FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's international volleyball competition created in 1993 as part of the FIVB's marketing strategy to promote the sport through annual international competitions. It was modelled on the World League, the successful men's event introduced three years earlier, and it is not to be confused with the World Championship, the World Cup or the World Grand Champions Cup. The Grand Prix made women's volleyball very popular in East Asia, where early editions and finals were usually held, though the 2003 finals were held in Italy and the 2015 finals in the United States. Because it was a commercial competition its winner was not generally considered a world champion, and Cuba, Brazil, Russia, China and the United States dominated its history. From 2018 it was replaced by the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League and Challenger Cup.