2002 FIBA World Championship for Women

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.

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

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

Main article: 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women 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

September 15, 2002

Argentina	53–85	Australia	Wuzhong
Spain	100–63	Japan

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

September 15, 2002

China	72–65	Yugoslavia	Taicang
Senegal	52–93	Brazil

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

September 15, 2002

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

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

September 15, 2002

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

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
China	72–59	Spain

September 19, 2002

Argentina	76–83	Yugoslavia	Suzhou
Spain	78–68	Brazil
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
France	71–63	Lithuania

September 19, 2002

United States	91–53	South Korea	Changzhou
Lithuania	63–60	Cuba
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

• Shannon Johnson
• Amaya Valdemoro
• Elena Baranova
• Lauren Jackson
• Lisa Leslie

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

External links

• FIBA Archive