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{{Short description|International volleyball tournament}}
{{Infobox sports league
|current_season = 
|logo = [[File:FIVB WGP logo.png|200px]]
|pixels = 200px
|sport = Volleyball
|founded = 1993
|folded = 2017
|replaced = [[FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|Nations League]]<br>[[FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup|Challenger Cup]]
|teams = 12 in Group 1<br />12 in Group 2<br />8 in Group 3
|continent = International ([[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB]])
|champion = {{vbw|BRA}} (12th title)
|most_champs = {{vbw|BRA}} (12 titles)
}}

The '''FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix''' was an annual women's [[volleyball]] competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called [[FIVB Volleyball World League|World League]]. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]], the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|World Cup]] and the [[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup|World Grand Champions Cup]].

From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the [[FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League]] and [[FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup|Challenger Cup]].<ref>[http://www.worldofvolley.com/News/Latest_news/FIVB/85965/fivb-drastically-changes-format-for-2018-world-league-and-grand-prix-italy-remain-member-of-elite.html FIVB drastically changes format for 2018 World League and Grand Prix] - World of Volley, 19 June 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=73085&Language=en FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League]</ref>

==History==

===Origins===
[[File:VolleyballGrandPrixLogo.png|thumb|150px|Old FIVB World Grand Prix logo]]
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 [[FIVB Volleyball World League|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]]. As of 2004, the competition was maintained mainly with the support of Asian investors.  The early competitions and the finals were usually held in East Asia, because the volleyball market in East Asia is large and has a large audience (such as Hong Kong).  Later, some competitions were held in Europe and the United States, for example, the 2003 finals was held for the first time in Italy, and 2015 finals was held in the United States.

The budget for prize money grew steadily since 1993, but at a rather slow pace. The figures have reached $1.295 million in 2004 - meager when compared to the World League's $13 million.

Although the status of the Grand Prix was less than the other three international competitions, the prize money and popularity was far better.  Because it is purely commercial competition, the winner of the Grand Prix championship is generally not considered a world champion. But the Grand Prix has created stars for female volleyball players, and thus contributed to the promotion of the sport of female volleyball in the world.

The predominance of Asian sponsors determined the first major break with the World League's formula. Most of the cities that host preliminary round matches are located in Asia. A host country may or may not have a national volleyball team involved in the competition. A second break was introduced in later years: in some continents, teams must qualify to participate in the competition.

===Winners===
The history of Grand Prix's previous winners is a clear indication of how women's volleyball has been dominated, since the early 1990s, by four teams: Cuba, Brazil, Russia and China. Along with five-times winner USA, they are the only ones to hold a title at this competition as of 2005.

In 1993, the Cubans padded their already impressive record of a gold medal in the [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]] by winning the first edition of the Grand Prix. They were also running for the gold in 1994, but were defeated by an underranked Brazil: at that time, the Brazilians had never been able to catch a single medal in any major women's volleyball competition.

In the following years, Brazil proved beyond any doubt that their time as underdogs was over. It lost the finals in 1995 to USA, but came back in 1996 for a second Grand Prix title, winning all the matches that made up the Final Four round in five sets.

The Brazilians withdrew from the competition in 1997, and the winners were Russia. But they were back in 1998 for another gold. Russia took revenge in 1999, and defeated Brazil in straight sets to win their second Grand Prix title.

Russia's win in 2002 made them, like Brazil, three-time winners. But the South Americans untied the score by conquering the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009, and, afterwards, also 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 editions of the tournament. The winners in 2000, 2001 and 2003 were Cuba, USA and China, respectively. Netherlands won their first trophy in 2007. USA won four gold medals in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015.

==Competition formula==
{{update section|reason=On multiple occasions the section refers to information 'as of 2004', it is now 2023 and the last edition of the competition was in 2017|date=July 2023}}
The Grand Prix's competition formula has proved less stable than the [[FIVB World League|World League]]'s. In the following years, major changes are likely to be introduced in an attempt to make women's volleyball more attractive to the audience. Some of the rules that are still in practice as of 2004 are:

*The Grand Prix has qualification procedures. They are not the same in every continent: teams may have to play a specific qualification tournament, or may qualify based on the [[FIVB World Rankings]]. 
*The competition is divided in at least two phases: a preliminary round, with a system of rotating host cities; and one or more final rounds, with one or more host nations.
*The preliminary round is divided in weeks. Each week, the participating teams are organized in pools, and each team plays one match against all other teams in its pool. 
*All games in a pool take place over a weekend in the same city. The cities are mostly located in Asia. Pools may be hosted in countries which are not actually involved in the competition.
*When all matches of the preliminary round have been played, the top ''n'' teams (overall standings) qualify for the final round(s), and the remaining ones leave the competition. The value of ''n'' depends on the number of participating teams and the format that will be employed in the finals, but it is usually five or six.  
*If involved in the competition, host nation(s) automatically qualify for the final round(s).
*The 2013 Gran Prix has seen a record number of 20 teams taking part in the competition. The first 5 plus organisers Japan qualify to the finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.direttaradio.it/216020/volley-gran-prix-2013-al-via-formula-e-calendario-italia/|title=Volley Gran Prix 2013 al via: formula e calendario Italia|date=3 August 2013}}</ref>
*The FIVB has tried different formats for the final round(s). Originally, it was a round-robin "Top Four" system in which four teams played against each other and the winner was determined by number of wins, set average, point average, direct confrontation. For some years now (2004), the most commonly used is a mixed format: quarter-finalists are organized in two pools, and the top two teams in each pool play semi-finals and finals according to the Olympic format. 
*In the preliminary round, a team is usually given the right to work with a list of eighteen players, from which the coach builds the twelve-player line-up that will be employed in a particular weekend. For the final round(s), only twelve players are allowed.

==Hosts==
List of hosts by number of final round championships hosted.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;"
!Times hosted
!Hosts
!Year(s)
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|8||{{CHN}}||[[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]], [[1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1995]],  [[1996 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1996]], [[1999 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1999]], [[2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2007]], [[2010 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2010]], [[2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2012]], [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|6||{{JAP}}||[[1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1997]], [[2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2005]],  [[2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2008]], [[2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2009]], [[2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2013]], [[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|3||{{HKG}}||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]], [[1998 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1998]],  [[2002 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2002]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|3||{{ITA}}||[[2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2003]], [[2004 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2004]],  [[2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2006]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2||{{MAC}}||[[2001 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2001]], [[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1||{{PHI}}||[[2000 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2000]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1||{{USA}}||[[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|1||{{THA}}||[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]]
|}

==Appearance==
[[China women's national volleyball team|China]] and [[Japan women's national volleyball team|Japan]] are the only teams that participated in all editions of the World Grand Prix.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team
! colspan="3"|Intercontinental Round
! colspan="3"|Final Round<ref group="N">Since Group system was introduced in 2014, statistics of only Group 1 Final Round are included, as this is the medal round.</ref>
|-
! {{Tooltip|App.|Total Appearances In World Grand Prix}}
! First
! Last
! {{Tooltip|App.|Appearances in Final Round}}
! First
! Last
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|CHN}}||25||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||24||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|JPN}}||25||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||13||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|BRA}}||24||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||23||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|USA}}||24||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||12||[[1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1995]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|CUB}}||22||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]]||13||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2012]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|RUS}}||21||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||16||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|ITA}}||19||[[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||12||[[1999 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1999]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|KOR}}||18||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||4||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2003]]
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|GER}}||18||[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||4||[[2001 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2001]]||[[2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2009]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|THA}}||15||[[2002 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2002]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||3||[[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]]||[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|NED}}||14||[[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||6||[[2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2003]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|POL}}||14||[[2004 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2004]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||2||[[2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2007]]||[[2010 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2010]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|DOM}}||14||[[2004 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2004]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|KAZ}}||8||[[2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2007]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|PUR}}||8||[[2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2009]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|SRB}}||7||[[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||3||[[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|TUR}}||7||[[2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2008]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||2||[[2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2012]]||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|ARG}}||7||[[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|PER}}||6||[[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|CAN}}||5||[[2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2003]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|ALG}}||5||[[2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2013]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|BUL}}||5||[[2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2013]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|CZE}}||5||[[2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2013]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3BB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|BEL}}||4||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||1||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|TPE}}||4||[[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]]||[[2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2012]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|AUS}}||4||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|CRO}}||4||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|MEX}}||4||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|KEN}}||3||[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]||[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #BBF3FF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|COL}}||3||[[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|AZE}}||1||[[2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2006]]||[[2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2006]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|CMR}}||1||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|FRA}}||1||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|HUN}}||1||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|TTO}}||1||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|- style="background: #FFFFBB;"
|align="left" |{{vbw|VEN}}||1||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]||–||–||–
|}
{{legend|#BBF3BB|Team last allocated in Group 1}}
{{legend|#BBF3FF|Team last allocated in Group 2}}
{{legend|#FFFFBB|Team last allocated in Group 3}}
{{legend|#FFFFFF|Team was inactive in the last World Grand Prix}}

==Results summary==
{{Main|FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix statistics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|- bgcolor=#c1d8ff
! rowspan=2 width=6% | Year
! rowspan=2 width=12% | Finals hosts
! width=1% rowspan=27 bgcolor=ffffff |
! colspan=3 | Final
! width=1% rowspan=27 bgcolor=ffffff |
! colspan=3 | 3rd place match
! width=1% rowspan=27 bgcolor=#ffffff |
! rowspan=2 width=5% | Teams <br> {{Tooltip|IR|Intercontinental Round}} / {{Tooltip|FR|Final Round}}
|- bgcolor=#efefef
! width=14% | Champions
! width=9% | Score
! width=14% | Runners-up
! width=14% | 3rd place
! width=9% | Score
! width=14% | 4th place
|-
! [[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]]
| {{flagicon|HKG|1959}} <br> [[Hong Kong]]
| '''{{vbw-big|CUB}}'''
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| {{vbw-big|RUS|1991}}
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| 8 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Shanghai]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|JPN|1947}}
| 12 / 4
|-
! [[1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1995]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Shanghai]]
| '''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 8 / 4
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[1996 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1996]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Shanghai]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 8 / 4
|-
! [[1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1997]]
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} <br> [[Kobe]]
| '''{{vbw-big|RUS}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| {{vbw-big|KOR}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|JPN|1947}}
| 8 / 4
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[1998 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1998]]
| {{flagicon|HKG}} <br> [[Hong Kong]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 8 / 4
|-
! [[1999 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1999]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Yuxi]]
| '''{{vbw-big|RUS}}'''
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|ITA}}
| 8 / 4
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2000 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2000]]
| {{flagicon|PHI}} <br> [[Pasig]]
| '''{{vbw-big|CUB}}'''
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 8 / 4
|-
! [[2001 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2001]]
| {{flagicon|MAC}} <br> [[Macau]]
| '''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| 8 / 8
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2002 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2002]]
| {{flagicon|HKG}} <br> [[Hong Kong]]
| '''{{vbw-big|RUS}}'''
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| {{vbw-big|GER}}
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| 8 / 4
|-
! [[2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2003]]
| {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} <br> [[Andria]]
| '''{{vb-big|CHN}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| {{vbw-big|USA}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|NED}}
| 12 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2004 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2004]]
| {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} <br> [[Reggio Calabria]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|ITA|2003}}
| {{vbw-big|USA}}
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| 12 / 6
|-
! [[2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2005]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} <br> [[Sendai]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|ITA|2003}}
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| 12 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2006]]
| {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} <br> [[Reggio Calabria]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| {{vbw-big|ITA|2003}}
| '''3–2'''
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| 12 / 6
|-
! [[2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2007]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Ningbo]]
| '''{{vbw-big|NED}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| {{vbw-big|ITA}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| 12 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2008]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} <br> [[Yokohama]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CUB}}
| {{vbw-big|ITA}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|USA}}
| 12 / 6
|-
! [[2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2009]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} <br> [[Tokyo]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| {{vbw-big|GER}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|NED}}
| 12 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2010 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2010]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Ningbo]]
| '''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| {{vbw-big|ITA}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 12 / 6
|-
! [[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]]
| {{flagicon|MAC}} <br> [[Macau]]
| '''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| {{vbw-big|SRB}}
| '''3–0'''
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| 16 / 8
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2012]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Ningbo]]
| '''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| {{vbw-big|TUR}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|THA}}
| 16 / 6
|-
! [[2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2013]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} <br> [[Sapporo]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| {{vbw-big|SRB}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|JPN}}
| 20 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} <br> [[Tokyo]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|JPN}}
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|TUR}}
| 28 / 6
|-
! [[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} <br> [[Omaha]]
| '''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| {{vbw-big|BRA}}
| [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 28 / 6
|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0
! [[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]]
| {{flagicon|THA}} <br> [[Bangkok]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| '''3–2'''
| {{vbw-big|USA}}
| {{vbw-big|NED}}
| '''3–2'''
| {{vbw-big|RUS}}
| 28 / 6
|-
! [[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} <br> [[Nanjing]]
| '''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
| '''3–2'''
| {{vbw-big|ITA}}
| {{vbw-big|SRB}}
| '''3–1'''
| {{vbw-big|CHN}}
| 32 / 6
|-
|}

==Medals summary==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = vbw
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_BRA = 12 | silver_BRA = 5 | bronze_BRA = 2
 | gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 2
 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 6 | bronze_RUS = 4
 | gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 4 | bronze_CUB = 2
 | gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 5 | bronze_CHN = 3
 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 4
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0
 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 3
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 1
}}

== Most valuable player by edition==

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*[[1993 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1993]] – {{flagathlete|[[Mireya Luis]]|CUB}}
*[[1994 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1994]] – {{flagathlete|[[Fernanda Venturini]]|BRA}}
*[[1995 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1995]] – {{flagathlete|[[Tara Cross-Battle]]|USA}}
*[[1996 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1996]] – {{flagathlete|[[Leila Barros]]|BRA}}
*[[1997 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1997]] – {{flagathlete|[[Yevgeniya Artamonova]]|RUS}}
*[[1998 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1998]] – {{flagathlete|[[Leila Barros]]|BRA}}
*[[1999 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|1999]] – {{flagathlete|[[Virna Dias]]|BRA}}
*[[2000 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2000]] – {{flagathlete|[[Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball)|Lyubov Sokolova]]|RUS}}
*[[2001 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2001]] – {{flagathlete|[[Danielle Scott-Arruda]]|USA}}
*[[2002 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2002]] – {{flagathlete|[[Yevgeniya Artamonova]]|RUS}}
*[[2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2003]] – {{flagathlete|[[Paola Cardullo]]|ITA|2003}}
*[[2004 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2004]] – {{flagathlete|[[Logan Tom]]|USA}}
*[[2005 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2005]] – {{flagathlete|[[Paula Pequeno]]|BRA}}
*[[2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2006]] – {{flagathlete|[[Sheilla Castro]]|BRA}}
*[[2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2007]] – {{flagathlete|[[Manon Flier]]|NED}}
*[[2008 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2008]] – {{flagathlete|[[Marianne Steinbrecher|Mari Steinbrecher]]|BRA}}
*[[2009 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2009]] – {{flagathlete|[[Sheilla Castro]]|BRA}}
*[[2010 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2010]] – {{flagathlete|[[Foluke Akinradewo]]|USA}}
*[[2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2011]] – {{flagathlete|[[Destinee Hooker]]|USA}}
*[[2012 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2012]] – {{flagathlete|[[Megan Hodge]]|USA}}
*[[2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2013]] – {{flagathlete|[[Thaísa Menezes]]|BRA}}
*[[2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2014]] – {{flagathlete|[[Yūko Sano]]|JPN}}
*[[2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2015]] – {{flagathlete|[[Karsta Lowe]]|USA}}
*[[2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2016]] – {{flagathlete|[[Natália Pereira]]|BRA}}
*[[2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix|2017]] – {{flagathlete|[[Natália Pereira]]|BRA}}
{{div col end}}

==See also==
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*[[FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League]]
*[[FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League]]
*[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship]]
*[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup]]
*[[FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup]]
*[[FIVB Volleyball World League]]
*[[List of indoor volleyball world medalists]]
*[[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.fivb.org/en/volleyball/index.asp Fédération Internationale de Volleyball] – official website
*[http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/ FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix] – official website
*[http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/en/competition/honours Results Archive] – comprehensive results for all tournaments

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