Volleyball World League 2002

The 2002 volleyball world league season was the 13th edition of the competition. It started on June 27th and ended on August 18th. Russia won the title for the first time.

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The preliminary round ("intercontinental round") was held in four groups with four teams each. The two best teams in each group qualified for the final round. There they played in two groups of four. The two best teams of the two final groups reached the semifinals.

Preliminary round

Group A space team sentences Points 1.  Brazil 31:14 21st 2.  Poland 28:21 20th 3.  Argentina 19:26 16 4th  Portugal 15:32 15th

Group B space team sentences Points 1.  Italy 33:10 23 2.  Spain 26:18 20th 3.  People's Republic of China 21:27 16 4th  Venezuela 9:34 13

June 28th Brazil Argentina 3: 1 June 29th Brazil Argentina 3-0 Portugal Poland 3: 2 June 30th Portugal Poland 2: 3 July 6th Portugal Brazil 0: 3 Argentina Poland 3-0 7th of July Argentina Poland 3-0 Portugal Brazil 0: 3 July 12 Brazil Poland 0: 3 July 13th Brazil Poland 3: 1 Portugal Argentina 3: 1 July 14th Portugal Argentina 3: 2 July 19 Brazil Portugal 3-0 Poland Argentina 3: 1 20th of July Brazil Portugal 3-0 Poland Argentina 3-0 July 26th Poland Brazil 3: 2 July 27th Poland Brazil 3: 2 Argentina Portugal 3-0 July 28th Argentina Portugal 3: 2 August 2nd Poland Portugal 3: 1 Argentina Brazil 2: 3 3rd August Poland Portugal 3: 1 Argentina Brazil 0: 3

June 28th China Italy 2: 3 Spain Venezuela 3-0 June 30th Spain Venezuela 3-0 China Italy 0: 3 5th July Italy Venezuela 3: 1 July 6th Spain China 3-0 7th of July Spain China 3: 1 Italy Venezuela 3-0 July 12 Italy China 3: 1 Venezuela Spain 0: 3 July 14th Venezuela Spain 1: 3 Italy China 0: 3 July 19 Venezuela Italy 1: 3 20th of July China Spain 2: 3 21 July China Spain 2: 3 Venezuela Italy 0: 3 July 27th Spain Italy 0: 3 China Venezuela 3-0 July 28th Spain Italy 1: 3 China Venezuela 3: 1 August 2nd Venezuela China 2: 3 Italy Spain 3: 1 4th of August Venezuela China 3: 1 Italy Spain 3-0

Group C space team sentences Points 1.  Russia 34:12 23 2.  Netherlands 23:23 19th 3.  Germany 21:30 16 4th  Cuba 18:31 14th

Group D space team sentences Points 1.  France 29:18 21st 2.  Yugoslavia 29:17 20th 3.  Greece 23:23 18th 4th  Japan 11:34 13

June 27th Germany Netherlands 3: 1 June 28th Russia Cuba 3-0 Germany Netherlands 0: 3 June 29th Russia Cuba 3: 2 5th July Russia Germany 3: 2 Netherlands Cuba 3: 1 July 6th Russia Germany 1: 3 Netherlands Cuba 3: 1 July 12 Netherlands Russia 1: 3 Cuba Germany 3: 1 July 13th Netherlands Russia 0: 3 Cuba Germany 3-0 July 19 Netherlands Germany 3: 2 Cuba Russia 1: 3 20th of July Netherlands Germany 3: 1 Cuba Russia 0: 3 July 26th Cuba Netherlands 1: 3 July 27th Germany Russia 1: 3 Cuba Netherlands 2: 3 July 28th Germany Russia 2: 3 August 2nd Russia Netherlands 3-0 3rd August Germany Cuba 3: 2 Russia Netherlands 3-0 4th of August Germany Cuba 3: 2

June 28th France Yugoslavia 3-0 Greece Japan 3: 1 June 29th France Yugoslavia 3: 1 June 30th Greece Japan 3: 1 5th July Yugoslavia Greece 3-0 July 6th Japan France 0: 3 7th of July Japan France 1: 3 Yugoslavia Greece 2: 3 July 12 Greece France 2: 3 July 13th Yugoslavia Japan 3-0 July 14th Yugoslavia Japan 3-0 Greece France 3-0 July 19 France Japan 3: 2 20th of July France Japan 3: 1 21 July Greece Yugoslavia 0: 3 22nd of July Greece Yugoslavia 2: 3 July 26th France Greece 1: 3 July 27th Japan Yugoslavia 2: 3 France Greece 3-0 July 28th Japan Yugoslavia 0: 3 August 2nd Yugoslavia France 2: 3 3rd August Japan Greece 1: 3 4th of August Japan Greece 3: 1 Yugoslavia France 3: 1

Final round

The final round was held from August 13th to 18th in Recife and Belo Horizonte ( Brazil ).

Group E in Recife space team sentences Points 1.  Brazil 9: 1 6th 2.  Russia 5: 6 4th 3.  Spain 5: 8 4th 4th  Netherlands 3: 7 4th

Group F in Belo Horizonte space team sentences Points 1.  Italy 9: 3 6th 2.  Yugoslavia 8: 3 5 3.  Poland 4: 6 4th 4th  France 0: 9 3

13 August Brazil Spain 3: 1 Russia Netherlands 3-0 August 14th Brazil Netherlands 3-0 Russia Spain 2: 3 15th of August Brazil Russia 3-0 Netherlands Spain 3: 1

13 August Italy France 3-0 Yugoslavia Poland 3-0 August 14th Italy Poland 3: 1 Yugoslavia France 3-0 15th of August Yugoslavia Italy 2: 3 France Poland 0: 3

	Semi-finals August 17th Belo Horizonte				Final August 18th Belo Horizonte
	Brazil	3
	Yugoslavia	2
					Brazil	1
					Russia	3
					3rd place August 18th Belo Horizonte
	Russia	3			Yugoslavia	3
	Italy	1			Italy	1

Final score

1.	Russia
2.	Brazil
3.	Yugoslavia
4th	Italy
5.	Poland
	Spain
7th	France
	Netherlands
9.	Argentina
	People's Republic of China
	Germany
	Greece
13.	Japan
	Cuba
	Portugal
	Venezuela

Awards

Best scorer	Ivan Miljković	Yugoslavia
Best attacker	Pavel Abramov	Russia
Best blocker	Alexei Koulechov	Russia
Best server	Vadim Khamuttskikh	Russia
Best player	Vadim Khamuttskikh	Russia
Best adoption player	Pavel Abramov	Russia

Web links

• Information from the FIVB (English)