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 Italy 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:

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
1st  Italy
2nd  Brazil
3rd  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

See also

External links

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