[4][5] Serbia captured their third bronze medal in the competition by defeating China in a rematch of the previous year's Olympic final.

In the Group 2 finals held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Poland defeated South Korea in straight sets.

[7] Moreover, Hungary finished atop of Group 3 at their first-ever World Grand Prix participation after a 3–0 win over the home team in the final match in Canberra, Australia.

[8] Algeria Cameroon1 Australia China Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Thailand Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic France1 Germany Hungary1 Italy Netherlands Poland Russia Serbia Turkey Canada Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago1 United States Argentina Brazil Colombia Peru Venezuela1 The pools were announced on 14 September 2016.

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