The 2009

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 18 to 23 November 2009.

Qualification

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2009 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).

Osaka round

Nagoya round

Final standing

Team Roster

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, Vissotto,

Giba Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in t ...

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, Théo, Sérgio,

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, João Paulo,

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, Lucas, Marlon
Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

*MVP:

Robertlandy Simón Robertlandy Simón Aties (born 11 June 1987) is a Cuban volleyball player, a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team from 2005–2010 and from 2019 to present day and also Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, 2009 NORCECA Champion, sil ...

*Best Scorer:

Kunihiro Shimizu Kunihiro Shimizu (清水邦広 ''Shimizu Kunihiro'', born August 11, 1986) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Panasonic Panthers. He announced retirement from the national team after finishing seventh place in 2020 Summer Olympics. ...

*Best Spiker:

Tatsuya Fukuzawa Tatsuya Fukuzawa (福澤達哉 ''Fukuzawa Tatsuya'', born July 1, 1986) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for Japan men's national volleyball team. He announced his retirement on July 14, 2021 and competed in the retirement m ...

*Best Blocker:

*Best Server:

*Best Setter: Bruno Rezende *Best Libero: Sérgio Santos

External links

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