The 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in

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, Japan from November 10 to November 15, 2009. Italy won the tournament with perfect record and

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was selected Most Valuable Player.

Teams

Squads

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2009 Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Venues

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Results

Tokyo round

Fukuoka round

Final standing

Team Roster

Cristina Barcellini Cristina Barcellini (born 20 November 1986) is a retired Italian female volleyball player. She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team at the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup squads, 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champ ...

Immacolata Sirressi Immacolata "Imma" Sirressi (born 19 May 1990 in Santeramo in Colle) is an Italian female volleyball player. Career She was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. On club level she played for Duck Farm Chieri Torino in 2009. She wa ...

Giulia Rondon Giulia Rondon (born 16 October 1987 in Pisa) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of t ...

, Jenny Barazza,

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 ...

Serena Ortolani Serena Ortolani (born 7 January 1987 in Ravenna) is an Italian volleyball player. Career She has played as an opposite hitter for Foppapedretti Bergamo from 2008 to 2011. Her debut for the national team came on the 2005 edition of the European ...

Francesca Piccinini Francesca Piccinini (born 10 January 1979 in Massa) is an Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at ...

, Valentina Arrighetti,

Eleonora Lo Bianco Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 22 December 1979) is an Italian volleyball player. Career Born in Borgomanero, in her youth she played in the Omegna volleyball team. In the season 1998/1999 she was recruited to the ''Club Italia'', a special team orga ...

, Antonella Del Core,

Lucia Bosetti Lucia Bosetti (born 9 July 1989, Tradate) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti, former coach of ...

Head Coach:

Massimo Barbolini Massimo Barbolini (born 29 August 1964) is an Italian volleyball coach. He is coach of Turkey women's national volleyball team, and Galatasaray SK.Massimo Barbolini Galatasaray'da/ref> Coaching Italy women's national volleyball team, he has won t ...

Awards

*MVP:

*Best Scorer:

Kim Yeon-Koung Kim Yeon-Koung (, ; born 26 February 1988) is a South Korean professional volleyball player and a former member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is an outside hitter and the former captain of the South Korean National Team. She announc ...

*Best Spiker:

*Best Blocker:

Yang Hyo-Jin Yang Hyo-Jin (Hangul: 양효진, Hanja: 梁孝眞; born 14 December 1989) is a South Korean volleyball player. She currently plays for the Korean club Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate. She is a former member of the South Korea women' ...

*Best Server:

Malika Kanthong Malika Kanthong ( th, มลิกา กันทอง, born January 8, 1987) is a member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team. Career Malika won the Best Server individual award of the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League season, pl ...

*Best Setter:

Yoshie Takeshita Yoshie Takeshita (竹下佳江 ''Takeshita Yoshie'', born March 18, 1978) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous. She served as Head Coach of Japanese volleyball team Victorina Himeji. and now serves as Executive Adviser. ...

*Best Libero:

Fabiana de Oliveira Fabiana "Fabi" Alvim de Oliveira (born 7 March 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who won the gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Fabiana started playing volleyball at the age of 13, specializ ...

References

External links

Official Website of the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup

Official FIVB Results
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