2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship

The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leipzig, and Stuttgart, Germany. The tournament saw the discontinuation of Cuba's historic eight consecutive world titles, as the team finished fifth after being eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals.

Qualification

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Appearance in finals
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Template:Vbw	NORCECA		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts	2
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts	3
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	AVC		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	AVC		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CSV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CSV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	NORCECA		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	NORCECA		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CAVB		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	NORCECA		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	NORCECA		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CAVB		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	CEV		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	AVC		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	AVC		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	AVC		Template:Dts
Template:Vbw	NORCECA		Template:Dts

1.^ Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 3rd appearance as Germany.

2.^ Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986; 2nd appearance as Czech Republic.

3.^ Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 3rd appearance as Russia.

Source: FIVB

Venues

Pool E, Final round	Pool B	Final round
Bremen	Schwerin	Berlin
Stadthalle Bremen	Sport/Congresshalle	Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 5,200	Capacity: 10,000
File:AWD Dome Bremen Handball WM07.JPG	File:Sport-Kongresshalle Schwerin.jpg	File:Max-schmeling-halle berlin.jpg
Pool D	Pool C, G	Pool C
Leipzig	Riesa	Dresden
Mehrzwecksporthalle	Sachsen Arena	Mehrzweckhalle
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 3,000
File:Arena leipzig.jpg	File:Erdgasarena.JPG	File:Margonarena dresden4.jpg
Pool A	Pool F, Final round
Münster	Stuttgart
Halle Münsterland	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 15,000
File:Muenster Halle Münsterland0185.JPG	File:Schleyerhalle-West.jpg

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Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the Template:Em, the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the next round.

In the Template:Em, the 12 teams were divided in three groups of four teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the two best teams of each group and the two best third places (total of 8 teams) progressed to the next round.

The Template:Em was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th-8th semifinal). Winners and losers of each semifinals played a final placement match for 1st to 8th places.

For the tournament's final standings, teams which did not reach placement matches were allocated as:

• All four teams finishing 6th in each Template:Em pool were ranked 21st.
• All four teams finishing 5th in each Template:Em pool were ranked 17th.
• All four teams finishing 4th in each Template:Em pool were ranked 13th.
• All three teams finishing 4th in each Template:Em pool were ranked 10th.
• The team finishing 3rd in the Template:Em pool which did not progress to the Template:Em was ranked 9th.

Source: FIVB

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
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Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

First round

Pool A

Venue: Halle Münsterland, Münster

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Pool B

Venue: Sport/Congresshalle, Schwerin

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Pool C

Venues: Sachsen Arena, Riesa and Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden

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Pool D

Venue: Mehrzwecksporthalle, Leipzig

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Second round

Pool E

Venue: Stadthalle, Bremen

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Pool F

Venue: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart

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Pool G

Venue: Sachsen Arena, Riesa

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Final round

Venues: Stadthalle, Bremen and Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart and Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin

Quarterfinals

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5th–8th places

5th–8th Semifinals

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7th place match

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5th place match

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Finals

Semifinals

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final standing

Rank	Team
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 2002 Women's World champions 
1st title

Team roster

Simona Rinieri, Elisa Togut, Manuela Leggeri, Sara Anzanello, Paola Paggi, Darina Mifkova, Francesca Piccinini, Rachele Sangiuliano, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Valentina Borrelli, Anna Vania Mello and Paola Cardullo

Head coach

Marco Bonitta

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Template:Flagicon Elisa Togut

• Best scorer

  Template:Flagicon Yumilka Ruíz

• Best spiker

  Template:Flagicon Elizaveta Tichtchenko

• Best blocker

  Template:Flagicon Danielle Scott

• Best server

  Template:Flagicon Nancy Carrillo

• Best setter

  Template:Flagicon Marcelle Moraes

• Best digger

  Template:Flagicon Koo Ki-lan

• Best receiver

  Template:Flagicon Koo Ki-lan

• Fair play award

  Template:Flagicon Paola Cardullo

External links

• Results
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball