| Competition: | FIVB Women's World Championship |
| Other Titles: | Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen Deutschland 2002 |
| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Size: | 160px |
| Dates: | 30 August – 15 September |
| Opened: | Johannes Rau |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Venues: | 8 |
| Cities: | 8 |
| Champions: | ITA |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Second: | USA |
| Third: | RUS |
| Fourth: | CHN |
| Mvp: |  Elisa Togut |
| Setter: |  Marcelle Rodrigues |
| Outside Spikers: |  Elizaveta Tichtchenko |
| Middle Blockers: |  Danielle Scott |
| Best Scorer (A): |  Yumilka Ruíz |
| Best Server (A): | Nancy Carrillo |
| Best Digger (A): |  Koo Ki-lan |
| Best Receiver (A): | Koo Ki-lan |
| Last: | 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship |
| Next: | 2006 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.
See main article: 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship Qualification. Source: FIVB[1]
See main article: 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads.
| width=22% | Pool E, Final round | width=22% | Pool B | width=22% | Final round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen | Schwerin | Berlin | ||||
| Stadthalle Bremen | Sport/Congresshalle | Max-Schmeling-Halle | ||||
| Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 5,200 | Capacity: 10,000 | ||||
| Pool D | Pool C, G | Pool C | ||||
| Leipzig | Riesa | Dresden | ||||
| Mehrzwecksporthalle | Sachsen Arena | Mehrzweckhalle | ||||
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 3,000 | ||||
| Pool A | Pool F, Final round | |||||
| Münster | Stuttgart | |||||
| Halle Münsterland | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle | |||||
| Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |||||
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:
Source: FIVB[3]
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.[1] [3]
All times are Central European Summer Time .
Venue: Halle Münsterland, Münster
Venue: Sport/Congresshalle, Schwerin
Venues: Sachsen Arena, Riesa and Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden
Venue: Mehrzwecksporthalle, Leipzig
Venue: Stadthalle, Bremen
Venue: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart
Venue: Sachsen Arena, Riesa
Venues: Stadthalle, Bremen and Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart and Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
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