1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

1994 FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	China (Group 1 Final)
Dates	19 August–11 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Fernanda Venturini
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Last updated May 16, 2023

The 1994 FIVB World Grand Prix was the second edition of the women's volleyball tournament, annually arranged by FIVB. It was played by eight countries from 19 August to 11 September 1994. The final round was staged in Shanghai.

Preliminary rounds

Ranking

The host China and top three teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

	Qualified for the final round
	Qualified as hosts for the final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	9	9	0	18	27	4	6.750	445	262	1.698	Final round
2	Japan	9	8	1	17	24	12	2.000	478	385	1.242
3	Brazil	9	7	2	16	25	8	3.125	459	325	1.412
4	South Korea	9	7	2	16	24	9	2.667	461	329	1.401
5	United States	9	7	2	16	24	12	2.000	473	403	1.174
6	China ^{[lower-alpha 1]}(H)	9	6	3	15	21	10	2.100	416	320	1.300	Final round
7	Russia	9	4	5	13	19	20	0.950	476	487	0.977
8	Italy	9	2	7	11	12	22	0.545	362	453	0.799
9	Netherlands	9	2	7	11	8	22	0.364	296	393	0.753
10	Germany	9	1	8	10	5	25	0.200	294	433	0.679
11	Peru	9	1	8	10	5	25	0.200	267	421	0.634
12	Chinese Taipei	9	0	9	9	2	27	0.074	220	436	0.505

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Host
Notes:

↑ Qualified as hosts

First round

Group A

Venue: Seoul, South Korea

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–2	15–9			45–16
19 Ago	United States	3–2	Italy	8–15	15–7	14–16	15–7	18–16	70–61
20 Ago	South Korea	3–1	Italy	14–16	17–15	15–9	15–6		61–46
20 Ago	United States	3–0	Germany	?–?	?–?	?–?			?–?
21 Ago	United States	3–2	South Korea	9–15	11–15	15–7	15–13	15–9	65–59
21 Ago	Italy	3–1	Germany	12–15	15–6	15–10	15–9		57–40

Group B

Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Ago	Japan	3–2	Russia	15–4	15–13	10–15	10–15	15–13	65–60
19 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–7	15–5	15–3			45–15
20 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–4	15–11			45–28
20 Ago	Russia	3–1	Chinese Taipei	15–10	16–17	15–10	15–6		61–43
21 Ago	Cuba	3–2	Russia	15–6	5–15	15–1	10–15	15–12	60–49
21 Ago	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–7	15–6	15–4			45–17

Group C

Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
19 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	15–4	15–5	15–4		45–13
19 Ago	China	3–0	Peru	15–4	15–4	15–11		45–19
20 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Peru	15–8	15–7	15–7		45–22
20 Ago	China	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–4	15–12		45–27
21 Ago	Netherlands	3–0	Peru	15–6	15–2	15–5		45–13
21 Ago	Brazil	3–1	China	15–11	13–15	15–8	15–11	58–45

Second round

Group D

Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Peru	15–6	15–7	15–3		45–16
26 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Italy	15–3	15–4	15–6		45–13
27 Ago	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	9–15	15–9	15–8	15–12	54–44
27 Ago	Italy	3–0	Peru	15–12	15–10	15–7		45–29
28 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Peru	16–14	15–11	15–3		46–28
28 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–8	15–4		45–21

Group E

Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Ago	United States	3–0	Germany	15–2	15–7	15–10			45–19
26 Ago	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	15–10	15–3	15–7			45–20
27 Ago	Japan	3–0	Germany	15–11	15–7	15–10			45–28
27 Ago	United States	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–5	15–6			45–18
28 Ago	Japan	3–2	United States	15–11	6–15	12–15	15–5	15–8	63–54
28 Ago	Netherlands	3–1	Germany	12–15	15–7	17–15	15–12		59–49

Group F

Venue: Macau

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
26 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–3	15–6	15–11		45–20
26 Ago	China	3–1	Russia	15–4	13–15	15–7	15–12	58–38
27 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Russia	15–7	15–12	15–3		45–22
27 Ago	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–5	15–6	15–7		45–18
28 Ago	Russia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–6	15–11	15–8		45–25
28 Ago	Brazil	3–1	China	15–10	15–12	12–15	15–10	57–47

Third round

Group G

Venue: Fukuoka, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Russia	3–2	Brazil	17–15	5–15	15–17	15–12	15–7	67–66
2 Sep	Japan	3–1	Italy	15–8	5–15	15–10	15–9		50–42
3 Sep	Japan	3–2	Russia	15–11	8–15	15–10	15–17	15–13	68–66
3 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–1	15–12			45–20
4 Sep	Japan	3–2	Brazil	13–15	11–15	15–5	15–6	15–12	69–53
4 Sep	Russia	3–2	Italy	12–15	15–7	15–10	11–15	15–10	68–57

Group H

Venue: Guangzhou, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
2 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Germany	15–9	15–9	15–6		45–24
2 Sep	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–4	15–2	15–9		45–15
3 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–7	15–5	15–8		45–20
3 Sep	China	3–0	Germany	15–9	15–10	15–9		45–28
4 Sep	Germany	3–1	Chinese Taipei	15–8	15–17	15–12	15–10	60–47
4 Sep	Cuba	3–1	China	15–17	15–13	15–7	15–4	60–41

Group I

Venue: Manila, Philippines

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
2 Sep	United States	3–1	Netherlands	15–13	12–15	15–6	15–12	57–46
2 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Peru	15–13	15–12	11–15	15–5	56–45
3 Sep	Peru	3–1	Netherlands	2–15	15–4	15–9	15–11	47–39
3 Sep	South Korea	3–1	United States	14–16	15–12	15–8	15–1	59–37
4 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	17–15	15–9		47–29
4 Sep	United States	3–1	Peru	15–10	10–15	15–13	15–10	55–48

Final round

Venue: Shanghai, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–12	14–16	15–12	10–15	15–13	69–68
9 Sep	China	3–0	Japan	16–14	16–14	17–15			49–43
10 Sep	Brazil	3–1	China	15–2	10–15	15–6	15–13		55–36
10 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–10	15–2	15–5			45–17
11 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Japan	15–9	11–15	15–8	15–7		56–39
11 Sep	Cuba	3–0	China	15–10	15–8	15–9			45–27

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	180	143	1.259
2	Cuba	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	158	113	1.398
3	China	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	112	143	0.783
4	Japan	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	99	150	0.660

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final standings

Place	Team
	Brazil
	Cuba
	China
4	Japan
5	South Korea
6	United States
7	Russia
8	Italy
9	Netherlands
10	Germany
11	Peru
12	Chinese Taipei

1994 FIVB World Grand Prix winners
Brazil First title

Individual awards

Most valuable player: Fernanda Venturini (BRA)
Best scorer : Ana Moser (BRA)
Best spiker: Regla Bell (CUB)
Best blocker: Regla Torres (CUB)
Best server: Cui Yong Mei (CHN)
Best setter: Fernanda Venturini (BRA)
Best receiver: Asako Tajimi (JPN)

Dream Team

Setter :
- Fernanda Venturini (BRA)
Middle Blockers:
- Regla Torres (CUB)
- Nataliya Morozova (RUS)
Outside hitters:
- Ana Moser (BRA)
- Tatiana Menchova (RUS)
Opposite Spiker:
- Marcia Fu (BRA)

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