2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification


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 onAppearance
in finals
CEV
NORCECA12.11.1998
CEV19 6 2001
CEV24 6 2001
CEV24 6 2001
CEV26 6 2001
AVC8 7 2001
AVC8 7 2001
CSV8 7 2001
CSV8 7 2001
NORCECA14 7 2001
NORCECA14 7 2001
CAVB15 7 2001
CEV15 7 2001
NORCECA15 7 2001
NORCECA15 7 2001
CAVB5 8 2001
CEV29 8 2001
CEV29 8 2001
CEV29 8 2001
AVC2 9 2001
AVC2 9 2001
AVC2 9 2001
NORCECA9 9 2001

Confederation qualification processes

The distribution by confederation for the 2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was:
9 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 APool APool B










1st 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 D












2nd Sub Pool B






1st Sub Pool B

Sub Pool B

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 G










1st Sub Pool C













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Sub Pool C

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 L












1st Sub Pool D






Sub Pool D

South America

6 national teams entered qualification. 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 M












1st Sub Pool E

Pool M