What is the World Grand Prix?
The World Grand Prix was created by FIVB in 1993 as a professional womens sporting entertainment concept for spectators to watch live and on television. This annual competition continues to break new ground for womens world sport providing opportunities for the worlds best national womens teams to compete for the highest levels of prize money ever allocated in a womens team sports event. The 2002 season features US$1 Million in prize money. Host TV Broadcasters from Southeast Asia and Japan guarantee quality coverage. TBS Japan, 7 South East Asian Host Broadcasters including: Thai TV Color Channel 3, TVB Hong Kong, CCTV Sports China, TDM Macau, and international broadcasters such as TV Globo take an active role in broadcasting. The number of TV viewers that watch the Grand Prix matches every year is in the millions.