1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fifth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Kobe, Japan, from 29 to 31 August 1997.

Ranking
The best three teams from the overall ranking and Japan as host are qualified for the final round.

Group A

 * Venue: Macau

Group B

 * Venue: Suwon, South Korea

Group C

 * Venue: Taipei, Taiwan

Group D

 * Venue: Hong Kong

Group E

 * Venue: Gifu, Japan

Final round

 * Venue: Kobe, Japan

Individual awards

 * Most valuable player:
 * 🇷🇺 Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
 * Best scorer:
 * 🇷🇺 Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
 * Best spiker:
 * 🇷🇺 Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
 * Best blocker:
 * 🇨🇺 Regla Torres (CUB)
 * Best server:
 * 🇯🇵 Ikumi Narita (JPN)
 * Best setter:
 * 🇷🇺 Tatyana Grachova (RUS)
 * Best digger:
 * 🇯🇵 Ikumi Narita (JPN)

Dream Team

 * Setter:
 * 🇨🇺 Taismary Aguero (CUB)
 * Middle Blockers:
 * 🇷🇺 Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)
 * 🇨🇺 Regla Torres (CUB)
 * Outside hitters:
 * 🇷🇺 Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
 * 🇨🇳 Sun Yue (CHN)
 * Opposite Spiker:
 * 🇨🇳 Qiu Aihua (CHN)