Men's volleyball world championship 2002

The 2002 men's volleyball world championship took place in Argentina from September 29th to October 13th . Brazil won the title for the first time. The games were played in Buenos Aires , San Juan , Santa Fe , Mar del Plata , Córdoba and Salta .

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The 24 participants played in six groups of four in the first round. The group winners and runners-up as well as the four best group thirds made it to the second round, which was held in four groups of four. The two best teams in each group of 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.

game schedule

First round

Group A in San Juan space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Argentina 9: 3 6th 1.080 2.  Portugal 7: 5 5 1.071 3.  People's Republic of China 5: 7 4th 0.957 4th  Australia 3: 9 3 0.904

Group B in Santa Fe space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Poland 9: 3 6th 1,110 2.  Italy 8: 3 5 1.118 3.  Canada 4: 7 4th 0.962 4th  Croatia 1: 9 3 0.818

September 28th Argentina Australia 3: 1 September 29th Portugal China 3: 1 30. September Portugal Australia 3: 1 China Argentina 1: 3 October 1 Australia China 1: 3 Argentina Portugal 3: 1

September 29th Italy Croatia 3-0 Poland Canada 3: 1 30. September Poland Italy 3: 2 Canada Croatia 3: 1 October 1 Italy Canada 3-0 Croatia Poland 0: 3

Group C in Buenos Aires space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  France 9: 4 6th 1.091 2.  Bulgaria 8: 4 5 1.136 3.  Russia 4: 6 4th 1.005 4th  Tunisia 2: 9 3 0.781

Group D in Mar del Plata space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  BR Yugoslavia 9: 1 6th 1.309 2.  Spain 7: 6 5 1.021 3.  Japan 5: 7 4th 0.982 4th  Kazakhstan 2: 9 3 0.787

September 29th Tunisia France 1: 3 Bulgaria Russia 3-0 30. September Russia France 1: 3 Bulgaria Tunisia 3: 1 October 1 France Bulgaria 3: 2 Tunisia Russia 0: 3

September 29th Japan Kazakhstan 3: 1 Spain Yugoslavia 1: 3 30. September Japan Spain 2: 3 Kazakhstan Yugoslavia 0: 3 October 1 Yugoslavia Japan 3-0 Spain Kazakhstan 3: 1

Group E in Cordoba space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  United States 9: 3 6th 1.083 2.  Brazil 8: 3 5 1.165 3.  Venezuela 3: 6 4th 0.953 4th  Egypt 1: 9 3 0.794

Group F in Salta space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Netherlands 9: 3 6th 1.137 2.  Greece 5: 6 4th 0.919 3.  Czech Republic 6: 8 4th 1.006 4th  Cuba 4: 7 4th 0.942

September 29th Venezuela Brazil 0: 3 Egypt United States 1: 3 30. September Brazil United States 2: 3 Venezuela Egypt 3-0 October 1 Egypt Brazil 0: 3 United States Venezuela 3-0

September 29th Netherlands Greece 3-0 Czech Republic Cuba 1: 3 30. September Greece Cuba 3-0 Netherlands Czech Republic 3: 2 October 1 Cuba Netherlands 1: 3 Czech Republic Greece 3: 2

Second round

Group G in Buenos Aires space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Argentina 9: 4 6th 1.137 2.  Italy 7: 6 5 1.045 3.  Japan 6: 8 4th 0.941 4th  Bulgaria 5: 9 3 0.905

Group H in Cordoba space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Russia 9: 4 6th 1.137 2.  Portugal 6: 6 5 0.978 3.  Poland 6: 7 4th 1.024 4th  Spain 5: 9 3 0.885

4th of October Italy Bulgaria 3: 2 Argentina Japan 3: 2 5th October Japan Italy 1: 3 Argentina Bulgaria 3: 1 October 6th Japan Bulgaria 3: 2 Argentina Italy 3: 1

4th of October Portugal Spain 3: 2 Poland Russia 2: 3 5th October Spain Russia 2: 3 Poland Portugal 1: 3 October 6th Portugal Russia 0: 3 Spain Poland 1: 3

Group J in Santa Fe space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  Brazil 9-0 6th 1.243 2.  France 6: 4 5 1.102 3.  Netherlands 3: 8 4th 0.895 4th  Czech Republic 3: 9 3 0.865

Group K in Salta space team sentences Points BPQ 1.  BR Yugoslavia 9: 1 6th 1.171 2.  Greece 6: 6 5 1.008 3.  United States 6: 6 4th 1.011 4th  People's Republic of China 1: 9 3 0.835

4th of October Brazil Czech Republic 3-0 Netherlands France 0: 3 5th October Brazil France 3-0 Netherlands Czech Republic 3: 2 October 6th Brazil Netherlands 3-0 France Czech Republic 3: 1

4th of October Yugoslavia Greece 3-0 United States China 3-0 5th October China Yugoslavia 0: 3 United States Greece 2: 3 October 6th Greece China 3: 1 Yugoslavia United States 3: 1

Placement games

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	9th October
	Argentina	1
					October 11th
	France	3
					France	2
	9th October
					Russia	3
	Russia	3
									October 13th
	Greece	0
									Russia	2
	9th October
									Brazil	3
	Italy	2
					October 10th
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3			Game for third place
	9th October
					BR Yugoslavia	1
	Portugal	0							France	3
	BR Yugoslavia	3							BR Yugoslavia	0
									October 12th

	Placement games 5-8				Play for 5th place
	October 10th
	Italy	3
	Portugal	0
					October 13th
					Italy	3
					Argentina	2
					Game for 7th place
	October 11th				October 12th
	Argentina	3			Portugal	2
	Greece	0			Greece	3

Final score

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

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Marcos Milinkovic	Argentina
best scorer	Marcos Milinkovic	Argentina
best attacker	André Nascimento	Brazil
best blocker	João José	Portugal
best server	Franz Granvorka	France
best player	Maurico Lima	Brazil

Super Seven
Player	Nikola Grbić	BR Yugoslavia
Diagonal	Marcos Milinkovic	Argentina
External attack	Sergei Tetyukhin	Russia
	Stéphane Antiga	France
Middle block	Gustavo Endres	Brazil
	João José	Portugal
Libero	Huberto Henno	France

qualification

Host Argentina qualified automatically. The other starting places were awarded in continental qualifying tournaments.

Europe

The winners and the three best runners-up from seven groups of four qualified for the World Cup finals. In Seville , hosts Spain and Croatia prevailed against Austria and Norway . The Dutch only gave one set in 's-Hertogenbosch and qualified with Portugal ahead of Denmark and Israel . In Ostrava managed Czech qualification with wins against the Ukraine , Hungary and Slovenia . In Łódź , hosts Poland had to let the French win the group, while Latvia and Moldova had no chance. In Prešov , the better sentence ratio compared to Slovakia decided in favor of the Bulgarians ; Belgium and Romania only managed one victory each. The German team won only the last game against Bosnia in Tampere and finished third behind the qualified group winners Yugoslavia and hosts Finland . In Bursa , Greece and Russia prevailed against Turkey and Estonia .

North and Central America

In the NORCECA qualification , four teams initially competed in one group. The Dominican Republic and the Netherlands Antilles secured the two places for the second round ahead of Jamaica and Aruba . In Havana , Cuba won the group without losing a set against Mexico , Puerto Rico and the Antilles. In the other group, which played in Winnipeg , Canada was group winners ahead of the USA , which also qualified as the better runner-up, as well as the Dominican Republic and Barbados .

South America

In South America only three teams competed for qualification. Brazil did not deliver a set against Venezuela and Chile in São Caetano do Sul . Venezuela then prevailed in two playoff games against Mexico .

Asia

In Asia, the winners and the two best runners-up from three groups of four qualified. In Almaty , South Korea and host Kazakhstan took first place ahead of Indonesia and Uzbekistan . In Doha, Japan prevailed against India , Taiwan and Qatar . In Macau , China and Australia were successful against Thailand and Saudi Arabia .

Africa

In Africa, Nigeria and Kenya reached the second round in Benin City with wins against Namibia . There was a group of four and one group of three, the winners of which qualified for Argentina. In Cairo , Egypt were unbeaten group winners ahead of Cameroon , Nigeria and Morocco . In Algiers , Tunisia was successful against Algeria and Kenya .

Web links

• Results for Todor66 (English)