The second time the World Grand Prix will feature 28 teams.
During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to O will play matches in three stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 9 matches per team. Pool P to S will feature two stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 6 matches per team.
Six teams will qualify for the World Grand Prix Finals featuring the top five teams from all matches (if the hosts are one of the top five teams, then the sixth top team also participates).
The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be relegated if the winner of the Final Four of Group 2 can meet the promotion requirements set by the FIVB.
Pools composition
The pools composition was announced on 1 December 2014.[1]
There are 25 players in team rosters. Maximum of 12 regular players and maximum of 2 liberos can be selected to play in each week. The full rosters of 25 players of each team can be seen in the article below.
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
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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The statistics of each group follows the vis reports P2 and P3. The statistics include 6 volleyball skills, serve, receive, set, spike, block, and dig. The table below shows the top 5 ranked players in each skill plus top scorers as of 2 August 2015.[2][3][4]
Best scorers
The best scorers determined by players who scored points from spike, block, and serve.
The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of stuff block divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average stuff block/set).
The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of running set divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average running set/set).
The best scorers determined by players who had the most numbers of excellent dig divided by numbers of sets which her team played (average excellent dig/set).