2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
Reigning champions Vauxhall again entered four Triple 8-run Vauxhall Astra Coupes. With reigning champion Jason Plato not returning, 2001 runner-up Yvan Muller was partnered by James Thompson in the Vauxhall Motorsport entries while Thompson's place in the Egg Sport entry was taken by Matt Neal, fresh from a season in the European Touring Car Championship, alongside Production class graduate Paul O'Neill.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
MG, who had trialled their West Surrey Racing-prepared ZS in the closing stages of 2001 retained experienced touring car hand Anthony Reid and Warren Hughes at the wheel.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
After a year absence Honda returned with a pair Honda Civic Type-R's prepared by Arena Motorsport, who had previously entered as an independent in 1999. Guernseyman Andy Priaulx, who crossed over from Formula 3 after impressing on a one off BTCC outing for Vauxhall in 2001, was signed alongside Northern Irishman Alan Morrison, the 2000 Production (then Class B) champion.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
In late 2001 it was announced that Proton would enter a pair of manufacturer backed cars backed by Petronas and run under the Petronas Syntium Proton - Team [PSP] banner. Jason Plato was initially linked with the drive before Scottish veteran David Leslie and Phil Bennett, who had been dropped by Vauxhall, were officially announced.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
With Peugeot withdrawing their factory backing, Vic Lee Racing now headed the independents class, which was reinstated after a 1-year hiatus, with their pair of 406 Coupes, Dan Eaves remained and was joined by 1992 champion Tim Harvey, moving across from JSM. The pair were joined later in the year by Formula Renault championship winner Carl Breeze in a third car.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
The works MG squad was supported from second meeting onwards by a WSR-run satellite team carrying the name of the girl band Atomic Kitten as part of a sponsorship deal. This team ran the young pairing of Fiesta racer Colin Turkington and Production graduate Gareth Howell.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
Barwell Motorsport stepped up from the Production class to complete the Touring grid with a pair of ex-works Vauxhall Astra Coupes driven by New Zealand superbike racer Aaron Slight, who switched to car racing after a successful guest appearance for Peugeot in 2001, and 17-year-old rookie Tom Chilton.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
In the Production class Synchro Motorsport gained the upper hand by stepping up from the Honda Accord to the brand new Civic Type R, recruiting former Honda factory driver James Kaye from Barwell alongside the returning Dave Allan.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
The Accords were still campaigned by new squad Beacon Motorsport with Lotus Elise championship graduates Mark Thomas and Spencer Marsh, and John Batchelor's team swapped from Integras to a pair of Accords for Jim Edwards Jnr and Batchelor (again under the name of John B-and-Q), who was injured in a crash during the second meeting at Oulton Park and replaced by Peter Cate and later Hyla Breese.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
Tech-Speed Motorsport continued their Peugeot 306 campaign, with Lotus Elise champion Mark Fullalove replacing Vauxhall-bound Paul O'Neill alongside Annie Templeton, and GA Motorsport also returned with their Alfa Romeo 156s, this time campaigned by series newcomers Graham Saunders and Alan Blencowe, accompanied by 2001 driver Gavin Pyper at circuits with enough grid space to accommodate a third car. Pyper received a race ban following an incident at Thruxton and his car was driven by former Ford and Volvo driver Kelvin Burt.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
Rob Collard also returned in his self-entered Renault Clio but did not contest a full programme.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
The big new arrival to the class was Edenbridge Racing's pair of BMW 320is, driven by teenager Tom Boardman in his second year in the class, and experienced German production saloon racer Norman Simon who had raced in the European Super Production championship in 2001.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2002, Teams and drivers
TH Motorsport also appeared at selected rounds with a Mitsubishi Carisma for Steve Wood.


2002 British Touring Car Championship, Race calendar and winners
All races were held in the United Kingdom (except Mondello Park which was held in Ireland).


2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 July  2002 at the Donington Park circuit.


2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.


2002 Bromley London Borough Council election
The Bromley Council election of 2002 took place on 2 May, coinciding with 174 other council elections across Britain. The election saw the Conservatives make sweeping gains after the council almost went to NOC in 1998.


2002 Bromont municipal election
The 2002 Bromont municipal election took place on November 3, 2002, to elect a mayor and councillors in Bromont, Quebec. Incumbent mayor Pauline Quinlan was re-elected to a second mandate without difficulty.


2002 Bromont municipal election, Results
Source: Maurice Crossfield, "Quinlan re-elected Bromont mayor by landslide," Sherbrooke Record, 4 November 2002, p. 10.


2002 Brown Bears football team
The 2002 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.


2002 Brown Bears football team
In their fifth season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 278 to 222. Chas Gessner and A.W. Gallagher were the team captains.


2002 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 2–5 conference record tied for sixth place in the Ivy League standings. Brown was outscored 160 to 135 by Ivy opponents.


2002 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


2002 Brownlow Medal
The 2002 Brownlow Medal was the 75th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Simon Black of the Brisbane Lions won the medal by polling twenty-five votes during the 2002 AFL season.


2002 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.


2002 Broxbourne Borough Council election
The Broxbourne Council election, 2002 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.


2002 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
An election was held in all of the 13 wards on 2 May 2002.


2002 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
16 council seats were involved with 2 seats being voted for in Goffs Oak Ward and 3 seats in Hoddesdon Town Ward.


2002 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
Martin Greensmyth won the Bury Green Ward for the Independent "Bury Green Residents"


2002 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The new political balance of the council following this election was:


2002 Brunei Premier League
Statistics of the Brunei Premier League football for the 2002 season.


2002 Brunei Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and DPMM FC won the championship.


2002 Bucknell Bison football team
The 2002 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Bucknell finished last in the Patriot League.


2002 Bucknell Bison football team
Dave Kotulski, who had been Bucknell's defensive coordinator since 1995, took over as acting head coach in 2002 after Tom Gadd, who had been diagnosed with cancer in early 2001, stepped away from the team for health reasons.


2002 Bucknell Bison football team
In Kotulski's first and only year as head coach, the Bison compiled a 2–9 record. Gary Carruthers, Adam Lord and Todd Warmington were the team captains.


2002 Bucknell Bison football team
The Bison were outscored 251 to 163. Their winless (0–7) conference record placed last in the Patriot League standings. On the last weekend of October, the Bison became the first team to lose a Patriot League game to Georgetown, which had joined the league the previous year; at season's end, Bucknell became the first team to equal Georgetown by finishing in eighth place.


2002 Bucknell Bison football team
Toward the end of the year, with Gadd hospitalized, university officials announced that Gadd would not return in 2003, and the Bison would search for a replacement head coach. Gadd died in March 2003.


2002 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


2002 Budapest Assembly election
The 2002 Budapest Assembly election was held on 20 October 2002, concurring with other local elections in Hungary.


2002 Budapest Assembly election, Mayor
Incumbent Gábor Demszky was directly elected mayor in a three-way race against Fidesz–KDNP supported independent candidate Pál Schmitt and MSZP candidate Erzsébet Gy. Németh with 46.70% of the vote.


2002 Budapest Grand Prix
The 2002 Budapest Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest, Hungary that was part of the Tier V category of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 15 April until 21 April 2002. Unseeded Martina Müller won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2002 Budapest Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Catherine Barclay /  Émilie Loit defeated  Elena Bovina /  Zsófia Gubacsi 4–6, 6–3, 6–3


2002 Budapest mayoral election
The 2002 Budapest mayoral election was held on 20 October 2002 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. The winner of this election served for 4 years.


2002 Buffalo Bills season
The 2002 season was the Buffalo Bills' 43rd in the National Football League.


2002 Buffalo Bills season
The Bills acquired quarterback Drew Bledsoe from the New England Patriots on draft weekend in exchange for Buffalo's first-round pick in the 2003 draft (the Bills would regain that first-round pick via a sign-and-trade of Peerless Price, coming off a breakout season, to the Atlanta Falcons for Atlanta's first-round pick after the 2002 season). Bledsoe brought instant credibility to Buffalo's inept passing game; the Bills' offense scored the 6th most points in the AFC in 2002, after having scored the fifth fewest in the entire league the previous season.


2002 Buffalo Bills season
The season saw the Bills change their uniform, which lasted until 2011.


2002 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, Draft
The Bills infamously drafted Mike Williams, an offensive tackle from Texas with the #4 overall pick of the draft, with University of Miami offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie still available. Williams spent only four seasons with the team. Sporting News named Williams as the #4 biggest NFL draft bust from 1989–2008.


2002 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season
Due to the Bills' 3–13 record the previous season, the NFL did not schedule any of their games in prime time (Sunday night or Monday night), and all but two of the Bills' games had 1:00 start times. However, due to the attention the Bills' free-agent acquisitions brought to the team, as well as the team being in the thick of the competitive AFC East race, several division games were aired nationally on CBS.


2002 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season
After a one-year absence, the NFL Primetime theme "Powersurge" returned as the Bills' theme song on the ESPN program. It was used for the show's Bills highlights for each game during the season except for the Bengals/Bills game in Week 17.


2002 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 2002 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulls offense scored 214 points while the defense allowed 416 points. Though the Bulls went 1–11 on the season, they did make team history by recording their first victory over a team from a Bowl Championship Series conference, a 34–11 road victory over Big East member Rutgers on September 7, 2002.


2002 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 2002 Bulgarian Cup Final was played at the Stadion Slavia in Sofia on May 15, 2002 and was contested between the sides of CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match was won by Levski Sofia.


2002 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships was held in Sofia between December 11 and 13, 2001. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level.


2002 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships
The results were used to choose the teams to the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, and the 2002 European Championships.


2002 Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ice dancing
* Ina Demireva / Tsvetan Georgiev were the junior national champions and only competitors, and the ISU recognizes them as the senior silver medalists.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season
The 2002 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 68th in the club's history. Coached by Steve Folkes and captained by Steve Price, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2002 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season at the bottom of the ladder due to punishment for breaches of the NRL's strictly-enforced salary cap.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season
The discovery of these breaches resulted in then-unprecedented penalties being inflicted upon the Sydney-based club, none more so than the 37 competition points gained from the 2002 season docked from them and the demotion of the club from first to last place with three rounds remaining in the season. In addition to those penalties, the club was fined a then-record $500,000. The League's top try scorer for the season was Nigel Vagana with 23 and the top points scorer was Hazem El Masri with 254 - both Bulldogs players.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Salary cap breach
The Bulldogs fallout from a disappointing 2000 season saw a "new breed" of players coming through for 2001. The Bulldogs' outfit aged badly in 2000 with many players past their best and a massive cleanout happened with several new players on the way including Nigel Vagana, Luke Patten, Brett Howland and Darrell Trindall. The Bulldogs finished the Minor Premiership in second position but crashed out of the Finals. The Dally M Rookie of the Year that season was Braith Anasta. Mark O'Meley was signed up for the 2002 season as the club said farewell to captain Darren Britt and his deputy Craig Polla-Mounter. With both of those gone, Steve Folkes opted for Steve Price as captain ahead of the more experienced Darren Smith.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Salary cap breach
In mid-2002, the Bulldogs were found guilty of serious and systemic breaches of the salary cap. NRL Chief Executive David Gallop described the violation as "exceptional in both its size and its deliberate and ongoing nature". The club received the maximum fine of $500,000, and was stripped of all 37 competition points. The latter action was particularly harmful, as the club were poised to take the Minor Premiership and had won 17 consecutive matches (the second highest in Australian club rugby league history at the time); the penalty meant that the club would win the wooden spoon. Fans of the club had gone from the joy of a last-minute win over Newcastle just two weeks prior to the pain, anguish and realisation that the club would not be participating in the 2002 finals.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Salary cap breach
The stripping of the Bulldogs' points also enabled the Canberra Raiders to make the finals with a points differential of -170, the poorest such record of any finalist in the competition's history, and despite the fact that the Raiders only won one game outside of Canberra for the entire season. It also enabled the New Zealand Warriors to secure their first minor premiership in the club's history.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Salary cap breach
An extensive NRL investigation resulted in two senior club officials being charged with fraud, theft and forgery by the NSW Police; both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to nine years jail with a non-parole period of seven years, and were suspended from the NRL for life.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Salary cap breach
Club legend Steve Mortimer was brought in to save the club, and the Bulldogs then finished one game short of the Grand Final in 2003.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Ladder
The Warriors received A$100,000 prize money for finishing the regular season as minor premiers.


2002 Bulldogs RLFC season, Ladder
1 The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches.


2002 Burica earthquake
The 2002 Burica earthquake occurred on July 30 at 19:16:48 local time off the coast of Panama. It had a magnitude of Mw 6.5. The epicenter was located off the southeastern coast of Burica Peninsula, close to the Costa Rica–Panama border. Some homes collapsed and at least 11 people were reported injured, both in Panama and in Costa Rica. The strongest intensity reached VII (Very strong) in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. It was felt with III (Weak) to IV (Light) around San Jose, Costa Rica. Shops in the center of Puerto Armuelles suffered from loss such as fallen merchandise and broken window glass. This earthquake occurred along the Panama Fracture Zone.


2002 Burica earthquake, Tectonic setting
To the northwest of the border area between Panama and Costa Rica oceanic crust of the Cocos Plate is being subducted beneath the Caribbean Plate along the Middle America Trench. To the southeast the Nazca Plate is being subducted. The boundary between the Cocos and Nazca plates is formed by the Panama Fracture Zone, which is a right lateral transform fault that intersects with the Middle America Trench to form a triple junction. The geometry of the subduction zone differs markedly either side of this triple junction. Previous destructive earthquakes along this fracture zone that affected Puerto Armuelles include events in 1934 (Ms 7.7) and 1979 (Ms  6.5).


2002 Burica earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake had an epicenter close to Punta Burica. The estimated magnitude was in the range 6.2–6.5 Mw . The observed focal mechanism, strike-slip faulting, the location and the hypocentral depth of 4.2 km are all consistent with movement on the Panama Fracture Zone. The mainshock was followed by a series of aftershocks, the largest of which was a Mw  6.0 event on August 7 at 23:59 UTC.


2002 Burica earthquake, Damage
Several buildings were destroyed by the earthquake, although these were in a poor condition before the shaking started. At Puerto Armuelles, the banana dock was badly affected and some houses of wooden or unreinforced masonry construction had to be abandoned, due to either their collapse or the degree of structural damage suffered. Generally light injuries were reported, with a total of between 8 and 15 people affected.


2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 5 May 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), which won and 57 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.


2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election, Electoral system
Following electoral reforms introduced since the 1997 elections, the 111 members of the National Assembly were elected in two sections; 90 seats were elected using regional lists in 13 constituencies, whilst the remaining 21 were elected on a national list.


2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election, Campaign
A total of 3,540 candidates registered to contest the elections, with 30 political parties participating.


2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of the CDP was elected President of the National Assembly, defeating Marlène Zebango of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally by a vote of 77–22.


2002 Burnley Borough Council election
Elections to Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England were held on 2 May 2002. Due to a reorganisation, most of the electoral wards had boundary changes and some were replaced, only Lanehead and Briercliffe wards where unaffected. Also the number of seats was reduced to 45, resulting that the entire council was up for election. In each ward, voters where required to elect 3 councillors, with first place receiving a full 4-year term, second receiving 2 years and third, a single year. The Labour party retained control of the council.


2002 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.


2002 Buy.com Tour
The 2002 Buy.com Tour season ran from March 7 to November 2. The season consisted of 28 official money golf tournaments; three of which were played outside of the United States. The top 15 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2003. It was the final year in which the tour was sponsored by Buy.com, before it was replaced by current sponsor Nationwide.


2002 Buy.com Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.


2002 Buy.com Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Buy.com Tour in 2002. The top 15 players on the Buy.com Tour's money list in 2002 earned their PGA Tour card for 2003.


2002 Buy.com Tour graduates
*PGA Tour rookie for 2003. #Moore received a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour in 2002 by winning three tournaments on the Buy.com Tour in 2002. On the PGA Tour in 2002 he played one tournament, missing the cut at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. T = TiedGreen background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2004 (finished inside the top 125). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2004 (finished outside the top 150).


2002 CA-TennisTrophy
The 2002 CA-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held from 7 October until 13 October 2002. Sixth-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.


2002 CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Joshua Eagle /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Jiří Novák /  Radek Štěpánek 6–4, 6–3


2002 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Martin Damm and Radek Štěpánek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Damm with Cyril Suk and Štěpánek with Jiří Novák.


2002 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Damm and Suk lost in the first round to Simon Aspelin and Andrei Olhovskiy.


2002 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Novák and Štěpánek lost in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Joshua Eagle and Sandon Stolle.


2002 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Tommy Haas was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jürgen Melzer.


2002 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Roger Federer won in the final 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 against Jiří Novák.


2002 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2002 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 1–4, 2002 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was UNC-Wilmington, who received an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2002 CAF Champions League
The 2002 CAF Champions League was the 38th of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Zamalek of Egypt defeated Raja Casablanca of Morocco in the final to win their fifth title. The holders of the 2001 edition, Al Ahly took part in the competition.


2002 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round
1 The match was played over one leg due to civil unrest and a violent general strike in Madagascar.


2002 CAF Champions League, Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2002 CAF Champions League are as follows:


2002 CAF Champions League Final
The 2002 CAF Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Friday, 13 December 2002 at 17:00 UTC (19:00 local time). The match was played at the Cairo Stadium, in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 2002 CAF Champions League. The final was contested by Zamalek and Raja Casablanca, making it an all-Arabic club final for the fifth time in the history of the competition . The game was won by Zamalek 1–0 by Abdelhamid's Goal, after a 0–0 draw in Casablanca.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Background
Zamalek went into the Champions League final as champions of Egypt for the 11th time, and had lost just one Champions League game, the quarter-final second leg away to ASEC Mimosas. Raja also came first in their league. In the Moroccan League games between the two sides in the Champions League Final, They draw 0–0 at Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, while Zamalek won 1–0 at Cairo Stadium in the return game on 13 December 2002.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Mohamed V Stadium
Mohammed V Athletic Complex is situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of the Maarif neighborhood. It was inaugurated March 6, 1955, and currently has a capacity of 67,000.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Mohamed V Stadium
Often hosting the games of the Morocco national football team, the Mohammed V Stadium is equally known as the home of Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Mohamed V Stadium
Mohammed V Stadium is located in the centre of Casablanca. The international airport of Casablanca is 25 kilometres from the stadium, and the Casa-Voyageurs rail station is 5 kilometres from the stadium. The stadium has a parking lot with a capacity of 1,000 cars.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Mohamed V Stadium
It currently has a semi-artificial lawn of a high standard.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium
Cairo International Stadium is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium
Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final, Zamalek
In the first knockout round, Zamalek were won against APR FC, against whom they won the Home leg 6–0 while Hossam Hassan, Mohamed Abdel Wahed, Hazem Emam, Gamal Hamza and Mohamed Sabry scored the six goals. The Royal Club then drawn the second leg 0–0 to ensure a 6–0 aggregate win and a place in the second Round, where they were again won against Nkana.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final, Zamalek
The second Round matches represented the first time these two clubs had met in Africa . Zamalek went to Kitwe and secured a very creditable 2–0 win, before qualify to the Group stage of the Champions League, by drawing 0–0.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final, Zamalek
Zamalek were drawn in Group F along with ASEC Mimosas, Espérance and Costa do Sol. Zamalek won their first group game before securing a 1–1 draw away against Espérance, Zamalek as group winners and with the most points out of all the group winners, 13.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final, Zamalek
The semi-final pitted Zamalek against Mazembe; the teams had not met ever in the group stage of the Champions League tournament, the first time Zamalek won it. The first leg at the Stade de la Kenya was a drab affair, with Zamalek spending most of the game defending, whilst Mazembe tried to pass the ball around them. That was about as exciting as the first leg got for either team and it ended 1–1 thanks to a goal from Abdel Halim Ali.


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final, Zamalek
The second leg at Cairo Stadium was a game of higher tempo, which Zamalek won 2–0 and Hossam Hassan scored twice. This result increased Zamalek's consecutive home win record in the Champions League to 5 and ensured that Zamalek reached the final unbeaten except losing a match in the quarter-final second leg away against ASEC Mimosas .


2002 CAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).


2002 CAF Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2002 CAF Champions League was played from 3 August to 19 October 2002. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.


2002 CAF Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.


2002 CAF Cup
The 2002 CAF Cup was the 11th edition of the CAF Cup, the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Algerian team JS Kabylie who beat Tonnerre Yaoundé of Cameroon 4-1 over two legs in the final. With the win, JS Kabylie became the first and only side to win the competition three times in a row, and kept the trophy.


2002 CAF Cup, First round
1Kabwe Warriors withdrew before the first legOne team received a bye : JS Kabylie (Algeria)


2002 CAF Cup, Semi-finals
JS Kabylie won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.


2002 CAF Cup, Semi-finals
2–2 on aggregate, Tonnerre Yaoundé won on away goals rule and advanced to the final.


2002 CAF Cup Final
The 2002 CAF Cup Final was the final of the 2002 CAF Cup. JS Kabylie of Algeria beat Tonnerre Yaoundé of Cameroon 4–1 on aggregate to win their third title in the competition, and their third in a row.


2002 CAF Super Cup
The 2002 CAF Super Cup was the tenth CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup.


2002 CAF Super Cup
The match took place on 15 March 2002, on Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Al Ahly, the 2001 CAF Champions League winner, and Kaizer Chiefs, the 2001 African Cup Winners' Cup winner. Al-Ahly won the match 4–1 to get his first title.


2002 CARIFTA Games
The 31st CARIFTA Games was held in the Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, on March 30-April 1, 2002. A report on the results was given.


2002 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the CFPI and on the"World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial countyields the number of about 346 athletes (208 junior (under-20) and 138 youth(under-17)) from about 21 countries:  Antigua and Barbuda (4), Aruba (3),Bahamas (67), Barbados (26), Belize (1), Bermuda (12), British Virgin Islands(5), Cayman Islands (16), French Guiana (4), Grenada (30), Guadeloupe (17),Guyana (3), Jamaica (64), Martinique (20), Netherlands Antilles (7), SaintKitts and Nevis (3), Saint Lucia (9), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1),Trinidad and Tobago (36), Turks and Caicos Islands (13), US Virgin Islands (5).


2002 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the boys' U-20 category, Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago againset a new games record finishing the 100 metres in 10.22s (wind: 0.9 m/s). Jamaican Greg Little finished the400 metres hurdles in 50.85s.


2002 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the girls' U-20 category, Shaunette Davidson from Jamaica jumped 1.84mhigh. As in the year 2000, Claudia Villeneuve fromMartinique set new records in shot put (15.75m) and discus throw (53.47m).


2002 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the boys' U-17 category, Usain Bolt from Jamaica set three new recordsof 21.12s (wind: -0.5 m/s) in 200 metres, 47.33s in 400 metres, and togetherwith the Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team in 3:18.88. Further records wereset by James Baird from Antigua and Barbuda in 9:10.97 in the 3000 metresevent, and by Matthew Palmer from Jamaica in 13.14s (wind: -0.7 m/s) in100 metres hurdles.


2002 CARIFTA Games, Records
Finally, in the girls' U-20 category, Anneisha McLaughlin from Jamaica settwo new records: in a 200 metres heat, she finished in 23.03 seconds (wind:-1.8 m/s), and as part of the Jamaican 4x400 metres team achieving 3:44.18. LaToya Heath from Jamaica jumped 11.58 (wind: 0.8 m/s) in triple jump.


2002 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Anneisha McLaughlin from Jamaica. She won 3 gold medals (100m, 200m, and 4 × 400 m relay) in the youth (U-17) category.


2002 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the CFPI and the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago
The 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago was the seventh round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 30, 2002 at the Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Illinois, this was the fourth and final running of the event. 26,000 attended the race. Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event, won the race from the third position. Chip Ganassi Racing's Bruno Junqueira finished in second and Team Green driver Dario Franchitti came in third after winning the eleventh pole position of his career in qualifying.


2002 CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio
The 2002 CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was the eleventh round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 11, 2002 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.


2002 CART season
The 2002 FedEx Championship Series season, the twenty-fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 19 races,  beginning in Monterrey, Mexico on March 10 and concluding in Mexico City, Mexico on November 17. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was  Cristiano da Matta. Rookie of the Year was Mario Domínguez.


2002 CART season
Sports television channel ESPN dropped CART coverage for the 2002 season. CBS and Speed Channel took its place for two seasons.


2002 CART season, Drivers and teams
Bridgestone became the exclusive tire supplier for CART, replacing Firestone, an association that would continue until the final Champ Car season in 2007. The 2002 season was the last to feature multiple engine manufacturers.


2002 CART season, Drivers and teams
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 CART Championship Series season.


2002 CART season, Drivers and teams, Team changes
The biggest change to the team lineup in the 2002 CART season was the defection of Team Penske to the rival Indy Racing League. The departure of Team Penske, a CART stalwart from its earliest days, was an early sign of a major shift in the CART-IRL rivalry. Several other major CART powers would follow Penske to the IRL for the 2003 season. Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Mo Nunn Racing both set up separate IRL teams in 2002, but continued to compete in CART for the time being, though Mo Nunn downsized his team to a single car. They would be among the teams to leave CART for the IRL in 2003. Blair Racing also left CART for IRL. Patrick Racing downsized their effort to a single car, while Forsythe Racing shut down their third car driven by Bryan Herta in 2001 for lack of sponsorship.


2002 CART season, Drivers and teams, Driver changes
1996 series champion Jimmy Vasser, one of two former champions in the 2002 field (the other being Michael Andretti), left Patrick Racing for Team Rahal. Joining him at Rahal was Michel Jourdain Jr. who left Herdez Competition. Rahal's 2001 drivers, Kenny Bräck and Max Papis moved to Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Sigma Autosport. Papis took the seat previously occupied by Oriol Servià, who replaced the retiring Maurício Gugelmin at PWR Championship Racing. The 2002 season started with two rookies. 2001 Dayton Indy Lights champion Townsend Bell led a one car effort at Patrick Racing. Mario Domínguez signed on for another single car effort with Herdez Competition.


2002 CART season, Season summary, Schedule
O  Oval/Speedway R  Dedicated road course S  Temporary street circuit


2002 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2002 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2002. First round games were played at campus sites, while all 'super six' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan won the Mason Cup and received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2002 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. In the First Round, the first and twelfth seeds, the second and eleventh seeds, the third and tenth seeds, the fourth and ninth seeds, the fifth and eighth seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds played a best-of-three series. All six victors in the first round advance as the newly minted 'Super Six' and play only single-elimination for the duration of the tournament. The top two ranked winners receive byes into the semifinals while the four other teams play in the quarterfinals to determine the other qualifiers. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2002 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2002 CECAFA Cup
The 2002 CECAFA Cup was the 26th edition of the tournament. It was held in Tanzania, and was won by Kenya. The matches were played between November 30 and December 14.


2002 CFL Draft
The 2002 CFL Draft took place on Thursday, April 25, 2002. From a list of 442 eligible CIS football players from Canadian universities and Canadian players in the NCAA and NAIA, 54 players were chosen, including 26 players from Canadian Interuniversity Sport institutions.


2002 CFL Draft
This year's draft saw an increase in picks from 48 in 2001 to 54 with the addition of the Ottawa Renegades to the league for the 2002 season. Ottawa was given the first selection in each round, including another bonus selection with the first overall pick.


2002 CFL Expansion Draft
The 2002 Canadian Football League Expansion Draft was a three-round CFL draft that took place on January 17, 2002 which assigned players from existing CFL teams to the expansion Ottawa Renegades. Ottawa could select one import player from each team and two non-import players. Alternatively, the Renegades could select a team's second-round draft pick in the 2002 or 2003 CFL Drafts in place of one of the non-import players. Additionally, member teams were permitted to protect two quarterbacks in the draft, limiting Ottawa's selections. Ottawa selected six quarterbacks from teams' negotiation lists and, as such,  their names were not released.


2002 CFL season
The 2002 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 49th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 45th Canadian Football League season.


2002 CFL season, CFL News in 2002
On March 19, Michael Lysko was relieved of his duties as CFL Commissioner by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors then made Chairman of the Board, David Braley to become acting CFL Commissioner, until November 23 when Tom E. Wright was introduced as the 11th CFL Commissioner in history.


2002 CFL season, CFL News in 2002
On April 29, Paul Tagliabue became the first NFL Commissioner in history to visit the Head Offices of the CFL.


2002 CFL season, CFL News in 2002
The Ottawa Renegades played their first regular season game on June 28 at Frank Clair Stadium. The Ottawa Renegades were placed in the East Division and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were returned to the West Division.


2002 CFL season, CFL News in 2002
The CFL and CFLPA agreed to a new CBA agreement on October 16. TSN reported a 27% increase in viewership of over 50 CFL games. Plus, the CBC announced a record TV audience of more than 5.2 million Canadian viewers for the Grey Cup game between the Montreal Alouettes and the Edmonton Eskimos.


2002 CFL season, CFL News in 2002
On November 20, four days before the 2002 Grey Cup game, the CFL unveiled a new logo: a red football (with white laces and circles at both ends) located in front of a maple leaf, also red, with black CFL lettering located beneath. It replaced the "helmet" logo that had been in use since 1969. This logo was used until 2015.


2002 CFL season, CFL News in 2002
For the second consecutive year, the Grey Cup attendance was over 60,000.


2002 CFL season, Regular season standings, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2002 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs
The Montreal Alouettes are the 2002 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos in front of their home crowd 25–16 at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. This is the first championship for Montreal since 1977. The Alouettes' Anthony Calvillo (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Pat Woodcock (WR) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.


2002 CFU Club Championship
The 2002 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


2002 CFU Club Championship
Group winners Arnett Gardens of Jamaica and W Connection of Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


2002 CFU Club Championship, Final round, Group A
Club Franciscain withdrew due to participation in Coupe de France. CONCACAF fined the club $11,000 and suspended it from international competition for one year.


2002 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2002 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 14 and March 16, 2002 at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, New York. Wayne State defeated Alabama-Huntsville 5–4 in overtime in the championship game to win the tournament for the second consecutive year.


2002 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured six team for the first time. The top two teams from the regular season received byes to the semifinals where they played the winners from the quarterfinal games. The two semifinal winners met in the championship game on March 16, 2002.


2002 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2002 CIS Men's Basketball Championship
The 2002 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 15-17, 2002. For the 15th straight year, it was played at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Alberta Golden Bears won their third national championship by beating the Western Ontario Mustangs.


2002 CIS football season
The 2002 CIS football season began on August 27, 2002, and concluded with the 38th Vanier Cup national championship on November 23 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, with the Saint Mary's Huskies winning their second consecutive championship and third overall. Twenty-six universities across Canada competed in CIS football this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).


2002 CIS football season, Results, Regular-season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2002 CIS football season, Results, Top 10
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked. Source:


2002 CIS football season, Results, Championships
The Vanier Cup was played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Churchill Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2002, the Mitchell Bowl replaced the long-standing Atlantic Bowl that had traditionally seen Huskies Stadium in Halifax host the annual game. This was done to increase competitive fairness in the CIAU. The Ontario conference's Yates Cup championship team hosted the winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship for the Churchill Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy visited the Dunsmore Cup Quebec champion for the Mitchell Bowl.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, also known as the 2002 FC Champions Cup, was the 37th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It featured a league format with 16 clubs. As part of the expansion, the quarterfinal stage for the current Champions Cup was moved to the first months of the 2002. Those clubs that had already qualified for the quarterfinal stage of the 2001 CONCACAF Champions' Cup were moved directly into the new league format.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
To facilitate the shift to the new cycle of qualifying rounds in the latter half of one year and the league stage in the first half of the following, the decision was taken to use the current competition as the transition period and fold those clubs already qualified into the league format.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
In addition, the winner and runner-up of the 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup (Club América and D.C. United) was also merged into the first edition to provide both of those clubs the opportunity to compete for a spot in the 2003 FIFA Club World Championship, as they would have done under the previous competition system. This was convenient, as one of the qualifying MLS teams, Miami Fusion F.C., was folded after the 2001 season despite winning the MLS Supporters' Shield that year.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Club Comunicaciones, Tauro FC and Alajuelense, were elected as the top Central American non-qualifiers for the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup and finally the 2001 MLS Cup champions San Jose Earthquakes and the Mexican 2001 Invierno season champions Pachuca. Originally, 4 groups of 4 teams each, to be drawn in December or January, were planned, but at the end of November, CONCACAF changed plans once again and decided to play the tournament in a two-legs knock-out format, without a group stage. Because of this, the tournament's name was changed from CONCACAF Champions League back to CONCACAF Champions Cup.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The two finalists were supposed to qualify for the cancelled 2003 FIFA World Club Championship. Mexican club Pachuca beat countryfellow Monarcas Morelia 1–0 in the final to win their first CONCACAF trophy.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, North American zone
Morelia – 2000 Invierno champion Pachuca – 2001 Invierno champion Santos Laguna – 2001 Verano champion Club América – 2001 Giants Cup champion Kansas City Wizards – 2000 MLS Cup champion and 2000 MLS Supporters' Shield winner Chicago Fire – 2000 MLS Cup runner-up San Jose Earthquakes – 2001 MLS Cup champion D.C. United – 2001 Giants Cup runner-up


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, Central American zone
Municipal – UNCAF champion Saprissa – UNCAF runner-up Olimpia – UNCAF third place Comunicaciones – UNCAF fourth place Tauro – UNCAF semifinal qualifier Alajuelense – UNCAF semifinal qualifier


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Qualified teams, Caribbean zone
Defence Force – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist W Connection – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, First round
First leg and Second leg matches were played between February 3, 2002 and March 27, 2002.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Quarterfinals
First leg and Second leg matches were played between April 14, 2002 and April 24, 2002.


2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Semifinals
First leg and Second leg matches were played between August 7, 2002 and August 28, 2002.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 2000: twelve teams were split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Ecuador and South Korea were invited from outside CONCACAF.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada, who rode the coin toss all the way to winning the 2000 Cup, needed luck once again, as all games in Group D ended with a 2-0 result. Lots were drawn, with Canada and Haiti moving on to the next round; Ecuador did not. But the Canadian team's luck ran dry in the semifinals, as the U.S. beat them on penalties after tying 0-0. The United States then met Costa Rica in the final and topped them 2-0 behind goals by Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos for their first tournament win since 1991.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
During the tournament, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected from Cuba to the United States.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Qualified teams, Qualification play-off
A qualification playoff to determine the final Gold Cup entrant was held in July and August 2001.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Squads
The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on 2 February 2002 and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the United States and Costa Rica. This was the first Gold Cup Final that Costa Rica has reached, and the second ever from a Central American nation; the first one was in 1991 when Honduras reached the final. The United States won 2–0 with goals from Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos, sealing their second-ever Gold Cup victory.


2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads
These are the squads for the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.


2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the sixth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in Seattle, Washington, United States and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The winning team, the United States, and runners-up, Canada, qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The U.S. were later awarded hosting rights to the 2003 tournament, replacing China due to the SARS outbreak. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two play-off matches for qualification.


2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, UNCAF Qualifying
Nicaragua and Belize withdrew. The first-placed Costa Rica and the second-placed Panama qualified for the Women's Gold Cup.


2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, CFU Qualifying, Group 3
Guyana and  Montserrat withdrew, causing  Suriname and  U.S. Virgin Islands to win by walkover.


2002 COSAFA Cup, Quarter-Finals
The four semi-finalists of the 2001 edition Angola (holders), Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi received byes to the quarter-finals.


2002 CPISRA European Soccer Championship
The 2002 CPISRA European Soccer Championship was the European championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Ukraine from 30 August to 8 September 2002.


2002 CPISRA European Soccer Championship
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 2003 CPISRA Soccer World Championships.


2002 CPISRA European Soccer Championship, Venues
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Kiev.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship
The 2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship was an American championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disability competed. The Championship took place in Chile from 22 to 29 September 2002.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship
Football 7-a-side was played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications were that there were seven players, no offside, a smaller playing field, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consisted of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. The Championships was a qualifying event for the 2003 CPISRA Soccer World Championships.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship, Participating teams and officials, Squads
Adolfo AguilarJay ApreaJosh BlueGeoff GlassTim KristnerJon McCulloughJosh McKinneyAaron MyersMike PetersJohn TheobaldGeorge SansonetisEli WolffDave Woosnam


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship, Venues
The venues to be used for the World Championships were located in Santiago de Chile.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship, Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 4 teams in one group, where engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. In both of the best placed, they play in the final for the tournament, the two last teams play for third place.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship, Format
ClassificationAthletes with a physical disability competed. The athlete's disability was caused by a non-progressive brain damage that affects motor control, such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or stroke. Athletes must be ambulant.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship, Format
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than two players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.


2002 CPISRA Pan-American Soccer Championship, Group stage
In the group stage have seen the teams in a one group of four teams.


2002 CPSL Canada Cup
The 2002 Canada Cup (known as the Government of Canada Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's league cup tournament running from late June through late September. Ottawa Wizards successfully defended the title after defeating Toronto Croatia 1-0 at Cove Road Stadium in London, Ontario. The format of the competition changed with the introduction of a qualifying round with a home and away two-game series instead of the traditional group stage format previously used by the league.


2002 CPSL Canada Cup
The tournament received a title sponsor from the government of Canada after the league received a federal grant of $100,000. The original hosting rights were granted to Hamilton, but after failing to successfully organize the tournament the responsibilities were given to London, which in return received a wild card match privilege. The decision to grant London the hosting rights produced controversy as originally Ottawa was selected by the CPSL executives to replace Hamilton, but was vetoed by the team owners as London was deemed more of reliable venue.


2002 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 2002 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


2002 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed as an NCAA Division I-AA independent in 2002. The Mustangs were led by second-year head coach Rich Ellerson and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The Mustangs finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 247–302 for the season.


2002 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft.


2002 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2002 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 2002. Twenty teams, the top ten from each conference, qualified for the playoffs. The seventh-, eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-placed teams in each conference played best-of-three series in the qualifying round. The four winners, in addition to the other twelve teams that qualified, played best-of-five series for conference quarterfinals. The remaining 8 teams played best-of-seven series for conference semifinals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 3, 2002 with the Chicago Wolves defeating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers four games to one to win the first Calder Cup in team history.


2002 Calder Cup playoffs
Chicago's Pasi Nurminen won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP. Teammate Rob Brown recorded 26 assists, tying an AHL playoff record. The Chicago Wolves as a team also set three AHL playoff records during their Calder Cup run by playing 25 games, winning 17 games in one playoff, and winning 12 home games in one playoff.


2002 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 2001–02 AHL regular season, 20 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top ten teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers were the Eastern Conference regular season champions as well as the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners with the best overall regular season record. The Syracuse Crunch were the Western Conference regular season champions. Division champions were automatically ranked 1-3.


2002 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
The top 6 teams in each conference receive byes to the Conference Quarterfinals. In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In the qualification round, all games are played at the arena of the higher seed. In each round the higher seed receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format for each series after the Qualification Round due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


2002 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 32.16% (47,091 voters of an electorate of 146,407). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.


2002 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections between 2002 and 2003, Mixenden ward, 2003
This by-election has become synonymous as an example of a likely Condorcet loser winning.


2002 Calgary Stampeders season
The 2002 Calgary Stampeders season was the 45th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 64th overall. The Stampeders finished in 5th place in the West Division with a 6–12 record and failed to make the playoffs, marking the first time Wally Buono had missed the playoffs in his 13 years as head coach of the team.


2002 California Attorney General election
The 2002 California Attorney General election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. The Democratic incumbent, Bill Lockyer, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman.


2002 California Attorney General election, Primary Results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at .


2002 California Courts of Appeal election
The 2002 California Courts of Appeal election was held November 5, 2002. The judges of the California Courts of Appeal are either approved to remain in their seat or rejected by the voters. All of the judges kept their seats.


2002 California Golden Bears football team
The 2002 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Golden Bears compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 427 to 318.


2002 California Golden Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Kyle Boller with 2,815 passing yards, Joe Igber with 1,130 rushing yards, and Lashaun Ward with 709 receiving yards. Despite finishing the season with a 7–5 record, the Bears did not participate in a bowl game.


2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
The 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated Corporations Commissioner Gary Mendoza, the Republican nominee, for the office previously held by Harry W. Low.


2002 California Insurance Commissioner election, Primary Results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at .


2002 California Proposition 46
Proposition 46 was a California ballot proposition on the November 5, 2002 ballot. The official title was Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002. It passed with 3,984,121 (57.6%) votes in favor and 2,942,851 (42.4%) against. It was placed on the ballot by a vote of the California State Legislature on SB 1227.


2002 California Proposition 46, Official summary
Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local GovernmentFiscal Impact:


2002 California Proposition 47
Proposition 47 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 5, 2002 ballot. The official title was "Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002." The proposition passed with 4,138,826 (59.1%) votes in favor and 2,869,577 (40.9%) against. It was placed on the ballot by a vote of the state legislature on AB 16.


2002 California Proposition 47
When put on the ballot, the question before voters was:


2002 California Proposition 47
Should the state sell thirteen billion fifty million dollars ($13,050,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?


2002 California Proposition 47, State and Local Government
The passing of California Proposition 47 resulted in a cost of about $26.2 billion over 30 years to pay off both the principal ($13.05 billion) and interest ($13.15 billion) costs on the bonds at a state level. This will consist of payments of about $873 million per year.


2002 California Proposition 48
Proposition 48 was a California ballot proposition on the November 5, 2002 ballot. It proposed an amendment to the California Constitution to remove obsolete references to municipal courts. It passed successfully with 4,750,367 (72.9%) votes in favor and 1,769,299 (27.1%) against. It was placed on the ballot by a vote of the California State Legislature on Assembly Constitutional Amendment 16 (ACA 16).


2002 California Proposition 48, Official summary
Amends Constitution to delete references to the municipal courts, which references are now obsolete due to the consolidation of superior and municipal trial courts into unified superior courts.


2002 California Proposition 48, Official summary
Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government


2002 California Proposition 49
Proposition 49 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 5, 2002 ballot. The official title was "The After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002." The proposition passed with 3,946,448 (56.7%) votes in favor and 3,023,433 (43.3%) against. It was placed on the ballot through the initiative process. The proposition was heavily pushed and backed by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and its passage marked his first political success.


2002 California Proposition 49
When put on the ballot, the question before voters was:


2002 California Proposition 49
Should funding for before and after school programs be substantially increased, and starting in 2004-05, should general funds be permanently earmarked for this program?


2002 California Proposition 49, State and Local Government
The passing of California Proposition 49 for before and after school programs resulted in an additional annual state costs of up to $455 million, beginning in 2004–05.


2002 California Proposition 50
Proposition 50 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 5, 2002 ballot. The proposition passed with 3,808,594 (55.4%) votes in favor and 3,076,333 (44.6%) against. It was placed on the ballot through the initiative process.


2002 California Proposition 50
When put on the ballot, the question before voters was:


2002 California Proposition 50
Should the state borrow three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for a variety of water projects including coastal protection, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, integrated regional water management, safe drinking water, and water quality?


2002 California Proposition 50, State and Local Government
The passing of California Proposition 50 resulted in a cost of up to $6.9 billion over 30 years to pay off both the principal ($3.44 billion) and interest ($3.46 billion) costs on the bonds at a state level. This will consist of payments of about $230 million per year. It would also cause a reduction in local property tax revenues, ranging from a few million dollars to roughly $10 million annually, about one-half of which would be off-set by state payments to schools to make up their revenue loss. It had unknown costs to state and local governments to operate or maintain the properties or projects purchased or developed with the bond funds.


2002 California Proposition 51
Proposition 51 was a California ballot proposition on the November 5, 2002 ballot. It was officially titled Traffic Congestion Relief and Safe School Buses Act. It failed to pass with 2,774,539 (41.4%) votes in favor and 3,922,590 (58.6%) against. It was placed on the ballot through the initiative process.


2002 California Proposition 51, Official summary
Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:


2002 California Proposition 52
Proposition 52 was a California ballot proposition on the November 5, 2002 ballot. It failed to pass with 2,808,240 (40.6%) votes in favor and 4,108,362 (59.4%) against. It would allow Election Day voter registration, removing the deadline to register to vote, which was 15 days prior to an election. It was placed on the ballot through the initiative process.


2002 California Proposition 52, Official summary
Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:


2002 California Secretary of State election
The 2002 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on June 4, 2002. State Assemblyman Kevin Shelley, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican, State Senator Keith Olberg.


2002 California State Assembly election
The 2002 California State Assembly elections were held on November 5, 2002. California's State Assembly in its entirety comes up for election in even numbered years. Each seat has a two-year term and members are limited to three 2-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year. Democrats retained control of the Assembly, though they lost two seats.


2002 California State Controller election
The 2002 California State Controller election was on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Businessman Steve Westly, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican nominee, Senator Tom McClintock, for the office previously held by Kathleen Connell, who was term-limited.


2002 California State Controller election, Primary results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at .


2002 California State Senate election
The 2002 California State Senate elections were held on  November 5, 2002. Senate seats of even-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms and are limited to two terms. As was expected, the Democratic Party held on to the majority of the seats, though they lost one.


2002 California State Treasurer election
The 2002 California State Treasurer election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. The Democratic incumbent, Phil Angelides, defeated the Republican nominee, Greg Conlon.


2002 California State Treasurer election, Primary results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at .


2002 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election
The 2002 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election occurred on March 5, 2002. Jack O'Connell, defeated Katherine H. Smith, Lynne C. Leach, and Joe Taylor to replace Delaine Eastin.


2002 California elections
California's state elections were held on November 5, 2002. Necessary primary elections were held on March 5. Up for election were all the seats of the California State Assembly, 20 seats of the California Senate, seven constitutional officers, all the seats of the California Board of Equalization, as well as votes on retention of two Supreme Court justices and various appeals court judges. Seven ballot measures were also up for approval. Municipal offices were also included in the election.


2002 California elections
The incumbent governor Gray Davis won reelection with less than 50% of the vote over his Republican challenger Bill Simon. Democrats also won every other statewide office and maintained their majorities in both houses of the state legislature.


2002 California elections, California State Legislature elections, State Senate
There are 40 seats in the State Senate. For this election, candidates running in odd-numbered districts ran for four-year terms.


2002 California elections, California State Legislature elections, State Assembly
All 80 biennially elected seats of the State Assembly were up for election this year. Each seat has a two-year term. The Democrats retained control of the State Assembly.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions
Seven propositions qualified to be listed on the general election ballot in California. Five of them passed.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 46
Proposition 46 would create a trust fund by selling $2.1 billion in general obligation funds to fund 21 types of housing programs, including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing. Proposition 46 passed with 57.5% approval.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 47
The state would sell $13 billion in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities. Proposition 47 passed with 59% approval.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 48
Would amend the Constitution to delete references to the municipal courts. Proposition 48 passed with 72.8% approval.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 49
Would substantially increase funding for before and after-school programs, and make general funds permanently earmarked for the programs beginning in the 2004-2005 school year. Proposition 49 passed with 56.6% approval.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 50
The state would borrow $3.4 billion through the sale of general obligation bonds for water projects. Proposition 50 passed with 55.4% approval.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 51
Would permanently allocate sales and use taxes raised from the sale or lease of motor vehicles to specific transportation projects. Proposition 51 failed with 41.4% approval.


2002 California elections, Statewide ballot propositions, Proposition 52
Would allow legally eligible California residents presenting proof of current residence to register to vote on Election Day (same-day voter registration). Proposition 52 failed with 40.6% approval.


2002 California gubernatorial election
The 2002 California gubernatorial election was an election that occurred on November 5, 2002. Democrat Gray Davis defeated Republican Bill Simon by 5% and was re-elected to a second four-year term as Governor of California. Davis would be recalled less than a year into his next term.


2002 California gubernatorial election
The 2002 gubernatorial primary occurred in March 2002. Gray Davis faced no major competitor in the primary and won the nomination. Simon defeated former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan in the Republican primary. Gray Davis ran a series of negative ads against Riordan in the primary. Riordan was seen as a moderate and early state polls showed him defeating Gray Davis in the general election.


2002 California gubernatorial election, Primaries
During the 2002 election campaign, Davis took the unusual step of taking out campaign ads during the Republican primaries against Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan. Davis claimed that Riordan had attacked his record and that his campaign was defending his record. Polls showed that, as a moderate, Riordan would be a more formidable challenger in the general election than a conservative candidate. Polls even showed that Riordan would defeat Davis. Davis attacked Riordan with negative ads in the primary. The ads questioned Riordan's pro-choice stance by questioning Riordan's support of pro-life politicians and judges. The ads pointed out Riordan's position of wanting a moratorium on the death penalty as being to the left of Gray Davis, who strongly supported it.


2002 California gubernatorial election, Primaries
In 2000, the United States Supreme Court in California Democratic Party v. Jones struck down California's blanket primary. With the end of the blanket primary, only non-partisans and registered Republicans could vote for Richard Riordan in the 2002 primary. The end of the blanket primary made it more difficult for the more moderate Riordan. It has long been known in politics that primary voters are much more ideological and strongly liberal or strongly conservative than those who vote in the general election.


2002 California gubernatorial election, Primaries
Additionally, the Republican primary included negative attacks between Bill Jones and Riordan. Jones highlighted in his attack ads against Riordan that Riordan had contributed money to Davis in past campaigns and had called Bill Clinton "the greatest leader in the free world." Riordan's counter ads highlighted that Jones had also contributed money to Davis. By late February 2002, Riordan's strong lead in the Republican primary had begun to slip. In the previous months of the campaign, Riordan focused his ads and energies on campaigning against Gray Davis and defending himself from Davis' attack ads.


2002 California gubernatorial election, Primaries
Davis' negative ads against Riordan appear to have contributed to Riordan's defeat in the Republican primary by the more staunchly conservative candidate Bill Simon.


2002 California gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Davis was re-elected in the November 2002 general election following a long and bitter campaign against Simon, marked by accusations of ethical lapses on both sides and widespread voter apathy. Simon was also hurt by a financial fraud scandal that tarnished his reputation. Davis' campaign featured several negative ads that highlighted Simon's financial fraud scandal. Simon attacked Davis for supposedly fundraising in the Lieutenant Governor's office during his time as Lt. Governor, but the attack backfired when it turned out the photograph had been instead taken in a private home in Santa Monica.


2002 California gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The 2002 gubernatorial race was the most expensive in California state history with over $100 million spent. Davis' campaign was better financed; Davis had over $26 million in campaign reserves more than Simon in August 2002. Davis won re-election with 47.3% of the vote to Simon's 42.4%. The Simon-Davis race led in the lowest turnout percentage in modern gubernatorial history, allowing for a lower than normal number of signatures required for a recall. Davis won the election but the majority of the voters disliked Davis and did not approve of his job performance.


2002 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2002 California lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. The Democratic incumbent, Cruz Bustamante, defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Bruce McPherson.


2002 California lieutenant gubernatorial election, Primary results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at .


2002 California wildfires
The 2002 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2002. In total, there were 8,328 fires that burned 969,890 acres (3,925.0 km2) of land.


2002 California wildfires, Fires
Below is a list of fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) or caused a notable amount of damage during the 2002 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.


2002 Cambodian League
In the 2002 Cambodian League, Samart United won the championship.


2002 Cambodian communal elections
Communal elections were held in Cambodia for the first time on 3 February 2002.


2002 Camden London Borough Council election
The 2002 Camden Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 5. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Camden London Borough Council election, Election result
For the election Camden had a trial of early voting on 27–28 April in an attempt to increase turnout, however overall turnout at 28.4% was down on the 33.4% in 1998.


2002 Cameroonian Premier League
In the 2002 Cameroonian Premier League season, 16 teams competed. Canon Yaoundé won the championship.


2002 Cameroonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 30 June 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, which won 149 of the 180 seats. In 17 constituencies the result was cancelled by the Supreme Court due to irregularities and the election re-run on 15 September.


2002 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 2002  was won by the selection of Buenos Aires


2002 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The 24 teams participating were divided on three levels : "Campeonato", "Ascenso", "Desarrollo".


2002 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, "Desarollo" (development)
New name and formula for the third level of the championship


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, known as Troféu Visa Electron by sponsorship reasons, was the 46th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on August 10, 2002, and reached its end on December 15, 2002. It was the last championship with a knockout stage. The competition was won by Santos.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Format
The 26 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals, in which the eight-placed team played against the first-placed team, the seventh-placed team played against the second-placed team, the sixth-placed team played against the third-placed team, and the fifth-placed team played against the fourth-placed team. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played over two legs. The four worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B of the following year.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Finals
Santos: Fábio Costa; Michel, Preto, Alex and Léo, Paulo Almeida, Renato, Elano and Diego; Robinho and Alberto. Head coach: Émerson Leão.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Finals
Corinthians: Doni; Rogério, Fábio Luciano, Scheidt and Kléber; Vampeta, Fabrício and Renato (Leandro); Deivid (Marcinho), Guilherme and Gil. Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Finals
Corinthians: Doni; Rogério, Fábio Luciano, Anderson and Kléber; Vampeta, Fabinho (Fabrício) and Renato (Marcinho); Deivid, Guilherme (Leandro) and Gil. Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Finals
Santos: Fábio Costa; Maurinho, André Luís, Alex and Léo; Paulo Almeida, Renato, Elano and Diego (Robert, and then Michel); Robinho and William (Alexandre). Head coach: Émerson Leão.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 7, 2002. The competition had 26 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated to Série C.The competition was won by Criciúma.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Criciúma defeated Fortaleza in the finals, and was declared 2002 Brazilian Série B champions, claiming the promotion to the 2003 Série A along with Fortaleza, the runners-up. The six worst ranked teams in the first round ( Americano, Botafogo-SP, Sampaio Corrêa, Guarany de Sobral, XV de Piracicaba and Bragantino) were relegated to play Série C in 2003.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Format
The 26 teams played against each other once. The eight best placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals, in which the eight-placed team played against the first-placed team, the seventh-placed team played against the second-placed team, the sixth-placed team played against the third-placed team, and the fifth-placed team played against the fourth-placed team. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played over two legs. The six worst teams in the first stage were relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C of the following year.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2002, the third level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 24 to December 1, 2002. The competition had 65 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série B.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Brasiliense finished the final phase group with most points and was declared 2002 Brazilian Série C champions, claiming the promotion to the 2003 Série B along with Marília, the runners-up.


2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Stages of the competition, First stage
Note: Moto Club withdrew before the start of the championship.


2002 Campeonato Carioca
The 2002 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 26 and ended on June 27, 2002. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Eighteen teams contested this edition. Due to multiple schedule conflicts with the Rio-São Paulo tournament that year, the big teams used mostly reserve teams in the first phase. Fluminense won the title for the 29th time, however, due to an incident in the semifinals, the title remained under dispute until 2009. Entrerriense, CFZ, Cabofriense, Serrano, Portuguesa, São Cristóvão and Itaperuna were relegated.


2002 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 82nd season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 13, 2002 and ended on May 29, 2002. Seventeen teams participated. Holders Grêmio were eliminated in the Semifinals, while Internacional beat 15 de Novembro in the finals and won their 34th title. São Paulo was relegated.


2002 Campeonato Mineiro
The 2002 Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I was the 88th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on February 3 and ended on May 30. Caldense won the title for the regular season, that being its first title, and Cruzeiro won the superchampionship, winning the title for the 31st time.


2002 Campeonato Paulista
The 2002 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 101st season of São Paulo's top professional football league. The championship proper only had the presence of the smaller teams of the state, since the Rio-São Paulo tournament took up most of the first semester for the bigger teams. The champions would get a berth in the Superchampionship, which would also feature the three best Paulista teams in the Rio-São Paulo. Ituano won the championship by the 1st time, and subsequently, lost the finals of the Superchampionship to São Paulo. Matonense was relegated.


2002 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol
Statistics of Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol in the 2002 season.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The 2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and ran from 23 September until 29 September 2002. Second-seeded Fernando González won the singles title.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Finals, Doubles
Lucas Arnold /  Luis Lobo defeated  František Čermák /  Leoš Friedl 6–4, 4–6, 6–2


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Doubles
Tomás Carbonell and Daniel Orsanic were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Doubles
Lucas Arnold and Luis Lobo won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 against František Čermák and Leoš Friedl.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles
Félix Mantilla was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles
Fernando González won in the final 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 against José Acasuso.


2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2002 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup
The 2002 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 113th edition of the Canada Masters and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2002 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2002 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto in Canada from July 29 through August 4, 2002 and the women's event at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal in Canada from August 10 through August 18, 2002.


2002 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup
The men's draw featured World No. 1 and Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt, ATP No. 2 and Australian Open runner-up Marat Safin, and ATP No. 3 and Rome finalist Tommy Haas. Other top players present were Indian Wells finalist Tim Henman, French Open doubles champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Albert Costa, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero.


2002 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup
The women's draw was led by new World No. 1, French Open and Wimbledon winner and defending champion Serena Williams, WTA No. 3 and Australian Open champion Jennifer Capriati, Sarasota and Birmingham titlist and Manhattan Beach doubles champion Jelena Dokić. Other top seeds were Hamburg winner Kim Clijsters, Berlin champion Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo and Daniela Hantuchová.


2002 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3


2002 Canada Masters and the Rogers AT&T Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez defeated  Rika Fujiwara /  Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


2002 Canada Masters – Doubles
The 2002 Canada Masters – Doubles was the men's singles event of the one hundred and thirteenth edition of the Canada Masters; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious men's tennis tournament held in Canada. Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novák with Radek Štěpánek and Rikl with David Prinosil. Novak and Štěpánek lost in the second round to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. Prinosil and Rikl lost in the semifinals to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. The Bryans won in the final 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 against Knowles and Nestor.


2002 Canada Masters – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2002 Canada Masters – Singles
The 2002 Canada Masters – Singles was the men's singles event of the one hundred and thirteenth edition of the Canada Masters; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious men's tennis tournament held in Canada. Andrei Pavel was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Marat Safin. Guillermo Cañas won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Andy Roddick.


2002 Canada Masters – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2002 Canada rugby union tour of Europe
The 2002 Canada rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2002 in Wales and France by Canada national rugby union team.


2002 Canada rugby union tour of Europe, Results
Wales: Rhys Williams, Mark Jones, Jamie Robinson, Sonny Parker, Gareth Thomas, Stephen Jones, Dwayne Peel, Colin Charvis (capt. ), Martyn Williams, Dafydd Jones, Gareth Llewellyn, Vernon Cooper, Ben Evans, Robin McBryde, Iestyn Thomas,  – replacements: Michael Owen, Scott Quinnell, Ryan Powell, Gethin Jenkins, Nick Walne     –  No entry : 16.Mefin Davies, 17.Gethin Jenkins, 22.Nick WalneCanada: 15.Winston Stanley, 14.Sean Fauth, 13.Nik Witkowski, 12.John Cannon, 11.Fred Asselin, 10.Jared Barker, 9.Morgan Williams, 8.Phil Murphy, 7.Adam van Staveren, 6.Ryan Banks, 5.Mike James, 4.John Tait, 3.Jon Thiel, 2.Pat Dunkley (capt. ), 1.Rod Snow,  – replacements: 17.Kevin Tkachuk, 18.Jamie Cudmore, 19.Leif Carlson, 20.Ed Fairhurst, 22.Marco di Girolamo     –  No entry: 16.Mark Lawson, 21.Bobby Ross


2002 Canada rugby union tour of Europe, Results
France: Nicolas Brusque, Vincent Clerc, Thomas Castaignede, Damien Traille, David Bory, Gerald Merceron, Fabien Galthie (capt. ), Imanol Harinordoquy, Olivier Magne, Serge Betsen, Olivier Brouzet, Fabien Pelous, Pieter de Villiers, Raphael Ibanez, Jean-Jacques Crenca,  – replacements: Sylvain Marconnet, Jean-Baptiste Rue, David Auradou, Sebastien Chabal, Dimitri Yachvili, Francois Gelez, Xavier Garbajosa Canada: 15.Winston Stanley, 14.Sean Fauth, 13.Nik Witkowski, 12.John Cannon, 11.Fred Asselin, 10.Bobby Ross, 9.Morgan Williams, 8.Phil Murphy, 7.Ryan Banks, 6.Alan Charron (capt. ), 5.Mike James, 4.John Tait, 3.Jon Thiel, 2.Pat Dunkley, 1.Rod Snow,  – replacements: 16.Mark Lawson, 17.Kevin Tkachuk, 18.Jamie Cudmore, 19.Adam van Staveren, 20.Ed Fairhurst, 22.Marco di Girolamo    –  No entry: 21.Jared Barker


2002 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2002 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held between January 8 and 13, 2002 at the Copps Coliseum and Chedoke Arena in Hamilton, Ontario. They were the figure skating national championship held to determine the national champions of Canada. It was organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. Due to the large number of competitors, the senior men's and senior ladies' qualifying rounds were split into two groups. Aside from determining the national champions, the event also served to help choose the Canadian teams to the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, the 2002 Four Continents Championships, and the 2002 World Junior Championships.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2002 Canadian Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2002 Formula One season and was held on 9 June 2002 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Michael Schumacher won his sixth Grand Prix of the season and his fifth Canadian Grand Prix win. Schumacher fended off the challenges of Juan Pablo Montoya, who later retired, and his teammate Rubens Barrichello, whose race strategy cost him a chance of victory and demoting him to third. Fresh off his victory at Monaco, David Coulthard finished second in the race and earned his fourth podium finish of the season.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Background
The Canadian Grand Prix is the first race of the season were the cars run in a low downforce configuration. The previous Canadian Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher in the Wiliams won comfortably from Michael Schumacher thanks to the power of the BMW engine. However this time, it is believed that Ferrari have closed the gap considerably in terms of engine power and therefore expect a showdown between the 2 teams with tyres playing a major role in the outcome of the race. Behind those two teams, no one will come close but expect a fight between Sauber, Renault, McLaren and possibly the Honda runners.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Background
The previous week before the race, all the Formula 1 teams were testing. With the exception of Minardi, all the teams were testing at Silverstone but due to changing weather conditions, it was hard to read anything into the times. Ferrari were also testing at Monza while BAR had a private session at Circuit Paul Ricard to test the new components to be used here and that includes a new engine, gearbox and aero package. Minardi also conducted a 2-day test at Vairano.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying
Juan Pablo Montoya in the Wiliams secured his third pole position of the season and the sixth of his career after seeing off a close challenge from world championship leader, Michael Schumacher. Montoya posted a 1m 12.836s to beat his arch-rival Schumacher by just 0.182s.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying
Montoya was the only driver to break the 1m 13s barrier and he did it twice. Schumacher`s chances of retaliating at the end of the session were spoiled by a few spots of rain that affected one or two parts of the track. Montoya quoted, "The car has been very competitive so far, and the tyres play a very important role. It is going to be an interesting race tomorrow where strategy and tyres will be important factors."


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying
Michael Schumacher`s teammate Rubens Barrichello lined up third, despite an accident during Saturday morning final free practice session and a spin towards the end of qualifying. He starts just ahead of Michelin drivers Ralf Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen. Ralf Schumacher, the winner of the previous Canadian Grand Prix had a technical problem, meant that he had to switch to the T-car which was set for Montoya. Ralf quoted, "The T-car was set up for Juan but I have managed to take the best out of it anyway. I am confident for the race, also because I am sure that Michelin are competitive here."


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying
David Coulthard in the McLaren and Jarno Trulli in the Renault were the other Michelin drivers to crack the top 10. It was a dramatic session for Trulli, who was hindered when he smashed his race chassis into one of the circuit`s concrete retaining walls and had to return the crippled car to the pit lane before switching to his team`s spare chassis for his final run.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying
Jenson Button in the Renault led the remaining Michelin runners, ahead of Eddie Irvine, Pedro de la Rosa, Mika Salo, Allan McNish, Mark Webber and Alex Yoong. De la Rosa had to abort one run because of a spin. Yoong failed to complete the last of four qualifying laps because a technical problem forced him to pull off the track.