2002 FIVB World League

The 2002 FIVB World League was a volleyball tournament played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte and Recife, Brazil.

Contents

Pools composition

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

 Brazil
 Poland
 Argentina
 Portugal

 Italy
 Spain
 China
 Venezuela

 Russia
 Cuba
 Netherlands
 Germany

 Yugoslavia
 France
 Greece
 Japan

Intercontinental round

Pool A

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 21 9 3 31 14 2.214 1059 926 1.144
2  Poland 20 8 4 28 21 1.333 1141 1116 1.022
3  Argentina 16 4 8 19 26 0.731 1004 1040 0.965
4  Portugal 15 3 9 15 32 0.469 976 1098 0.889

Pool B

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 23 11 1 33 10 3.300 1044 908 1.150
2  Spain 20 8 4 26 18 1.444 1002 1008 0.994
3  China 16 4 8 21 27 0.778 1069 1088 0.983
4  Venezuela 13 1 11 9 34 0.265 936 1047 0.894

Pool C

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 23 11 1 34 12 2.833 1102 967 1.140
2  Netherlands 19 7 5 23 23 1.000 1021 1056 0.967
3  Germany 16 4 8 21 30 0.700 1145 1164 0.984
4  Cuba 14 2 10 18 31 0.581 1045 1126 0.928

Pool D

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  France 21 9 3 29 18 1.611 1094 1028 1.064
2  Yugoslavia 20 8 4 29 17 1.706 1056 985 1.072
3  Greece 18 6 6 23 23 1.000 1045 1025 1.020
4  Japan 13 1 11 11 34 0.324 946 1103 0.858

Final round

Pool play

Pool E

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Brazil 6 3 0 9 1 9.000 249 214 1.164
2  Russia 4 1 2 5 6 0.833 256 255 1.004
3  Spain 4 1 2 5 8 0.625 285 308 0.925
4  Netherlands 4 1 2 3 7 0.429 225 238 0.945
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 15:33 Brazil  3–1  Spain 25–17 21–25 25–18 25–21   96–81 P2
13 Aug 18:00 Russia  3–0  Netherlands 25–22 25–22 25–17     75–61 P2
14 Aug 15:35 Brazil  3–0  Netherlands 25–23 25–18 25–23     75–64 P2
14 Aug 18:00 Russia  2–3  Spain 21–25 25–23 24–26 25–23 17–19 112–116 P2
15 Aug 15:32 Brazil  3–0  Russia 25–23 28–26 25–20     78–69 P2
15 Aug 18:00 Netherlands  3–1  Spain 25–20 25–27 25–23 25–18   100–88 P2

Pool F

Matches Sets Points
Rank Team Pts W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 6 3 0 9 3 3.000 283 238 1.189
2  Yugoslavia 5 2 1 8 3 2.667 256 222 1.153
3  Poland 4 1 2 4 6 0.667 207 239 0.866
4  France 3 0 3 0 9 0.000 181 228 0.794
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
13 Aug 17:30 Italy  3–0  France 25–14 25–23 25–21     75–58 P2
13 Aug 20:02 Yugoslavia  3–0  Poland 25–20 25–22 25–13     75–55 P2
14 Aug 17:30 Italy  3–1  Poland 22–25 25–19 25–15 25–15   97–74 P2
14 Aug 20:00 Yugoslavia  3–0  France 25–19 25–20 25–17     75–56 P2
15 Aug 17:30 Yugoslavia  2–3  Italy 25–22 23–25 18–25 25–22 15–17 106–111 P2
15 Aug 20:00 France  0–3  Poland 26–28 23–25 18–25     67–78 P2

Final four

Bracket

  Semifinals Final
17 August – Belo Horizonte
  Brazil  3  
  Yugoslavia  2  
 
18 August – Belo Horizonte
      Brazil  1
    Russia  3
3rd place
17 August – Belo Horizonte 18 August – Belo Horizonte
  Russia  3   Yugoslavia  3
  Italy  1     Italy  1

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Aug 10:10 Brazil  3–2  Yugoslavia 25–27 25–19 25–12 21–25 18–16 114–99 P2
17 Aug 12:40 Russia  3–1  Italy 23–25 25–19 25–20 25–22   98–86 P2

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug 09:00 Yugoslavia  3–1  Italy 28–26 29–27 23–25 25–21   105–99 P2

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug 11:30 Brazil  1–3  Russia 21–25 23–25 25–22 17–25   86–97 P2

Final standing

Rank Team
 Russia
 Brazil
 Yugoslavia
4  Italy
5  Poland
 Spain
7  France
 Netherlands
9  Argentina
 China
 Germany
 Greece
13  Cuba
 Japan
 Portugal
 Venezuela
 2002 World League Champions 

Russia
1st title
12–man Roster for Final Round
Khamuttskikh, Olikhver, Abramov, Mitkov, Tetyukhin, Yakovlev, Ushakov, Khtey, Egorchev, Kosarev, Gerasimov, Kuleshov
Head Coach
Shipulin

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