1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

1997 FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan (Group 1 Final)
Dates	29–31 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yevgeniya Artamonova
Best Setter	Taismary Aguero
Best OH	Yelena Godina ; Yevgeniya Artamonova ;
Best MB	Elizaveta Tichtchenko ; Zoila Barros ;
Best OPP	Regla Torres
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Last updated September 24, 2025

The 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fifth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Kobe, Japan, from 29 to 31 August 1997.

Preliminary round

Ranking

The best three teams from the overall ranking and Japan as host are qualified for the final round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	9	9	0	18	27	5	5.400	435	249	1.747	Final round
2	Cuba	9	6	3	15	23	13	1.769	489	454	1.077
3	South Korea	6	5	1	11	15	6	2.500	286	203	1.409
4	China	6	3	3	9	13	9	1.444	296	224	1.321
5	Italy	6	3	3	9	9	13	0.692	238	277	0.859
6	Japan ^[a](H)	9	3	6	12	11	22	0.500	270	439	0.615	Final round
7	Netherlands	6	1	5	7	7	15	0.467	223	290	0.769
8	United States	9	0	9	9	5	27	0.185	248	458	0.541

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

↑ Qualified as hosts

First round

Group A

Venue: Macau

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Ago	Russia	3–0	United States	15–1	15–8	15–3			45–12
8 Ago	China	3–0	Italy	15–6	15–6	15–11			45–23
9 Ago	Russia	3–0	Italy	15–10	15–5	15–3			45–18
9 Ago	China	3–0	United States	15–0	15–7	15–4			45–11
10 Ago	Italy	3–2	United States	14–16	15–6	15–13	12–15	15–7	71–57
10 Ago	Russia	3–1	China	15–10	10–15	15–9	15–13		55–47

Group B

Venue: Suwon, South Korea

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
8 Ago	South Korea	3–2	Netherlands	13–15	15–4	15–13	10–15	15–10	68–57
8 Ago	Japan	3–2	Cuba	15–8	15–11	8–15	14–16	15–13	67–63
9 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Japan	15–5	15–8	15–11			45–24
9 Ago	Cuba	3–2	Netherlands	15–13	7–15	15–11	15–17	15–12	67–68
10 Ago	South Korea	3–1	Cuba	15–12	13–15	15–12	15–11		58–50
10 Ago	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	15–2	15–11	15–9			45–22

Second round

Group C

Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
15 Ago	South Korea	3–0	United States	15–4	15–4	15–4	45–12
15 Ago	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–0	16–14	15–2	46–16
16 Ago	Netherlands	3–0	United States	15–2	15–12	15–5	45–19
16 Ago	Russia	3–0	South Korea	15–8	15–9	15–8	45–25
17 Ago	South Korea	3–0	Netherlands	15–7	15–3	15–5	45–15
17 Ago	Russia	3–0	United States	17–15	15–4	15–2	47–21

Group D

Venue: Hong Kong

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–3	15–4	15–6			45–13
15 Ago	Italy	3–2	China	15–11	15–10	6–15	4–15	18–16	58–67
16 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Italy	15–9	15–6	15–8			45–23
16 Ago	China	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–5	15–11			45–23
17 Ago	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–2	15–10	15–6			45–18
17 Ago	Cuba	3–1	China	16–14	15–11	8–15	15–7		54–47

Third round (extra)

Group E

Venue: Gifu, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Ago	Russia	3–2	Cuba	14–16	16–14	15–8	15–12	15–12	75–62
22 Ago	Japan	3–2	United States	9–15	15–7	15–10	11–15	15–12	65–59
23 Ago	Russia	3–1	Japan	15–1	15–5	13–15	15–12		58–33
23 Ago	Cuba	3–0	United States	15–4	16–14	15–4			46–22
24 Ago	Cuba	3–1	Japan	15–7	12–15	15–12	15–13		57–47
24 Ago	Russia	3–1	United States	15–9	4–15	15–6	15–5		49–35

Final round

Venue: Kobe, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Ago	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	16–17	15–7	15–3	15–3		61–30
29 Ago	Russia	3–0	Japan	16–14	15–1	15–7			46–22
30 Ago	Russia	3–0	South Korea	15–4	15–9	17–15			47–28
30 Ago	Cuba	3–0	Japan	15–12	15–8	15–9			45–29
31 Ago	Russia	3–2	Cuba	15–8	10–15	4–15	15–9	15–13	59–60
31 Ago	South Korea	3–1	Japan	10–15	15–7	15–2	15–5		55–29

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	152	110	1.382
2	Cuba	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	166	118	1.407
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	113	137	0.825
4	Japan	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	80	146	0.548

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final standings

Place	Team
	Russia
	Cuba
	South Korea
4	Japan
5	China
6	Italy
7	Netherlands
8	United States

1997 FIVB World Grand Prix winners
Russia First title

Team roster

Natalia Morozova, Anastasia Belikova, Yelena Tyurina, Elena Godina, Tatyana Menshova, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Yelizaveta Tishchenko, Yelena Vasilevskaya, Tatiana Gratcheva, Olga Chukanova, Natalia Safronova and Natalia Shigina.

Head coach

Nikolay Karpol

Individual awards

Most valuable player:
- Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
Best scorer:
- Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
Best spiker:
- Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
Best blocker:
- Regla Torres (CUB)
Best server:
- Ikumi Narita (JPN)
Best digger:
- Ikumi Narita (JPN)
Best receiver:
- Kang Hye-Mi (KOR)
Best setter:
- Tatyana Grachova (RUS)
Best outside hitters:
- Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
- Yelena Godina (RUS)
Best middle blockers:
- Zoila Barros (CUB)
- Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)
Best Opposite:
- Regla Torres (CUB)

Statistics leaders

Only players whose teams advanced to the semifinals are ranked.

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	ARTAMONOVA Evguenia	142
2	TORRES Regla	121
3	GODINA Elena	107
4	BELL Regla	97
5	KIM Nam Soon	92
6	TITCHENKO Elizaveta	86
7	LUIS Mireya	85
8	SASAKI Miki	82
9	BATUKHTINA Elena	77
10	TAJIMI Asako	75

Best spikers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	ARTAMONOVA Evguenia	84.12
2	TORRES Regla	80.16
3	LUIS Mireya	77.45
4	TAJIMI Asako	73.72
5	TITCHENKO Elizaveta	71.18

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	TORRES Regla	1.05
2	TAJIMI Asako	0.93
3	TITCHENKO Elizaveta	0.88
4	CHANG So-Yun	0.83
5	BARROS Zoila	0.82

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	NARITA Ikumi	0.33
2	BARROS Zoila	0.27
3	ARTAMONOVA Evguenia	0.25

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	NARITA Ikumi	3.28
2	MITSUNAGA Hitomi	3.22
3	LUIS Mireya	2.51

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	KIM Nam Soon	76.56
2	NARITA Ikumi	72.18
3	MITSUNAGA Hitomi	70.71

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg	%Succ
1	AGUERO Taismary	11.17	57.56
2	GRATCHEVA Tatiyana	8.87	52.48
3	KANG Hye Mi	6.34	49.84
4	ONUKI Minako	5.23	45.23

References

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