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World Grand Prix Council confirms Group 2 and 3 schedule
CAGLIARI, Italy, November 5, 2014 – The dates and structure for
the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2015 Groups 2 and 3 were
decided at a World Grand Prix Council meeting for Groups 2 and 3
in Cagliari, Italy on Friday.
Next year's tournament will run from June 26 to August 1,
including the Group 1 Finals, which will be held from July 22 to
July 26 in Omaha, USA.
Group 2 matches for the 2015 edition of the tournament will
begin on the weekend of July 3 – 5 with the second round held a
week later from July 10–12. The Finals will then take place in
Poland from July 31 to August 1.
Bulgaria, Croatia and Czech Republic have all been promoted from
Group 3 to Group 2 and will join Argentina, Canada, the
Netherlands, Poland and Puerto Rico.
Teams from Group 3 will begin a week earlier from June 26–28
with the second round held from July 3–5. The Finals will take
place in Australia from July 10–12.
Cuba finished eighth in the 2014 World Grand Prix Group 2
ranking and were relegated to Group 3 as were Peru, who finished
seventh. They join Algeria, Australia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mexico
and newcomers Colombia.
Both groups will feature eight teams competing across two weeks
of action in four pools. The pools will be contested in a round
robin system with one host country per tournament totalling 24
matches per group.
The hosts and the three highest teams from each group will
qualify for their respective finals.
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was expanded to 28
countries for the first time in 2013 in an effort to spread the
game into new territories.
Brazil won their 10th FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix title in
2014 with Japan winning their first ever medal in the tournament
picking up silver. Russia completed the podium by winning
bronze, their 12th medal in the premier annual women’s
volleyball tournament.
Teams for Group 2
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Argentina (14) |
The Netherlands (17) |
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Puerto Rico (15) |
Bulgaria (21) |
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Canada (16) |
Poland (28) |
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Croatia (17) |
Czech Republic (31) |
() denotes World Ranking
Group 2 Pools - Host Country in bold
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Week 1 |
July 3-5 |
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Pool K |
Pool L |
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Argentina |
Puerto Rico |
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Croatia |
Canada |
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Week 2 |
July 10-12 |
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Pool M |
Pool N |
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Argentina |
Puerto Rico |
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Canada |
Croatia |
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Finals in Poland |
July 31 - August 2 |
Teams for Group 3
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Kazakhstan (19) |
Cuba (26) |
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Kenya (19) |
Mexico (27) |
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Peru (23) |
Colombia (30) |
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Algeria (25) |
Australia (46) |
() denotes World Ranking
Group 3 Pools - Host Country in bold
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Week 1 |
June 26-28 |
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Pool P |
Pool Q |
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Kazakhstan |
Kenya |
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Algeria |
Peru |
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Week 2 |
July 3-5 |
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Pool R |
Pool S |
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Kazakhstan |
Kenya |
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Peru |
Algeria *TBC |
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Finals in Australia |
July 10-12 |
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