The
FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...
2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from 31 July to 23 August 2009. The finals were held at the
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
is a sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and hosted the table tennis competition at the 2020 Summ ...
in
Tokyo
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,
Japan. Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico qualified for the tournament at the
2008 Women's Pan-American Cup in
Mexicali
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Tijuana
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Mexico
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Competing nations
The following national teams qualified:
Teams
*
Calendar
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–
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
is a sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and hosted the table tennis competition at the 2020 Summ ...
,
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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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FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...
2009 in Japanese sport
International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan
2009
Sports competitions in Tokyo