The 2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Saitama and

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, Japan 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 is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making i ...

( Saitama) *

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Results

Saitama round

Fukuoka round

Final standing

Awards

*MVP: Yang Hao *Best scorer:

Yekaterina Gamova Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russian national team that won the gold medals at the 20 ...

*Best spiker:

Elizaveta Tishchenko Yelizaveta Tishchenko (born 7 February 1975 in Kiev, last name also spelled Tichtchenko) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia, who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1991. She competed in three consecutive Olympic Games ...

*Best blocker:

*Best server:

Miyuki Takahashi Miyuki Takahashi (高橋みゆき ''Takahashi Miyuki'', born 25 December 1978) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for the NEC Red Rockets. Miyuki Takahashi also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 20 ...

*Best setter:

Tatyana Gracheva Tatyana Aleksandrovna Grachova (russian: Татьяна Александровна Грачёва, born 23 February 1973 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal in the Sydn ...

*Best digger: Stacy Sykora *Best receiver: Virna Dias

External links

Official Page of the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup
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