The 2001
FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in
Saitama and
Fukuoka,
Japan
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from November 13 to November 18, 2001.
Teams
Squads
Competition formula
The competition formula of the 2001 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is 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
*
Saitama Super Arena (
Saitama)
*
Marine Messe (
Fukuoka)
Results
Saitama round
Fukuoka round
Final standing
Awards
*MVP:
Yang Hao
*Best scorer:
Yekaterina Gamova
*Best spiker:
Elizaveta Tishchenko
*Best blocker:
Yekaterina Gamova
*Best server:
Miyuki Takahashi
*Best setter:
Tatyana Gracheva
*Best digger:
Stacy Sykora
Stacy Denise Sykora (born June 24, 1977) is a retired American volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team. She ma ...
*Best receiver:
Virna Dias
Virna Cristine Dantas Dias (born August 31, 1971 in Natal) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's Nati ...
External links
Official Page of the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup
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FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
2001 in women's volleyball
FIVB Men's World Grand Champions cup
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