1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

1995 FIVB World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	China (Group 1 Final)
Dates	18 August – 17 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	China
Tournament awards
MVP	Tara Cross-Battle
Best Setter	Lori Endicott
Best OH	Tara Cross-Battle Yevgeniya Estes
Best MB	Elaina Oden Ana Ibis Fernandez
Best OPP	Tammy Webb
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The 1995 FIVB World Grand Prix was the third women's volleyball tournament of its kind, played by eight countries from 18 August to 17 September 1995. The final round was staged in Shanghai.

Preliminary round

Ranking

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	12	11	1	23	35	18	1.944	719	598	1.202	Final round
2	Cuba	12	10	2	22	31	15	2.067	614	514	1.195
3	Brazil	12	8	4	20	31	17	1.824	648	495	1.309
4	China [a] (H)	12	7	5	19	28	19	1.474	596	532	1.120	Final round
5	Russia	12	5	7	17	23	28	0.821	588	638	0.922
6	South Korea	12	4	8	16	20	25	0.800	525	544	0.965
7	Japan	12	3	9	15	17	29	0.586	535	596	0.898
8	Germany	12	0	12	12	2	36	0.056	255	563	0.453

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

1. Qualified as hosts

First round

Group A

• Venue: Honolulu, United States

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Ago	Cuba	3–1	China	13–15	15–12	15–11	15–8		58–46
18 Ago	United States	3–1	Japan	16–14	13–15	15–8	15–8		59–45
19 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–5	16–14	15–13			46–32
19 Ago	United States	3–2	China	7–15	15–6	16–14	12–15	15–13	65–63
20 Ago	China	3–1	Japan	15–4	5–15	15–9	15–10		50–38
20 Ago	Cuba	3–2	United States	15–12	15–7	14–16	7–15	17–15	68–65

Group B

• Venue: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Ago	South Korea	3–1	Russia	15–9	15–9	9–15	15–11		54–44
18 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Germany	15–1	15–8	15–3			45–12
19 Ago	Russia	3–0	Germany	15–5	15–6	15–4			45–15
19 Ago	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	15–3	15–5	15–10			45–18
20 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Germany	15–1	15–4	16–14			46–19
20 Ago	Russia	3–2	Brazil	15–11	7–15	4–15	15–9	18–16	59–66

Second round

Group C

• Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Ago	United States	3–2	Brazil	10–15	15–4	5–15	15–12	15–13	60–59
25 Ago	Japan	3–0	Germany	15–4	15–12	15–8			45–24
26 Ago	Brazil	3–2	Japan	3–15	15–11	12–15	15–9	18–16	63–66
26 Ago	United States	3–0	Germany	15–4	15–6	15–6			45–16
27 Ago	United States	3–1	Japan	15–10	13–15	15–10	15–10		58–45
27 Ago	Brazil	3–1	Germany	15–8	15–10	13–15	15–6		58–39

Group D

• Venue: Jakarta, Indonesia

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Ago	China	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–9	15–13			45–31
25 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Russia	15–12	15–9	15–3			45–24
26 Ago	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	15–9	15–10	14–16	15–2		59–37
26 Ago	Russia	3–2	China	7–15	15–5	13–15	15–8	15–12	65–55
27 Ago	Russia	3–1	South Korea	15–7	9–15	15–13	17–16		56–51
27 Ago	Cuba	3–1	China	15–10	15–10	12–15	15–9		57–44

Third round

Group E

• Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	United States	3–1	South Korea	15–11	14–16	15–10	15–5		59–42
1 Sep	Japan	3–1	Russia	15–8	15–12	14–16	15–10		59–46
2 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–5	15–8			45–20
2 Sep	United States	3–2	Russia	15–13	11–15	15–6	11–15	15–13	67–62
3 Sep	Russia	3–2	South Korea	15–11	10–15	4–15	15–12	15–11	59–64
3 Sep	United States	3–2	Japan	15–7	12–15	15–11	13–15	18–16	73–64

Group F

• Venue: Macau

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Brazil	15–8	15–10	4–15	16–14		50–47
1 Sep	China	3–0	Germany	15–4	15–4	15–5			45–13
2 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Germany	15–7	15–1	15–3			45–11
2 Sep	China	3–0	Cuba	15–6	17–16	15–10			47–32
3 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Germany	15–10	15–4	15–7			45–21
3 Sep	China	3–2	Brazil	9–15	15–10	15–10	8–15	15–10	62–60

Fourth round

Group G

• Venue: Hamamatsu, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Sep	Cuba	3–2	Russia	7–15	15–11	15–4	2–15	15–11	54–56
8 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–12	15–8			45–33
9 Sep	Japan	3–1	Russia	4–15	15–10	15–8	15–4		49–37
9 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	15–12	15–13	11–15	15–10		56–50
10 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–4	16–14	4–15	15–6		50–39
10 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Russia	14–16	15–5	15–7	15–7		59–35

Group H

• Venue: Beijing, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Sep	United States	3–2	South Korea	8–15	9–15	15–7	15–9	15–9	62–55
8 Sep	China	3–0	Germany	15–12	15–9	15–3			45–24
9 Sep	United States	3–1	Germany	15–9	15–8	9–15	15–8		54–40
9 Sep	China	3–1	South Korea	10–15	15–11	15–8	15–3		55–37
10 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Germany	15–12	15–1	15–8			45–21
10 Sep	United States	3–1	China	7–15	15–7	15–8	15–9		52–39

Final round

• Venue: Shanghai, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Sep	United States	3–1	Cuba	15–13	11–15	15–10	16–14		57–52
15 Sep	Brazil	3–1	China	15–4	12–15	15–12	15–9		57–40
16 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	14–16	15–2	15–11	15–13		59–42
16 Sep	United States	3–0	China	16–14	15–11	15–12			46–37
17 Sep	United States	3–2	Brazil	15–9	15–10	4–15	5–15	15–12	54–61
17 Sep	Cuba	3–1	China	11–15	16–14	15–8	16–14		58–51

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	157	150	1.047
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	177	136	1.301
3	Cuba	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	152	167	0.910
4	China	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	128	161	0.795

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final standings

1995 FIVB World Grand Prix winners
United States First title

Place	Team
	United States
	Brazil
	Cuba
4	China
5	South Korea
6	Russia
7	Japan
8	Germany

Individual awards

• Most valuable player:   Tara Cross-Battle  (USA)
• Best scorer :   Tara Cross-Battle  (USA)
• Best spiker:   Tara Cross-Battle  (USA)
• Best blocker:   Ana Ibis Fernandez  (CUB)
• Best server:   Yevgeniya Estes  (RUS)
• Best receiver:   Teee Sanders  (USA)
• Best digger:   Li Yan  (CHN)
• Best setter:   Lori Endicott  (USA)

• Best outside spikers

  Tara Cross-Battle

  Yevgeniya Estes

• Best middle blocker

  Ana Ibis Fernandez

  Elaina Oden

• Best opposite spiker

  Elena Batukhtina

Statistics leaders

• Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best scorers Rank Name Points 1 CROSS BATTLE Tara 136 2 FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis 133 3 LUIS Mireya 129 4 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 125 5 MOSER Ana Beatriz 118 6 CARVAJAL Magalys 107 7 SUN Yue 98 8 LI Yan 93 9 CUNHA Marcia 91 10 WILLIAMS Tonya 88

Best spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 CROSS BATTLE Tara 39.62 2 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 35.34 3 LUIS Mireya 33.17 4 ALVAREZ Ana Ida 31.82 5 ODEN Elaina 30.85 Best blockers Rank Name Avg 1 FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis 1.19 2 CARVAJAL Magalys 1.05 3 ODEN Elaina 0.97 4 OGUIENKO Valentina 0.92 5 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 0.91 Best servers Rank Name Avg 1 ARTAMONOVA Evguenia 0.42 2 MOSER Ana Beatriz 0.38 3 CROSS BATTLE Tara 0.36 4 FERNANDEZ Ana Ibis 0.34 5 WANG Zilling 0.31 Best diggers Rank Name Avg 1 LI Yan 2.89 2 LUIS Mireya 2.65 3 WANG Yi 2.31 Best receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 CROSS BATTLE Tara 73.4 2 IZQUIERDO Lilia 71.12 3 LI Yan 68.76 Best setters Rank Name Avg %Succ 1 ENDICOTT Lori 9.16 52.13 2 VENTURINI Fernanda 9.02 55.78 3 LITENCHTEIN Maria 5.91 48.23 4 HE Qi 5.44 49.21 5 COSTA Marlenis 5.13 52.11

References

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