1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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.

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 Setter:
  •  Tatyana Grachova (RUS)
• Best Digger:
  •  Ikumi Narita (JPN)

Dream Team[]

Setter:

• •  Taismary Aguero (CUB)

Middle Blockers:

• •  Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)
  •  Regla Torres (CUB)

Outside Hitters:

• •  Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
  •  Sun Yue (CHN)

Opposite Spiker:

• •  Qiu Aihua (CHN)

References[]

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