Women's volleyball world championship 2002

the Italian world champions at a reception at the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II

The 2002 Women's Volleyball World Championship took place in Germany from August 30th to September 15th . For the first time, the DVV was the host of the global tournament, which was held in eight cities. The Italian women , who started with ambitions as runner-up European champions, defeated the United States in the final over five sets and won the title for the first time. The Americans had previously dethroned defending champion Cuba in the quarter-finals . For the German selection , the tournament was over after the second round, in which they did not win.

mode

The 24 participants played in four groups of six in the first round. There were two points for a win and one point for a loss. In the event of a tie, the sentence ratio decided the ranking. The three best teams in each preliminary group made it to the second round, which was played in three groups of four. The two best teams in each group and the two best thirds in the second round reached the quarter-finals. The losers of the quarterfinals played for places five to eight. The winners of the quarterfinals determined the new world champion in the semifinals and final. In the final ranking, the worst group third in the second round finished ninth, ahead of the other three teams, which were eliminated in this round and finished tenth on an equal footing. Thirteenth place was shared by the teams that were eliminated from the tournament as fourth in the first round. The fifth and sixth group in the preliminary round took seventeenth and 21st place.

Attendees

Ekaterina Gamowa, the longest player in the tournament

The squad and further information on all teams can be found on the Participants sub-page .

24 teams from all continental associations took part in the World Cup in Germany. This included all previous world champions and a few other medalists from previous tournaments. Defending champion Cuba and the host's team, which publicly declared eighth place as a goal, were among the favorites, as were Russia, which presented themselves in excellent form in preparation. In addition, the traditionally strong teams from the USA, Brazil and China as well as the vice-European champion Italy were given a good chance of a top position.

draw

The draw took place on September 21, 2001 in Berlin. The host and the eleven participants, who had the best placings in the volleyball world rankings, were there. Germany formed the head of Group A; the three best placed participants were at the top of the other three groups. The other seeded teams were evenly divided between the four groups. When the participants who were not seeded were admitted, there were no restrictions on membership of continental associations.

game schedule

First round

Angelina Grün was the best scorer in the preliminary round

While Italy and Bulgaria started with safe victories in Group A, the German women had to accept the equalizer against the Czech Republic twice in tight sets before they prevailed in the tie-break with 15:13. After another success against Japan, the hosts had to admit defeat to the Bulgarians on matchday three, despite a fighting performance. The Italians, who did not lose a set until the end of the first round, caused the second German defeat. However, since Japan lost to the Czech Republic on the last day of the match, the DVV team reached the second round with a final victory against Mexico, which lost all games, as third in the group, level on points with Bulgaria.

In Group B there was a false start for the defending champion from Cuba, who lost to South Korea in five sets at the beginning and then won against Canada only after being behind twice. The Asians then remained undefeated and the favorite from the Caribbean caused the Netherlands' first defeat with a 3-0 win. With further victories, the Cubans and their successful attacker Yumilka Ruiz came in second ahead of the Dutch selection, which secured third place with a smooth win against Canada.

Group A in Münster
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Italy	15: 0	10	1.326
2.	Bulgaria	10: 6	8th	1.086
3.	Germany	9: 9	8th	1.065
4th	Japan	8:10	7th	1.002
5.	Czech Republic	8:12	7th	0.938
6th	Mexico	2:15	5	0.708

August 30th	Italy	Japan	3-0
	Czech Republic	Germany	2: 3
	Mexico	Bulgaria	0: 3
August 31	Japan	Germany	1: 3
	Italy	Mexico	3-0
	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	3-0
September 1	Mexico	Japan	0: 3
	Germany	Bulgaria	0: 3
	Czech Republic	Italy	0: 3
September 2nd	Japan	Bulgaria	3: 1
	Mexico	Czech Republic	2: 3
	Italy	Germany	3-0
September 3	Czech Republic	Japan	3: 1
	Bulgaria	Italy	0: 3
	Germany	Mexico	3-0

Group B in Schwerin
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	South Korea	15: 3	10	1.272
2.	Cuba	14: 5	9	1.225
3.	Netherlands	9: 7	8th	1,110
4th	Romania	8: 9	7th	1.019
5.	Canada	5:12	6th	0.899
6th	Egypt	0:15	5	0.528

August 30th	Netherlands	Romania	3: 1
	Egypt	Canada	0: 3
	Cuba	South Korea	2: 3
August 31	Netherlands	Egypt	3-0
	Canada	Cuba	2: 3
	Romania	South Korea	1: 3
September 1	Cuba	Netherlands	3-0
	South Korea	Canada	3-0
	Egypt	Romania	0: 3
September 2nd	Netherlands	South Korea	0: 3
	Egypt	Cuba	0: 3
	Romania	Canada	3-0
September 3	South Korea	Egypt	3-0
	Cuba	Romania	3-0
	Canada	Netherlands	0: 3

Aurea Cruz scored for Puerto Rico

Group C was dominated by the USA, which only gave two sets in the duel between the favorites against Russia. The team around Jekaterina Gamowa then secured second place with three confident victories. The outsiders from Puerto Rico didn't have a chance against these two top teams, but thanks to a victory against the more highly rated Argentines, they made it to third in the group. Carolina Costagrande's points were not enough for the South American runner-up and the Dominican Republic also overtook the table with a 3-0 win. The outsiders from Kenya only won one sentence.

The team from Thailand achieved the first victory in their World Cup history in Group D, but the greatest success came from Greece, which was third in their World Cup debut with a 3-0 win in the last game against the already qualified Chinese, level on points with the Asians and front runners Brazil Ranked. The South Americans lost to China on day two. For Poland, who could only win against Thailand and Australia and were defeated by the Greeks in a narrow game in the tie-break, the comeback at the World Cup ended after the preliminary round.

Group C in Riesa and Dresden
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	United States	15: 2	10	1.222
2.	Russia	14: 4	9	1.432
3.	Puerto Rico	9: 9	8th	0.901
4th	Dominican Republic	7: 9	7th	0.949
5.	Argentina	5:12	6th	0.899
6th	Kenya	1:15	5	0.736

August 30th	Kenya	Puerto Rico	1: 3
	Argentina	United States	0: 3
	Russia	Dominican R.	3: 1
August 31	Kenya	Argentina	0: 3
	United States	Russia	3: 2
	Puerto Rico	Dominican R.	3-0
September 1	Argentina	Puerto Rico	2: 3
	Dominican R.	United States	0: 3
	Russia	Kenya	3-0
September 2nd	Kenya	Dominican R.	0: 3
	Argentina	Russia	0: 3
	Puerto Rico	United States	0: 3
September 3	United States	Kenya	3-0
	Russia	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Dominican R.	Argentina	3-0

Group D in Leipzig
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Brazil	13: 3	9	1.216
2.	People's Republic of China	12: 5	9	1,211
3.	Greece	12: 6	9	1.030
4th	Poland	8: 9	7th	0.987
5.	Thailand	4:13	6th	0.864
6th	Australia	2:15	5	0.777

August 30th	Poland	Brazil	0: 3
	China	Australia	3-0
	Thailand	Greece	0: 3
August 31	Brazil	China	1: 3
	Thailand	Poland	0: 3
	Greece	Australia	3: 1
September 1	China	Thailand	3: 1
	Australia	Brazil	0: 3
	Poland	Greece	2: 3
September 2nd	Greece	Brazil	0: 3
	Thailand	Australia	3: 1
	Poland	China	0: 3
September 3	Brazil	Thailand	3-0
	China	Greece	0: 3
	Australia	Poland	0: 3

Second round

Antonina Setowa brought Bulgaria to the next round

At the start of the second round, Cuba ended the previously successful appearance of the newcomers from Greece in Group E, who then also had to admit defeat to Russia and Italy. The last two teams mentioned had previously played five sets in a direct duel, in which the Italians managed to equalize twice before the Russians won 15:13. Nikolai Karpol's team finally defeated the defending champion in a new edition of the Olympic final and secured victory in the group.

Group F was close, although almost all games were decided in three sets. After two 3-0 victories, China had to give the South Koreans first place because they won the direct duel. Bulgaria drew level on points with a win against Puerto Rico and reached the quarter-finals as the best third party in the group.

The German team won the first set against the Netherlands in their Group G opening match and still lost the neighborhood duel 1: 3. Since the DVV selection could not win any more set in the two other matches against Brazil and the still unbeaten US-Americans, the quarter-finals took place without the hosts. The Dutch women forced the USA into the tiebreak, but also missed the entry into the knockout round.

Group E in Bremen
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	Russia	9: 3	6th	1.192
2.	Cuba	7: 5	5	0.975
3.	Italy	6: 6	4th	1.046
4th	Greece	1: 9	3	0.794

September 6th	Cuba	Greece	3: 1
	Italy	Russia	2: 3
7th of September	Greece	Russia	0: 3
	Cuba	Italy	3: 1
September 8th	Italy	Greece	3-0
	Russia	Cuba	3: 1

Group F in Stuttgart
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	South Korea	7: 3	5	1.121
2.	People's Republic of China	6: 3	5	1.256
3.	Bulgaria	6: 4	5	1.118
4th	Puerto Rico	0: 9	3	0.587

September 6th	Bulgaria	China	0: 3
	South Korea	Puerto Rico	3-0
7th of September	China	Puerto Rico	3-0
	Bulgaria	South Korea	3: 1
September 8th	Puerto Rico	Bulgaria	0: 3
	South Korea	China	3-0

Group G in Riesa
space	team	sentences	Points	BPQ
1.	United States	9: 2	6th	1.126
2.	Brazil	6: 4	5	1.054
3.	Netherlands	6: 7	4th	0.941
4th	Germany	1: 9	3	0.904

September 6th	Brazil	United States	0: 3
	Germany	Netherlands	1: 3
7th of September	Brazil	Germany	3-0
	United States	Netherlands	3: 2
September 8th	Netherlands	Brazil	1: 3
	Germany	United States	0: 3

Placement games

Danielle Scott led the USA to the final

In the quarter-finals, defending champion Cuba could not end the triumphant advance of the USA and missed the semi-finals in three sets. While the Italians were among the top four for the first time and Russia also won 3-0, a competitive game developed between China and Brazil in which the Asians fell behind after a 1-0 lead and only triumphed in the tie-break. The South Americans lost to South Korea again in five sets a day later and finally finished the tournament in seventh place. The dethroned world champion from 1998 secured fifth place against the Koreans.

In the first semi-final, the USA and Russia met again after their duel in the preliminary round and again the women from the United States were successful in a game over the full distance. In the second semi-final, Elisa Togut played a major role in helping Italy prevail against the young Chinese team. Thus, the match for bronze can be the same pairing as a few weeks earlier in the Grand Prix final and Russia again won 3-1 against China. The final of the World Cup began with a setback for Italy, which left the Americans with the first set at 18:25. With 25:18 and 25:16 the European runner-up turned the game around and although the USA managed to equalize again with 25:22, Togut, the best scorer, turned the match point to 15:11, with Italy for the first time in its history Became world champion.

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	September 11
	Russia	3
					13.september
	Bulgaria	0
					Russia	2
	September 11
					United States	3
	United States	3
									September 15th
	Cuba	0
									United States	2
	September 11
									Italy	3
	South Korea	0
					13.september
	Italy	3
					Italy	3			Game for third place
	September 11
					People's Republic of China	1
	People's Republic of China	3							Russia	3
	Brazil	2							People's Republic of China	1
									September 14th

	Placement games 5-8				Play for 5th place
	12th September
	Bulgaria	2
	Cuba	3
					September 15th
					Cuba	3
					South Korea	2
					Game for 7th place
	12th September				September 14th
	South Korea	3			Bulgaria	0
	Brazil	2			Brazil	3

Final score

space	team
1.	Italy
2.	United States
3.	Russia
4th	People's Republic of China
5.	Cuba
6th	South Korea
7th	Brazil
8th.	Bulgaria
eliminated in the second round
9.	Netherlands
10.	Greece
	Germany
	Puerto Rico
eliminated in the first round
13.	Japan
	Romania
	Poland
	Dominican Republic
17th	Czech Republic
	Canada
	Thailand
	Argentina
21st	Australia
	Mexico
	Kenya
	Egypt

The Cuban women around Regla Torres were dethroned.

For the Italians, winning the World Cup title for the first time was the greatest success in their history. The defeated Americans were in the final for the second time after the World Cup in 1967 and Russia received the bronze medal for the third time in a row. The finalists of the previous tournament , however, missed the medal ranks. For Japan, Poland and Romania, which were successful in previous decades, the 13th place meant the worst result so far at a world championship, while Greece made it into the top 10 at its premiere.

Individual awards

Elisa Togut was the most valuable player

The new world champion Italy provided the most valuable player in the tournament. Elisa Togut was particularly convincing in the decisive games of the knockout round. There the diagonal attacker scored the most points for her team. Paolo Cardullo was not only the youngest member of the Italian team, but also the fairest player in the World Cup. Even younger was the Cuban Nancy Carrillo, who managed the best serves at the age of 16. Although her teammate Yumilka Ruiz scored the most points as the best scorer, Cuba was unable to defend the title. For Yelisaveta Ivanovna Tishchenko, the World Cup was the highlight of 2002, when she was the best attacker according to the FIVB. In the semifinals she was defeated by the USA team, in which the experienced Danielle Scott made it into the final with her blocks. Brazil and South Korea were eliminated in the quarter-finals, although they had outstanding players in the pass or in the acceptance.

most valuable player (MVP)	Elisa Togut	Italy
best scorer	Yumilka Ruiz	Cuba
best attacker	Yelisaveta Ivanovna Tishchenko	Russia
best blocker	Danielle Scott	United States
best server	Nancy Carrillo	Cuba
best player	Marcelle Rodrigues	Brazil
best adoption player	Koo Ki-lan	South Korea
fairest player	Paola Cardullo	Italy

Venues

The games were played in eight German cities. Before the World Cup, all cities had already gained experience with this sport as locations of clubs in the volleyball Bundesliga or through national and international competitions.

• The men and women of the university sports club celebrated numerous championships in Münster . At the World Cup, in addition to the opening ceremony, the preliminary round games of the German team took place in the Münsterland hall, which can hold 5,200 spectators .
• Schwerin is the home of a leading Bundesliga club and, with the sports and congress hall, which was also filled with 5,200 fans, hosted group B in the preliminary round.
• Due to the success of the sports club, Dresden qualified as a venue and hosted five Group C games in the sports hall on Bodenbacher Strasse.
• The remaining games of the preliminary round group C as well as the matches of the intermediate round group G took place in Riesa . In the natural gas arena with up to 9,000 seats, games of the 2001 volleyball world league and the final round in the men's DVV Cup 2001/02 were played.
• Several Bundesliga volleyball teams have already made their home in Leipzig and the surrounding area. Up to 7,000 spectators were able to experience Group D matches at the World Cup in the Leipzig Arena , which opened on May 11, 2002. With the World Cup games, the city wanted to show its potential for bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games .
• Bremen has hosted a tournament for women's national teams since 1980 and played host to qualifications for the Olympic Games and the 1998 World Cup in 1996, 1998 and 2000 . In Hall 7, which only opened in September 2002, the games of the intermediate round group E could be seen.
• The Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart , which at that time offered space for around 10,000 spectators, was the venue for the European Women's Championship in 1989 .
• The final round of the 2002 World Cup took place in front of up to 8,500 fans in Berlin's Max-Schmeling-Halle . The capital is home to several Bundesliga clubs and has already hosted the men's European championship in 1991 .

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  Hall Münsterland

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  Sports and congress hall Schwerin

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  Riesa natural gas arena

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  Arena Leipzig

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  Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Stuttgart

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  Max-Schmeling-Halle Berlin

referee

The FIVB nominated a total of 24 referees for the 2002 World Cup. Seventeen referees came from countries whose national teams were involved in the tournament. Of the participating nations, Egypt, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Kenya, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Czech Republic did not provide any referees. The four preliminary round groups were each assigned six game leaders, who accompanied all matches in alternating combinations as first or second referee. Seventeen referees were used in the second round. The Thai and French referees jointly chaired a semi-final and the final.

Surname	country	A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.	G	VF	5-8	P7	P5	HF	P3	Fin
Plamen Antonov	Bulgaria			E.		E.				E.
Zorica Bjelic	Yugoslavia				E.
Songsak chareon pong	Thailand	E.						E.		E.			E.		E.
Rolando Cholakian	Argentina				E.			E.
Luciano Gaspari	Italy				E.			E.		E.	E.
Savas Iordanidis	Greece		E.
Joo Dong-Wook	South Korea			E.		E.
Andrzeij Kiszczak	Poland			E.				E.
Peter Koncnik	Slovenia			E.			E.		E.
Pedro Leon-Garcia	Cuba	E.						E.	E.				E.
Juan Li	People's Republic of China			E.
Frans Loderus	Netherlands				E.		E.		E.			E.
Garcia Marques	Spain				E.		E.
Dalmir Medeiros	Brazil		E.				E.		E.	E.				E.
Amnon Nesher	Israel		E.
Patrick Rachard	France		E.					E.	E.				E.		E.
Gyula Radi	Hungary	E.					E.		E.			E.
Jarmo Salonen	Finland	E.				E.			E.					E.
Patricia Salvatore	United States	E.
Florin Scortaru	Romania	E.
Andrei Senowitsch	Russia		E.				E.
Takashi Shimoyama	Japan		E.						E.
Dravko Stipaničev	Croatia				E.	E.					E.
Gerd Sycha	Germany			E.		E.							E.
A - G = group games; VF = quarter finals; 5-8 = placement games; P7, P5, P3 = game for place 7, 5, 3; HF = semifinals; Fin = Final The referee's assignments are noted in the match statistics on the FIVB World Cup page .

organization

As with all volleyball world championships, the tournament was organized by the FIVB , which owned the rights to the event. The DVV founded a national organizing committee (VONOG) based in the host of the 2002 World Cup Frankfurt . The total budget for the tournament was 5.5 million euros and was largely funded by the cities in which the games took place. As host of the final round, Berlin took over 1.5 million euros, the other cities each half a million.

Sponsors

On the occasion of the World Cup, the major Swiss bank Credit Suisse agreed with the FIVB to be involved in international volleyball events and financed the tournament in Germany at the beginning of the partnership. The organizers were able to win the specialist sports retailer Intersport as a further premium sponsor . The Asics company acted as the official supplier for the World Cup and produced, among other things, the one-piece suits the German players were dressed in. The official match ball was a Mikasa product and the flooring was produced by Mondo . Mercedes-Benz provided the cars and Saeco provided coffee. The companies Grevinga and GI&DI organized the merchandising for the world championship, which was insured by the company Deutscher Herold . This included the mascot named Casper, which was produced in Käthe Kruse's doll manufacture.

social commitment

The first World Cup in Germany should bring the sport more public attention. Therefore, among other things, there was cooperation with schools in order to bring the youngsters to volleyball. At the World Cup, the DVV also promoted the initiative to show your face! which the German association has supported since August 2000. The organization, which, like the tournament, was under the patronage of Johannes Rau at the time, fights against racism and right-wing extremist violence. The FIVB and the DVV jointly sponsored the Tobacco free sports project , with which the World Health Organization uses the popularity of sport to warn of the dangers of smoking. Therefore, there was a smoking ban at the tournament.

tickets

Tickets for all games went on sale on March 5, 2002. The organizers calculated a total of 120,000 day tickets. The cheapest tickets were already available in Münster for 6.50 euros or a reduced price of 4.30 euros. The final round in Berlin could be seen as a spectator for 15 or 10 euros per game. In addition, season tickets were offered in all venues except Leipzig, with which one could visit all encounters in this city.

media

The public television channels ARD (with the third programs ) and ZDF reported for a total of 56 hours from the World Cup. In order to enable these transmissions, the DVV had to contribute an amount of 300,000 euros to the production costs. The German games in the preliminary round were shown by WDR , in which Susanne Lahme and Danja Müsch participated as experts, live or as a recording. The NDR broadcast from Schwerin and the SWR from Stuttgart. In the second round there were live broadcasts on MDR . After the departure of the German team, the local TV stations no longer reported on the World Cup. The television pictures were shown internationally in 45 countries and sixteen foreign broadcasters were represented at the final round in Berlin.

TV Movie magazine became a partner of the tournament as a print medium. The magazine Stern caused controversial discussions by publishing a report with nudes of the German national players shortly before the start of the World Cup .

qualification

Germany as hosts and Cuba as defending champions were set for the finals. The other starting places were awarded in continental qualifying tournaments that took place between June 17 and September 9, 2001. In addition to Germany, eight participants came from Europe. Asia was allowed to send five teams to Germany. The NORCECA presented in addition to Cuba also a quintet. Two representatives each traveled to Germany from South America and Africa.

Europe

The European qualification was played in six groups of four after Azerbaijan won a preliminary round against Israel in Baku . The group winners and the two best runners-up reached the World Cup finals in Germany. The Netherlands used their home advantage in 's-Hertogenbosch as did the Polish women in Opole . Thanks to a narrow success over Spain, the Czech Republic managed to win the group in Lisbon , while Russia as hosts in Novy Urengoy did not make a set. In Urbino to host sat Italy together with Romania through and in Dubrovnik were Greece and Bulgaria successful.

Group 1
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Netherlands	9: 4	6th
2.	Azerbaijan	8: 4	5
3.	Turkey	6: 8	4th
4th	France	2: 9	3

17th of June	Turkey	France	3: 2
	Netherlands	Azerbaijan	3: 2
18th of June	Azerbaijan	Turkey	3: 1
	France	Netherlands	0: 3
June 19th	Azerbaijan	France	3-0
	Netherlands	Turkey	3: 2

Group 2
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Poland	9-0	6th
2.	BR Yugoslavia	6: 5	5
3.	Slovenia	3: 6	4th
4th	Latvia	2: 9	3

June 24th	BR Yugoslavia	Slovenia	3-0
	Poland	Latvia	3-0
25th June	Latvia	Slovenia	0: 3
	Poland	BR Yugoslavia	3-0
June 26th	BR Yugoslavia	Latvia	3: 2
	Slovenia	Poland	0: 3

Group 3
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Czech Republic	9: 2	6th
2.	Spain	8: 4	5
3.	Portugal	3: 7	4th
4th	Norway	2: 9	3

June 22	Norway	Spain	1: 3
	Portugal	Czech Republic	0: 3
23rd June	Spain	Czech Republic	2: 3
	Norway	Portugal	1: 3
June 24th	Portugal	Spain	0: 3
	Czech Republic	Norway	3-0

Group 4
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Russia	9-0	6th
2.	Ukraine	6: 3	5
3.	Denmark	3: 6	4th
4th	Austria	0: 9	3

June 22	Ukraine	Austria	3-0
	Russia	Denmark	3-0
23rd June	Denmark	Austria	3-0
	Russia	Ukraine	3-0
June 24th	Ukraine	Denmark	3-0
	Austria	Russia	0: 3

Group 5
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Italy	9: 1	6th
2.	Romania	7: 3	5
3.	Hungary	3: 6	4th
4th	Switzerland	0: 9	3

July 13th	Italy	Switzerland	3-0
	Hungary	Romania	0: 3
July 14th	Romania	Switzerland	3-0
	Italy	Hungary	3-0
15th of July	Switzerland	Hungary	0: 3
	Italy	Romania	3: 1

Group 6
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Greece	9: 4	6th
2.	Bulgaria	8: 3	5
3.	Croatia	4: 7	4th
4th	Finland	2: 9	3

August 27	Bulgaria	Greece	2: 3
	Croatia	Finland	3: 1
August 28th	Bulgaria	Finland	3-0
	Croatia	Greece	1: 3
29th August	Finland	Greece	1: 3
	Croatia	Bulgaria	0: 3

Asia

In the Asian qualification, eight teams competed in two groups of four, from which the two group first and second as well as a third were allowed to contest the tournament in Germany. In Bangkok , the hosts Thailand managed to do this as second behind the Japanese who did not make a set. China secured group victory as the home team in Macau with a final win against South Korea . Australia also advanced in third place. The teams from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan , who finished last in the two groups, prevailed against Sri Lanka in a preliminary round in Colombo .

Group 1
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Japan	9-0	6th
2.	Thailand	6: 3	5
3.	Taiwan	3: 6	4th
4th	Uzbekistan	0: 9	3

July 6th	Taiwan	Japan	0: 3
	Thailand	Uzbekistan	3-0
7th of July	Thailand	Taiwan	3-0
	Uzbekistan	Japan	0: 3
8th of July	Taiwan	Uzbekistan	3-0
	Japan	Thailand	3-0

Group 2
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	9: 1	6th
2.	South Korea	7: 3	5
3.	Australia	3: 8	4th
4th	Kazakhstan	2: 9	3

August 31	Australia	South Korea	0: 3
	China	Kazakhstan	3-0
September 1	South Korea	Kazakhstan	3-0
	China	Australia	3-0
September 2nd	Australia	Kazakhstan	3: 2
	China	South Korea	3: 1

North and Central America

In the NORCECA qualification there were two groups with four teams each, of which the two best teams qualified for the World Cup finals. In Santo Domingo , the Dominican Republic only gave up a set in the last game against their direct rivals Canada . Barbados performed worse in a cross-comparison of the third group with Mexico . Jamaica , which had prevailed in a preliminary round in Oranjestad against the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, only remained in last place. The USA clearly dominated the games of the other group, which took place in San Juan , in all sets. The hosts from Puerto Rico took second place ahead of Mexico and Costa Rica . The Mexicans then had to contest a play-off duel against the third from South America, in which they prevailed in Monterrey with 2-1 wins against Venezuela .

Group 1
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Dominican Republic	9: 1	6th
2.	Canada	7: 3	5
3.	Barbados	3: 8	4th
4th	Jamaica	2: 9	3

July 12	Canada	Jamaica	3-0
	Dominican R.	Barbados	3-0
July 13th	Canada	Barbados	3-0
	Dominican R.	Jamaica	3-0
July 14th	Barbados	Jamaica	3: 2
	Dominican R.	Canada	3: 1

Group 2
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	United States	9-0	6th
2.	Puerto Rico	6: 4	5
3.	Mexico	4: 6	4th
4th	Costa Rica	0: 9	3

July 13th	Mexico	United States	0: 3
	Puerto Rico	Costa Rica	3-0
July 14th	United States	Costa Rica	3-0
	Mexico	Puerto Rico	1: 3
15th of July	Costa Rica	Mexico	0: 3
	United States	Puerto Rico	3-0

Play-off NORCECA - South America
7th of September	Venezuela	Mexico	3-0
September 8th	Mexico	Venezuela	3: 2
the 9th of September	Mexico	Venezuela	3-0

South America

In the South American qualification, only four teams played for two starting places for the world championship. At the tournament in Santa Fe , Brazil won all encounters to zero and thus secured the group victory over hosts Argentina . Venezuela was later defeated in the playoff against NORCECA representative Mexico . The team from Peru only won one set.

group
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Brazil	9-0	6th
2.	Argentina	6: 3	5
3.	Venezuela	3: 7	4th
4th	Peru	1: 9	3

July 6th	Brazil	Peru	3-0
	Argentina	Venezuela	3-0
7th of July	Venezuela	Peru	3: 1
	Brazil	Argentina	3-0
8th of July	Venezuela	Brazil	0: 3
	Argentina	Peru	3-0

Africa

The two African participants were determined in a group of four and three. The group winners reached the World Cup finals in Germany. In the first group, Kenya with the home advantage in Nairobi prevailed in three games without losing a set against Tunisia , Cameroon and Namibia . Egypt was in Cairo also hosted and defeated the competitors from Nigeria and Morocco .

Group 1
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Kenya	9-0	6th
2.	Tunisia	6: 3	5
3.	Cameroon	3: 6	4th
4th	Namibia	0: 9	3

July 13th	Tunisia	Cameroon	3-0
	Kenya	Namibia	3-0
July 14th	Namibia	Tunisia	0: 3
	Cameroon	Kenya	0: 3
15th of July	Namibia	Cameroon	0: 3
	Kenya	Tunisia	3-0

Group 2
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Egypt	6: 2	4th
2.	Nigeria	4: 5	3
3.	Morocco	3: 6	2

3rd August	Egypt	Morocco	3: 1
4th of August	Morocco	Nigeria	2: 3
5th of August	Egypt	Nigeria	3: 1

Web links

• official homepage of the national organizing committee
• News about the World Cup at volleyballer.de
• Information from the FIVB (English)
• Results for Todor66 (English)

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Classification of teams. FIVB, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
2. ↑ Volleyball: New dimensions at the Volleyball World Cup in Germany. volleyballer.de, August 27, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 1. (PDF; 558 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, January 2002, archived from the original on March 19, 2013 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Drawing of lots and distribution of teams. FIVB, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
5. ↑ DVV: Volleyball: Green is the best point collector - leaderboards after the preliminary round! volleyballer.de, September 5, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} BPQ = ball point quotient
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 2. (PDF; 707 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, February 2002, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ ^{a b c} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 3. (PDF; 423 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, March 2002, archived from the original on March 29, 2005 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ ^{a b} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 4. (PDF; 334 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, April 2002, archived from the original on October 27, 2005 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 5. (PDF; 401 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, archived from the original on August 22, 2005 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ DVV: Volleyball: Arena Leipzig opened with a view of the Volleyball World Cup and Olympics 2012. volleyballer.de, May 13, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b c} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 6. (PDF; 431 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, archived from the original on October 27, 2005 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ ^{a b} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 7. (PDF; 397 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
14. ↑ ^{a b c} VONOG des DVV: WM-Zeitung No. 8. (PDF; 358 kB) (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
15. ↑ ^{a b c d} Berlin Online: Volleyball: The Women's World Cup should make volleyball popular. volleyballer.de, March 6, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b} partner. (No longer available online.) Volleyball2002.de, archived from the original on October 11, 2010 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ ^{a b c} DVV: Volleyball: 56 hours on German television! volleyballer.de, August 28, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
18. ↑ DVV: Volleyball: Susanne Lahme and Danja Müsch support the WDR - Lahme Expert, Müsch Editor! volleyballer.de, August 29, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
19. ↑ SWR: Volleyball: TV program information. volleyballer.de, August 6, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
20. ↑ ^{a b} DVV: Volleyball: SWR brings summaries of the 2nd round as well as the top game from Stuttgart! volleyballer.de, September 5, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b} DVV: Volleyball: TV: 16 foreign TV stations report from the World Cup finals in Berlin! volleyballer.de, September 12, 2002, accessed September 30, 2010 . 
22. ↑ Sven Beckedahl: Anger and joy about nude photos of German volleyball players. Berliner Morgenpost, August 31, 2002, archived from the original on November 21, 2012 ; Retrieved September 30, 2010 .