2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification

24 teams competed in the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, with two places allocated for the hosts, Argentina and the titleholder, Italy. In the qualification process for the 2002 FIVB World Championship, the Five FIVB confederations were allocated a share of the 22 remaining spots.

Confederation qualification processes
The distribution by confederation for the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was:


 * Asia and Oceania (AVC): 5 places
 * Africa (CAVB): 2 places
 * Europe (CEV): 10 places (+ Italy qualified automatically as the defending champions for a total of 11 places)
 * South America (CSV) 1.5 places (+ Argentina qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 2.5 places)
 * North America (NORCECA): 3.5 places

Africa
10 national teams entered qualification. (South Africa and Ghana later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–6 automatically qualified for the second round.

Sub Pool A

 * Venue: Benin City, Nigeria
 * Dates: January 28–30, 2001

Pool A

 * Venue: 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
 * Dates: August 10–12, 2001

Pool B

 * Venue: Algiers, Algeria
 * Dates: August 9–11, 2001

Asia and Oceania
12 national teams entered qualification.

Pool C

 * Venue: 🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan
 * Dates: August 3–5, 2001

Pool D

 * Venue: 🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar
 * Dates: August 10–12, 2001

Pool E

 * Venue: 🇲🇴 Macau
 * Dates: August 28–30, 2001

Europe
28 national teams entered qualification.

Pool F

 * Venue: 🇪🇸 Seville, Spain
 * Dates: July 12–14, 2001

Pool G

 * Venue: 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
 * Dates: June 24–26, 2001

Pool H

 * Venue: 🇨🇿 Ostrava, Czech Republic
 * Dates: June 22–24, 2001

Pool I

 * Venue: 🇵🇱 Łódź, Poland
 * Dates: August 31 – September 2, 2001

Pool J

 * Venue: 🇸🇰 Prešov, Slovakia
 * Dates: August 24–26, 2001

Pool K

 * Venue: 🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland
 * Dates: August 17–19, 2001

Pool L

 * Venue: 🇹🇷 Bursa, Turkey
 * Dates: July 6–8, 2001

North America
10 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Men's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–6 automatically qualified for the second round.

Sub Pool B

 * Venue: Oranjestad, Aruba
 * Dates: June 13–17, 2001

Pool M

 * Venue: 🇨🇺 Havana, Cuba
 * Dates: July 27–29, 2001

Pool N

 * Venue: 🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Canada
 * Dates: July 26–28, 2001

South America
4 national teams entered qualification but Peru later withdrew.

Pool O

 * Venue: 🇧🇷 São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
 * Dates: July 26–28, 2001

Playoff

 * Venue: 🇻🇪 Caracas, Venezuela
 * Dates: September 1–2, 2001