The 2002

FIVB Women's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...

was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in

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, and

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. The tournament saw the discontinuation of

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's historic eight consecutive world titles, as the team finished fifth after being eliminated by the

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in the quarterfinals.

Qualification

Source: FIVB

Squads

Venues

Source:

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the , the 24 participants were divided in four groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progressed to the next round. In the , the 12 teams were divided in three groups of four teams. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, the two best teams of each group and the two best third places (total of 8 teams) progressed to the next round. The was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th-8th semifinal). Winners and losers of each semifinals played a final placement match for 1st to 8th places. For the tournament's final standings, teams which did not reach placement matches were allocated as: * All four teams finishing 6th in each pool were ranked 21st. * All four teams finishing 5th in each pool were ranked 17th. * All four teams finishing 4th in each pool were ranked 13th. * All three teams finishing 4th in each pool were ranked 10th. * The team finishing 3rd in the pool which did not progress to the was ranked 9th. Source: FIVB

Pools composition

Teams were seeded in the first three positions of each pool following the

Serpentine system The serpentine system (also called snake seeding) is a method employed in the organization of a competition to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m ...

according to their

FIVB World Ranking The FIVB Senior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on thei ...

. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines.

Results

All times are

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( UTC+02:00).

First round

Pool A

Venue: Halle Münsterland,

Pool B

Venue: Sport/Congresshalle,

Pool C

Venues:

Sachsen Arena The Sachsen Arena (often styled SACHSENarena) is a sports arena in Riesa, Germany. It opened in 2004. Under a sponsorship deal in effect until 2012, it was originally named Erdgas Arena. It holds 5,500 people. It is primarily used for ice hockey. ...

and Mehrzweckhalle,

Pool D

Venue: Mehrzwecksporthalle,

Second round

Pool E

Venue: Stadthalle,

Pool F

Venue:

Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle (sometimes shortened to Schleyer-Halle) is an indoor arena located in Stuttgart, Germany. The capacity of the arena is nearly 15,000 people. The venue was built in 1983 and is named for Hanns Martin Schleyer, a German fo ...

Pool G

Venue:

Final round

Venues: Stadthalle,

and

Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from Mercedes-Benz Arena and the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest indoor sports arenas and holds from 8,861 people, up ...

Quarterfinals

5th–8th places

=5th–8th Semifinals

=7th place match

=5th place match

Finals

=Semifinals

=3rd place match

=Final

Final standing

Awards

* Most Valuable Player :

Elisa Togut Elisa Togut (born 14 May 1978 in Gorizia) is an Italian former volleyball player who represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she ended up in ninth place with the Women's National Team. Two years later, ...

* Best Scorer :

Yumilka Ruíz Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1 ...

* Best Spiker :

Elizaveta Tichtchenko Yelizaveta Tishchenko (born 7 February 1975 in Kiev, last name also spelled Tichtchenko) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia, who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1991. She competed in three consecutive Olympic Games ...

* Best Blocker : Danielle Scott * Best Server :

Nancy Carrillo Nancy Carillo de la Paz (born January 11, 1986 in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she won the bronze medal with the national team in the women's ...

* Best Setter : Marcelle Moraes * Best Digger : Koo Ki-lan * Best Receiver : Koo Ki-lan * Fair Play Award :

Paola Cardullo Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named ''Best Libero ...

References

External links

Results

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
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