The 2000

FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...

was the eighth women's

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tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in three countries and six cities throughout Asia:

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, Chinese Taipei and

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, cumulating with the final round at

Araneta Coliseum The Araneta Coliseum, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Smart Araneta Coliseum, is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena that is part of the Araneta City in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines. Nicknamed as "the Big Do ...

Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...

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, from 24 to 27 August 2000.

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The best four teams from the overall ranking are qualified for the final round.

First round

Group A

*Venue:

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...

Group B

*Venue:

Yala, Thailand Yala ( th, ยะลา, or ) is a city and seat of Mueang Yala District and Yala Province, southern Thailand. The provincial and district capital, it is 137 kilometres by road southeast of Hat Yai. The eastern part of the city is part of the n ...

Second round

Group C

*Venue: Kaohsiung,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Group D

*Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Third round

Group E

*Venue:

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, China

Group F

*Venue:

Quezon City, Philippines Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...

Final round

*Venue:

5th–8th place

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final four

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player: ** *Best Scorer: ** *Best Spiker: ** *Best Blocker: ** *Best Server: ** *Best Setter: ** *Best Receiver: ** *Best Libero: **

Dream Team

Setter: ** Middle Blockers: ** ** Outside Hitters: ** ** Opposite Spiker: **

References

Archived Results

2000 in Philippine sport International volleyball competitions hosted by the Philippines

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