2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

The 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the 15th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Salta, Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Santa Fé and San Juan in Argentina from September 28 to October 13, 2002. All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

2002 FIVB World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	September 28 – October 13
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Officially opened by	Eduardo Duhalde
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Marcos Milinkovic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	72
Attendance	371,061 (5,154 per match)
Official website
2002 Men's World Championship
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Qualification

Main article: 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship qualification

Africa (CAVB)	Asia and Oceania (AVC)	Europe (CEV)	North America (NORCECA)	South America (CSV)
Pool A Winners:  Egypt Pool B Winners:  Tunisia	Pool C Winners:  South Korea* Pool C Runners-up:  Kazakhstan Pool D Winners:  Japan Pool E Winners:  China Pool E Runners-up:  Australia	1998 World Champions:  Italy Pool F Winners:  Spain Pool F Runners-up:  Croatia Pool G Winners:  Netherlands Pool G Runners-up:  Portugal Pool H Winners:  Czech Republic Pool I Winners:  France Pool J Winners:  Bulgaria Pool K Winners:  Yugoslavia Pool L Winners:  Greece Pool L Runners-up:  Russia	Pool M Winners:  Cuba Pool N Winners:  Canada Pool N Runners-up:  United States	Host Country:  Argentina Pool O Winners:  Brazil NORCECA–CSV Playoff Winners:  Venezuela

* Due to the clash of dates with the 2002 Asian Games, South Korea withdrew from participating and FIVB give a wildcard to  Poland instead.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Argentina  Australia  China  Portugal	Italy  Canada  Croatia  Poland	Bulgaria  France  Russia  Tunisia	Yugoslavia  Spain  Japan  Kazakhstan	Brazil  Egypt  United States  Venezuela	Cuba  Czech Republic  Greece  Netherlands

Squads

Main article: 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship squads

Venues

• Estadio Aldo Cantoni (San Juan) – Pool A except Argentina vs. Australia
• Estadio Ángel Malvicino (Santa Fé) – Pool B and J
• Luna Park (Buenos Aires) – Argentina vs. Australia, Pool C, G and Final round
• Estadio Polideportivo (Mar del Plata) – Pool D
• Orfeo Superdomo (Córdoba) – Pool E, H and Final round
• Polideportivo Delmi (Salta) – Pool F and K

First round

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	18:40	Russia	2–3	Brazil	25–23	25–27	20–25	25–23	13–15	108–113	P2

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Russia  France 4  Yugoslavia 5  Italy 6  Argentina 7  Greece 8  Portugal 9  Japan  Netherlands  Poland  United States 13  Bulgaria  China  Czech Republic  Spain 17  Canada  Venezuela 19  Australia  Croatia  Cuba  Egypt  Kazakhstan  Tunisia

2002 Men's World champions  Brazil 1st title Team Roster Giovane, Henrique, Maurício, Giba, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Nalbert, Gustavo, Rodrigão, Ricardo, Dante Head Coach: Bernardinho

Awards

• MVP: Marcos Milinkovic
• Best scorer: Marcos Milinkovic
• Best spiker: André Nascimento
• Best blocker: João José
• Best server: Franz Granvorka
• Best setter: Maurício Lima
• Best digger: Hubert Henno
• Best receiver: Pablo Meana

Super seven selection

• Setter: Nikola Grbić
• Outside hitters: Sergey Tetyukhin and Stéphane Antiga
• Middle blockers: Gustavo and João José
• Opposite: Marcos Milinkovic
• Libero: Hubert Henno

Marketing

Symbol

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

Sponsors

• Cerveza Quilmes
• Visa
• Saputo Inc.

Broadcasting

Region	TV station
All countries	Telewizja Polska TV Koha HRT 1 NTV Plus Pathé Sport BNT Czech Television Globosat Diario Meridiano TBS ERTT Orbit Dubai TV RAI TSN
Worldwide	ESPN International ESPN (Latin America) ESPN 2 ESPN+ ESPN Pac Rim and ESPN Atlantic ESPN Star Sports

External links

• Volleyball portal

• Official website
• Final Standing
• Awards
• Formula