The 2002

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

was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...

Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cord ...

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Santa Fé and

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to: * San Juan, Puerto Rico * San Juan, Argentina * San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines San Juan may also refer to: Places Arge ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

from September 28 to October 13, 2002. All times are

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( UTC−03:00).

Qualification

* Due to the clash of dates with the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games, officially known as the XIV Asian Games and also known as Busan 2002 (), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due to schedule impediments the football tour ...

, South Korea withdrew from participating and instead was FIVB give a wildcard to Poland.

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Estadio Aldo Cantoni The Estadio Aldo Cantoni is an arena located in the city of San Juan, capital of San Juan Province. Inaugurated in July 1967, it is mainly use by local clubs UPCN and Obras Pocito for their home matches for the Serie A1, the top level of the Ar ...

(

) – Pool A except Argentina vs. Australia *

Estadio Ángel Malvicino The Estadio Ángel P. Malvicino is an indoor arena in Santa Fe, Argentina. It hosts basketball, volleyball, futsal, boxing, and handball matches, as well as artistic events. Unión de Santa Fe currently plays its home matches at this stadium ...

( Santa Fé) – Pool B and J *

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(

) – Argentina vs. Australia, Pool C, G and Final round * Estadio Polideportivo (

) – Pool D *

Orfeo Superdomo The Orfeo Superdomo is an indoor arena located in the city of Córdoba in the homonymous province of Argentina. The arena was primarily used to host sporting events such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and tennis matches. It was also the host ...

(

) – Pool E, H and Final round *

Polideportivo Delmi Polideportivo Delmi, is an arena in Salta, Argentina. It is primarily used for volleyball and basketball. It opened in 1986 and holds 6,000 spectators. This stadium hosted the second round groups III and IV, and the 13th to 16th and 9th to 12th ...

(

) – Pool F and K

First round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Third placed teams

Second round

Pool G

Pool H

Pool J

Pool K

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP: Marcos Milinkovic *Best scorer: Marcos Milinkovic *Best spiker:

André Nascimento André Luiz da Silva Nascimento (born 4 March 1979) is a Brazilian former volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in São João de Meriti. Awards Individ ...

*Best blocker:

João José João Miguel Sequeira José (born 7 June 1978 in Portimão) is a male volleyball player from Portugal. He finished in 8th place with the Men's National Team at the 2002 FIVB Men's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Champ ...

*Best server: Franz Granvorka *Best setter:

Maurício Lima Maurício Camargo Lima (born 27 January 1968), known as Maurício Lima or simply Maurício, is a Brazilian former volleyball player and five-time Olympian. He won two Olympic gold medals with the Brazilian national volleyball team: the first a ...

*Best digger:

Hubert Henno Hubert Henno (born 6 October 1976) is a French professional volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team. He was participant of the Olympic Games Athens 2004, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2002, silver medal ...

*Best receiver:

Pablo Meana Pablo Meana (born June 10, 1975, in Necochea) is a male volleyball player from Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South ...

Super seven selection

*Setter:

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. Grbić is a gold medalist of the 2000 Sum ...

*Outside hitters:

Sergey Tetyukhin Sergey Yuryevich Tetyukhin (; born 23 September 1975) is a former Russian volleyball player. He was born in Fergana, Uzbekistan. He is 1.97 m tall, and plays as passer-attacker. Together with Samuele Papi and Sérgio Santos, he is one of ...

and Stéphane Antiga *Middle blockers:

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and

*Opposite: Marcos Milinkovic *Libero:

Marketing

Symbol

The official competition symbol the "Minto". The design is based on sport ball and volleyball.

Broadcasting

External links

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