Men's World Grand Champions Cup Preview

2017 WORLD GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP

Women – September 5-9
Men – September 12-17
Nagoya and Osaka, Japan
Women – Schedule/Results
Men – Schedule
Power Rankings

The seventh edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup will be held from September 12 to 17 in the cities of Nagoya and Osaka in Japan. The tournament will be contested in a Round-Robin system. Thus, each team will play against each of the five remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.

Schedule

Nagoya Round (All times are in Japan Standard Time UTC + 9)
Date	Time	Match ups
12 Sep	12:40	France	Brazil
12 Sep	15:40	Italy	Iran
12 Sep	19:15	Japan	United States
13 Sep	12:40	Brazil	Italy
13 Sep	15:40	United States	Iran
13 Sep	19:15	Japan	France

Osaka Round (All times are in Japan Standard Time UTC + 9)
Date	Time	Match Ups
15 Sep	12:40	Iran	Brazil
15 Sep	15:40	France	United States
15 Sep	19:15	Italy	Japan
16 Sep	12:40	United States	Brazil
16 Sep	15:40	France	Italy
16 Sep	19:15	Japan	Iran
17 Sep	11:40	Italy	United States
17 Sep	14:40	Iran	France
17 Sep	18:15	Brazil	Japan

Host Cities

Nagoya, with a population of over two million, is Japan’s fourth largest city. It has flourished since the Edo era as one of the country’s leading urban locations. The city is the birthplace of three notable feudal lords, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu and today plays an important role in Japan’s ceramics, textiles and automobiles industries. Nagoya is the sister city of Los Angeles and Sydney and has long been active in hosting international events, including numerous FIVB competitions.

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Osaka is Japan’s third largest and second most important city and has been the economic powerhouse of the Kansai region for many centuries. Many volleyball teams of the V-League, the Japanese Volleyball Premier League, are based In the Kansai-area. Osaka hosted the final of the 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup as well as matches of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup in 2007 and FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup 2015.

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Teams and Extended Rosters

FIVB announced the four best ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. South America, Europe, North America, and Asia confederations were eligible to send representatives. The representatives were determined by their continental rankings at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champions Cup title.

For a full review of each teams and VolleyMob power rankings, click here.

Brazil

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N°	NAME	BIRTHDATE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	CLUB
1	Bruno Rezende	02/07/1986	190	76	323	302	Modena
2	Isac Santos	13/12/1990	208	99	339	306	Sada Cruzeiro
3	Eder Carbonera	19/10/1983	205	107	360	330	Trentino
4	Thiago Veloso	15/08/1993	184	77	313	294	SESC
5	Fernando Kreling	13/01/1996	185	85	319	301	Sada/Cruzeiro
6	Tiago Brendle	21/10/1985	188	83	315	300	SESC
7	Evandro Guerra	27/12/1981	207	106	359	332	Sada Cruzeiro
8	Wallace De Souza	26/06/1987	198	87	344	318	Funvic Taubaté
9	Raphael Oliveira	14/06/1979	190	82	330	306	Funvic Taubaté
10	Otávio Pinto	27/02/1991	200	85	347	319	Funvic Taubaté
11	Rodrigo Leao	05/06/1996	197	85	331	316	Sada Cruzeiro
12	João Ferreira	17/03/1993	191	86	339	308	SESC
13	Maurício Souza	29/09/1988	209	93	344	323	SESC
14	Douglas Souza	20/08/1995	199	75	338	317	SESI-SP
15	Victor Cardoso	22/03/1999	199	86	350	325	SESI
16	Lucas Saatkamp	06/03/1986	209	101	340	321	SESI-SP
17	Thales Hoss	26/04/1989	190	74	320	303	Funvic Taubaté
18	Ricardo Lucarelli Souza	14/02/1992	196	87	348	326	Funvic Taubaté
19	Mauricio Silva	04/02/1989	199	99	335	315	SESC
20	Renan Buiatti	10/01/1990	217	105	350	314	SESC

Team USA

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N°	NAME	BIRTHDATE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	CLUB
1	Matthew Anderson	18/04/1987	202	100	360	332	Zenit Kazan
2	Aaron Russell	04/06/1993	205	98	356	337	Sir Safety Conrad Perugia
3	Taylor Sander	17/03/1992	196	80	345	320	Al-Arabi Sports Club
4	Jeffrey Jendryk	15/09/1995	208	89	353	345	Loyola University-Chicago
5	James Shaw	05/03/1994	203	98	354	338	Stanford University
6	Jonah Seif	30/10/1994	203	98	351	338	Miejski Klub Sportowy Bedzin
7	Kawika Shoji	11/11/1987	190	79	331	315	Lokomotiv Nobosibirsk
10	Thomas Jaeschke	04/09/1993	198	84	348	330	Asseco Resovia SA
11	Micah Christenson	08/05/1993	198	88	349	340	A.S. Volley Lube
12	Torey Defalco	10/04/1997	198	95	340	328	Long Beach State Univ.
13	Daniel Mcdonnell	15/09/1988	200	90	355	345	Chaumont Volley-Ball 52
14	Benjamin Patch	21/06/1994	203	90	368	348	Brigham Young University
15	Carson Clark	20/01/1989	205	93	365	360	USA Men’s Volleyball Team
17	Maxwell Holt	12/03/1987	205	90	351	333	Modena Volley Punto Zero
18	Garrett Muagututia	26/02/1988	205	92	359	345	Tianjin Men’s Volleyball Club
19	Taylor Averill	05/03/1992	201	94	370	330	SSCD Pallavolo Padova
20	David Smith	15/05/1985	201	86	348	314	WKS Czarni Radom
21	Dustin Watten	27/10/1986	182	80	306	295	WKS Czarni Radom
22	Erik Shoji	24/08/1989	184	83	330	321	Lokomotiv Nobosibirsk
24	Michael Brinkley	15/10/1992	178	68	305	300	SVG Luneburg

France

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N°	NAME	BIRTHDATE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	CLUB
1	Jonas Aguenier	28/04/1992	202	92	340	310	Chaumont VB 52 (FRA)
2	Jenia Grebennikov	13/08/1990	188	85	345	330	AS Lube Volley (ITA)
3	Quentin Jouffroy	05/07/1993	202	100	345	325	Tours VB (FRA)
4	Jean Patry	27/12/1996	207	94	337	314	Montpellier VUC (FRA)
5	Trevor Clevenot	28/06/1994	199	89	335	316	Volley Piacenza (ITA)
6	Benjamin Toniutti	30/10/1989	183	73	320	300	Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle (POL)
7	Kevin Tillie	02/11/1990	200	85	345	325	Zaksa Kedzierzyn (POL)
8	Julien Lyneel	15/04/1990	192	87	345	325	Porto Robur Costa Ravenna(ITA)
9	Earvin Ngapeth	12/02/1991	194	101	358	327	Modena Volley (ITA)
10	Kevin Le Roux	11/05/1989	209	98	365	345	Modena Volley (ITA)
11	Antoine Brizard	22/05/1994	196	96	340	310	Toulouse OAC-TUC (FRA)
12	Stephen Boyer	10/04/1996	196	85	335	314	Chaumont VB 52 (FRA)
14	Nicolas Le Goff	15/02/1992	206	105	365	328	Istanbul BBSK (TUR)
16	Daryl Bultor	17/11/1995	197	94	342	317	Montpellier VUC (FRA)
17	Guillaume Quesque	29/04/1989	204	87	350	325	Fenerbahce SK (TUR)
18	Thibault Rossard	28/08/1993	193	85	350	320	Resovia Rzeszow (POL)
19	Meliuahel Takaniko	29/05/1985	194	92	340	330	GFC Ajaccio VB (FRA)
20	Nicolas Rossard	23/05/1990	183	64	315	305	Toulouse OAC-TUC (FRA)
21	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	28/02/1998	200	80	357	332	Toulouse OAC-TUC (FRA)
24	Thomas Nevot	30/04/1995	192	84	320	305	Tours VB (FRA)

Italy

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N°	NAME	BIRTHDATE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	CLUB
1	Davide Candellaro	07/06/1989	200	88	340	320	Lube volley
2	Luigi Randazzo	30/04/1994	198	97	352	255	Pallavolo Padova
3	Nicola Pesaresi	11/02/1991	190	80	315	309	Blu Volley
4	Luca Vettori	26/04/1991	200	95	345	323	Trentino Volley
5	Luca Spirito	30/10/1993	196	79	338	262	Blu Volley
6	Simone Giannelli	09/08/1996	198	92	350	330	Trentino Volley
7	Fabio Balaso	20/10/1995	178	73	305	280	Pallavolo Padova
8	Gabriele Nelli	04/12/1993	210	100	355	320	Pallavolo Padova
9	Daniele Mazzone	04/06/1992	208	88	315	309	Modena Volley Punto Zero
10	Filippo Lanza	03/03/1991	198	98	350	330	Trentino Volley
11	Simone Buti	19/09/1983	206	100	346	328	Vero Volley
12	Andrea Argenta	01/06/1996	205	95	350	310	Modena Volley Punto Zero
13	Massimo Colaci	21/02/1985	180	75	314	306	Sir Safety Umbria Volley
14	Matteo Piano	24/10/1990	208	102	352	325	Power Volley
15	Riccardo Sbertoli	23/05/1998	188	85	326	246	Power Volley Milano
16	Oleg Antonov	28/07/1988	198	88	340	310	Tonno Callipo Calabria
17	Iacopo Botto	22/09/1987	191	76	345	320	Vero Volley
18	Giulio Sabbi	10/08/1989	201	92	352	325	Modena Volley Punto Zero
19	Fabio Ricci	11/07/1994	204	96	348	272	Sir Safety Umbria Volley
20	Tiziano Mazzone	22/07/1995	198	95	350	315	Robur Porto

Iran

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N°	NAME	BIRTHDATE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	CLUB
1	Farhad Salafzoon	06/12/1992	200	81	320	313	Matin Varna
2	Milad Ebadipour	17/10/1993	196	78	350	310	Shahrdari Urmia
3	Saman Faezi	23/08/1991	204	87	343	335	Paykan
4	Saeid Marouflakrani	20/10/1985	189	81	331	311	Shahrdari Urmia
5	Farhad Ghaemi	28/08/1989	197	73	355	335	Paykan
6	Seyed Eraghi	22/08/1987	203	86	362	344	Sarmayeh Bank
7	Amirhossein Esfandiar	24/01/1999	205	110	330	310	Kalleh Mazandaran
8	Mostafa Heydari	14/12/1991	175	68	263	259	Saipa
10	Amir Ghafour	06/06/1991	202	90	354	334	Paykan
11	Farhad Afshar	22/05/1984	195	93	320	308	Paykan
12	Mojtaba Mirzajanpour	07/10/1991	205	88	355	348	Paykan
13	Javad Karimisouchelmaei	01/03/1998	204	104	330	310	Kalleh Mazandaran
14	M. Manavinezhad	27/11/1995	200	84	340	320	Paykan
15	Amin Esmaeilnezhad	17/12/1996	203	90	343	332	Paykan
16	Ali Shafiei	21/09/1991	190	80	348	345	Bank Keshavarzi
17	Reza Ghara	31/07/1991	200	87	351	331	Kalleh
18	Rahman Zadeh	26/07/1995	205	98	348	328	Parseh
19	Mahdi Marandi	12/05/1986	172	69	295	280	Paykan
20	Masoud Gholami	02/04/1990	204	93	349	331	SAIPA
21	Salim Cheperli	19/12/1996	201	80	340	330	Paykan

Japan

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N°	NAME	BIRTHDATE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	SPIKE	BLOCK	CLUB
-1	Takaaki Tomimatsu	20/07/1984	192	85	350	340	Toray Arrows
1	Issei Otake	03/12/1995	200	100	330	320	Chuo University
2	Hideomi Fukatsu	01/06/1990	180	70	330	305	Panasonic Panthers
3	Naonobu Fujii	05/01/1992	183	78	320	305	Toray Arrows
4	Taiki Tsuruda	13/07/1991	177	76	330	305	Suntory Sunbirds
5	Yuta Yoneyama	29/08/1984	185	83	340	320	Toray Arrows
6	Akihiro Yamauchi	30/11/1993	204	72	348	328	Panasonic Panthers
7	Takashi Dekita	13/08/1991	200	92	350	330	Sakai Blazers
8	Masahiro Yanagida	06/07/1992	186	79	335	315	TV Ingersoll Bühl
9	Satoshi Ide	16/01/1992	174	70	305	300	Toray Arrows
10	Shuzo Yamada	27/11/1992	193	78	340	323	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
11	Naoya Takano	30/04/1993	190	77	335	320	Sakai Blazers
12	Shohei Yamamoto	21/03/1991	187	68	333	320	JT Thunders
13	Tsubasa Hisahara	18/03/1995	188	77	332	323	Panasonic Panthers
14	Yuki Ishikawa	11/12/1995	192	84	345	330	Chuo University
15	Haku Ri	27/12/1990	194	83	347	325	Toray Arrows
16	Kentaro Takahashi	08/02/1995	201	93	345	330	Toray Arrows
17	Masahiro Sekita	20/11/1993	177	70	320	305	Panasonic Panthers
18	Taishi Onodera	27/02/1996	201	97	330	320	Tokai University
19	Hiroaki Asano	06/10/1990	178	69	335	315	JTEKT Stings
20	Taichiro Koga	04/10/1989	170	70	300	282	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza

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