2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

2002 Men's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	September 28 – October 13
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Marcos Milinkovic
Official website
	2002 Men's World Championship

The 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Salta, Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Santa Fé and San Juan in Argentina from September 28 to October 13, 2002. All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Qualification

Africa (CAVB)	Asia and Oceania (AVC)	Europe (CEV)	North America (NORCECA)	South America (CSV)
Pool A Winners: Egypt Pool B Winners: Tunisia	Pool C Winners: South Korea * Pool C Runners-up: Kazakhstan Pool D Winners: Japan Pool E Winners: China Pool E Runners-up: Australia	1998 World Champions: Italy Pool F Winners: Spain Pool F Runners-up: Croatia Pool G Winners: Netherlands Pool G Runners-up: Portugal Pool H Winners: Czech Republic Pool I Winners: France Pool J Winners: Bulgaria Pool K Winners: FR Yugoslavia Pool L Winners: Greece Pool L Runners-up: Russia	Pool M Winners: Cuba Pool N Winners: Canada Pool N Runners-up: United States	Host Country: Argentina Pool O Winners: Brazil NORCECA–CSV Playoff Winners: Venezuela

* Poland replaced South Korea, who withdrew from the tournament to compete the 2002 Asian Games.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Argentina Australia China Portugal	Italy Canada Croatia Poland	Bulgaria France Russia Tunisia	FR Yugoslavia Spain Japan Kazakhstan	Brazil Egypt United States Venezuela	Cuba Czech Republic Greece Netherlands

Squads

Venues

Estadio Aldo Cantoni (San Juan) – Pool A except Argentina vs. Australia
Estadio Club Atlético Unión (Santa Fé) – Pool B and J
Luna Park (Buenos Aires) – Argentina vs. Australia, Pool C, G and Final round
Estadio Polideportivo (Mar del Plata) – Pool D
Orfeo Superdomo (Córdoba) – Pool E, H and Final round
Polideportivo Delmi (Salta) – Pool F and K

First round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	312	289	1.080
2	Portugal	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	286	267	1.071
3	China	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	270	282	0.957
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	282	312	0.904

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
28 Sep	20:10	Argentina	3–1	Australia	22–25	25–18	31–29	32–30	110–102	P2
29 Sep	11:10	Portugal	3–1	China	16–25	25–21	25–19	25–11	91–76	P2
30 Sep	18:40	Portugal	3–1	Australia	25–20	25–27	25–21	29–27	104–95	P2
30 Sep	21:10	China	1–3	Argentina	30–32	19–25	26–24	21–25	96–106	P2
01 Oct	18:40	Australia	1–3	China	19–25	20–25	25–23	21–25	85–98	P2
01 Oct	21:10	Argentina	3–1	Portugal	21–25	25–22	25–22	25–22	96–91	P2

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	282	254	1.110
2	Italy	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	255	228	1.118
3	Canada	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	251	261	0.962
4	Croatia	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	202	247	0.818

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	18:10	Italy	3–0	Croatia	25–18	25–20	25–20			75–58	P2
29 Sep	20:40	Poland	3–1	Canada	25–23	22–25	26–24	25–21		98–93	P2
30 Sep	18:10	Poland	3–2	Italy	20–25	24–26	25–22	25–21	15–10	109–104	P2
30 Sep	20:40	Canada	3–1	Croatia	25–22	22–25	25–17	25–23		97–87	P2
01 Oct	18:10	Italy	3–0	Canada	25–20	26–24	25–17			76–61	P2
01 Oct	20:40	Croatia	0–3	Poland	21–25	18–25	18–25			57–75	P2

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	France	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	289	265	1.091
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	292	257	1.136
3	Russia	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	222	221	1.005
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	214	274	0.781

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	18:10	Tunisia	1–3	France	23–25	25–20	17–25	11–25		76–95	P2
29 Sep	20:40	Bulgaria	3–0	Russia	28–26	25–19	25–23			78–68	P2
30 Sep	18:10	Russia	1–3	France	21–25	21–25	25–13	12–25		79–88	P2
30 Sep	20:40	Bulgaria	3–1	Tunisia	21–25	33–31	25–12	25–15		104–83	P2
01 Oct	18:10	France	3–2	Bulgaria	25–23	22–25	25–22	17–25	17–15	106–110	P2
01 Oct	20:40	Tunisia	0–3	Russia	19–25	13–25	23–25			55–75	P2

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	FR Yugoslavia	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	246	188	1.309
2	Spain	5	2	1	7	6	1.167	293	287	1.021
3	Japan	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	269	274	0.982
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	218	277	0.787

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	12:10	Japan	3–1	Kazakhstan	26–24	25–20	29–31	25–10		105–85	P2
29 Sep	15:10	Spain	1–3	FR Yugoslavia	18–25	21–25	25–21	18–25		82–96	P2
30 Sep	11:10	Japan	2–3	Spain	18–25	25–23	25–22	27–29	13–15	108–114	P2
30 Sep	14:10	Kazakhstan	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	19–25	16–25	15–25			50–75	P2
01 Oct	11:10	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–15	25–20			75–56	P2
01 Oct	14:10	Spain	3–1	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–16	25–21	25–21		97–83	P2

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	300	277	1.083
2	Brazil	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	268	230	1.165
3	Venezuela	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	205	215	0.953
4	Egypt	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	197	248	0.794

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	14:10	Venezuela	0–3	Brazil	16–25	24–26	17–25			57–76	P2
29 Sep	16:40	Egypt	1–3	United States	22–25	25–23	20–25	20–25		87–98	P2
30 Sep	15:10	Brazil	2–3	United States	22–25	25–20	27–25	31–33	12–15	117–118	P2
30 Sep	17:40	Venezuela	3–0	Egypt	25–14	25–22	25–19			75–55	P2
01 Oct	15:10	Egypt	0–3	Brazil	14–25	20–25	21–25			55–75	P2
01 Oct	17:40	United States	3–0	Venezuela	26–24	25–18	33–31			84–73	P2

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	273	240	1.138
2	Greece	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	226	246	0.919
3	Czech Republic	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	311	309	1.006
4	Cuba	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	245	260	0.942

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	13:10	Netherlands	3–0	Greece	25–15	25–15	25–22			75–52	P2
29 Sep	15:40	Czech Republic	1–3	Cuba	30–28	22–25	19–25	23–25		94–103	P2
30 Sep	13:10	Greece	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–21	25–19			75–61	P2
30 Sep	15:40	Netherlands	3–2	Czech Republic	15–25	27–25	25–19	25–27	15–11	107–107	P2
01 Oct	13:10	Cuba	1–3	Netherlands	18–25	17–25	25–16	21–25		81–91	P2
01 Oct	15:40	Czech Republic	3–2	Greece	22–25	25–22	23–25	25–17	15–10	110–99	P2

Third placed teams

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czech Republic	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	311	309	1.006
2	Japan	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	269	274	0.982
3	China	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	270	282	0.957
4	Russia	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	222	221	1.005
5	Canada	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	251	261	0.962
6	Venezuela	4	1	2	3	6	0.500	205	215	0.953

Second round

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	308	271	1.137
2	Italy	5	2	1	7	6	1.167	305	292	1.045
3	Japan	4	1	2	6	8	0.750	301	320	0.941
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	5	9	0.556	296	327	0.905

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Oct	18:40	Italy	3–2	Bulgaria	31–33	25–22	23–25	25–18	15–13	119–111	P2
04 Oct	21:10	Argentina	3–2	Japan	25–21	21–25	25–27	25–21	16–14	112–108	P2
05 Oct	18:40	Japan	1–3	Italy	18–25	20–25	28–26	16–25		82–101	P2
05 Oct	21:10	Argentina	3–1	Bulgaria	25–20	22–25	25–14	25–19		97–78	P2
06 Oct	17:40	Japan	3–2	Bulgaria	25–19	25–23	22–25	22–25	17–15	111–107	P2
06 Oct	20:10	Argentina	3–1	Italy	25–17	24–26	25–22	25–20		99–85	P2

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	299	263	1.137
2	Portugal	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	272	278	0.978
3	Poland	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	299	292	1.024
4	Spain	3	0	3	5	9	0.556	284	321	0.885

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Oct	17:10	Portugal	3–2	Spain	19–25	22–25	25–21	25–20	15–13	106–104	P2
04 Oct	19:40	Poland	2–3	Russia	25–22	19–25	20–25	25–22	11–15	100–109	P2
05 Oct	17:10	Spain	2–3	Russia	25–23	22–25	28–26	16–25	13–15	104–114	P2
05 Oct	19:40	Poland	1–3	Portugal	22–25	34–32	20–25	22–25		98–107	P2
06 Oct	17:10	Portugal	0–3	Russia	24–26	15–25	20–25			59–76	P2
06 Oct	19:40	Spain	1–3	Poland	19–25	11–25	28–26	18–25		76–101	P2

Pool J

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	181	1.243
2	France	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	238	216	1.102
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	3	8	0.375	230	257	0.895
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	249	288	0.865

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Oct	16:10	Brazil	3–0	Czech Republic	25–20	25–16	25–22			75–58	P2
04 Oct	18:40	Netherlands	0–3	France	24–26	16–25	16–25			56–76	P2
05 Oct	14:10	Brazil	3–0	France	25–22	25–21	25–21			75–64	P2
05 Oct	16:40	Netherlands	3–2	Czech Republic	23–25	30–28	25–20	22–25	15–8	115–106	P2
06 Oct	14:10	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59	P2
06 Oct	16:40	France	3–1	Czech Republic	23–25	25–18	25–23	25–19		98–85	P2

Pool K

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	FR Yugoslavia	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	246	210	1.171
2	Greece	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	255	253	1.008
3	United States	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	271	268	1.011
4	China	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	208	249	0.835

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Oct	17:40	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–17	25–21			75–59	P2
04 Oct	20:10	United States	3–0	China	25–23	30–28	25–19			80–70	P2
05 Oct	17:40	China	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	20–25	18–25	22–25			60–75	P2
05 Oct	20:10	United States	2–3	Greece	25–20	15–25	20–25	25–15	15–17	100–102	P2
06 Oct	17:40	Greece	3–1	China	19–25	25–17	25–19	25–17		94–78	P2
06 Oct	20:10	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	United States	25–22	25–21	21–25	25–23		96–91	P2

Final round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

October 9 – Buenos Aires

Argentina	1
		October 11 – Buenos Aires
France	3
		France	2
October 9 – Buenos Aires
		Russia	3
Russia	3
				October 13 – Buenos Aires
Greece	0
				Russia	2
October 9 – Córdoba
				Brazil	3
Italy	2
		October 10 – Córdoba
Brazil	3
		Brazil	3
October 9 – Córdoba
		FR Yugoslavia	1	3rd place
Portugal	0
				October 12 – Buenos Aires
FR Yugoslavia	3
				France	3

				FR Yugoslavia	0

5th–8th places		5th place

October 11 – Buenos Aires

Argentina	3
		October 13 – Buenos Aires
Greece	0
		Argentina	2
October 10 – Córdoba
		Italy	3
Italy	3

Portugal	0
		7th place

		October 12 – Buenos Aires

		Greece	3

		Portugal	2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
09 Oct	16:10	Portugal	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	20–25	23–25	16–25			59–75	P2
09 Oct	18:40	Russia	3–0	Greece	25–22	25–22	25–21			75–65	P2
09 Oct	18:40	Italy	2–3	Brazil	23–25	23–25	25–23	28–26	13–15	112–114	P2
09 Oct	21:10	Argentina	1–3	France	25–14	27–29	23–25	18–25		93–93	P2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Oct	18:40	Italy	3–0	Portugal	25–23	25–19	25–17			75–59	P2
11 Oct	21:10	Argentina	3–0	Greece	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66	P2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Oct	21:10	Brazil	3–1	FR Yugoslavia	26–24	22–25	27–25	25–23		100–97	P2
11 Oct	18:40	France	2–3	Russia	19–25	25–16	20–25	25–21	9–15	98–102	P2

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	16:10	Greece	3–2	Portugal	21–25	25–20	23–25	25–21	15–12	109–103	P2

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	16:10	Argentina	2–3	Italy	29–27	17–25	22–25	25–22	22–24	115–123	P2

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	18:40	France	3–0	FR Yugoslavia	25–23	25–23	25–16			75–62	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	18:40	Russia	2–3	Brazil	25–23	25–27	20–25	25–23	13–15	108–113	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Russia
	France
4	FR Yugoslavia
5	Italy
6	Argentina
7	Greece
8	Portugal
9	Japan
	Netherlands
	Poland
	United States
13	Bulgaria
	China
	Czech Republic
	Spain
17	Canada
17	Venezuela
19	Australia
	Croatia
	Cuba
	Egypt
	Kazakhstan
	Tunisia

2002 Men's World Champions
Brazil 1st title

Team Roster Giovane, Henrique, Maurício, Giba, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Nalbert, Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ricardo, Dante Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

MVP: Marcos Milinkovic
Best Scorer: Marcos Milinkovic
Best Spiker: André Nascimento
Best Blocker: João José
Best Server: Franz Granvorka
Best Setter: Maurício Lima
Best Digger: Hubert Henno
Best Receiver: Pablo Meana

Super seven selection

Setter: Nikola Grbić
Outside Hitters: Sergey Tetyukhin and Stéphane Antiga
Middle Blockers: Gustavo and João José
Opposite: Marcos Milinkovic
Libero: Hubert Henno

Marketing

Symbol

The official competition symbol the "Minto". The design is based on sport ball and volleyball.

Broadcasting

Region	TV station
All countries	Telewizja Polska TV Koha HRT 1 NTV Plus Pathé Sport BNT Česká televize Globosat Diario Meridiano TBS ERTT Orbit Dubai TV RAI TSN
Worldwide	ESPN International ESPN (Latin America) ESPN 2 ESPN+ ESPN Pac Rim and ESPN Atlantic Star Sports Network

gollark: NDs are in the air.

gollark: Catchinated!

gollark: ARing!

gollark: What if we surround them with green dragons?

gollark: Saved!

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.