2002 FIVB Volleyball World League

The 2002 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 13th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 16 May to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte and Recife in Brazil.

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

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Brazil finish lower than second in their pool, they will still qualify along with the best three second teams across all four pools.

Pool A

		Pts	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

Results (Pool A)^[1]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 28	Brazil	3-1	Argentina	23-25	25-17	25-23	25-20	NA	98 - 85
May 29	Brazil	3-0	Argentina	25-21	25-21	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 61
May 29	Portugal	3-2	Poland	21-25	25-19	28-30	25-21	15-13	114 - 108
May 30	Portugal	2-3	Poland	25-22	25-23	17-25	22-25	15-17	104 - 112
May 6	Portugal	0-3	Brazil	16-25	24-26	22-25	NA	NA	62 - 76
May 6	Argentina	3-0	Poland	25-22	36-34	25-19	NA	NA	86 - 75
May 7	Argentina	3-0	Poland	25-23	33-31	25-21	NA	NA	83 - 75
May 7	Portugal	0-3	Brazil	17-25	17-25	17-25	NA	NA	51 - 75
May 12	Brazil	0-3	Poland	21-25	22-25	25-27	NA	NA	68 - 77
May 13	Brazil	3-2	Poland	30-28	22-25	21-25	25-10	15-09	113 - 97
May 13	Portugal	3-1	Argentina	19-25	25-23	25-22	25-23	NA	94 - 93
May 14	Portugal	3-2	Argentina	25-21	14-25	22-25	25-18	15-11	101 - 100
May 19	Brazil	3-0	Portugal	25-23	25-15	25-17	NA	NA	75 - 55
May 19	Poland	3-1	Argentina	23-25	25-22	25-20	25-18	NA	98 - 85
May 20	Brazil	3-0	Portugal	25-14	25-16	25-17	NA	NA	75 - 47
May 20	Poland	3-0	Argentina	25-13	27-25	25-20	NA	NA	77 - 58
May 26	Poland	3-2	Brazil	25-23	20-25	22-25	25-23	15-13	107 - 109
May 27	Poland	3-2	Brazil	25-22	23-25	27-25	21-25	15-12	111 - 109
May 27	Argentina	3-0	Portugal	25-18	25-20	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 56
May 28	Argentina	3-2	Portugal	25-19	26-24	21-25	18-25	15-12	105 - 105
May 2	Poland	3-1	Portugal	26-28	25-21	25-20	25-22	NA	101 - 91
May 2	Argentina	2-3	Brazil	25-17	19-25	20-25	27-25	13-15	104 - 107
May 3	Poland	3-1	Portugal	35-33	25-15	20-25	25-23	NA	105 - 96
May 3	Argentina	0-3	Brazil	27-29	22-25	20-25	NA	NA	69 - 79

Pool B

		Pts	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

Results (Pool B)^[2]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 28	China	2-3	Italy	27-25	23-25	25-18	11-25	08-15	94 - 108
May 28	Spain	3-0	Venezuela	25-21	25-23	25-21	NA	NA	75 - 65
May 30	Spain	3-0	Venezuela	25-23	25-19	31-29	NA	NA	81 - 71
May 30	China	0-3	Italy	20-25	18-25	23-25	NA	NA	61 - 75
May 5	Italy	3-1	Venezuela	25-21	25-18	22-25	25-21	NA	97 - 85
Jun 6	Spain	3-0	China	25-22	25-23	25-17	NA	NA	75 - 62
Jun 7	Spain	3-1	China	19-25	25-19	25-22	25-23	NA	94 - 89
Jun 7	Italy	3-0	Venezuela	25-19	25-21	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 58
Jun 12	Italy	3-1	China	20-25	25-23	25-21	25-21	NA	95 - 90
Jun 12	Venezuela	0-3	Spain	18-25	23-25	16-25	NA	NA	57 - 75
Jun 14	Venezuela	1-3	Spain	24-26	19-25	25-23	22-25	NA	90 - 99
Jun 14	Italy	0-3	China	23-25	23-25	25-27	NA	NA	71 - 77
Jun 19	Venezuela	1-3	Italy	19-25	25-18	25-27	20-25	NA	89 - 95
Jun 20	China	2-3	Spain	27-29	25-17	25-18	23-25	16-18	116 - 107
Jun 21	China	2-3	Spain	25-23	25-19	21-25	25-27	17-19	113 - 113
Jun 21	Venezuela	0-3	Italy	31-33	18-25	22-25	NA	NA	71 - 83
Jun 27	Spain	0-3	Italy	19-25	18-25	15-25	NA	NA	52 - 75
Jun 27	China	3-0	Venezuela	25-19	25-21	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 58
Jun 28	Spain	1-3	Italy	21-25	23-25	25-22	21-25	NA	90 - 97
Jun 28	China	3-1	Venezuela	22-25	25-22	25-21	25-18	NA	97 - 86
Jun 2	Venezuela	2-3	China	27-29	25-19	25-20	16-25	12-15	105 - 108
Jun 2	Italy	3-1	Spain	25-14	22-25	25-18	25-23	NA	97 - 80
Jun 4	Venezuela	3-1	China	25-20	25-18	26-28	25-21	NA	101 - 87
Jun 4	Italy	3-0	Spain	26-24	25-18	25-19	NA	NA	76 - 61

Pool C

		Pts	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

Results (Pool C)^[3]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jun 27	Germany	3-1	Netherlands	25-17	22-25	25-20	25-14	NA	97 - 76
Jun 28	Russia	3-0	Cuba	25-21	25-22	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 61
Jun 28	Germany	0-3	Netherlands	22-25	19-25	27-29	NA	NA	68 - 79
Jun 29	Russia	3-2	Cuba	19-25	25-14	20-25	25-22	15-10	104 - 96
Jun 5	Russia	3-2	Germany	25-27	25-22	25-21	30-32	17-15	122 - 117
Jun 5	Netherlands	3-1	Cuba	25-15	24-26	25-17	25-18	NA	99 - 76
Jun 6	Russia	1-3	Germany	18-25	25-17	23-25	17-25	NA	83 - 92
Jun 6	Netherlands	3-1	Cuba	25-17	23-25	25-20	29-27	NA	102 - 89
Jun 12	Netherlands	1-3	Russia	12-25	25-23	20-25	17-25	NA	74 - 98
Jun 12	Cuba	3-1	Germany	17-25	25-21	28-26	25-21	NA	95 - 93
Jun 13	Netherlands	0-3	Russia	19-25	27-29	18-25	NA	NA	64 - 79
Jun 13	Cuba	3-0	Germany	25-22	25-23	26-24	NA	NA	76 - 69
Jun 19	Netherlands	3-2	Germany	27-25	25-19	22-25	23-25	15-12	112 - 106
Jun 19	Cuba	1-3	Russia	25-21	20-25	19-25	18-25	NA	82 - 96
Jun 20	Netherlands	3-1	Germany	19-25	25-21	25-23	25-21	NA	94 - 90
Jun 20	Cuba	0-3	Russia	19-25	22-25	19-25	NA	NA	60 - 75
Jun 26	Cuba	1-3	Netherlands	22-25	20-25	26-24	23-25	NA	91 - 99
Jun 27	Germany	1-3	Russia	13-25	26-28	25-18	33-35	NA	97 - 106
Jun 27	Cuba	2-3	Netherlands	20-25	25-17	21-25	25-22	11-15	102 - 104
Jun 28	Germany	2-3	Russia	18-25	26-24	22-25	25-13	15-17	106 - 104
Jun 2	Russia	3-0	Netherlands	25-19	25-15	35-33	NA	NA	85 - 67
Jun 3	Germany	3-2	Cuba	25-20	24-26	25-23	19-25	20-18	113 - 112
Jun 3	Russia	3-0	Netherlands	25-14	25-20	25-17	NA	NA	75 - 51
Jun 4	Germany	3-2	Cuba	25-23	17-25	15-25	25-19	15-13	97 - 105

Pool D

		Pts	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

Results (Pool D)^[4]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Jun 28	France	3-0	Yugoslavia	25-21	25-22	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 61
Jun 28	Greece	3-0	Japan	25-17	25-19	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 59
Jun 29	France	3-1	Yugoslavia	19-25	25-20	25-22	25-18	NA	94 - 85
Jun 30	Greece	3-1	Japan	20-25	25-22	25-22	26-24	NA	96 - 93
Jun 5	Yugoslavia	3-0	Greece	25-19	25-22	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 60
Jun 6	Japan	0-3	France	35-37	20-25	18-25	NA	NA	73 - 87
Jun 7	Japan	1-3	France	16-25	22-25	25-23	21-25	NA	84 - 98
Jun 7	Yugoslavia	2-3	Greece	19-25	25-23	24-26	25-20	14-16	107 - 110
Jun 12	Greece	2-3	France	27-29	25-22	20-25	25-21	13-15	110 - 112
Jun 13	Yugoslavia	3-0	Japan	25-13	25-17	25-20	NA	NA	75 - 50
Jun 14	Yugoslavia	3-0	Japan	25-20	25-15	25-20	NA	NA	75 - 55
Jun 14	Greece	3-0	France	25-12	25-21	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 56
Jun 19	France	3-2	Japan	22-25	25-21	26-28	25-14	15-07	113 - 95
Jun 20	France	3-1	Japan	25-14	27-29	25-18	25-23	NA	102 - 84
Jun 21	Greece	0-3	Yugoslavia	17-25	22-25	27-29	NA	NA	66 - 79
Jun 22	Greece	2-3	Yugoslavia	25-19	23-25	19-25	25-18	14-16	106 - 103
Jun 26	France	1-3	Greece	20-25	17-25	25-17	24-26	NA	86 - 93
Jun 27	Japan	2-3	Yugoslavia	25-23	21-25	23-25	27-25	10-15	106 - 113
Jun 27	France	3-0	Greece	25-21	25-21	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 65
Jun 28	Japan	0-3	Yugoslavia	17-25	22-25	28-30	NA	NA	67 - 80
Jun 2	Yugoslavia	2-3	France	25-20	23-25	21-25	25-19	11-15	105 - 104
Jun 3	Japan	1-3	Greece	22-25	25-23	23-25	16-25	NA	86 - 98
Jun 4	Japan	3-1	Greece	19-25	25-21	25-23	25-22	NA	94 - 91
Jun 4	Yugoslavia	3-1	France	19-25	29-27	25-22	25-18	NA	98 - 92

Final round

All times are Brasília Official Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool play

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool E

Venue: Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife, Brazil

		Pts	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

Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

		Pts	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

Venue: Mineirinho Arena, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Semifinals			Final

17 August
Brazil	3
Yugoslavia	2

			18 August
			Brazil	1
			Russia	3


			3rd place match
17 August		18 August
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 match

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
01 !	Russia
02 !	Brazil
03 !	Yugoslavia
4	Italy
5	Poland
5	Spain
7	France
7	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

Awards

Best Scorer (Most Valuable Player)

Ivan Miljković

Best Spiker

Pavel Abramov

Best Blocker

Aleksey Kuleshov

Best Server

Vadim Khamuttskikh

References

External links

Official website

FIVB Volleyball World League

Seasons	Osaka 1990 Milan 1991 Genoa 1992 São Paulo 1993 Milan 1994 Rio de Janeiro 1995 Rotterdam 1996 Moscow 1997 Milan 1998 Mar del Plata 1999 Rotterdam 2000 Katowice 2001 Belo Horizonte 2002 Madrid 2003 Rome 2004 Belgrade 2005 Moscow 2006 Katowice 2007 Rio de Janeiro 2008 Belgrade 2009 Córdoba 2010 Gdańsk 2011 Sofia 2012 Mar del Plata 2013 Florence 2014 Rio de Janeiro 2015 TBA 2016

Qualification	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Squads	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

FIVB Volleyball World League statistics

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