FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup
The main goal was not to have a single year without two high-profile world-level volleyball competitions, alongside the pre-existing men's and women's world championship, men's and women's world cup and the volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games which are all quadrennial and the annual men's and women's Nations League.The World Grand Champions Cup was therefore played quadrennially the year after the Olympic Games and is always hosted by the Japan Volleyball Association.Brazil has also finished runners-up to Cuba and Italy in the only two occasions claimed by other national teams.The World Grand Champions Cup was created in 1993 after radical changes made on the biggest tournaments organised by the FIVB.On 22 June 2023, Volleyball Calendar 2025–2028 approved by FIVB shown that World Championships to be played biannually in odd years.