The 2001 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in

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from 20 to 25 November 2001.

Qualification

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 2001 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).

Nagoya round

Tokyo round

Final standing

Team Roster
Leonel Marshall, Jorge Luis Hernandez,

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Ángel Dennis Ángel Dennis (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. Dennis played with the Cuba men's national volleyball team, Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh pla ...

, Pavel Pimienta, Maikel Salas, Raidel Poey, Ramón Gato,

Alain Roca Alaín Roca (born 7 September 1976) is a former volleyball player from Cuba. A two-time Olympian, he competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Cuban men's national volleyball team. Roca was ...

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, Yosenki García, Yasser Romero
Head Coach: Gilberto Herrera

Awards

*MVP:

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*Best scorer:

*Best spiker: Kim Sang-woo *Best blocker:

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*Best server:

*Best digger: Katsutoshi Tsumagari *Best setter:

*Best receiver:

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External links

Official website
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