2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 24th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 teams from 3 June to 10 July 2016. The Group 1 final round was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Brazil captured their record eleventh title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over defending champions United States. In the bronze medal match, The Netherlands prevailed in five sets over Russia. Natália Pereira was elected the most valuable player.

In the Group 2 finals held in Varna, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic defeated Poland in five sets and earned a promotion to Group 1 for the 2017 season.

Moreover, in the Group 3 finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Croatia defeated the home team in straight sets to earn a promotion to Group 2 in the 2017 edition.

Qualification

 * All 28 teams of the 2015 edition directly qualified.

Intercontinental round

 * Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn in 9 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 9 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top five ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 2 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
 * Group 2, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round. The last ranked team after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winners of the Group 3 Final Round can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
 * Group 3, the 8 teams were drawn in 4 pools of 4 teams. In each pool, all teams will compete in round robin format. The results of all 4 pools will combine in 1 ranking table. The hosts and the top three ranked teams will play in the final round.

Final round

 * Group 1, the 6 teams in the final round will be divided in 2 pools determined by the serpentine system. The host team will be at the top position and the other teams will be allocated by their rankings in the preliminary round. The top 2 teams from each pool will play in the semifinals. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals.
 * Group 2 and Group 3, the host team will face the last ranked team among the qualified teams in the semifinals. The other 2 teams will play against each other in the other semifinal. The winning teams will play in the final match for the gold medals and a chance for promotion.

Pools composition
The pools composition was announced on 19 August 2015.

Squads
There are 21 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 21 players of each team can be seen in the article below.

Pool standing procedure

 * 1) Number of matches won
 * 2) Match points
 * 3) Sets ratio
 * 4) Points ratio
 * 5) If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser

Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Intercontinental round

 * All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

Pool A1

 * Venue: 🇨🇳 Beilun Gymnasium, Ningbo, China

Pool B1

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pool C1

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia

Pool D1

 * Venue: 🇲🇴 Macau Forum, Macau, China

Pool E1

 * Venue: 🇺🇸 Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, United States

Pool F1

 * Venue: 🇮🇹 PalaFlorio, Bari, Italy

Pool G1

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey

Pool H1

 * Venue: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China

Pool I1

 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Shimadzu Arena, Kyoto, Japan

Pool A2

 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Club Deportivo Floresta, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Pool B2

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Hala MOSiR, Zielona Góra, Poland

Pool C2

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Sport Hall Up Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Pool D2

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Hala Mistrzów, Włocławek, Poland

Pool A3

 * Venue: Salle OMS Belkhdar Tahar, Algiers, Algeria

Pool B3

 * Venue: 🇦🇺 Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia

Pool C3

 * Venue: 🇨🇴 Coliseo Evangelista Mora, Cali, Colombia

Pool D3

 * Venue: 🇵🇪 Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru

Final round

 * All times are Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00).

Group 3

 * Venue: 🇰🇿 Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Group 2

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria

Group 1

 * Venue: 🇹🇭 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇧🇷 Natália Pereira
 * Best Outside Hitters
 * 🇧🇷 Sheilla Castro
 * 🇺🇸 Kimberly Hill
 * Best setter
 * 🇹🇭 Nootsara Tomkom
 * Best Middle Blockers
 * 🇺🇸 Rachael Adams
 * 🇧🇷 Thaísa Menezes
 * Best libero
 * 🇨🇳 Lin Li
 * Best Opposite
 * Lonneke Slöetjes

Statistics leaders
The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills; serve, reception, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill by group plus top scorers as of 26 June 2016.

Best scorers
Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

Best spikers
Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Best blockers
Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Best servers
Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best setters
Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Best diggers
Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Best receivers
Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.