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

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

Simona Gioli Simona Gioli (born September 17, 1977, in Rapallo) is a retired volleyball player from Italy. Currently, she plays for Galatasaray in Turkey. Gioli was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Champions ...

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, and at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Wo ...

, Immacolata Sirressi, Giulia Rondon,

Jenny Barazza Jenny Barazza (born July 24, 1981) is an Italian volleyball player. She was born in Codogné, Veneto. She began to play in her native town. She scored her first success with Foppapedretti Bergamo, where she was a two time national champion (20 ...

Paola Cardullo Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a former 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 ...

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 C ...

Francesca Piccinini Francesca Piccinini (born 10 January 1979 in Massa, Tuscany, Massa) is an former Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Italy women's national vol ...

Valentina Arrighetti Valentina Arrighetti (born 26 January 1985 in Genoa) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team as a middle blocker, as well as playing at club level for Volley Bergamo. She has competed in ...

Eleonora Lo Bianco Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 22 December 1979) is an former Italian volleyball player. Career Born in Borgomanero, in her youth she played in the Omegna Omegna (, , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Ita ...

Antonella Del Core Antonella Del Core (born 5 November 1980 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympi ...

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 The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games ...

Head Coach:

Massimo Barbolini Massimo Barbolini (born 29 August 1964) is an Italian volleyball coach. He is coach of Italy (W), and Galatasaray (W). Coaching Italy women's national volleyball team, he has won the 2007 and 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Car ...

Awards

*MVP:

*Best scorer:

Kim Yeon-Koung Kim Yeon-koung (, ; born 26 February 1988) is a Korean people, 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 Korea women's nation ...

*Best spiker:

*Best blocker: Yang Hyo-Jin *Best server:

Malika Kanthong Malika Kanthong (, 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, playing with Azeryol Baku, that lost to ...

*Best setter:

Yoshie Takeshita Yoshie Takeshita (竹下佳江 ''Takeshita Yoshie'', born March 18, 1978) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous. She served as the head coach of Japanese volleyball team Victorina Himeji. and now serves as Executive ...

*Best libero:

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

References

External links

Official Website of the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup

Official FIVB Results
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