COMPETITION
FORMULA
The competition of the 2004 WGP lasts 4 weeks with a
total of 65 matches
During the First, second and third week: 18 matches per
team will be played with a total of 54 matches.
Preliminary rounds will be organized in: Japan, Thailand,
Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Germany, Korea and China.
The final round will be staged in Italy.
Classification in the preliminary rounds is decided by
the number of points gained by teams participating in
the same group.
The classification in the general ranking of the
preliminary rounds of the 2004 WGP is decided by the
total number of World Grand Prix Points (GPP) gained by
the teams in the preliminary matches.
The following points will be gained by each team:
Match won: 2 World Grand Prix Points
Match lost: 1 World Grand Prix Point
Match forfeited: 0 World Grand Prix Points
Preliminary Round
Within each group the Round-Robin system will be applied,
the order of the Pool composition is determined by the
FIVB.
Final Round
For the final round, the host team plus the top five
ranked teams after the preliminary rounds will qualify.
The final round will be played over five days and 11
matches will be played in total.
Teams will be ranked after the first three rounds
determine the exact match schedule for the final round
as follows:
Two pools of three teams each, will be composed
following the serpentine
system.
Pool A: Italy Host Organiser
Pool B: 1st ranked team after Preliminary
Pool A: 3rd ranked team after Preliminary Pool B: 2nd
ranked team after Preliminary
Pool A: 4th ranked team after Preliminary Pool B: 5th
ranked team after Preliminary
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Asia and host organisers: Japan, China, Korea and
Thailand
---Europe: Russia, Germany, Poland (via Qualification
Tournament in 2003)
and Italy as final round organiser
How they qualified
Norceca/South America: USA, Cuba, Dominican Republic and
Brazil (via Qualification Tournament in 2003)
How they qualified
Groups are decided as per world ranking and previous World Grand
Prix results!
The best five teams plus Italy will qualify for the Final Round.
The Final Round includes two pools of three teams, who play each
other totalling 11 games including the final.
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