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1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

Field	Value
competition	Men's World Grand Champions Cup
continent	World
year	1997
logo	1997 FIVB Men's World Grand Champions Cup logo.png
size	160px
host
dates	15–24 November
teams	6
venues	3
cities	3
champions	BRA
title_number	1
last	1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup
next	2001 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup

The 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Japan from 15 to 24 November 1997.

Qualification

Team	Qualified as
	Hosts
	[1997 Asian Champions](1997-asian-men-s-volleyball-championship)
	[1997 European Champions](1997-men-s-european-volleyball-championship)
	[1997 NORCECA Champions](1997-men-s-norceca-volleyball-championship)
	[1997 South American Champions](1997-men-s-south-american-volleyball-championship)
	Wild Card

Competition formula

The competition formula of the 1997 Men's World Grand Champions Cup was the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.

Squads

Main article: 1997 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup squads

Venues

JPN Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
JPN Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima, Japan
JPN Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Osaka round

Hiroshima round

Tokyo round

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6

Team Roster

Roim, Leandro, Kid, Monzillo, Giba, Douglas, Nalbert, Gustavo, Joel, Renato Felizardo, Ricardo, Manius Abbadi

Head Coach: Radamés Lattari Filho

Awards

Best scorer: BRA Nalbert Bitencourt
Best spiker: NED Bas van de Goor
Best blocker: CHN Zheng Liang
Best server: AUS David Beard
Best digger: CHN Li Tieming
Best setter: NED Misha Latuhihin
Best receiver: BRA Nalbert Bitencourt

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