The Women’s World Volleyball Grand Prix 2015, the Volleyball Federation’s premier annual competition is currently ongoing. The preliminary completion for Group 1 comprising the top 12 teams concluded on Saturday July 18, but the top six teams now move onto the Final Round in Omaha on July 22-26.
For the preliminary rounds, the teams were split into Pools A-I with 4-teams per Pool and matches spilt into three rounds. Round 1 matches for Pools A, B and C took place on July 3-5, the Round 2 matches (Pools D, E and F) were completed on July 10 to -12 and Round 3 matches for Pools G, H and I take place on July 16-18.
The third round matches were played in Catania, Sicily (Pool G), Hong Kong (Pool H), Stuttgart, Germany (Pool I).
The top 6 teams after the first two rounds were Brazil (18-points), China (18-point), USA (17-points) Italy (11-points), Russia (11-points) and Japan (10-points).
The groupings for Round-3
The Groupings for round 3 were:
• China, Japan, Thailand and USA - (Group H) to be played in Hong Kong
• Turkey, Serbia, Germany and Dominican Republic - (Group I): played in Stuttgart
• Russia, Brazil, Italy and Belgium - (Group G): played in Catania
Matches on Thursday, July 16, 2015
In the first matches of Round 3 of the Preliminary competition in Pool H at the Hong Kong Coliseum, USA beat Japan by 3 sets to nil and China defeated Thailand by the same margin.
