2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

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 Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leipzig, and Stuttgart, Germany. The tournament saw the discontinuation of Cuba's historic eight consecutive world titles, as the team finished fifth after being eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals.

Qualification
Source: FIVB

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 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 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A
Venue: Halle Münsterland, Münster

Pool B
Venue: Sport/Congresshalle, Schwerin

Pool C
Venues: Sachsen Arena, Riesa and Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden

Pool D
Venue: Mehrzwecksporthalle, Leipzig

Pool E
Venue: Stadthalle, Bremen

Pool F
Venue: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart

Pool G
Venue: Sachsen Arena, Riesa

Final round
Venues: Stadthalle, Bremen and Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart and Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin

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