Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

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The World Grand Champions Cup is a men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1993, it is an international tournament that is played the year after the Olympic Games.

1 History
2 Competition Formula
3 Winners summary
- 3.1 Men's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
- 3.2 Women's Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
4 Medals summary
- 4.1 Men
- 4.2 Women
5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Origins

The World Grand Champions Cup was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organized 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.

[edit] Winners (Men)

Brazil has been the most successful team in the Men's World Grand Champions Cup. Cuba has also obtained good results, including 3 medals.

[edit] Winners (Women)

The Women's World Grand Champions Cup has had not one great winner, every edition has had a new champion.

[edit] Competition Formula

The World Grand Champions Cup has always had the same formula since the first edition:

The competition takes place in Japan.
Six teams participate in each event: host team, four qualified, one per invitation.
Japan is always pre-qualified as host nation.
Four continental champions from continents whose teams reached the highest ranking at the preceding Olympic Games.
The remaining team participates through a wild card granted by the FIVB.
A round robin format is used for this competition.
Final standings are calculated by usual volleyball criteria: number of wins, point ratio (the total number of points won divided by the total number of points lost), set ratio, direct confrontation.