FIVB World League 2002
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The 2002 FIVB World League was a volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 tournament played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

 and Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Pools composition

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D





























Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Final round

  • Organizer:
  • All times are Brasília Official Time
    Time in Brazil
    Brazil has three time zones. Daylight saving time is also observed by the Southern, Southeast and Central-Western Brazilian states. A proposal to switch the entire country to a single UTC offset is under consideration....

     (UTC-3
    UTC-3
    UTC−03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −03:00.-As standard time :*Suriname*Falkland Islands*French Guiana*Brazil - East Northern and Northeastern States...

    ).

Pool E

  • Venue: Geraldo Magalhães Sports Gymnasium
    Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães
    Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, also known as the Geraldão, is an indoor sporting arena located in Recife, Brazil. The capacity of the arena is 15,000 spectators and opened in 1970. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball and volleyball, and also hosts concerts.-External links:*...

    , Recife
    Recife
    Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

    , Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...


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Pool F

  • Venue: Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte
    Belo Horizonte
    Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

    , Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...


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Bracket

Semifinals

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3rd place

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Final

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Final standing

Rank Team
4
5
7
9
13


12–man Roster for Final Round
Khamuttskikh
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Vadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh |Asha]], Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the men's national team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Moscow, Russia...

, Olikhver
Ruslan Olikhver
Ruslan Olikhver is a Russian former volleyball player of Lithuanian origins who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics....

, Abramov
Pavel Abramov
Pavel Abramov is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 European Championship in Rome and Belgrade...

, Mitkov
Evgeni Mitkov
Evgeni Mitkov is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Shelekhov.In 2000 he was part of the Russian team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.-External links:...

, Tetyukhin, Yakovlev
Roman Yakovlev
Roman Yakovlev is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years later he won the Volleyball World League with Russia...

, Ushakov
Konstantin Ushakov
Konstantin Anatolyevich Ushakov is a retired volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Playing as a setter he won the 2002 Volleyball World League with Russia, and the 1999 World Cup...

, Khtey
Taras Khtey
Taras Yurevich Khtey is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Ukrainian SSR.In 2004 he was part of the Russian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches....

, Egorchev
Andrey Egorchev
Andrey Nikolaevich Egorchev is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic....

, Kosarev
Aleksandr Kosarev
Aleksandr Borisovich Kosarev is a volleyball player from Russia.He was born in Rivne.Kosarev competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Russia claimed the bronze medal by defeating the United States in the play-off for the third place.-References:* *...

, Gerasimov, Kuleshov
Head Coach
Shipulin


Awards

  • Best Scorer:   Ivan Miljković
    Ivan Miljkovic
    Ivan Miljković is a Serbian volleyball player, whose first club was Student Niš. He started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997 and currently playing for Fenerbahçe Grundig in Turkey...

  • Best Spiker:   Pavel Abramov
    Pavel Abramov
    Pavel Abramov is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2005 European Championship in Rome and Belgrade...

  • Best Blocker:   Aleksey Kuleshov
  • Best Server:   Vadim Khamuttskikh
    Vadim Khamuttskikh
    Vadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh |Asha]], Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a volleyball player from Russia, who was a member of the men's national team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Moscow, Russia...


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