FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup 2015

FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup 2015

Question: Where was FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup 2015 held?

(a) China
(b) Cuba
(c) Russia
(d) Japan

Ans(d)

Related facts:

  • The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup was played from August 22 to September 6 in Japan.
  • The competition consists of 66 matches played between teams of 12 countries.
  • On September 6, 2015 the final match of the competition, was played between China and Japan. China beat Japan by 3-1 with total 30 points in Score board.
  • Serbia (26 points) and USA (28 points) secured second and third place respectively in the competition.
  • Zhu Tingcollected the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for her consistently outstanding performances at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup Japan 2015.
  • FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup individual awards:
    1st Best Outside Spiker – Brankica Mihajlovic (SRB)
    2nd Best Outside Spiker – Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS)
    1st Best Middle Blocker – Daymara Lesday (CUB)
    2nd Best Middle Blocker – Tetori Dixon (USA)
    Best Opposite Spiker – Nataliya Obmochaeva (RUS)
    Best Setter – Niverka Marte (DOM)
    Best Libero – Brenda Castillo (DOM)

Reference:

http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/schedule#/d20150907
http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/competition/pools%20and%20ranking/round1
http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/news/zhu-leads-womens-world-cup-dream-team?id=57065
http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/live/finalday
http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/news/china-and-serbia-on-road-to-rio?id=57037