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The draw was held in the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland where was confirmed that 2017 edition of the Women’s volleyball annual competition will have a record prize money of 600,000 dollars and a record number of teams participating – increasing from 28 (2016) to 32 (Group 2 will expand to 12 teams).
The 32 teams are split into three groups (12 teams in Group 1 and Group 2 and 8 teams in Group 3) and will play the Preliminary Round (pool stage) for three weeks, before the Final Six (Group 1) and Final Four (Groups 2 and 3).
The Group 1 pool stage will take place from July 7-9, July 14-16 and July 21-23, and will be followed by the F6 (August 2-6). The Group 2 dates are the same while the F4 will take place from July 28-30. Finally, the Group 3 will take place on July 7-9 and July 14-16, with F4 on July 21-23.
Recall pools composition of the 2017 FIVB World League.
World Grand Prix pools composition:
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
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