2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
CompetitionWorld Grand Prix
ContinentWorld
Genderwomen
Year2014
Host(Group 1 Final)
Dates25 July – 24 August
Teams28
Venues20
Cities20
ChampionsBrazil
Title number10
MvpYuko Sano (Japan)
Website2014 FIVB World Grand Prix
Last2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Next2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star team won the tournament for the tenth time, the second consecutive victory.

Qualification

  • No qualification tournament.
  • 28 teams are invited.[1]

Qualified teams

AfricaAsia and OceaniaEuropeNorth, Central America and CaribbeanSouth America













Format

  • It will be the first time the World Grand Prix will feature 28 teams.[1]
  • During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to O will play matches in three stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 9 matches per team. Pool P to S will feature two stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 6 matches per team.
  • Six teams will qualify for the World Grand Prix Finals featuring the top four teams from all matches, plus the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 and the hosts (if the hosts are one of the top four teams, then the fifth top team also participates).
  • The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.

Pools composition

The pools composition was announced on 1 December 2014.[2]

Group 1Group 2Group 3
Week 2Week 1
Pool A
Turkey		Pool B
South Korea		Pool C
Italy		Pool J
Peru		Pool K
Puerto Rico		Pool P
Kazakhstan		Pool Q
Mexico





















Week 3Week 2
Pool D
Brazil		Pool E
Turkey		Pool F
Hong Kong		Pool L
Belgium		Pool M
Peru		Pool R
Czech Republic		Pool S
Croatia





















Week 4Week3Final round
Pool G
Thailand		Pool H
Russia		Pool I
Macau		Pool N
Argentina		Pool O
Netherlands		Group 1 (Week 6)
Japan















Squads

Main article: 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix squads

Intercontinental round

  • All times are local.

Group 1

Week 1

Pool A
Pool B
Pool C

Week 2

Pool D
Pool E
Pool F

Week 3

Pool G
Pool H
Pool I

Group 2

Week 1

Pool J
Pool K

Week 2

Pool L
Pool M

Week 3

Pool N
Pool O

Group 3

Week 1

Pool P
Pool Q

Week 2

Pool R
Pool S

Final round

Group 3

Group 2

Group 1

Final Six

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Final standing

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
14-woman Roster for Group 1 Final Round
Fabiana Claudino (c), Dani Lins, Ana Carolina da Silva, Adenízia da Silva, Thaísa Menezes, Jaqueline Carvalho, Tandara Caixeta, Gabriela Guimarães, Sheilla Castro, Fernanda Garay, Monique Pavão, Fabíola de Souza, Camila Brait, Léia Silva,
Head coach
José Roberto Guimarães

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Record 28 teams for 2014 World Grand Prix". fivb.org. 2013-12-02.
  2. ^ Press release FIVB. Archived 2015-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Brazil sweep Japan to land record 10th World Grand Prix title FIVB – Press release