2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

2002 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	September 28 – October 13
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Marcos Milinkovic

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.

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

Main article: 2002 FIVB Men's World Championship 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
	9 October – Córdoba
					Yugoslavia	1			3rd place
	Portugal	0
									12 October – Buenos Aires
	Yugoslavia	3
									France	3
									Yugoslavia	0

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
					13 October – Buenos Aires
	Greece	0
					Argentina	2
	10 October – Córdoba
					Italy	3
	Italy	3
	Portugal	0
					7th place
					12 October – Buenos Aires
					Greece	3
					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
	Brazil
	Russia
	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 Bitencourt, Gustavo Endres, Giovane Gávio, Giba, Ricardinho, Maurício Lima, André Nascimento, Henrique Randow, Dante Amaral, Anderson Rodrigues, Rodrigão, Serginho Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP: Marcos Milinkovic (ARG)
• Best Scorer: Marcos Milinkovic (ARG)
• Best Spiker: André Nascimento (BRA)
• Best Blocker: João José (POR)
• Best Server: Franz Granvorka (FRA)
• Best Setter: Maurício Lima (BRA)
• Best Digger: Hubert Henno (FRA)
• Best Receiver: Pablo Meana (ARG)

Super seven selection

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

References

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