2002 FIVB Volleyball World League

Mineirinho Host Final

The 2002 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 13th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte and Recife in Brazil.

Pools composition

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		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
28 Jun	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	23–25	25–17	25–23	25–20		98–85
29 Jun	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–21	25–19			75–61
29 Jun	Portugal	3–2	Poland	21–25	25–19	28–30	25–21	15–13	114–108
30 Jun	Portugal	2–3	Poland	25–22	25–23	17–25	22–25	15–17	104–112
6 Jul	Portugal	0–3	Brazil	16–25	24–26	22–25			62–76
6 Jul	Argentina	3–0	Poland	25–22	36–34	25–19			86–75
7 Jul	Argentina	3–0	Poland	25–23	33–31	25–21			83–75
7 Jul	Portugal	0–3	Brazil	17–25	17–25	17–25			51–75
12 Jul	Brazil	0–3	Poland	21–25	22–25	25–27			68–77
13 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Poland	30–28	22–25	21–25	25–10	15–9	113–97
13 Jul	Portugal	3–1	Argentina	19–25	25–23	25–22	25–23		94–93
14 Jul	Portugal	3–2	Argentina	25–21	14–25	22–25	25–18	15–11	101–100
19 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Portugal	25–23	25–15	25–17			75–55
19 Jul	Poland	3–1	Argentina	23–25	25–22	25–20	25–18		98–85
20 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Portugal	25–14	25–16	25–17			75–47
20 Jul	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–13	27–25	25–20			77–58
26 Jul	Poland	3–2	Brazil	25–23	20–25	22–25	25–23	15–13	107–109
27 Jul	Poland	3–2	Brazil	25–22	23–25	27–25	21–25	15–12	111–109
27 Jul	Argentina	3–0	Portugal	25–18	25–20	25–18			75–56
28 Jul	Argentina	3–2	Portugal	25–19	26–24	21–25	18–25	15–12	105–105
2 Aug	Poland	3–1	Portugal	26–28	25–21	25–20	25–22		101–91
2 Aug	Argentina	2–3	Brazil	25–17	19–25	20–25	27–25	13–15	104–107
3 Aug	Poland	3–1	Portugal	35–33	25–15	20–25	25–23		105–96
3 Aug	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	27–29	22–25	20–25			69–79

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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
28 Jun	China	2–3	Italy	27–25	23–25	25–18	11–25	8–15	94–108
28 Jun	Spain	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	25–23	25–21			75–65
30 Jun	Spain	3–0	Venezuela	25–23	25–19	31–29			81–71
30 Jun	China	0–3	Italy	20–25	18–25	23–25			61–75
5 Jul	Italy	3–1	Venezuela	25–21	25–18	22–25	25–21		97–85
6 Jul	Spain	3–0	China	25–22	25–23	25–17			75–62
7 Jul	Spain	3–1	China	19–25	25–19	25–22	25–23		94–89
7 Jul	Italy	3–0	Venezuela	25–19	25–21	25–18			75–58
12 Jul	Italy	3–1	China	20–25	25–23	25–21	25–21		95–90
12 Jul	Venezuela	0–3	Spain	18–25	23–25	16–25			57–75
14 Jul	Venezuela	1–3	Spain	24–26	19–25	25–23	22–25		90–99
14 Jul	Italy	0–3	China	23–25	23–25	25–27			71–77
19 Jul	Venezuela	1–3	Italy	19–25	25–18	25–27	20–25		89–95
20 Jul	China	2–3	Spain	27–29	25–17	25–18	23–25	16–18	116–107
21 Jul	China	2–3	Spain	25–23	25–19	21–25	25–27	17–19	113–113
21 Jul	Venezuela	0–3	Italy	31–33	18–25	22–25			71–83
27 Jul	Spain	0–3	Italy	19–25	18–25	15–25			52–75
27 Jul	China	3–0	Venezuela	25–19	25–21	25–18			75–58
28 Jul	Spain	1–3	Italy	21–25	23–25	25–22	21–25		90–97
28 Jul	China	3–1	Venezuela	22–25	25–22	25–21	25–18		97–86
2 Aug	Venezuela	2–3	China	27–29	25–19	25–20	16–25	12–15	105–108
2 Aug	Italy	3–1	Spain	25–14	22–25	25–18	25–23		97–80
4 Aug	Venezuela	3–1	China	25–20	25–18	26–28	25–21		101–87
4 Aug	Italy	3–0	Spain	26–24	25–18	25–19			76–61

Pool C

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

Pool D

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

Final round

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

Pool play

Pool E

• Venue: Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife, Brazil

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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		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  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

Awards

• Best Scorer (Most Valuable Player)

Ivan Miljković

• Best Spiker

Pavel Abramov

• Best Blocker

Aleksey Kuleshov

• Best Server

Vadim Khamuttskikh

References

1. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2002/Results/Results.asp
2. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2002/Results/Results.asp
3. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2002/Results/Results.asp
4. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2002/Results/Results.asp

External links

• Official website