The 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 2007 in

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Teams

12 teams participated in the World Cup: * The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , , * Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007: , , , * The host nation's team: * Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007: ,

Squads

Venues

Format

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained. Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B)
Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.

Results

All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

First round

Site A

Site B

Second round

Site A

Site B

Third round

Site A

Site B

Fourth round

Site A

Site B

Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player :

Simona Gioli Simona Gioli (born September 17, 1977, in Rapallo) is a retired volleyball player from Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle o ...

* Best Scorer : Katarzyna Skowronska * Best Spiker :

Nancy Carrillo Nancy Carillo de la Paz (born January 11, 1986 in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she won the bronze medal with the national team in the women's ...

* Best Blocker :

* Best Server : Yanelis Santos * Best Libero :

Paola Cardullo Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named ''Best Libero ...

* Best Receiver :

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* Best Digger :

* Best Setter : Hélia Souza

External links

Official website

Match Info
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