The 1997
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in
Japan
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from 15 to 24 November 1997.
Qualification
Competition formula
The competition formula of the 1997 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
Venues
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Osaka-jō Hall,
Osaka,
Japan
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Hiroshima Green Arena,
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
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Japan
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Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo,
Japan
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Results
*All times are
Japan Standard Time (
UTC+09:00).
Osaka round
Hiroshima round
Tokyo round
Final standing
Team Roster
Roim,
Leandro,
Kid,
Monzillo,
Giba,
Douglas,
Nalbert
Nalbert Tavares Bitencourt (born March 9, 1974), known as Nalbert, is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player.
He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Nalbert is and played as passer-attacker. With Brazil national team he won two World Lea ...
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Gustavo
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It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, a ...
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Joel,
Renato Felizardo,
Ricardo,
Manius Abbadi
Head Coach:
Radamés Lattari Filho
Awards
*Best Scorer:
Nalbert Bitencourt
*Best Spiker:
Bas van de Goor
Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor (born 4 September 1971, in Oss) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He was elected twic ...
*Best Blocker:
Zheng Liang
*Best Server:
David Beard
*Best Digger:
Li Tieming
*Best Setter:
Misha Latuhihin
*Best Receiver:
Nalbert Bitencourt
External links
ResultsOfficial Website
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