2002 FIVB Men's World Championship

2002 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	September 28 – October 13
Teams	24
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
MVP	Marcos Milinkovic
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The 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the tournament, 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, Argentina from September 28 to October 13, 2002.

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Squads 3 Venues 4 First round 4.1 Pool A 4.2 Pool B 4.3 Pool C 4.4 Pool D 4.5 Pool E 4.6 Pool F 5 Second round 5.1 Pool G 5.2 Pool H 5.3 Pool J 5.4 Pool K 6 Final round 6.1 Championship 6.2 Classification 5th–8th 7 Final standing 8 Awards 9 Super seven selection 10 References

Competing nations

The following national teams have qualified:

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

* Because South Korea withdrew from the tournament for participating in the Asian Games, Poland replaced them.

Squads

Venues

The 2002 Men's World Championship will take place in six cities:

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

First round

Pool A

			Matches		Sets			Set 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		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Argentina	3–1	Australia	22–25	25–18	31–29	32–30		110–102
29 Sep	Portugal	3–1	China	16–25	25–21	25–19	25–11		91–76
30 Sep	Portugal	3–1	Australia	25–20	25–27	25–21	29–27		104–95
30 Sep	China	1–3	Argentina	30–32	19–25	26–24	21–25		96–106
01 Oct	Australia	1–3	China	19–25	20–25	25–23	21–25		85–98
01 Oct	Argentina	3–1	Portugal	21–25	25–22	25–22	25–22		96–91

Pool B

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

Pool C

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

Pool D

			Matches		Sets			Set points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	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		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Sep	Japan	3–1	Kazakhstan	26–24	25–20	29–31	25–10		105–85
29 Sep	Spain	1–3	Yugoslavia	18–25	21–25	25–21	18–25		82–96
30 Sep	Japan	2–3	Spain	18–25	25–23	25–22	27–29	13–15	108–114
30 Sep	Kazakhstan	0–3	Yugoslavia	19–25	16–25	15–25			50–75
01 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–15	25–20			75–56
01 Oct	Spain	3–1	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–16	25–21	25–21		97–83

Pool E

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

Pool F

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

Second round

Pool G

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

Pool H

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

Pool J

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

Pool K

			Matches		Sets			Set points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	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		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–0	Greece	25–21	25–17	25–21			75–59
04 Oct	United States	3–0	China	25–23	30–28	25–19			80–70
05 Oct	China	0–3	Yugoslavia	20–25	18–25	22–25			60–75
05 Oct	United States	2–3	Greece	25–20	15–25	20–25	25–15	15–17	100–102
06 Oct	Greece	3–1	China	19–25	25–17	25–19	25–17		94–78
06 Oct	Yugoslavia	3–1	United States	25–22	25–21	21–25	25–23		96–91

Final round

Championship

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

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

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

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Oct	France	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–23	25–23	25–16			75–62
13 Oct	Russia	2–3	Brazil	25–23	25–27	20–25	25–23	13–15	108–113

Classification 5th–8th

	5th–8th places				5th place
	11 October – Buenos Aires
	Argentina	3
	Greece	0
					13 October – Buenos Aires
					Argentina	2
					Italy	3
					7th place
	10 October – Córdoba			12 October – Buenos Aires
	Italy	3		Greece	3
	Portugal	0			Portugal	2

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Oct	Italy	3–0	Portugal	25–23	25–19	25–17			75–59
11 Oct	Argentina	3–0	Greece	25–23	25–23	25–20			75–66

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Oct	Greece	3–2	Portugal	21–25	25–20	23–25	25–21	15–12	109–103
13 Oct	Argentina	2–3	Italy	29–27	17–25	22–25	25–22	22–24	115–123

Final standing

Rank Team 1   Brazil 2   Russia 3   France 4  Yugoslavia 5  Italy 6  Argentina 7  Greece 8  Portugal 9  Japan  Netherlands  Poland  United States 13  Bulgaria  China  Czech Republic  Spain 17  Canada  Venezuela 19  Australia  Croatia  Cuba  Egypt  Kazakhstan  Tunisia

2002 FIVB Men's World Champions  Brazil First title Team Roster Nalbert, Gustavo, Giovane Gávio, Giba, Ricardinho, Maurício, André, Henrique, Dante, Anderson, Rodrigão, Sérgio Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

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

Super seven selection

Setter	Middle-Blockers	Wing Spikers	Opposite Spiker	Libero
Nikola Grbić	Gustavo João José	Sergey Tetyukhin Stéphane Antiga	Marcos Milinkovic	Hubert Henno

References

• Federation Internationale de Volleyball (Archived 2009-09-04)

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