The 2017

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was the 7th staging of the

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 af ...

, a quadrennial international men's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in

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and

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from 12 to 17 September 2017. 6 national teams from 5 confederations competed in the tournament.

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claimed their fourth straight Grand Champions Cup title and fifth overall.

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and

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won the silver and the bronze medal respectively. This was Iran's first ever medal at a worldwide-level FIVB tournament.

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was elected the

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Qualification

FIVB announced the four best ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament.

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, and

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confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental rankings at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champions Cup title.

Qualified teams

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2017 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team plays against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Sets ratio # Points ratio # If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other. Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Results

*All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

Nagoya round

Osaka round

Final standing

Awards

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*Best setter *:

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*Best outside spikers *:

Milad Ebadipour Milad Ebadipour Gharahassanlou ( fa, میلاد عبادی‌پور قره‌حسنلو; born 17 October 1993) is an Iranian professional volleyball player with Polish citizenship. He is a member of the Iran national team, and was a participant ...

*Best middle blockers *: Matteo Piano *:

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*Best opposite spiker *: Matt Anderson *Best libero *:

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References

External links

Official website
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International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan September 2017 sports events in Asia