FIVB World League 2002

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

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Intercontinental Round 2.1 Pool A 2.2 Pool B 2.3 Pool C 2.4 Pool D 3 Final Round 3.1 Pool E - Recife 3.2 Pool F - Belo Horizonte 3.3 Semifinals & Finals 4 Final Standings 5 Awards 6 References

Competing nations

The following national teams have been invited:

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

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Brazil	21	9	3	31	14	2.214	1,059	926	1.144
Poland	20	8	4	28	21	1.333	1,141	1,116	1.022
Argentina	16	4	8	19	26	0.731	1,004	1,040	0.965
Portugal	15	3	9	15	32	0.469	976	1,098	0.889

Pool B

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Italy	23	11	1	33	10	3.300	1,044	908	1.150
Spain	20	8	4	26	18	1.444	1,002	1,008	0.994
China	16	4	8	21	27	0.778	1,069	1,088	0.983
Venezuela	13	1	11	9	34	0.265	936	1,047	0.894

Pool C

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Russia	23	11	1	34	12	2.833	1,102	967	1.140
Netherlands	19	7	5	23	23	1.000	1,021	1,056	0.967
Germany	16	4	8	21	30	0.700	1,145	1,164	0.984
Cuba	14	2	10	18	31	0.581	1,045	1,126	0.928

Pool D

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
France	21	9	3	29	18	1.611	1,094	1,028	1.064
Yugoslavia	20	8	4	29	17	1.706	1,056	985	1.072
Greece	18	6	6	23	23	1.000	1,045	1,025	1.020
Japan	13	1	11	11	34	0.324	946	1,103	0.858

Final Round

Pool E - Recife

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Brazil	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	249	214	1.164
Russia	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	256	255	1.004
Spain	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	285	308	0.925
Netherlands	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	225	238	0.945

August 13, 2002

Brazil	3–1	Spain	25-17, 21-25, 25-18, 25-21
Russia	3–0	Netherlands	25-22, 25-22, 25-17

August 14, 2002

Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25-23, 25-18, 25-23
Russia	2–3	Spain	21-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 17-19

August 15, 2002

Brazil	3–0	Russia	25-23, 28-26, 25-20
Netherlands	3–1	Spain	25-20, 25-27, 25-23, 25-18

Pool F - Belo Horizonte

Team	Pts	W	L	SW	SL	SR	PW	PL	PR
Italy	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	283	238	1.189
Yugoslavia	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	256	222	1.153
Poland	4	1	2	4	6	0.667	207	239	0.866
France	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	181	228	0.794

August 13, 2002

Italy	3–0	France	25-14, 25-23, 25-21
Yugoslavia	3–0	Poland	25-20, 25-22, 25-13

August 14, 2002

Italy	3–1	Poland	22-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-15
Yugoslavia	3–0	France	25-19, 25-20, 25-17

August 15, 2002

Yugoslavia	2–3	Italy	25-22, 23-25, 18-25, 25-22, 15-17
France	0–3	Poland	26-28, 23-25, 18-25

Semifinals & Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	2002-08-17 - Belo Horizonte
	Brazil	3
	Yugoslavia	2
					2002-08-18 - Belo Horizonte
					Brazil	1
					Russia	3
					3rd place
	2002-08-17 - Belo Horizonte			2002-08-18 - Belo Horizonte
	Russia	3		Yugoslavia	3
	Italy	1			Italy	1

August 17, 2002

Brazil	3–2	Yugoslavia	25-27, 25-19, 25-12, 21-25, 18-16
Russia	3–1	Italy	23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-22

August 18, 2002

Yugoslavia	3–1	Italy	28-26, 29-27, 23-25, 25-21
Brazil	1–3	Russia	21-25, 23-25, 25-22, 17-25

Final Standings

Place Team  Russia  Brazil  Yugoslavia 4.  Italy 5.  Poland  Spain 7.  France  Netherlands 9.  Argentina  China  Germany  Greece 13.  Cuba  Japan  Portugal  Venezuela

FIVB World League 2002 Champions  Russia First title Team Roster Vadim Khamuttskikh, Rouslan Olikhver, Pavel Abramov, Evgueni Mitkov, Sergey Tetyukhin, Roman Iakovlev, Konstantin Ushakov, Taras Khtei, Andrei Egortchev, Alexandre Kossarev, Alexandre Guerassimov, Alexei Koulechov Head Coach Guennadi Chipouline

Awards

• Best Scorer
  • Ivan Miljkovic

• Best Spiker
  • Pavel Abramov

• Best Blocker
  • Alexei Koulechov

• Best Server
  • Vadim Khamuttskikh

• Best Digger
  • Sérgio Dutra Santos

• Best Setter
  • Vadim Khamuttskikh

• Best Receiver
  • Pavel Abramov

References

• Official Website of the 2002 FIVB World League
• 2002 World League Results
• Sports123
• Volleyball Almanac

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