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The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship 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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. 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

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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 known as snake seeding, is a method of organization used in competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them into pools. The ''n'' ranked teams that will be involved in the tournament are distributed in ''m'' ...
according to their FIVB World Ranking. 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,
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Pool B

Venue: Sport/Congresshalle,
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Pool C

Venues: Sachsen Arena,
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and Mehrzweckhalle,
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Pool D

Venue: Mehrzwecksporthalle,
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Second round


Pool E

Venue: Stadthalle,
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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 ...
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Pool G

Venue: Sachsen Arena,
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Final round

Venues: Stadthalle,
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and
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 ...
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Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
and Max-Schmeling-Halle,
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Quarterfinals


5th–8th places


=5th–8th Semifinals

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=7th place match

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=5th place match

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Finals


=Semifinals

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=3rd place match

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=Final

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Final standing


Awards

* Most valuable player *: Elisa Togut * Best scorer *: Yumilka Ruíz * Best spiker *: Elizaveta Tichtchenko * Best blocker *: Danielle Scott * Best server *: Nancy Carrillo * 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 former 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 ...


References


External links


Results

Federation Internationale de Volleyball
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