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The FIVB World Grand Prix 2008 was a women's volleyball tournament in which 12 countries competed from 20 June to 12 July 2008. The finals were held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. Cuba, Brazil, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the tournament at the 2007 Women's Pan-American Cup in Colima, Mexico.
World Grand Prix was created in 1993 as part of the FIVB 's marketing strategy to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing annual international competitions. It was modelled after the World League, a successful event for men that had been introduced three years before. The Grand Prix made women's volleyball very popular in East Asia.
This article show all participating team squads at the 2008 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix, played by twelve countries with the final round held in Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan. Brazil
The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1970 they have been awarded every four years.
0–9. 1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix; 1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix; 1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix; 1996 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
2022. 2025. The FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1962, they were held every four years.
The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is currently ranked 7th [ 4 ] in the world by FIVB. The head coach is Masayoshi Manabe. One of their greatest successes was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to ...
The FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially, the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, except for 1973 when no tournament was ...