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2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates November 2 – November 16
Teams 12
Venue(s) 8 (in 7 host cities)
Champions  Italy (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Italy Simona Gioli
Official website
tournament website

2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from November 2 to November 16, 2007 in Japan.

12 teams participated in the World Cup:

The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Women is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B)

Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.

2 November 2007 – 4 November 2007

6–7 November 2007

9–11 November 2007

14–16 November 2007

(25–20, 25–18, 27–25)

 Italy,  Brazil and  United States qualified to the Women's Volleyball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.


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