The competition formula of the 1997 Women's World Grand Champions Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 5 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing is determined by the total points gained.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
1
Russia
5
5
0
10
15
3
5.000
266
165
1.612
2
Cuba
5
4
1
9
13
6
2.167
253
213
1.188
3
Brazil
5
3
2
8
12
6
2.000
235
183
1.284
4
China
5
2
3
7
8
10
0.800
191
218
0.876
5
Japan
5
1
4
6
4
13
0.308
191
248
0.770
6
South Korea
5
0
5
5
1
15
0.067
130
239
0.544
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
14 Nov
13:00
Brazil
1–3
Cuba
13–15
8–15
15–12
9–15
45–57
14 Nov
15:00
Russia
3–0
China
15–5
15–7
15–3
45–15
14 Nov
18:15
Japan
3–1
South Korea
15–12
15–7
13–15
15–10
58–44
16 Nov
12:30
South Korea
0–3
Brazil
14–16
4–15
3–15
21–46
16 Nov
14:30
Russia
3–0
Japan
15–3
15–7
27–25
57–35
16 Nov
16:30
China
2–3
Cuba
15–9
15–11
7–15
8–15
10–15
55–65
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
18 Nov
14:00
Cuba
3–0
South Korea
15–8
15–10
15–2
45–20
18 Nov
16:00
Brazil
2–3
Russia
15–7
7–15
15–9
7–15
10–15
54–61
18 Nov
18:30
Japan
1–3
China
4–15
15–10
13–15
8–15
40–55
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
21 Nov
14:00
Russia
3–1
Cuba
15–9
13–15
15–6
15–9
58–39
21 Nov
16:00
China
3–0
South Korea
15–6
15–12
15–5
45–23
21 Nov
18:30
Japan
0–3
Brazil
13–15
1–15
9–15
23–45
23 Nov
13:00
Cuba
3–0
Japan
15–7
15–13
17–15
47–35
23 Nov
15:00
South Korea
0–3
Russia
6–15
11–15
5–15
22–45
23 Nov
17:00
Brazil
3–0
China
15–6
15–6
15–9
45–21
1997 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup champions
Russia First title
Team Roster
Yelena Vasilevskaya , Natalya Morozova , Yelena Batukhtina , Yelena Godina , Yevgeniya Artamonova , Olga Chukanova , Tatyana Gracheva , Elizaveta Tishchenko , Anastasiya Belikova , Natalya Safronova , Anna Artamonova , Irina Tebenikhina
Head Coach: Nikolay Karpol