2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 25th edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 32 teams between 7 July and 6 August. The Group 1 Final Round was held in Nanjing, China.

Defending champions Brazil won their record twelfth title in the tournament after a 3–2 win over Italy. Serbia captured their third bronze medal in the competition by defeating China in a rematch of the previous year's Olympic final. Natália Pereira from Brazil was elected the MVP for the second straight year.

In the Group 2 finals held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Poland defeated South Korea in straight sets.

Moreover, Hungary finished atop of Group 3 at their first-ever World Grand Prix participation after a 3–0 win over the home team in the final match in Canberra, Australia.

Qualification

 * Excluding, who withdrew from the tournament, the remaining 27 teams from the 2016 edition directly qualified.
 * ,, , , , and were invited to participate in this edition.
 * was initially listed in Group 3, but withdrew and was replaced by.
 * was initially listed in Group 2, but withdrew and was replaced by .  replaced  in Group 3.


 * 1 Teams making their debuts.

Intercontinental round

 * Group 1, the 12 teams were drawn into 3 pools of 4 teams for each of the three weeks of competition, resulting in a total of 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 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 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.

Pool composition
The pools were announced on 14 September 2016.

Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
 * 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, 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 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 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Pool A1

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
 * All times are Turkey Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool B1

 * Venue: 🇨🇳 Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China
 * All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool C1

 * Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool D1

 * Venue: 🇯🇵 Kamei Arena Sendai, Sendai, Japan
 * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool E1

 * Venue: 🇲🇴 Macau Forum, Macau, China
 * All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool F1

 * Venue: 🇷🇺 DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia
 * All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool G1

 * Venue: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China
 * All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool H1

 * Venue: 🇹🇭 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand
 * All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).

Pool I1

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá, Brazil
 * All times are Amazonas Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool A2

 * Venue: 🇧🇬 Bulstrad Arena, Ruse, Bulgaria
 * All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool B2

 * Venue: 🇦🇷 Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén, Argentina
 * All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool C2

 * Venue: 🇵🇪 Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru
 * All times are Peru Time (UTC−05:00).

Pool D2

 * Venue: 🇰🇿 Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).

Pool E2

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Hala sportowo-widowiskowa KSZO, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool F2

 * Venue: Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
 * All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool G2

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, Canada
 * All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC−07:00).

Pool H2

 * Venue: 🇰🇷 Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon, South Korea
 * All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool I2

 * Venue: Varaždin Arena, Varaždin, Croatia
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A3

 * Venue: 🇲🇽 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes City, Mexico
 * All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Pool B3

 * Venue: 🇨🇲 Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Yaoundé, Cameroon
 * All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

Pool C3

 * Venue: 🇻🇪 Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
 * All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Pool D3

 * Venue: 🇹🇹 National Cycling Center, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 * All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Group 3

 * Venue: 🇦🇺 AIS Arena, Canberra, Australia
 * All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).

Group 2

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Winter Stadium Ostrava-Poruba, Ostrava, Czech Republic
 * All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Group 1

 * Venue: 🇨🇳 Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China
 * All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Awards

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇧🇷 Natália Pereira
 * Best Outside Hitters
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Ting
 * 🇧🇷 Natália Pereira
 * Best setter
 * 🇨🇳 Ding Xia
 * Best Middle Blockers
 * 🇧🇷 Ana Beatriz Corrêa
 * 🇷🇸 Milena Rašić
 * Best libero
 * 🇮🇹 Monica De Gennaro
 * Best Opposite
 * 🇷🇸 Tijana Bošković

Statistics leaders
The statistics of each group follow 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 24 July 2017.

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.