2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup
| 2017 Women's World Grand Champions Cup | |
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Logo of Japan 2017 WGCC
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| Tournament details | |
| Host nation |
 Japan
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| Dates | 5–10 September |
| Teams | 6 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Champions |
 China (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |
 Brazil
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| Third place |
 United States
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| Fourth place |
 Russia
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| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Zhu Ting |
| Best Setter | Koyomi Tominaga |
| Best OH | Zhu Ting Jordan Larson |
| Best MB | Ana Carolina da Silva Yuan Xinyue |
| Best OPP | Tandara Caixeta |
| Best Libero | Kotoe Inoue |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Attendance | 72,250 (4,817 per match) |
| Official website | |
| FIVB World Grand Champions Cup | |
The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international women's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The tournament was held in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from 5 to 10 September 2017. 6 national teams from 4 confederations competed in the tournament.
China claimed their second title at the tournament with an unbeaten record.Brazil claimed the silver after a face-off in the final round with United States who finished third.Zhu Ting from China was elected the MVP.
The FIVB announed the best four ranked continents in the 2016 Olympic Games were eligible to participate in the tournament. Asia, Europe, North America, and South America confederations were eligible to send representstives. The representatives were determined by their continental ranking at the Olympic tournament. The four teams will join the host team and a wild card team which to compete for the World Grand Champion Cup title.
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
The competition formula of the 2017 Women's World Grand Champions Cup was a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the five remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final standing was determined by the total points gained.
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.
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