2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads explained

This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.^[1]

Pool A

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	7	1.78 m		setter	Levski Sofia
	13	1.86 m		wing spiker	Romanelli Florenz
	14	1.88 m		middle blocker	Levski Sofia
	17	1.86 m		opposite	Levski Sofia
	11	1.87 m		middle blocker	Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
	2	1.80 m		liberor	Levski Sofia
	6	1.73 m		setter	Romanelli Florenz
	8	1.84 m		wing spiker	Zaon Athen
	18	1.90 m		middle blocker	ZSKA Sofia
	4	1.89 m		middle blocker	Rapid Bukarest
	10	1.83 m		wing spiker	AIAS Evousmos
	5	1.89 m		universal	Volley Modena
Trainer: Stefan Panchew, ; Co-Trainer: Angel Koshedzhiyski,

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Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	11	1.82 m		wing spiker	USC Münster
	2	1.80 m		setter	Dresdner SC
	15	1.85 m		wing spiker	Volley Modena
	3	1.76 m		setter	SSV Ulm Aliud Pharma
	12	1.90 m		middle blocker	RC Cannes
	10	1.84 m		wing spiker	Schweriner SC
	14	1.96 m		middle blocker	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
	5	1.80 m		wing spiker	Monte Schiavo Jesi
	16	1.93 m		opposite	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
	17	1.84 m		middle blocker	USC Münster
	4	1.79 m		liberor	Dresdner SC
	18	1.93 m		middle blocker	SSV Ulm Aliud Pharma
Trainer: Lee Hee-wan, * 15. Januar 1956, ; Co-Trainer: Christian Zeyfang, * 1967,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	5	1.93 m		middle blocker	Asystel Volley
	15	1.90 m		wing spiker	Johnson Spezzano
	17	1.62 m		liberor	Asystel Volley
	4	1.83 m		middle blocker	Volley Modena
	14	1.72 m		setter	Starfin Ravenna
	16	1.83 m		middle blocker	Foppapedretti Bergamo
	11	1.85 m		wing spiker	Minetti Vicenza
	10	1.82 m		middle blocker	Minetti Vicenza
	12	1.80 m		wing spiker	Foppapedretti Bergamo
	2	1.88 m		wing spiker	Starfin Ravenna
	13	1.82 m		setter	Icot Volley Forlì
	3	1.92 m		opposite	Minetti Vicenza
Trainer: Marco Bonitta, * 5. September 1963, ; Co-Trainer: Marco Mencarelli,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	12	1.87 m		wing spiker	JT Marvelous
	9	1.71 m		setter	Toray Arrows
	2	1.80 m		wing spiker	Toray Arrows
	8	1.77 m		wing spiker	Toray Arrows
	3	1.82 m		middle blocker	Takefuji Bamboo
	1	1.73 m		wing spiker	NEC Red Rockets
	15	1.83 m		middle blocker	NEC Red Rockets
	7	1.87 m		wing spiker	Seitoku Gakuen
	13	1.58 m		liberor	Toray Arrows
	14	1.83 m		middle blocker	NEC Red Rockets
	11	1.70 m		wing spiker	NEC Red Rockets
	5	1.72 m		wing spiker	NEC Red Rockets
Trainer: Masahiro Yoshikawa, * 21. Januar 1963, ; Co-Trainer: Akinori Yamada,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	4	1.82 m		setter	UANL Tigres
	10	1.94 m		middle blocker	Coahuila
	11	1.82 m		wing spiker	Sinaloa
	3	1.74 m		liberor	Monterrey
	1	1.85 m		universal	Club Voleibol Benidorm
	17	1.71 m		liberor	Distrito Federal
	15	1.90 m		middle blocker	Distrito Federal
	8	1.74 m		setter	UNAM
	13	1.78 m		setter	Distrito Federal
	5	1.85 m		middle blocker	UNAM
	12	1.90 m		middle blocker	UNAM
	6	1.80 m		wing spiker	Guanajuato
Trainer: Sergio Hernández Herrera, ; Co-Trainer: Jorge Azair,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	8	1.90 m		middle blocker	RC Cannes
	14	1.73 m		liberor	PVK Olymp Prag
	11	1.80 m		wing spiker	PVK Olymp Prag
	2	1.88 m		wing spiker	VK Královo Pole Brünn
	9	1.86 m		wing spiker	PSG Athen
	17	1.92 m		middle blocker	PVK Olymp Prag
	12	1.87 m		universal	PVK Olymp Prag
	7	1.92 m		middle blocker	Pallavolo Palermo
	15	1.82 m		universal	SK UP Olmütz
	5	1.79 m		setter	VK Královo Pole Brünn
	4	1.89 m		middle blocker	SK UP Olmütz
	6	1.80 m		setter	Pallavolo Palermo
Trainer: Stanislav Mitac, ; Co-Trainer: David Zahradnik,

Pool B

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	4	1.78 m		setter	Al-Ahly Kairo
	16	1.82 m		wing spiker	Al-Ahly Kairo
	6	1.80 m		middle blocker	El Shams Kairo
	14	1.75 m		wing spiker	Al-Ahly Kairo
	7	1.74 m		liberor	Zamalek SC
	3	1.86 m		middle blocker	Al-Ahly Kairo
	5	1.72 m		middle blocker	Sporting Alexandria
	10	1.76 m		middle blocker	El Shams Kairo
	13	1.73 m		middle blocker	Al-Ahly Kairo
	1	1.81 m		wing spiker	Al-Ahly Kairo
	12	1.70 m		liberor	Al-Ahly Kairo
	11	1.77 m		wing spiker	Al-Ahly Kairo
Trainer: Hesham Badrawy, ; Co-Trainer: Atef Hussein,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	7	1.85 m		wing spiker	Criollas de Caguas
	8	1.86 m		wing spiker	National Team
	16	1.75 m		wing spiker	DAM La Rochette
	5	1.86 m		wing spiker	National Team
	6	1.78 m		setter	National Team
	15	1.64 m		liberor	Université de Sherbrooke
	13	1.88 m		middle blocker	St. Cloud Suresnes
	9	1.78 m		setter	SSV Ulm Aliud Pharma
	11	1.82 m		wing spiker	Herentals VBC
	14	1.87 m		middle blocker	Université de Sherbrooke
	10	1.96 m		middle blocker	National Team
	3	1.82 m		wing spiker	Club Voleibol Benidorm
Trainer: Lorne Sawula, ; Co-Trainer: Naoki Miyashita,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	18	1.88 m		middle blocker	Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
	12	1.91 m		wing spiker	Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
	3	1.90 m		middle blocker	Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
	11	1.79 m		wing spiker	Camagüey
	9	1.83 m		wing spiker	Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
	13	1.80 m		universal	Cienfuegos
	7	1.83 m			Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
	8	1.79 m		liberor	Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
	1	1.79 m		wing spiker	Camagüey
	17	1.82 m		wing spiker	Holguín
	2	1.83 m		opposite	Ciego de Ávila
	10	1.91 m		middle blocker	Ciudad Deportiva La Habana
Trainer: Luis Felipe Calderón, ; Co-Trainer: Eugenio George,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	8	1.78 m		universal	Arke Pollux Oldenzaal
	10	1.86 m		middle blocker	Pallavolo Ravenna
	14	1.68 m		setter	Monte Schiavo Jesi
	12	1.90 m		wing spiker	Arke Pollux Oldenzaal
	11	1.91 m		middle blocker	AMVJ Amstelveen
	3	1.92 m		middle blocker	Famila Imola
	6	1.76 m		wing spiker	SSV Ulm Aliud Pharma
	17	1.88 m		wing spiker	Vanilla VC Weert
	1	1.82 m		Z	USSP Albi Volley-Ball
	5	1.72 m		liberor	Vanilla VC Weert
	15	1.88 m		middle blocker	Hotel Cantur Las Palmas
	7	1.68 m		liberor	Metodo Minetti Vicenza
Trainer: Angelo Frigoni, * 17 March 1954, ; Co-Trainer: Han Abbing, * 7 January 1961.

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	16	1.86 m		middle blocker	Dinamo București
	2	1.83 m		middle blocker	Pallavolo Palermo
	12	1.81 m		universal	Amici Bacău
	9	1.81 m			VC Unic Piatra Neamţ
	10	1.90 m		universal	Futura Volley Sanarate
	5	1.90 m		middle blocker	Boavista Porto
	17	1.77 m		wing spiker	VC Unic Piatra Neamţ
	11	1.81 m		wing spiker	Minas Tênis Clube
	15	1.82 m		middle blocker	TV Fischbek
	18	1.75 m		liberor	Amici Bacău
	3	1.82 m		setter	Petrarca Padua
	1	1.83 m		opposite	Foppapedretti Bergamo
Trainer: Costinel Stan, * 25. Oktober 1953, ; Co-Trainer: Aurel Cazacu,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	15	1.84 m		middle blocker	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
	6	1.74 m		wing spiker	Korea Tobacco & Ginseng
	9	1.74 m		middle blocker	LG Caltex Oil
	17	1.79 m		wing spiker	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
	16	1.83 m		middle blocker	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
	3	1.72 m		setter	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
	13	1.82 m		middle blocker	Korea Highway Corp
	5	1.80 m		setter	Korea Highway Corp
	8	1.70 m		liberor	Heungkuk Life Insurance
	4	1.82 m		wing spiker	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
	11	1.75 m		wing spiker	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers
	7	1.81 m		wing spiker	Korea Highway Corp
Trainer: Ryu Hoa-suk, ; Co-Trainer: Eo Chang-sun,

Pool C

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	14	1.85 m		wing spiker	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario
	10	1.90 m		middle blocker	Banco Nación
	8	1.85 m		middle blocker	Central San Carlos
	3	1.83 m		wing spiker	Volley 2000 Spezzano
	2	1.87 m		wing spiker	Monte Schiavo Jesi
	1	1.74 m		setter	Pallavolo Reggio Emilia
	4	1.85 m		setter	CV Teneriffa
	6	1.85 m		middle blocker	Banco Nación
	16	1.76 m		wing spiker	CA Boca Juniors
	12	1.70 m		wing spiker	Central San Carlos
	7	1.72 m		wing spiker	DAM La Rochette
	5	1.85 m		middle blocker	GEBA
Trainer: Claudio Cuello, ; Co-Trainer: Alejandro Grossi,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	9	1.92 m		wing spiker	CDC Mirador
	3	1.93 m		middle blocker	CDC Mirador
	10	1.85 m		wing spiker	Los Cachorros
	5	1.82 m		liberor	Los Prados
	13	1.88 m		universal	CDC Mirador
	18	1.79 m		setter	Deportivo Nacional
	12	1.68 m		Z	CDC Mirador
	16	1.93 m		universal	CDC Mirador
	8	1.86 m		wing spiker	CDC Mirador
	15	1.90 m		universal	San Cristobal
	6	1.73 m		universal	Los Cachorros
	7	1.94 m		middle blocker	Modeca
Trainer: Jorge Pérez Vento, * 28. September 1947, ; Co-Trainer: Wilson Sanchez, * 1. Juli 1977,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	14	1.75 m		wing spiker	Vileo
	7	1.69 m		middle blocker	Kenya Pipeline
	13	1.82 m		wing spiker	Kenya Pipeline
	5	1.76 m		middle blocker	Kenya Pipeline
	3	1.66 m		setter	Kenya Pipeline
	2	1.53 m		middle blocker	Telkom Kenya
	9	1.73 m		wing spiker	Telkom Kenya
	1	1.85 m		wing spiker	Kenya Pipeline
	10	1.69 m		wing spiker	Kenya Commercial Bank
	6	1.78 m		wing spiker	Kenya Pipeline
	16	1.73 m		wing spiker	Telkom Kenya
	17	1.53 m		liberor	Kenya Pipeline
Trainer: Gilbert Ohanya, ; Co-Trainer: Paul Gitau,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	13	1.68 m		wing spiker	Chicas de San Juan
	9	1.83 m		wing spiker	Llaneras de Toa Baja
	8	1.83 m		wing spiker	Mets de Guaynabo
	18	1.85 m		middle blocker	Criollas de Caguas
	2	1.83 m		wing spiker	Criollas de Caguas
	1	1.68 m		liberor	Vaqueras de Bayamón
	7	1.78 m		universal	Criollas de Caguas
	3	1.78 m		setter	Pinkin de Corozal
	12	1.73 m		setter	Criollas de Caguas
	11	1.88 m		middle blocker	Mets de Guaynabo
	17	1.91 m		middle blocker	Mets de Guaynabo
	6	1.83 m		wing spiker	Gigantes de Carolina
Trainer: David Alemán, ; Co-Trainer: Saturnino Angulo,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	8	1.90 m		wing spiker	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	3	1.90 m		universal	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	11	2,05 m		universal	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	6	1.92 m		wing spiker	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	1	1.98 m		wing spiker	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	15	1.95 m		universal	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	12	1.80 m		setter	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	14	1.85 m		universal	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	7	1.88 m		universal	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	17	1.81 m		universal	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	9	1.90 m		middle blocker	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
	4	1.84 m		liberor	VK Uralotschka-NTMK
Trainer: Nikolai Karpol, * 1 May 1938, ; Co-Trainerin: Walentina Ogijenko,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	6	1.93 m		middle blocker	Minnesota Chill
	7	1.88 m		middle blocker	Olympia Teodora
	13	1.80 m		outside hitter	Foppapedretti Bergamo
	8	1.83 m		setter	National Team
	12	1.75 m		setter	National Team
	3	2,01 m		opposite hitter	National Team
	18	1.86 m		opposite hitter	Indias de Mayaguez
	16	1.87 m		opposite hitter	Romanelli Florenz
	1	1.90 m		outside hitter	Foppapedretti Bergamo
	2	1.88 m		middle blocker	Pioneer Red Wings
	5	1.76 m		libero	Olympia Teodora
	15	1.86 m		outside hitter	Stanford University
Trainer: Toshiaki Yoshida, ; Co-Trainer: Kevin Hambly,

Pool D

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	11	1.93 m		wing spiker	Schweriner SC
	14	1.83 m		setter	AMVJ Amstelveen
	8	1.80 m		wing spiker	Monbulk VC
	3	1.87 m		universal	CAV Murcia
	6	1.69 m		liberor	Monash University
	9	1.86 m		middle blocker	University of Technology, Sydney
	1	1.82 m		wing spiker	University of Technology, Sydney
	4	1.82 m		setter	Mount Lofty
	7	1.83 m		wing spiker	Petrarca Padua
	13	1.74 m		liberor	University of Technology, Sydney
	16	1.83 m		wing spiker	Mount Lofty
	12	1.83 m		middle blocker	Monash University
Trainer: Mark Barnard, ; Co-Trainerin: Sue Jenkins,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	9	1.84 m		wing spiker	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
	14	1.78 m		setter	Club Atlético Estudiantes de Paraná
	3	1.85 m		wing spiker	Minas Tênis Clube
	15	1.85 m		middle blocker	Minas Tênis Clube
	10	1.80 m		wing spiker	Club Atlético Estudiantes de Paraná
	8	1.80 m		middle blocker	BCN Osasco
	2	1.89 m		wing spiker	EC Pinheiros
	5	1.66 m		liberor	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
	4	1.84 m		wing spiker	BCN Osasco
	11	1.87 m		middle blocker	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
	16	1.81 m		setter	BCN Osasco
	18	1.77 m		liberor	BCN Osasco
Trainer: Marco Motta, ; Co-Trainer: Luiz Moura,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	10	1.82 m		middle blocker	Sichuan Jiuzhaigou Valley
	2	1.83 m		setter	Peking Yanjing Brewery
	6	1.85 m		middle blocker	Tianjin Bridgestone
	13	1.77 m		libero	Liaoning Huanyu
	4	1.86 m		middle blocker	Liaoning Huanyu
	12	1.79 m		setter	Army Keming Surface
	15	1.81 m		libero	Sichuan Jiuzhaigou Valley
	3	1.83 m		wing spiker	Liaoning Huanyu
	1	1.90 m		wing spiker	Shanghai
	9	1.82 m		wing spiker	Liaoning Huanyu
	8	1.96 m		middle blocker	Army Keming Surface
	7	1.82 m		wing spiker	Zhejiang New Century Tourism
Trainer: Chen Zhonghe, ; Co-Trainer: Zheng Zongyuan,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	9	1.82 m		setter	EA Larisa
	13	1.90 m		middle blocker	EA Larisa
	2	1.80 m		wing spiker	ZAON Athen
	4	1.84 m		middle blocker	Panathinaikos Athen
	16	1.82 m		wing spiker	Aias Evosmou
	10	1.82 m		setter	Filathlitikos Thessaloniki
	11	1.90 m		wing spiker	Panellinios Athen
	1	1.90 m		middle blocker	Filathlitikos Thessaloniki
	14	1.80 m		wing spiker	Filathlitikos Thessaloniki
	5	1.81 m		middle blocker	Panathinaikos Athen
	18	2,00 m		universal	Filathlitikos Thessaloniki
	17	1.70 m		liberor	Aias Evosmou
Trainer: Dimitrios Floros, ; Co-Trainer: Athanasios Strantzalis,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	8	1.87 m		universal	Gwardia Wrocław
	4	1.85 m		setter	Gedania Gdańsk
	6	1.90 m		universal	Minetti Vicenza
	2	1.82 m		wing spiker	Palac Bydgoszcz
	1	1.81 m		middle blocker	Palac Bydgoszcz
	11	1.93 m		universal	MKS Lancut
	16	1.80 m		wing spiker	Stal Bielsko-Biala
	9	1.79 m		universal	Gedania Gdańsk
	5	1.73 m		setter	Foppapedretti Bergamo
	13	1.74 m		liberor	Palac Bydgoszcz
	17	1.84 m		wing spiker	Stal Bielsko-Biala
	3	1.80 m		universal	SKRA Warszawa
Trainer: Zbigniew Kryzanowski, ; Co-Trainer: Stanisław Majkowski,

Name	Nr.	Height	Date of birth	Position	Club
	1	1.70 m		liberor	Pepsi Bangkok
	16	1.75 m		setter	RBAC Mittraphap
	11	1.79 m		wing spiker	PTT Bangkok
	13	1.70 m		setter	Pepsi Bangkok
	9	1.78 m		wing spiker	Pepsi Bangkok
	2	1.72 m		wing spiker	Pepsi Bangkok
	4	1.78 m		wing spiker	Pepsi Bangkok
	3	1.75 m		wing spiker	Rerothai
	8	1.76 m		middle blocker	Pepsi Bangkok
	14	1.81 m		wing spiker	PTT Bangkok
	6	1.75 m		middle blocker	Aerothai Bangkok
	5	1.79 m		middle blocker	Pepsi Bangkok
Trainer: Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai, ; Co-Trainer: Danai Sriwatcharamethakul,

External links

• Teams at the official website
• Teams at the FIVB-Homepage

Notes and References

1. News: Volleyball: Bundestrainer Lee hat Berg noch auf der Rechnung. Grafschafter Nachrichten. volleyballer.de. 2002-04-26. 2010-09-30. https://archive.today/20120919191001/http://www.volleyballer.de/Bundestrainer-Lee-hat-Berg-noch-auf-der-Rechnung-WM-2002_news_1838.html. 19 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
2. News: Volleyball: Kader komplett, heute letztes offizielles Länderspiel vor der WM in Koblenz!. DVV. volleyballer.de. 2002-08-15. 2010-09-30.
3. Web site: Volleyball: Christina Schultz fällt definitiv aus – Bangen um Hanka. DVV. volleyballer.de. 2002-07-30. 2010-09-30.