2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

2002 FIVB Women's World Championship
Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen; Deutschland 2002
Tournament details
Host nation	Germany
Dates	30 August – 15 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	China
Tournament awards
MVP	Elisa Togut
Best Setter	Marcelle Rodrigues
Best OH	Elizaveta Tichtchenko
Best MB	Danielle Scott
Best Scorer	Yumilka Ruíz
Best Server	Nancy Carrillo
Best Digger	Koo Ki-Lan
Best Receiver	Koo Ki-Lan

The 2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leipzig and Stuttgart, Germany, from 30 August to 15 September 2002.

Qualification

Team	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Appearance in finals
Germany	CEV	Host		11th¹
Cuba	NORCECA	1998 World Championship Winner	12 November 1998	9th
Netherlands	CEV	CEV Pool E Winner	19 June 2001	10th
Czech Republic	CEV	CEV Pool G Winner	24 June 2001	10th²
Russia	CEV	CEV Pool H Winner	24 June 2001	13th³
Poland	CEV	CEV Pool F Winner	26 June 2001	8th
Japan	AVC	AVC Pool C Winner	8 July 2001	12th
Thailand	AVC	AVC Pool C Runner-up	8 July 2001	2nd
Brazil	CSV	CSV Pool M Winner	8 July 2001	12th
Argentina	CSV	CSV Pool M Runner-up	8 July 2001	4th
Dominican Republic	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool K Winner	14 July 2001	4th
Canada	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool K Runner-up	14 July 2001	6th
Kenya	CAVB	CSV Pool A Winner	15 July 2001	3rd
Italy	CEV	CEV Pool I Winner	15 July 2001	7th
United States	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool L Winner	15 July 2001	12th
Puerto Rico	NORCECA	NORCECA Pool L Runner-up	15 July 2001	3rd
Egypt	CAVB	CSV Pool B Winner	5 August 2001	2nd
Greece	CEV	CEV Pool J Winner	29 August 2001	1st
Bulgaria	CEV	CEV Pools E-J Best runner-up	29 August 2001	10th
Romania	CEV	CEV Pools E-J Second best runner-up	29 August 2001	7th
China	AVC	AVC Pool D Winner	2 September 2001	10th
South Korea	AVC	AVC Pool D Runner-up	2 September 2001	9th
Australia	AVC	AVC Pool D Third	2 September 2001	2nd
Mexico	NORCECA	CSV / NORCECA Playoff Winner	9 September 2001	5th

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.

Source:FIVB[1]

Format

The tournament was played in three different stages (first, second and final rounds). In the First round, 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 Second round, 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 Final round 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:

All four teams finishing 6th in each First round pool were ranked 21st.
All four teams finishing 5th in each First round pool were ranked 17th.
All four teams finishing 4th in each First round pool were ranked 13th.
All three teams finishing 4th in each Second round pool were ranked 10th.
The team finishing 3rd in the Second round pool which did not progress to the Final round was ranked 9th.

Source:FIVB[2]

Pools composition

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][2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Germany	Cuba	Russia	Brazil
Italy	South Korea	United States	China
Japan	Netherlands	Argentina	Australia
Bulgaria	Canada	Dominican Republic	Thailand
Czech Republic	Romania	Kenya	Poland
Mexico	Egypt	Puerto Rico	Greece

Squads

Venues

The tournament was played at eight venues in eight cities.[3]

Pool D	Pool C, G	Pool C
Pool E, Final round	Pool B	Final round	Berlin Bremen Dresden Leipzig Münster Riesa Schwerin Stuttgart Host cities in Germany
Bremen, Germany	Schwerin, Germany	Berlin, Germany
Stadthalle Bremen	Sport/Congresshalle	Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 5,200	Capacity: 10,000

Leipzig, Germany	Riesa, Germany	Dresden, Germany
Mehrzwecksporthalle	Sachsen Arena	Mehrzweckhalle
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 3,000

Pool A	Pool F, Final round
Münster, Germany	Stuttgart, Germany
Halle Münsterland	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 15,000

First round

(A)	Advanced to the Second round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool A

venue: Halle Münsterland, Münster

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy (A)	10	5	0	15	0	MAX	382	288	1.326
2	Bulgaria (A)	8	3	2	10	6	1.667	368	339	1.086
3	Germany (A)	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	429	403	1.065
4	Japan	7	2	3	8	10	0.800	402	401	1.002
5	Czech Republic	7	2	3	8	12	0.667	435	464	0.938
6	Mexico	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	294	415	0.708

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	12:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	25–11	26–24	25–21			76–56	Report
30 Aug	16:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Germany	20–25	30–28	22–25	27–25	13–15	112–118	Report
30 Aug	19:00	Mexico	0–3	Bulgaria	22–25	16–25	17–25			55–75	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Japan	1–3	Germany	21–25	19–25	27–25	21–25		88–100	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Italy	3–0	Mexico	25–17	25–13	25–19			75–49	Report
31 Aug	19:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Czech Republic	25–19	25–23	25–9			75–51	Report
1 Sep	13:00	Mexico	0–3	Japan	13–25	16–25	11–25			40–75	Report
1 Sep	16:00	Germany	0–3	Bulgaria	24–26	23–25	20–25			67–76	Report
1 Sep	18:30	Czech Republic	0–3	Italy	18–25	21–25	22–25			61–75	Report
2 Sep	13:00	Japan	3–1	Bulgaria	16–25	25–22	25–20	25–22		91–89	Report
2 Sep	18:00	Mexico	2–3	Czech Republic	25–23	25–23	19–25	18–25	17–19	104–115	Report
2 Sep	20:30	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–18	31–29	25–22			81–69	Report
3 Sep	13:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Japan	25–23	21–25	25–21	25–23		96–92	Report
3 Sep	18:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Italy	18–25	16–25	19–25			53–75	Report
3 Sep	20:30	Germany	3–0	Mexico	25–13	25–14	25–19			75–46	Report

Pool B

venue: Sport/Congresshalle, Schwerin

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea (A)	10	5	0	15	3	5.000	425	334	1.272
2	Cuba (A)	9	4	1	14	5	2.800	436	356	1.225
3	Netherlands (A)	8	3	2	9	7	1.286	373	336	1.110
4	Romania	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	383	376	1.019
5	Canada	6	1	4	5	12	0.417	339	377	0.899
6	Egypt	5	0	5	0	15	0.000	198	375	0.528

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	14:00	Netherlands	3–1	Romania	25–22	25–19	27–29	25–16		102–86	Report
30 Aug	17:00	Egypt	0–3	Canada	9–25	23–25	12–25			44–75	Report
30 Aug	19:30	Cuba	2–3	South Korea	20–25	25–18	25–20	21–25	12–15	103–103	Report
31 Aug	14:00	Netherlands	3–0	Egypt	25–12	25–13	25–13			75–38	Report
31 Aug	17:00	Canada	2–3	Cuba	25–22	22–25	25–21	14–25	10–15	96–108	Report
31 Aug	19:30	Romania	1–3	South Korea	17–25	21–25	25–22	22–25		85–97	Report
1 Sep	14:00	Cuba	3–0	Netherlands	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	Report
1 Sep	17:00	South Korea	3–0	Canada	25–11	25–19	25–15			75–45	Report
1 Sep	19:30	Egypt	0–3	Romania	14–25	13–25	14–25			41–75	Report
2 Sep	14:00	Netherlands	0–3	South Korea	23–25	18–25	22–25			63–75	Report
2 Sep	17:00	Egypt	0–3	Cuba	11–25	13–25	13–25			37–75	Report
2 Sep	19:30	Romania	3–0	Canada	25–21	25–18	25–22			75–61	Report
3 Sep	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	25–13	25–10	25–15			75–38	Report
3 Sep	17:00	Cuba	3–0	Romania	25–18	25–21	25–23			75–62	Report
3 Sep	19:30	Canada	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	21–25	23–25			62–75	Report

Pool C

venues: Sachsen Arena (in Riesa) and Mehrzweckhalle (in Dresden)

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States (A)	10	5	0	15	2	7.500	408	334	1.222
2	Russia (A)	9	4	1	14	4	3.500	424	296	1.432
3	Puerto Rico (A)	8	3	2	9	9	1.000	364	404	0.901
4	Dominican Republic	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	350	369	0.949
5	Argentina	6	1	4	5	12	0.417	348	387	0.899
6	Kenya	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	290	394	0.736

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Riesa	Kenya	1–3	Puerto Rico	18–25	25–19	14–25	23–25		80–94	Report
30 Aug	19:00	Dresden	Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–11	21–25	25–18	25–18		96–72	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Riesa	Argentina	0–3	United States	21–25	23–25	21–25			65–75	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Riesa	Kenya	0–3	Argentina	14–25	22–25	20–25			56–75	Report
31 Aug	17:00	Dresden	Puerto Rico	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	28–26	25–22			78–67	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Riesa	United States	3–2	Russia	22–25	25–22	25–23	19–25	15–8	106–103	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Riesa	Argentina	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–23	23–25	19–25	25–17	13–15	105–105	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Dresden	Russia	3–0	Kenya	25–14	25–15	25–15			75–44	Report
1 Sep	17:30	Riesa	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	22–25	17–25	21–25			60–75	Report
2 Sep	14:00	Riesa	Kenya	0–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	20–25	21–25			61–75	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Riesa	Argentina	0–3	Russia	16–25	10–25	18–25			44–75	Report
2 Sep	19:00	Dresden	Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	13–25	25–27	19–25			57–77	Report
3 Sep	14:00	Riesa	United States	3–0	Kenya	25–19	25–17	25–13			75–49	Report
3 Sep	17:30	Riesa	Russia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–9	25–13	25–8			75–30	Report
3 Sep	19:00	Dresden	Dominican Republic	3–0	Argentina	25–20	26–24	25–15			76–59	Report

Pool D

venue: Mehrzwecksporthalle, Leipzig

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil (A)	9	4	1	13	3	4.333	389	320	1.216
2	China (A)	9	4	1	12	5	2.400	407	336	1.211
3	Greece (A)	9	4	1	12	6	2.000	412	400	1.030
4	Poland	7	2	3	8	9	0.889	383	388	0.987
5	Thailand	6	1	4	4	13	0.308	343	397	0.864
6	Australia	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	324	417	0.777

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	14:00	Poland	0–3	Brazil	18–25	19–25	18–25			55–75	Report
30 Aug	17:30	China	3–0	Australia	25–12	25–18	25–16			75–46	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Thailand	0–3	Greece	19–25	18–25	23–25			60–75	Report
31 Aug	14:30	Brazil	1–3	China	23–25	25–23	17–25	23–25		88–98	Report
31 Aug	17:30	Thailand	0–3	Poland	23–25	23–25	17–25			63–75	Report
31 Aug	20:00	Greece	3–1	Australia	25–18	25–20	19–25	25–19		94–82	Report
1 Sep	14:00	China	3–1	Thailand	25–20	25–16	21–25	25–9		96–70	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Australia	0–3	Brazil	19–25	17–25	24–26			60–76	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Poland	2–3	Greece	31–33	25–16	23–25	27–25	14–16	120–115	Report
2 Sep	14:00	Greece	0–3	Brazil	18–25	12–25	23–25			53–75	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Thailand	3–1	Australia	25–18	21–25	25–17	25–16		96–76	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Poland	0–3	China	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	Report
3 Sep	14:00	Brazil	3–0	Thailand	25–22	25–13	25–19			75–54	Report
3 Sep	17:30	China	0–3	Greece	20–25	22–25	21–25			63–75	Report
3 Sep	20:00	Australia	0–3	Poland	24–26	22–25	14–25			60–76	Report

Second round

(Q)	Qualified to the Quarterfinal

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool E

venue: Stadthalle, Bremen

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia (Q)	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	285	239	1.192
2	Cuba (Q)	5	2	1	7	5	1.400	270	277	0.975
3	Italy (Q)	4	1	2	6	6	1.000	275	263	1.046
4	Greece	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	196	247	0.794

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Cuba	3–1	Greece	19–25	25–21	25–15	25–18		94–79	Report
6 Sep	18:30	Italy	2–3	Russia	18–25	26–24	17–25	25–21	13–15	99–110	Report
7 Sep	14:00	Greece	0–3	Russia	21–25	26–28	17–25			64–78	Report
7 Sep	16:30	Cuba	3–1	Italy	32–30	17–25	25–22	26–24		100–101	Report
8 Sep	14:00	Italy	3–0	Greece	25–14	25–23	25–16			75–53	Report
8 Sep	16:30	Russia	3–1	Cuba	22–25	25–19	25–15	25–17		97–76	Report

Pool F

venue: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea (Q)	5	2	1	7	3	2.333	231	206	1.121
2	China (Q)	5	2	1	6	3	2.000	216	172	1.256
3	Bulgaria (Q)	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	228	204	1.118
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	9	0.000	132	225	0.587

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Bulgaria	0–3	China	22–25	15–25	19–25		56–75	Report
6 Sep	18:30	South Korea	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–14	25–12	25–17		75–43	Report
7 Sep	14:00	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–14	25–14		75–41	Report
7 Sep	16:30	Bulgaria	3–1	South Korea	19–25	28–26	25–14	25–16	97–81	Report
8 Sep	14:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Bulgaria	15–25	16–25	17–25		48–75	Report
8 Sep	16:30	South Korea	3–0	China	25–22	25–21	25–23		75–66	Report

Pool G

venue: Sachsen Arena, Riesa

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States (Q)	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	260	231	1.126
2	Brazil (Q)	5	2	1	6	4	1.500	233	221	1.054
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	271	288	0.941
4	Germany	3	0	3	1	9	0.111	227	251	0.904

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	16:00	Brazil	0–3	United States	20–25	21–25	24–26			65–76	Report
6 Sep	18:30	Germany	1–3	Netherlands	25–18	26–28	17–25	23–25		91–96	Report
7 Sep	14:30	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65	Report
7 Sep	17:00	United States	3–2	Netherlands	25–15	18–25	25–17	21–25	15–13	104–95	Report
8 Sep	14:00	Netherlands	1–3	Brazil	17–25	25–17	24–26	14–25		80–93	Report
8 Sep	17:00	Germany	0–3	United States	26–28	20–25	25–27			71–80	Report

Final round

venues: Stadthalle (in Bremen), Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle (in Stuttgart) and Max-Schmeling-Halle (in Berlin)
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

11 September - Bremen

Russia	3
		13 September - Berlin
Bulgaria	0
		Russia	2
11 September - Bremen
		United States	3
United States	3
				15 September - Berlin
Cuba	0
				United States	2
11 September - Stuttgart
				Italy	3
South Korea	0
		13 September - Berlin
Italy	3
		Italy	3
11 September - Stuttgart
		China	1	3rd place
China	3
				14 September - Berlin
Brazil	2
				Russia	3

				China	1

5-8th place		5th place

12 September - Bremen

Bulgaria	2
		15 September - Berlin
Cuba	3
		Cuba	3
12 September - Stuttgart
		South Korea	2
South Korea	3

Brazil	2
		7th place

		14 September - Berlin

		Bulgaria	0

		Brazil	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	18:00	Bremen	Russia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–13	25–21	25–19			75–53	Report
11 Sep	18:00	Stuttgart	South Korea	0–3	Italy	20–25	22–25	19–25			61–75	Report
11 Sep	20:30	Bremen	United States	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–15	25–21			75–58	Report
11 Sep	20:30	Stuttgart	China	3–2	Brazil	25–19	21–25	23–25	25–15	15–9	109–93	Report

5th–8th places

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Sep	20:30	Bremen	Bulgaria	2–3	Cuba	26–24	29–27	16–25	26–28	9–15	106–119	Report
12 Sep	20:30	Stuttgart	South Korea	3–2	Brazil	25–23	19–25	25–22	21–25	15–8	105–103	Report

7th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	15:00	Berlin	Bulgaria	0–3	Brazil	22–25	22–25	21–25			65–75	Report

5th place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	12:00	Berlin	Cuba	3–2	South Korea	21–25	25–19	25–11	22–25	15–10	108–90	Report

1st-4th places

Semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Sep	15:00	Berlin	Russia	2–3	United States	25–21	23–25	20–25	25–21	8–15	101–107	Report
13 Sep	18:00	Berlin	Italy	3–1	China	25–21	25–20	21–25	25–23		96–89	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Sep	18:00	Berlin	Russia	3–1	China	25–20	21–25	25–23	25–16		96–84	Report

Final

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Sep	15:00	Berlin	United States	2–3	Italy	25–18	18–25	16–25	25–22	11–15	95–105	Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Italy
	United States
	Russia
4	China
5	Cuba
6	South Korea
7	Brazil
8	Bulgaria
9	Netherlands
10	Germany
	Greece
	Puerto Rico
13	Dominican Republic
	Japan
	Poland
	Romania
17	Argentina
	Canada
	Czech Republic
	Thailand
21	Australia
	Egypt
	Kenya
	Mexico

2002 FIVB Women's World Champions
Italy First title

**Team roster**
Simona Rinieri, Elisa Togut, Manuela Leggeri, Sara Anzanello, Paola Paggi, Darina Mifkova, Francesca Piccinini, Rachele Sangiuliano, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Valentina Borrelli, Anna Vania Mello and Paola Cardullo. Head Coach: Marco Bonitta.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player:
- Elisa Togut (ITA)
Fair Play Award:
- Paola Cardullo (ITA)
Best Spiker:
- Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)
Best Scorer:
- Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)
Best Blocker:
- Danielle Scott (USA)

Best Setter:
- Marcelle Moraes (BRA)
Best Digger:
- Koo Ki-Lan (KOR)
Best Receiver:
- Koo Ki-Lan (KOR)
Best Server:
- Nancy Carrillo (CUB)

References

"Pools composition - Qualification". FIVB Women's World Championship Germany 2002. FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
"General info". FIVB Women's World Championship Germany 2002. FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
"Cities and competitions hall". FIVB Women's World Championship Germany 2002. FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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[Teams-1] "Pools composition - Qualification". FIVB Women's World Championship Germany 2002. FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[GEN-2] "General info". FIVB Women's World Championship Germany 2002. FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[3] "Cities and competitions hall". FIVB Women's World Championship Germany 2002. FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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