The 2002
FIVB Volleyball World League
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was the 13th edition of the annual men's international
volleyball
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tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in
Belo Horizonte
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(Main) and
Recife
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(Sub),
Brazil
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.
Pools composition
Intercontinental round
*The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Brazil finish lower than second in their pool, they will still qualify along with the best three second teams across all four pools.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round
*All times are
Brasília Official Time (
UTC−03:00).
Pool play
Pool E
*Venue:
Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães,
Recife
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,
Brazil
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Pool F
*Venue:
Mineirinho Arena,
Belo Horizonte
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,
Brazil
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Final four
*Venue:
Mineirinho Arena,
Belo Horizonte
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,
Brazil
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Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Best scorer (most valuable player)
*:
Ivan Miljković
Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player. Miljković was a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is an 20 ...
*Best spiker
*:
Pavel Abramov
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The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of ...
*Best blocker
*:
Aleksey Kuleshov
*Best server
*:
Vadim Khamuttskikh
References
External links
Official website
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FIVB World League
Volleyball
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2002 in Brazilian sport