2002 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

2002 FIVB World Grand Prix
Tournament details
Host nation	Hong Kong (Final)
Dates	12 July – 4 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (5th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
Official website
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The 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix was the tenth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. The event was held over four weeks in three countries and six cities throughout Asia: Philippines, Thailand, PR China, Chinese Taipei and Japan, culminating with the final round at Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong from 1 to 4 August 2002.

Competing nations edit

Qualification process edit

Europe	America	Asia
Germany Russia	Brazil Cuba United States	China Japan Thailand

Calendar edit

Week 1 12–14 July 2002
Group A: Tokyo Japan	Group B: Chengdu China
Germany Brazil Japan Thailand	China Cuba Russia United States
Week 2 26–28 July 2002
Group C: Manila Philippines	Group D: Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand
Brazil Germany Japan Russia	China Cuba Thailand United States
Week 3 19–21 July 2002
Group E: Macau Macau	Group F: Miaoli Chinese Taipei
Brazil Germany China Thailand	Cuba Japan Russia United States
Week 4 Final Round 1 – 4 August 2002
Hong Kong
China Brazil Germany Russia

Teams edit

Preliminary rounds edit

Ranking edit

The host China and top four teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China^[a] (H)	9	8	1	17	24	4	6.000	685	551	1.243	Final round
2	Russia	9	8	1	17	26	9	2.889	797	683	1.167	Final round
3	Germany	9	5	4	14	17	14	1.214	688	667	1.031
4	Brazil	9	5	4	14	18	15	1.200	743	711	1.045
5	Japan	9	4	5	13	13	18	0.722	684	699	0.979
6	United States	9	3	6	12	16	20	0.800	779	798	0.976
7	Cuba	9	3	6	12	11	22	0.500	698	775	0.901
8	Thailand	9	0	9	9	4	27	0.148	566	756	0.749

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host
Notes:

^ Qualified as hosts

First round edit

Group A edit

Venue: Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jul	Brazil	3–2	Germany	25–19	25–22	19–25	19–25	15–8	103–99
12 Jul	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–18	25–13			75–45
13 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Thailand	25–21	25–27	25–22	27–25		102–95
13 Jul	Japan	0–3	Germany	20–25	19–25	21–25			60–75
14 Jul	Germany	3–0	Thailand	25–17	25–21	25–15			75–53
14 Jul	Japan	0–3	Brazil	24–26	20–25	25–27			69–78

Group B edit

Venue: Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium, Chengdu, China

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Jul	United States	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–12	23–25	25–22	9–15	105–99
12 Jul	China	3–0	Cuba	25–15	25–23	25–18			75–56
13 Jul	Cuba	1–3	Russia	25–14	18–25	16–25	20–25		79–89
13 Jul	China	3–0	United States	25–19	25–17	25–17			75–53
14 Jul	Cuba	1–3	United States	25–21	18–25	26–28	18–25		87–99
14 Jul	China	0–3	Russia	19–25	19–25	22–25			60–75

Second round edit

Group C edit

Venue: Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
19 Jul	Japan	0–3	Brazil	18–25	23–25	25–27		66–77
19 Jul	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–16	26–24	25–15		76–55
20 Jul	Russia	3–1	Japan	25–13	25–10	23–25	25–19	98–67
20 Jul	Germany	3–0	Brazil	25–18	25–18	25–22		75–58
21 Jul	Germany	0–3	Japan	26–28	21–25	19–25		66–78
21 Jul	Brazil	0–3	Russia	21–25	15–25	21–25		57–75

Group D edit

Venue: M.C.C. Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
19 Jul	United States	0–3	China	22–25	17–25	18–25			57–75
19 Jul	Thailand	2–3	Cuba	25–18	26–28	25–23	15–25	16–18	107–112
20 Jul	Cuba	0–3	China	28–30	23–25	16–25			67–80
20 Jul	Thailand	1–3	United States	17–25	25–17	21–25	20–25		83–92
21 Jul	United States	3–0	Cuba	25–21	25–17	28–26			78–64
21 Jul	China	3–0	Thailand	25–14	25–14	25–15			75–43

Third round edit

Group E edit

Venue: Macau Forum, Macau

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–10	25–16	25–12			75–38
26 Jul	China	3–0	Germany	25–23	26–24	25–21			76–68
27 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Germany	25–23	23–25	20–25	25–12	13–15	106–100
27 Jul	China	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–11	25–18			75–45
28 Jul	Thailand	0–3	Germany	19–25	20–25	18–25			57–75
28 Jul	China	3–1	Brazil	25–23	25–21	19–25	25–18		94–87

Group F edit

Venue: Miao Li County Dome, Miaoli, Taiwan

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Jul	United States	2–3	Cuba	26–28	25–18	20–25	25–19	11–15	107–105
26 Jul	Russia	2–3	Japan	25–21	25–21	17–25	22–25	8–15	97–107
27 Jul	Japan	3–1	United States	25–22	25–18	22–25	25–23		97–88
27 Jul	Cuba	0–3	Russia	18–25	17–25	18–25			53–75
28 Jul	Cuba	3–0	Japan	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65
28 Jul	United States	2–3	Russia	18–25	24–26	26–24	25–23	7–15	100–113

Final round edit

Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong

Round Robin edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	251	246	1.020	Final
2	Russia	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	252	215	1.172	Final
3	Brazil	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	228	238	0.958
4	Germany	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	187	200	0.935

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Ago	Russia	3–0	Germany	25–19	25–15	25–22			75–56
1 Ago	China	3–1	Brazil	25–21	25–18	18–25	25–19		93–83
2 Ago	Germany	3–0	Brazil	25–23	25–23	25–23			75–69
2 Ago	Russia	3–2	China	23–25	25–10	19–25	25–13	15–10	107–83
3 Ago	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–23	25–23	26–24			76–70
3 Ago	China	3–0	Germany	25–17	25–20	25–19			75–56