2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

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Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	November 2 – November 16
Teams	12
Venues	8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
MVP	Simona Gioli
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2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from November 2 to November 16, 2007 in Japan.

Qualifying

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

• The five champions of their respective continental championships in 2007:  Cuba,  Italy,  Brazil,  Kenya,  Thailand
• Four highest-ranked second-place teams of their respective continental championships in 2007:  South Korea,  United States,  Serbia,  Peru
• The host nation's team:  Japan
• Two wild cards chosen from among the participants of the continental championships in 2007:  Poland,  Dominican Republic

Squads

Venues

rounds	Site A	Site B
1st	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	Hamamatsu Arena
2nd	Namihaya Dome	Sendai Gymnasium
3rd	Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
4th	Nippongaishi Hall	Park Arena Komaki

Competition System

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B)

Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.

Result

1° Round

2 November 2007 – 4 November 2007

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

2 November
	South Korea	0 – 3	Serbia	(21–25, 23–25,15–25)
	Italy	3 – 0	Thailand	(25–14, 25–14, 25–16)
	Dominican R.	0 – 3	Japan	(23–25, 18–25, 20–25)
3 November
	Thailand	1 – 3	Serbia	(20–25, 25–18, 17–25, 24–26)
	Italy	3 – 0	Dominican R.	(25–17, 25–16, 25–17)
	Japan	3 – 1	South Korea	(25–23, 19–25, 25–22, 25–16)
4 November
	Dominican R.	3 – 2	Thailand	(25–14, 25–21, 23–25, 19–25, 17–15)
	South Korea	0 – 3	Italy	(15–25, 19–25, 22–25)
	Serbia	3 – 1	Japan	(25–20, 25–20, 18–25, 26–24)

Hamamatsu Arena

2 November
	Kenya	0 – 3	Cuba	(11–25, 18–25, 20–25)
	Peru	0 – 3	United States	(23–25, 24–26, 19–25)
	Brazil	3 – 0	Poland	(25–12, 25–20, 25–22)
3 November
	Cuba	2 – 3	United States	(25–20, 21–25, 18–25, 25–20, 11–15)
	Poland	3 – 0	Peru	(25–17, 25–17, 25–16)
	Kenya	0 – 3	Brazil	(16–25, 7–25, 14–25)
4 November
	Peru	3 – 0	Kenya	(25–16, 25–9, 25–19)
	Brazil	3 – 2	Cuba	(25–19, 19–25, 25–17, 19–25, 15–11)
	United States	3 – 1	Poland	(25–21, 12–25, 27–25, 25–17)

2° Round

6–7 November 2007

Namihaya Dome

6 November
	Italy	3 – 2	Serbia	(23–25, 25–14, 16–25, 25–17, 15–7)
	Dominican R.	1 – 3	South Korea	(24–26, 25–22, 20–25, 21–25)
	Thailand	0 – 3	Japan	(19–25, 25–27, 14–25)
7 November
	South Korea	3 – 0	Thailand	(25–21, 25–20, 25–21)
	Serbia	3 – 0	Dominican R.	(25–22, 25–14, 25–23)
	Japan	0 – 3	Italy	(18–25, 19–25, 14–25)

Sendai Gymnasium

6 November
	Kenya	0 – 3	United States	(9–25, 20–25, 10–25)
	Cuba	3 – 2	Poland	(21–25, 26–24, 22–25, 25–21, 15–13)
	Brazil	3 – 0	Peru	(25–17, 25–15, 25–17)
7 November
	Poland	3 – 0	Kenya	(25–12, 25–10, 25–15)
	Peru	0 – 3	Cuba	(27–29, 19–25, 13–25)
	United States	3 – 2	Brazil	(17–25, 16–25, 25–21, 25–23, 15–9)

3° Round

9–11 November 2007

Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center

9 November
	Italy	3 – 0	Poland	(25–15, 25–15, 25–18)
	Kenya	0 – 3	Serbia	(15–25, 16–25, 10–25)
	Japan	3 – 1	Peru	(25–18, 25–13, 22–25, 25–19)
10 November
	Italy	3 – 0	Kenya	(25–13, 25–13, 25–5)
	Peru	0 – 3	Serbia	(15–25, 15–25, 23–25)
	Japan	3 – 2	Poland	(19–25, 25–23, 18–25, 25–22, 15–12)
11 November
	Peru	0 – 3	Italy	(13–25, 21–25, 17–25)
	Poland	3 – 2	Serbia	(24–26, 25–23, 25–12, 19–25, 15–10)
	Japan	3 – 0	Kenya	(25–14, 25-12, 25–8)

Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium

9 November
	Brazil	3 – 0	Thailand	(25–12, 25–13, 25–20)
	Dominican R.	1 – 3	United States	(16–25, 25–20, 16–25, 18–25)
	Cuba	3 – 2	South Korea	(25–20, 17–25, 19–25, 25–21, 15–10)
10 November
	Cuba	3 – 1	Dominican R.	(25–13, 25–27, 25–23, 25–18)
	Thailand	1 – 3	United States	(25–21, 19–25, 11–25, 13–25)
	Brazil	3 – 0	South Korea	(25–15, 25–17, 25–17)
11 November
	Cuba	3 – 1	Thailand	(25–22, 23–25, 25–22, 25–13)
	South Korea	0 – 3	United States	(21–25, 19–25, 23–25)
	Brazil	3 – 0	Dominican R.	(25–16, 25–12, 25–14)

4° Round

14–16 November 2007

Nippongaishi Hall

14 November
	Brazil	0 – 3	Italy	(20–25, 23–25, 19–25)
	Serbia	3 – 1	United States	(28–26, 23–25, 25–20, 25–23)
	Japan	1 – 3	Cuba	(25–22, 29–31, 23–25, 20–25)
15 November
	Brazil	3 – 0	Serbia	(25–13, 25–14, 25–21)
	Cuba	0 – 3	Italy	(25–27, 19–25, 16–25)
	Japan	0 – 3	United States	(17–25, 14–25, 20–25)
16 November
	Cuba	3 – 1	Serbia	(23–25, 25–22, 25–20, 25–22)
	Italy	3 – 0	United States	(25–20, 25–18, 27–25)
	Japan	1 – 3	Brazil	(16–25, 25–23, 18–25, 18–25)

Park Arena Komaki

14 November
	Kenya	2 – 3	Thailand	(15–25, 25–23, 25–22, 13–25, 10–15)
	Dominican R.	0 – 3	Poland	(14–25, 14–25, 18–25)
	South Korea	3 – 0	Peru	(25–17, 26–24, 25–20)
15 November
	Dominican R.	3 – 0	Kenya	(25–19, 25–16, 25–18)
	Peru	0 – 3	Thailand	(23–25, 22–25, 17–25)
	South Korea	1 – 3	Poland	(20–25, 25–20, 23–25, 19–25)
16 November
	Dominican R.	3 – 2	Peru	(23–25, 21–25, 25–17, 25–10, 15–13)
	Poland	3 – 0	Thailand	(25–15, 25–17, 25–22)
	Kenya	0 – 3	South Korea	(16–25, 17–25, 12–25)

Ranking

	Team	Points	Play	Wins	Lose	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Italy	22	11	11	0	858	604	1.421	33	2	16.500
2	Brazil	20	11	9	2	891	671	1.328	29	9	3.222
3	United States	20	11	9	2	940	821	1.145	28	13	2.154
4	Cuba	19	11	8	3	1020	951	1.073	28	17	1.647
5	Serbia	18	11	7	4	910	866	1.051	26	15	1.733
6	Poland	17	11	6	5	908	820	1.107	23	18	1.278
7	Japan	17	11	6	5	885	866	1.022	21	19	1.105
8	South Korea	15	11	4	7	825	848	0.973	16	22	0.727
9	Dominican R.	14	11	3	8	797	911	0.875	12	28	0.429
10	Thailand	13	11	2	9	784	924	0.848	11	29	0.379
11	Peru	12	11	1	10	681	855	0.796	6	30	0.200
12	Kenya	11	11	0	11	498	860	0.579	2	33	0.061

Olympic qualification

 Italy,  Brazil and  United States qualified to the Women's Volleyball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

Final standings

Place Team  Italy  Brazil  United States 4  Cuba 5  Serbia 6  Poland 7  Japan 8  South Korea 9  Dominican Republic 10  Thailand 11  Peru 12  Kenya

2007 FIVB Women's World Cup  Italy First title Team Roster: Jenny Barazza, Taismary Agüero, Antonella Del Core, Francesca Ferretti, Simona Gioli, Francesca Piccinini, Paola Cardullo, Martina Guiggi, Sara Anzanello, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Serena Ortolani, and Manuela Secolo. Head Coach: Massimo Barbolini.

Awards

• MVP:  Simona Gioli (ITA)
• Best Scorer:  Katarzyna Skowronska (POL)
• Best Spiker:  Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
• Best Blocker:  Simona Gioli (ITA)
• Best Server:  Yanelis Santos (CUB)
• Best Libero:  Paola Cardullo (ITA)
• Best Setter:  Hélia Souza (BRA)

See also

• 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup

External links

• Official website
• Schedule of the Round 1