24 teams competed in the 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball 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 Men's Volleyball 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 APool APool B1st Sub Pool A2nd Sub Pool A
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 CPool DPool E
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
Second placed teams
Europe 28 national teams entered qualification. Pool FPool GPool HPool IPool JPool KPool L
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
Second placed teams
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 BPool MPool N2nd Sub Pool B1st Sub Pool B
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
Second placed teams
South America 4 national teams entered qualification but Peru later withdrew.
Pool O
Pool O Venue: São Caetano do Sul, Brazil Dates: July 26–28, 2001
Playoff Venue: Caracas, Venezuela Dates: September 1–2, 2001
References
External links Men's World Championship, Argentina 2002 – Qualifications Tournaments