Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akadanwa kuCerro Pelado Training Center somumwe wevatambi vatsva vechikwata chenyika pazera remakore 21. Gare gare akatamba 2002 Cuban National League nekirabhu Occidentales iyo yakava mukwikwidzi weligi nerubatsiro rwaOrtiz, uye akarasikirwa nemutambo mumwe chete mumwaka wese. Mushure meCuban League, akabatana nechikwata chenyika pasi pekutungamirirwa kwevarairidzi Eugenio George, Luis Felipe Calderón naJorge Garbey, vakagadzirira rwendo rwekudziya nyika ina pamberi pePan American Cup. Pashure pokurova Dominican Republic 3-1, akahwina menduru yegoridhe ye2002 Pan-American Cup. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, akaenda ku
2002 FIVB World Grand Prix mumakwikwi umo timu yake yenyika yakarongedzwa munzvimbo yechinomwe. Aive pakati pechikwata cheCuba chakadaidzwa ku2002 FIVB World Championship, kwaakatamba zvakanyanya semutambi anotsiva. Zvisinei, chikwata chake chakarasikirwa ne0-3 neUnited States mumakwikwi ekupedzisira uye chaifanira kugutsikana nekutamba nzvimbo yechishanu kusvika kunzvimbo sere. Mushure mekukunda Bulgaria 3-2, vakakunda 3-2 pamusoro peKorea kuti vasvike panzvimbo yechishanu yemutambo.