Volleyball World Grand Prix 2002

The 2002 Volleyball World Grand Prix season was the tenth edition of the competition. It started on July 12th and ended on August 4th. Russia won the title for the third time.

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Eight teams competed in the preliminary round. In the first three weeks, two tournaments with four teams took place in parallel. The four best teams in the overall ranking qualified for the final round. There, the two best teams of the round "everyone against everyone" qualified for the final, the other two teams played for third place.

Preliminary round

First week

space	team	sentences	Points
Group A in Japan
1.	Brazil Brazil	9: 3	6th
2.	Germany Germany	8: 3	5
3.	Japan Japan	3: 6	4th
4th	Thailand Thailand	1: 9	3

space	team	sentences	Points
Group B in China
1.	Russia Russia	9: 3	6th
2.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	6: 3	5
3.	United States United States	5: 7	4th
4th	Cuba Cuba	2: 9	3

July 12	Brazil	Germany	3: 2
	Japan	Thailand	3-0
July 13th	Brazil	Thailand	3: 1
	Japan	Germany	0: 3
July 14th	Germany	Thailand	3-0
	Japan	Brazil	0: 3

July 12	United States	Russia	2: 3
	China	Cuba	3-0
July 13th	Cuba	Russia	1: 3
	China	United States	3-0
July 14th	Cuba	United States	1: 3
	China	Russia	0: 3

Second week

space	team	sentences	Points
Group C in the Philippines
1.	Russia Russia	9: 1	6th
2.	Japan Japan	4: 6	4th
3.	Germany Germany	3: 6	4th
4th	Brazil Brazil	3: 6	4th
Ball point quotient: DEU 0.925 - BRA 0.889

space	team	sentences	Points
Group D in Thailand
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9-0	6th
2.	United States United States	6: 4	5
3.	Cuba Cuba	3: 8	4th
4th	Thailand Thailand	3: 9	3

July 19	Japan	Brazil	0: 3
	Russia	Germany	3-0
20th of July	Russia	Japan	3: 1
	Germany	Brazil	3-0
21 July	Germany	Japan	0: 3
	Brazil	Russia	0: 3

July 19	United States	China	0: 3
	Thailand	Cuba	2: 3
20th of July	Cuba	China	0: 3
	Thailand	United States	1: 3
21 July	United States	Cuba	3-0
	China	Thailand	3-0

Third week

space	team	sentences	Points
Group E in Macau
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	9: 1	6th
2.	Germany Germany	6: 5	5
3.	Brazil Brazil	6: 6	4th
4th	Thailand Thailand	0: 9	3

space	team	sentences	Points
Group F in Taiwan
1.	Russia Russia	8: 5	5
2.	Cuba Cuba	6: 5	5
3.	Japan Japan	6: 6	5
4th	United States United States	5: 9	3

July 26th	Brazil	Thailand	3-0
	China	Germany	3-0
July 27th	Brazil	Germany	2: 3
	China	Thailand	3-0
July 28th	Thailand	Germany	0: 3
	China	Brazil	3: 1

July 26th	United States	Cuba	2: 3
	Russia	Japan	2: 3
July 27th	Japan	United States	3: 1
	Cuba	Russia	0: 3
July 28th	Cuba	Japan	3-0
	United States	Russia	2: 3

Overall rating

space	team	sentences	Points
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	24: 4	17th
2.	Russia Russia	26: 9	17th
3.	Germany Germany	17:14	14th
4th	Brazil Brazil	18:15	14th
5.	Japan Japan	13:18	13
6th	United States United States	16:20	12
7th	Cuba Cuba	11:22	12
8th.	Thailand Thailand	4:27	9

Final round

The final round was held from August 1st to 4th in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Coliseum .

space	team	sentences	Points
1.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	8: 4	5
2.	Russia Russia	6: 5	5
3.	Brazil Brazil	4: 6	4th
4th	Germany Germany	3: 6	4th

August 1st	Russia	Germany	3-0
	China	Brazil	3: 1
August 2nd	Germany	Brazil	3-0
	China	Russia	2: 3
3rd August	Russia	Brazil	0: 3
	China	Germany	3-0

Finals on August 4th
final	China	Russia	1: 3
place 3	Brazil	Germany	1: 3

Awards

Most valuable player	Yevgenia Artamonova	Russia Russia
Best scorer	Yang Hao	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best attacker	Yelisaveta Tishchenko	Russia Russia
Best blocker	Valeska Menezes	Brazil Brazil
Best player	Marcelle Rodrigues	Brazil Brazil
Best server	Yang Hao	China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Best Libera	Fabiana Oliveira	Brazil Brazil

Web links

Information from the FIVB (English)