World Grand Prix 2012 Final Six (short cut)

The finals was held at the Beilun Sports and Arts Centre in Ningbo (China). Having captured gold medals in the annual women’s volleyball event in the last two years, the American women completed their title hat-trick by winning all nine matches in a row in the preliminary rounds and five more in the final round here in Ningbo.
Megan Hodge, who scored 17 points for the United States in their 3:0 win against China, also received the awards of the Most Valuable Player and the Best Scorer.
China played its worst performance in the FIVB World Grand Prix & finished a disappointing 5th place. The Chinese Federation even released this statement via China Daily: The Chinese women’s volleyball team spend too much time surfing the internet, which directly contributed to their poor performance at the recent world grand prix in Japan, according to a senior official. China, whose women have won two Olympic and multiple world volleyball titles, finished fifth with a young team in Tokyo. "They spend too much time online after a match or training, are too self-centred and haven’t enough direct and close interaction" said Li Quanqiang, deputy director of China’s volleyball administration.

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