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, Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico. Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Poland qualified through the European Qualifying Tournament in

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. China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan qualified as the best four Asian teams.

Competing nations

The following national teams qualified:

Calendar

Teams

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host Japan and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the Final round.

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Second round

Group D

Group E

Group F

Third round

Group G

Group H

Group I

Final round

*Venue–

Final ranking

Overall Ranking

Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player: ** *Best Spiker: ** *Best Blocker: ** *Best Server: ** *Best Libero: ** *Best Setter: ** *Best Scorer: **

References

FIVB official site
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