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Historical
Data on each team competition in
the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup, including
participation and final rankings from World
Championships, Olympic Games, Word Cup, World League,
World Grand Prix and World Grand Champions Cup |
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Honours |
match
schedule
WOMEN
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Tue 13
Nov
| 13:00 |
KOR
- USA |
| 15:00 |
CHN
- RUS |
| 19:00 |
JPN
- BRA |
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Wed 14
Nov |
| 14:00 |
USA –
CHN |
| 16:00 |
BRA –
RUS |
| 19:00 |
JPN
– KOR |
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Fri 16
Nov |
| 14:00 |
RUS –
USA |
| 16:00 |
KOR–
BRA |
| 19:00 |
CHN – JPN |
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Sat 17
Nov |
| 13:30 |
JPN –
RUS |
| 15:30 |
BRA– USA |
| 18:30 |
KOR–
CHN |
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Sun 18
Nov |
| 13:00 |
RUS– KOR |
| 15:00 |
CHN– BRA |
| 18:00 |
USA –JPN |
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MEN
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Tue 20
Nov |
| 14:00 |
KOR–
BRA |
| 16:00 |
CUB– YUG |
| 19:00 |
JPN – ARG |
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Wed 21
Nov |
| 14:00 |
KOR–
CUB |
| 16:00 |
BRA– ARG |
| 19:00 |
YUG – JPN |
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Fri 23
Nov |
| 13:00 |
CUB– BRA |
| 15:00 |
ARG–
YUG |
| 18:00 |
JPN –
KOR |
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Sat 24
Nov |
| 13:00 |
CUB – JPN |
| 15:00 |
KOR– ARG |
| 18:00 |
BRA– YUG |
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Sun 25
Nov |
| 13:00 |
ARG–
CUB |
| 15:00 |
YUG– KOR |
| 18:00 |
JPN –
BRA |
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Dates
and Venues
Saitama
and Fukuoka
13
– 18 November |
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Dates
and Venues
Nagoya
and Tokyo
20
– 25
November, 2001 |
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VENUES |
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Saitama
Super Arena
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Marine
Messe, Fukuoka
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Rainbow
Hall, Nagoya
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Tokyo
Metropolitan Gymnasium |
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Tickets and
merchandise |
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For ticket
information and merchandise for the Grand Champions Cup
2001, visit the NTV site (Japanese only)
http://www.ntv.co.jp/wgcc/ |
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Offering
US$2 million in prize money, the 2001 World Grand
Champions Cup holds an important position on
volleyball’s international calendar.
Held between the Olympic Games and the World
Championships, and featuring the eight Continental
Champions* for men and women, host nation Japan, and two
wild cards, it is one of the four major international
volleyball competitions held every quadrennial.
USA women was the last team to qualify, defeating
Cuba at the 7th NORCECA Women's Championship held in
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Sunday 14 October.
They join China, Russia, Brazil, Japan and Korea in
the women’s tournament held in the cities of Saitama
and Fukuoka from 13 – 18 November.
In the men’s tournament, Korea, Yugoslavia, Cuba,
Brazil, Argentina and Japan will compete in the cities
of Nagoya and Tokyo from 20-25 November, 2001.
The competition is a single round robin system with a
total of thirty matches (fifteen women, fifteen
men).
The venues are the Saitama Super Arena and Marine
Messe, Fukuoka for the women's leg and Rainbow
Hall, Nagoya and Tokyo
Metropolitan Gymnasium for the men's leg. Each
venue boasts a capacity for approximately ten thousand
spectators
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World
Grand Champions Cup 2001 - Qualified Teams
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| How
qualified |
Women |
Men |
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| Organiser |
JAPAN |
JAPAN |
| Asian Continental
Champion |
CHINA |
KOREA |
| European Continental
Champion |
RUSSIA |
YUGOSLAVIA |
| Norceca Continental
Champion |
USA |
CUBA |
| South America
Continental Champion |
BRAZIL |
BRAZIL |
| Wild Card* |
KOREA |
ARGENTINA |
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* Four continental champions from continents whose
teams reached the highest ranking at the preceding
Olympic Games. Wild Cards selected by the FIVB, NTV and
JVA
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US$ 2 MILLION
IN prize
money
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| women |
place |
men |
| US$
300,000 |
First
Place |
US$ 400,000 |
| US$
150,000 |
Second
Place |
US$ 250,000 |
| US$
125,000 |
Third
Place |
US$ 200,000 |
| US$
100,000 |
Fourth
Place |
US$ 150,000 |
| US$
75,000 |
Fifth
Place |
US$ 125,000 |
| US$
50,000 |
Sixth
Place |
US$
75,000 |
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Total |
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US$
2,000,000 |
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OFFICIAL
MASCOT GRACHAN |
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The official mascot, named Grachan, originates from the
first World Grand Champions Cup in 1993.
Grachan has always been one of the stars at the event,
loved by spectators with its variety of looks and
gestures. The bird soaring into the sky is associated
with the speed, dynamism and the exquisite motion of volleyball.
Having migrated for four years, Grachan comes back and
plays an important role in spreading volleyball fever
throughout the country as well as announcing and
spotlighting the World Grand Champions Cup throughout
the world.
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PROMOTING
AND BROADCASTING THE EVENT
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Nippon Television Network Corporation
(NTV), Japan's
leading and oldest commercial broadcaster, is the
official broadcaster of the event. All Japanese matches
will be televised nation-wide during prime time, with a
daily highlights program produced for the rest of the
matches. It is also scheduled to send the live
transmission of the pre-opening pictures to deliver the
excitement and enthusiasm of the arena.
There is also a significant pre-promotion of the
event already underway. Television commercials,
featuring many of the stars of the Japanese teams, have
been on the air since May. On August 5, 100 days prior
to the opening, a weekly special program was broadcast.
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