–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	China	3–0	Germany	25–14	25–19	28–26			78–59	P2 P3
22 Aug	Germany	1–3	Thailand	25–20	16–25	16–25	22–25		79–95	P2 P3
22 Aug	China	1–3	United States	20–25	10–25	25–22	22–25		77–97	P2 P3

Group H

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–18	25–13	25–20			75–51	P2 P3
20 Aug	Poland	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–19	25–18	25–9			75–46	P2 P3
21 Aug	Puerto Rico	0–3	Poland	20–25	20–25	14–25			54–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Brazil	15–25	17–25	16–25			48–75	P2 P3
22 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–16	27–25	25–16			77–57	P2 P3
22 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Puerto Rico	27–29	25–21	18–25	25–23	17–15	112–113	P2 P3

Group I

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	29–27	25–16	25–15			79–58	P2 P3
20 Aug	Japan	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–15	23–25	31–29	25–20		104–89	P2 P3
21 Aug	Dominican Republic	0–3	Netherlands	19–25	22–25	20–25			61–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	Japan	1–3	Italy	23–25	25–27	25–21	23–25		96–98	P2 P3
22 Aug	Dominican Republic	3–2	Italy	23–25	32–30	25–22	22–25	15–13	117–115	P2 P3
22 Aug	Japan	2–3	Netherlands	19–25	25–22	36–38	25–16	11–15	116–116	P2 P3

Final round

• Venue: Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Aug	United States	3–2	Poland	13–25	18–25	28–26	25–19	15–12	99–107	P2 P3
25 Aug	Brazil	2–3	Japan	25–13	23–25	25–18	22–25	13–15	108–96	P2 P3
25 Aug	China	0–3	Italy	20–25	16–25	21–25			57–75	P2 P3
26 Aug	United States	3–0	Italy	25–23	25–20	25–14			75–57	P2 P3
26 Aug	Poland	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–23	20–25	17–25		83–98	P2 P3
26 Aug	China	3–1	Japan	29–27	23–25	25–20	25–19		102–91	P2 P3
27 Aug	Japan	3–2	Italy	23–25	25–14	26–28	25–20	17–15	116–102	P2 P3
27 Aug	Brazil	2–3	United States	25–22	19–25	28–30	25–17	13–15	110–109	P2 P3
27 Aug	China	3–0	Poland	25–19	25–19	25–17			75–55	P2 P3
28 Aug	Poland	3–1	Japan	25–15	21–25	25–23	25–22		96–85	P2 P3
28 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–18	25–13	25–16			75–47	P2 P3
28 Aug	China	0–3	United States	21–25	25–27	22–25			68–77	P2 P3
29 Aug	Japan	0–3	United States	24–26	20–25	23–25			67–76	P2 P3
29 Aug	Italy	3–1	Poland	23–25	25–15	25–23	25–17		98–80	P2 P3
29 Aug	China	0–3	Brazil	12–25	16–25	15–25			43–75	P2 P3

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	United States	5	5	0	13	436	409	1.066	15	4	3.750
2	Brazil	5	3	2	11	466	378	1.233	13	7	1.857
3	Italy	5	2	3	7	379	403	0.940	8	10	0.800
4	China	5	2	3	6	345	373	0.925	6	10	0.600
5	Japan	5	2	3	4	455	484	0.940	8	13	0.615
6	Poland	5	1	4	4	421	455	0.925	7	13	0.538

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Overall ranking

Place Team  United States  Brazil  Italy 4  China 5  Japan 6  Poland 7  Netherlands 8  Dominican Republic 9  Germany 10  Thailand 11  Puerto Rico 12 Chinese Taipei

2010 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix winners  United States Third title Team roster: Ogonna Nnamani, Alisha Glass, Stacy Sykora, Nicole Davis, Heather Bown, Cynthia Barboza, Jennifer Tamas, Jordan Larson, Nicole Fawcett, Logan Tom, Foluke Akinradewo, Nellie Spicer, Megan Hodge, Destinee Hooker. Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon

Individual awards

• Most valuable player:
  •  Foluke Akinradewo (USA)
• Best spiker:
  •  Jaqueline Carvalho (BRA)
• Best blocker:
  •  Foluke Akinradewo (USA)
• Best server:
  •  Wang Yimei (CHN)
• Best libero:
  •  Zhang Xian (CHN)
• Best setter:
  •  Alisha Glass (USA)
• Best scorer:
  •  Saori Kimura (JPN)