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

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:
(H) Host
Notes:

^ 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:

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

Results

[table_note_CHN0.85416181099329-1] Qualified as hosts

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FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Successor: FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League (since 2018)
Seasons	Hong Kong 1993 Shanghai 1994 Shanghai 1995 Shanghai 1996 Kobe 1997 Hong Kong 1998 Yuxi 1999 Quezon City 2000 Macau 2001 Hong Kong 2002 Andria 2003 Reggio Calabria 2004 Sendai 2005 Reggio Calabria 2006 Ningbo 2007 Yokohama 2008 Tokyo 2009 Ningbo 2010 Macau 2011 Ningbo 2012 Sapporo 2013 Tokyo 2014 Omaha 2015 Bangkok 2016 Nanjing 2017
Squads	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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