The 2001

FIVB Volleyball Men's 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 ...

was held in

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and

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from 20 to 25 November 2001.

Qualification

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2001 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Venues

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Results

*All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

Nagoya round

Tokyo round

Final standing

Team Roster
Leonel Marshall, Jorge Luis Hernandez, Iván Ruíz, Ángel Dennis,

Pavel Pimienta Pavel Pimienta (born 3 August 1976) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A one-time Olympian (2000), he won the bronze medal with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB World Championship. He was a middle blocker. Hono ...

Maikel Salas Maikel () is a masculine given name. It is a form of Michael in the Caribbean, Netherlands, Spain, and Suriname, probably as a phonetic approximation of the English name. In the Netherlands, its first use was not until the mid 1950s and its populari ...

, Raidel Poey,

Ramón Gato Ramón Gato Moya (born ) is a former Cuban male volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the ...

, Alain Roca,

Ihosvany Hernández Ihosvany Hernández Rivera (born , in Havana) is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian who played with the Cuban men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.pn ...

Yosenki García Yosenki García Diaz (born ) is a Cuban former volleyball player. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing seventh. He helped Cuba wi ...

Yasser Romero Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name. Notable people with this given name * Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyr ...

Head Coach:

Gilberto Herrera Gilberto is the Iberian and Italian version of the originally Norman-French given name ''Gilbert'', used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. In Galician, it's spelled Xilberto or Xilberte. ''Gilbert'' is ultimately derived from the Germ ...

Awards

*MVP:

Ivan Miljković Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, 2000 Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion 2000, Men's European Volleyba ...

*Best Scorer:

*Best Spiker: Kim Sang-woo *Best Blocker:

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut fo ...

*Best Server: Ángel Dennis *Best Digger:

Katsutoshi Tsumagari is a volleyball player from Japan, who plays as a libero for the Men's National Team. He was named ''Best Digger'' at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament, where Japan ended up in second place and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in ...

*Best Setter: Alain Roca *Best Receiver:

Vasa Mijić Vasa Mijić (born 11 April 1973) is a Serbian volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Yugoslavian Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Standing at 1.86 m, he played as a libero. Career Mijić was named ''Best Digger'' at t ...

External links

Official website
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