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1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup

Field	Value
competition	World Grand Champions Cup
continent	World
gender	women
year	1997
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size	160px
host	Japan
dates	November 14–23
teams	6
venues	3
cities	3
champions	Russia
title_number	1
mvp	Yevgeniya Artamonova
last	1993 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup
next	2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup

The Second Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball was held in Japan at 14 to 23 November 1997.

Teams

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

Squads

Main article: 1997 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup Squads

Competition formula

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

Venues

Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka)
Hiroshima Green Arena (Hiroshima)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (Tokyo)

Results

Osaka round

Hiroshima round

Tokyo round

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6

Team Roster

Yelena Vasilevskaya, Natalya Morozova, Yelena Batukhtina, Yelena Godina, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Tatyana Gracheva, Elizaveta Tishchenko, Anastasiya Belikova, Natalya Safronova, Anna Artamonova, Irina Tebenikhina

Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol

Awards

MVP: RUS Yevgeniya Artamonova
Best scorer: RUS Yevgeniya Artamonova
Best spiker: CUB Regla Bell
Best blocker: RUS Anastasiya Belikova
Best server: RUS Natalya Morozova
Best digger: JPN Hiroko Tsukumo
Best setter: CUB Taismary Agüero
Best receiver: RUS Yelena Batukhtina

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