24 teams competed in the 2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, with two places allocated for the hosts, Germany and the titleholder, Cuba. In the qualification process for the 2002 FIVB World Championship, the Five FIVB confederations were allocated a share of the 22 remaining spots.
Qualified teams TeamConfederationQualified asQualified onAppearancein finals CEV NORCECA CEV CEV CEV CEV AVC AVC CSV CSV NORCECA NORCECA CAVB CEV NORCECA NORCECA CAVB CEV CEV CEV AVC AVC AVC NORCECA
1.Competed as West Germany from 1956 to 1990; 3rd appearance as Germany. 2.Competed as Czechoslovakia from 1952 to 1986; 2nd appearance as Czech Republic. 3.Competed as Soviet Union from 1952 to 1990; 3rd appearance as Russia.
Confederation qualification processes The distribution by confederation for the 2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was:
Asia and Oceania (AVC): 5 places Africa (CAVB): 2 places Europe (CEV): 8 places (+ Germany qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 9 places) South America (CSV) 2.5 places North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA): 4.5 places (+ Cuba qualified automatically as the defending champions for a total of 5.5 places)
Africa 9 national teams entered qualification. (South Africa and Ghana later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–7 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool APool APool B1st Sub Pool A
Pool A Venue: Nairobi, Kenya Dates: July 13–15, 2001
Pool B Venue: Cairo, Egypt Dates: August 3–5, 2001
Asia and Oceania 9 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–6 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool BPool CPool D2nd Sub Pool B1st Sub Pool B
Sub Pool B Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka Dates: January 18–20, 2001
Pool C Venue: Bangkok, Thailand Dates: July 6–8, 2001
Pool D Venue: Macau Dates: August 31 – September 2, 2001
Europe 25 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–23 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool CPool EPool FPool G1st Sub Pool CPool HPool IPool J
Sub Pool C Venue: Baku, Azerbaijan Dates: February 2–3, 2001
Pool E Venue: 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Dates: June 17–19, 2001
Pool F Venue: Opole, Poland Dates: June 24–26, 2001
Pool G Venue: Lisbon, Portugal Dates: June 22–24, 2001
Pool H Venue: Novy Urengoy, Russia Dates: June 22–24, 2001
Pool I Venue: Urbino, Italy Dates: July 13–15, 2001
Pool J Venue: Dubrovnik, Croatia Dates: August 27–29, 2001
Second placed teams
North, Central America and Caribbean 10 national teams entered qualification. The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–7 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool DPool KPool L1st Sub Pool D
Sub Pool D Venue: Oranjestad, Aruba Dates: June 14–16, 2001
Pool K Venue: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dates: July 12–14, 2001
Pool L Venue: San Juan, Puerto Rico Dates: July 13–15, 2001
Third placed teams
South America 6 national teams entered qualification. (Uruguay and Chile later withdrew) The teams were distributed according to their position in the FIVB Senior Women's Rankings. Teams ranked 1–3 automatically qualified for the second round.
Sub Pool EPool M1st Sub Pool E
Pool M Venue: Santa Fe, Argentina Dates: July 6–8, 2001
Playoff Venue: Monterrey, Mexico Dates: September 7–9, 2001
References
External links Women's World Championship, Germany 2002 – Qualifications Tournaments