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{{Infobox FIVB tournament
| competition  = FIVB World Grand Prix
| continent    =
| gender       = women
| year         = 2001
| logo         =
| size         =
| caption      =
| host         = {{flagicon|Macau}} Macau (Group 1 Final)
| dates        =
| teams        = 8
| venues       = 1
| cities       = 1
| champions    = United States
| title_number = 2
| mvp          = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danielle Scott-Arruda|Danielle Scott]]
| website      = 
| last         = 2000 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
| next         = 2002 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
}}

The '''2001 [[FIVB World Grand Prix]]''' was the ninth women's [[volleyball]] tournament of its kind.

==Teams==
{{Further|FIVB World Grand Prix 2001 Squads}}

==Preliminary round==

===Ranking===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = CHN | name_CHN ={{vbw|CHN}}
| team2 = USA | name_USA ={{vbw|USA}}
| team3 = BRA | name_BRA ={{vbw|BRA}}
| team4 = RUS | name_RUS ={{vbw|RUS}}
| team5 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vbw|JPN}}
| team6 = CUB | name_CUB ={{vbw|CUB}}
| team7 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vbw|KOR}}
| team8 = GER | name_GER ={{vbw|GER}}
|bwin_CHN =8 |bloss_CHN =1 |sw_CHN =24 |sl_CHN =10 |spw_CHN =825 |spl_CHN =706
|bwin_USA =6 |bloss_USA =3 |sw_USA =21 |sl_USA =14 |spw_USA =778 |spl_USA =759
|bwin_BRA =6 |bloss_BRA =3 |sw_BRA =21 |sl_BRA =18 |spw_BRA =847 |spl_BRA =842
|bwin_RUS =5 |bloss_RUS =4 |sw_RUS =20 |sl_RUS =13 |spw_RUS =772 |spl_RUS =682
|bwin_JPN =5 |bloss_JPN =4 |sw_JPN =19 |sl_JPN =14 |spw_JPN =763 |spl_JPN =764
|bwin_CUB =4 |bloss_CUB =5 |sw_CUB =17 |sl_CUB =19 |spw_CUB =778 |spl_CUB =812
|bwin_KOR =1 |bloss_KOR =8 |sw_KOR =9 |sl_KOR =24 |spw_KOR =676 |spl_KOR =780
|bwin_GER =1 |bloss_GER =8 |sw_GER =7 |sl_GER =26 |spw_GER =699 |spl_GER =793
|source=
}}

===First round===

====Group A====
*'''Venue''': [[Suphanburi]], [[Thailand]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|3 Ago|{{vbw-rt|GER}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|17–25|18–25|21–25|||56–75}}
{{Vb res 2|3 Ago|{{vbw-rt|USA}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|KOR}}'''|17–25|23–25|23–25|||63–75}}
{{Vb res 2|4 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|GER}}|28–26|25–19|25–16|||78–61}}
{{Vb res 2|4 Ago|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|23–25|12–25|13–25|||48–75}}
{{Vb res 2|5 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|GER}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|KOR}}|25–19|22–25|25–23|20–25|22–20|114–112}}
{{Vb res 2|5 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|RUS}}|25–23|25–23|25–17|||75–63}}
{{end}}

====Group B====
*'''Venue''': [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|3 Ago|{{vbw-rt|CHN}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|JPN}}'''|19–25|28–30|23–25|||70–80}}
{{Vb res 2|3 Ago|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|2–3|'''{{vbw|BRA}}'''|25–16|18–25|25–22|13–25|7–15|88–103}}
{{Vb res 2|4 Ago|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|1–3|'''{{vbw|JPN}}'''|23–25|25–16|16–25|21–25||85–91}}
{{Vb res 2|4 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|BRA}}|26–28|26–24|25–22|27–29|15–8|119–111}}
{{Vb res 2|5 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|JPN}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|BRA}}|25–21|26–24|25–17|||76–62}}
{{Vb res 2|5 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|CUB}}|25–20|25–17|25–22|||75–59}}
{{end}}

===Second round===

====Group C====
*'''Venue''': [[Harbin]], [[China]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|10 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|JPN}}|21–25|25–17|25–11|25–19||96–72}}
{{Vb res 2|10 Ago|{{vbw-rt|GER}}|2–3|'''{{vbw|BRA}}'''|20–25|25–27|25–17|25–22|8–15|103–106}}
{{Vb res 2|11 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|GER}}|25–22|26–24|25–17|||76–63}}
{{Vb res 2|11 Ago|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|1–3|'''{{vbw|BRA}}'''|25–18|23–25|18–25|26–28||92–96}}
{{Vb res 2|12 Ago|{{vbw-rt|GER}}|1–3|'''{{vbw|JPN}}'''|25–27|17–25|28–26|22–25||92–103}}
{{Vb res 2|12 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|BRA}}|25–21|25–18|23–25|25–15||98–79}}
{{end}}

====Group D====
*'''Venue''': [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|10 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|RUS}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|KOR}}|25–22|25–23|25–16|||75–61}}
{{Vb res 2|10 Ago|{{vbw-rt|USA}}|2–3|'''{{vbw|CUB}}'''|17–25|25–22|25–21|23–25|11–15|101–108}}
{{Vb res 2|11 Ago|{{vbw-rt|RUS}}|2–3|'''{{vbw|USA}}'''|20–25|25–17|22–25|25–20|13–15|105–102}}
{{Vb res 2|11 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CUB}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|KOR}}|25–20|25–27|25–17|25–18||100–82}}
{{Vb res 2|12 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|KOR}}|28–26|23–25|25–19|19–25|15–8|110–103}}
{{Vb res 2|12 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CUB}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|RUS}}|16–25|25–22|26–24|25–22||92–93}}
{{end}}

===Third round===

====Group E====
*'''Venue''': [[Harbin]], [[China]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CUB}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|GER}}|25–19|25–23|25–23|||75–65}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|USA}}|25–18|22–25|25–16|25–14||97–73}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|GER}}|25–19|18–25|25–19|25–22||93–85}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Ago|{{vbw-rt|CUB}}|1–3|'''{{vbw|USA}}'''|18–25|25–27|26–24|18–25||87–101}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Ago|{{vbw-rt|GER}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|USA}}'''|22–25|19–25|19–25|||60–75}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|CUB}}|25–23|25–10|23–25|28–26||101–84}}
{{end}}

====Group F====
*'''Venue''': [[Tokyo, Japan]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|BRA}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|KOR}}|25–19|18–25|25–20|25–19||93–83}}
{{Vb res 2|17 Ago|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|1–3|'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|25–23|22–25|18–25|31–33||96–106}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Ago|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|21–25|14–25|15–25|||50–75}}
{{Vb res 2|18 Ago|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|1–3|'''{{vbw|BRA}}'''|19–25|16–25|25–20|18–25||78–95}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Ago|{{vbw-rt|RUS}}|2–3|'''{{vbw|BRA}}'''|25–15|22–25|22–25|25–22|11–15|105–102}}
{{Vb res 2|19 Ago|{{vbw-rt|KOR}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|JPN}}'''|20–25|22–25|20–25|||62–75}}
{{end}}

==Final round==
*'''Venue''': [[Macau]]

===Pool play===
====Group A====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = RUS | name_RUS ={{vbw|RUS}}
| team2 = CHN | name_CHN ={{vbw|CHN}}
| team3 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vbw|JPN}}
| team4 = GER | name_GER ={{vbw|GER}}
|bwin_RUS =3 |bloss_RUS =0 |sw_RUS =9 |sl_RUS =3 |spw_RUS =278 |spl_RUS =222
|bwin_CHN =2 |bloss_CHN =1 |sw_CHN =7 |sl_CHN =5 |spw_CHN =274 |spl_CHN =256
|bwin_JPN =1 |bloss_JPN =2 |sw_JPN =7 |sl_JPN =7 |spw_JPN =282 |spl_JPN =306
|bwin_GER =0 |bloss_GER =3 |sw_GER =1 |sl_GER =9 |spw_GER =194 |spl_GER =244
|col_QSF=#ccffcc|text_QSF= [[#Final four|Semifinals]]
|result1=QSF|result2=QSF
|source=
}}

{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|RUS}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|JPN}}|25–22|25–14|19–25|21–25|15–7|105–93}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|GER}}|25–20|26–24|25–18|||76–62}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|RUS}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|GER}}|25–15|25–16|25–13|||75–44}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|JPN}}|25–10|26–24|22–25|25–27|15–10|113–96}}
{{Vb res 2|24 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|JPN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|GER}}|25–21|25–19|18–25|25–23||93–88}}
{{Vb res 2|24 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|RUS}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|CHN}}|25–20|25–22|23–25|25–18||98–85}}
{{end}}

====Group B====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Volleyball
|res_col_header=Q
|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1
|update=complete
| team1 = CUB | name_CUB ={{vbw|CUB}}
| team2 = USA | name_USA ={{vbw|USA}}
| team3 = BRA | name_BRA ={{vbw|BRA}}
| team4 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vbw|KOR}}
|bwin_CUB =3 |bloss_CUB =0 |sw_CUB =9 |sl_CUB =2 |spw_CUB =266 |spl_CUB =223
|bwin_USA =2 |bloss_USA =1 |sw_USA =6 |sl_USA =5 |spw_USA =256 |spl_USA =243
|bwin_BRA =1 |bloss_BRA =2 |sw_BRA =6 |sl_BRA =6 |spw_BRA =276 |spl_BRA =283
|bwin_KOR =0 |bloss_KOR =3 |sw_KOR =1 |sl_KOR =9 |spw_KOR =198 |spl_KOR =247
|col_QSF=#ccffcc|text_QSF= [[#Final four|Semifinals]]
|result1=QSF|result2=QSF
|source=
}}

{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Ago|{{vbw-rt|BRA}}|2–3|'''{{vbw|CUB}}'''|21–25|29–27|22–25|25–21|15–17|112–115}}
{{Vb res 2|22 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|KOR}}|27–25|18–25|25–16|25–14||95–80}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Ago|{{vbw-rt|USA}}|0–3|'''{{vbw|CUB}}'''|24–26|13–25|20–25|||57–76}}
{{Vb res 2|23 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|BRA}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|KOR}}|25–20|25–19|27–25|||77–64}}
{{Vb res 2|24 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CUB}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|KOR}}|25–22|25–17|25–15|||75–54}}
{{Vb res 2|24 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|BRA}}|31–29|23–25|25–13|25–20||104–87}}
{{end}}

===Final four===
{{Round4-with third
<!-- parameters -->
|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final|Consol=3rd place match
<!-- Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
|25 August|'''{{vbw|USA}}'''|'''3'''|{{vbw|RUS}}|2
|25 August|'''{{vbw|CHN}}'''|'''3'''|{{vbw|CUB}}|1
<!-- final -->
|26 August|'''{{vbw|USA}}'''|'''3'''|{{vbw|CHN}}|1
<!-- third place -->
|26 August|'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|'''3'''|{{vbw|CUB}}|0
}}

====Semifinals====
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|25 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|RUS}}|25–22|28–26|21–25|25–27|15–9|114–109}}
{{Vb res 2|25 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|CHN}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|CUB}}|18–25|25–21|25–22|25–23||93–91}}
{{end}}

====7th place match====
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|25 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|KOR}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|GER}}|23–25|25–21|25–20|25–18||98–84}}
{{end}}

====5th place match====
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|25 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|BRA}}'''|3–2|{{vbw|JPN}}|22–25|19–25|25–23|25–11|15–8|106–92}}
{{end}}

====3rd place match====
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|26 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|RUS}}'''|3–0|{{vbw|CUB}}|25–18|25–11|25–20|||75–49}}
{{end}}

====Final====
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|26 Ago|'''{{vbw-rt|USA}}'''|3–1|{{vbw|CHN}}|26–28|25–20|25–21|25–11||101–80}}
{{end}}

==Final ranking==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Place !! Team
|-
|{{Gold1}}
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|USA}}
|-
|{{Silver2}}
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|CHN}}
|-
|{{Bronze3}}
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|RUS}}
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|CUB}}
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|BRA}}
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|JPN}}
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|KOR}}
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;" |{{vbw|GER}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|vbw|2001 FIVB World Grand Prix winners|USA|Second}}
{|style="text-align:center;margin-top:2em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
|-
|'''Team roster'''
|-
|[[Sarah Butler (volleyball)|Sarah Butler]], [[Danielle Scott-Arruda|Danielle Scott]], [[Stacy Sykora]], [[Elisabeth Bachman]], [[Heather Bown]], [[Charlene Tagaloa]], [[Therese Crawford]], [[Nicole Branagh]], [[Robyn Ah Mow]], [[Tara Cross-Battle]], [[Logan Tom]] and [[Sarah Noriega]].
|-
|'''Head coach'''
|-
|[[Toshiaki Yoshida]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==Individual awards==
{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
*'''Most valuable player''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Danielle Scott-Arruda|Danielle Scott]]|USA}}
*'''Best scorer''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Danielle Scott-Arruda|Danielle Scott]]|USA}}
*'''Best spiker''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Elizaveta Tichtchenko]]|RUS}}
*'''Best blocker''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Danielle Scott-Arruda|Danielle Scott]]|USA}}
*'''Best server''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Zoila Barros]]|CUB}}
*'''Best digger''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Stacy Sykora]]|USA}}
*'''Best setter''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Robyn Ah Mow]]|USA}}
*'''Best receiver''':
**{{flagathlete|[[Elena Tiourina]]|RUS}}
{{colend}}

==References==
*[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2001/Index.htm FIVB]
*[http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus/gprix_01.htm Volleyball Almanac]{{Dead link|date=December 2010}}

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