2002 FIBA World Championship for Women

2002 FIBA World Championship
for Women
14th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	September 14–25
Teams	16
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (7th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Lisa Leslie
Top scorer	Jackson (23.1)
Top rebounds	Baranova (11)
Top assists	Chien (5.5)
PPG (Team)	(88.6)
RPG (Team)	(39.3)
APG (Team)	(14.4)
Official website
	2002 FIBA World Championship for Women
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The 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women (Chinese: 2002年国际篮联世界女子锦标赛; pinyin: 2002 Nián guójì lán lián shìjiè nǚzǐ jǐnbiāosài) was hosted by China from September 14 to September 25, 2002. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Chinese federation. The USA won the tournament, defeating Russia 79-74 for the gold medal.

Venues

City	Venue
Wuzhong
Taicang
Zhangjiagang
Changshu
Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center
Changzhou
Huai'an
Zhenjiang
Nanjing	Wutaishan Gymnasium

Competing nations

Except China, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as the reigning Olympic champion, the 14 remaining countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournaments:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Japan	Brazil	Lithuania	South Korea
Argentina	China	Chinese Taipei	Tunisia
Australia	Yugoslavia	United States	France
Spain	Senegal	Russia	Cuba

Teams qualified

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA
Australia	6	3	0	256	164
Spain	5	2	1	255	191
Argentina	4	1	2	182	247
Japan	3	0	3	181	272

September 14, 2002


Japan	65–74	Argentina	Wuzhong
Australia	73–58	Spain	Wuzhong

September 15, 2002


Argentina	53–85	Australia	Wuzhong
Spain	100–63	Japan	Wuzhong

September 16, 2002


Australia	98–53	Japan
Argentina	55–97	Spain	Wuzhong

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA
Brazil	6	3	0	264	200
China	5	2	1	226	213
Yugoslavia	4	1	2	234	224
Senegal	3	0	3	181	268

September 14, 2002


Brazil	85–73	China	Taicang
Yugoslavia	94–66	Senegal	Taicang

September 15, 2002


China	72–65	Yugoslavia	Taicang
Senegal	52–93	Brazil	Taicang

September 16, 2002


Senegal	63–81	China
Brazil	86–75	Yugoslavia	Taicang

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA
United States	6	3	0	274	142
Russia	5	2	1	235	196
Lithuania	4	1	2	201	282
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	165	255

September 14, 2002


Lithuania	92–80	Chinese Taipei	Zhangjiagang
United States	89–55	Russia	Zhangjiagang

September 15, 2002


Russia	97–61	Lithuania	Zhangjiagang
Chinese Taipei	39–80	United States	Zhangjiagang

September 16, 2002


Chinese Taipei	46–83	Russia
United States	105–48	Lithuania	Zhangjiagang

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA
France	6	3	0	313	176
South Korea	5	2	1	282	231
Cuba	4	1	2	222	235
Tunisia	3	0	3	170	345

September 14, 2002


South Korea	124–70	Tunisia	Changshu
France	92–61	Cuba	Changshu

September 15, 2002


Cuba	71–78	South Korea	Changshu
Tunisia	35–131	France	Changshu

September 16, 2002


Tunisia	65–90	Cuba
France	90–80	South Korea	Changshu

Eighth-final round

Group E

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA
Brazil	11	5	1	492	176
Australia	11	5	1	524	231
China	10	4	2	472	235
Spain	10	4	2	473	345
Yugoslavia	8	2	4	466	235
Argentina	7	1	5	352	345

September 18, 2002


Yugoslavia	82–93	Australia	Suzhou
Brazil	85–39	Argentina	Suzhou
China	72–59	Spain

September 19, 2002


Argentina	76–83	Yugoslavia	Suzhou
Spain	78–68	Brazil	Suzhou
Australia	101–72	China

September 20, 2002


Yugoslavia	67–81	Spain
Brazil	75–74	Australia	Suzhou
China	102–55	Argentina

Group F

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA
United States	12	6	0	553	307
Russia	11	5	1	482	368
France	10	4	2	511	414
South Korea	9	3	3	458	484
Lithuania	8	2	4	397	489
Cuba	7	1	5	392	466

September 18, 2002


South Korea	47–92	Russia	Changzhou
Cuba	44–87	United States	Changzhou
France	71–63	Lithuania

September 19, 2002


United States	91–53	South Korea	Changzhou
Lithuania	63–60	Cuba	Changzhou
Russia	74–59	France

September 20, 2002


South Korea	76–70	Lithuania
Cuba	66–81	Russia	Changzhou
France	68–101	United States

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

September 23 - Nanjing

Brazil	70
		September 24 - Nanjing
South Korea	71
		South Korea	53
September 23 - Nanjing
		Russia	70
China	70
				September 25 - Nanjing
Russia	86
				Russia	74
September 23 - Nanjing
				United States	79
Spain	55
		September 24 - Nanjing
United States	94
		United States	71
September 23 - Nanjing
		Australia	56	Third place
Australia	78
				September 25 - Nanjing
France	52
				South Korea	63

				Australia	91

5th through 8th place

Classification round		Fifth place

September 24 - Nanjing

China	81
		September 25 - Nanjing
Brazil	80
		China	72
September 24 - Nanjing
		Spain	91
France	59

Spain	69
		Seventh place

		September 25 - Nanjing

		Brazil	74

		France	65

9th through 12th place

Classification round		Ninth place

September 23 - Zhenjiang

Yugoslavia	74
		September 24 - Zhenjiang
Cuba	76
		Cuba	92
September 23 - Zhenjiang
		Argentina	71
Lithuania	65

Argentina	71
		Eleventh place

		September 24 - Zhenjiang

		Yugoslavia	62

		Lithuania	83

13th through 16th place

Classification round		Thirteenth place

September 19 - Huai'an

Japan	91
		September 20 - Huai'an
Senegal	89
		Japan	76
September 19 - Huai'an
		Chinese Taipei	61
Chinese Taipei	107

Tunisia	70
		Fifteenth place

		September 20 - Huai'an

		Senegal	87

		Tunisia	52

Awards

2002 FIBA Women's World Championship winner
United States Seventh title

Most Valuable Player
Lisa Leslie

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	United States	9–0
2	Russia	7–2
3	Australia	7–2
4	South Korea	4–5
5	Spain	6–3
6	China	5–4
7	Brazil	6–3
8	France	4–5
9	Cuba	3–5
10	Argentina	2–6
11	Lithuania	3–5
12	Yugoslavia	2–6
13	Japan	2–3
14	Chinese Taipei	1–4
15	Senegal	1–4
16	Tunisia	0–5

References

^ "FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2002". usab.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015.

External links

FIBA Archive

[1] "FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2002". usab.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015.

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