2002 FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship 2002
14th FIBA World Basketball Championship
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2002 FIBA World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates August 29 – September 8
Teams 16 (from 211 federations)
Venues 2 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Yugoslavia (5th title)
MVP Dirk Nowitzki
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Dirk Nowitzki (24)  United States (92.30)
Rebounds Richard Lugo (12.2)  United States (38.44)[1]
Assists Carlos Arroyo (6.37)  United States (22.10)

The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002.

Contents

Venues

Indianapolis Indianapolis
Conseco Fieldhouse
Capacity: 18,345		 RCA Dome
Capacity: 57,980

Squads

Main article: 2002 FIBA World Championship squads

At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Competing nations

The following nations' teams competed:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Angola
Canada
Spain
FR Yugoslavia

Brazil
Lebanon
Puerto Rico
Turkey

Algeria
China
Germany
United States

Argentina
New Zealand
Russia
Venezuela

Preliminary rounds

The top three teams in each group advance to the second preliminary rounds, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the Thirteenth-to-sixteenth playoffs.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Spain 6 3 3 0 244 178 +66
FR Yugoslavia 5 3 2 1 269 205 +64
Angola 4 3 1 2 202 275 -73
Canada 3 3 0 3 199 256 -57

August 29, 2002

FR Yugoslavia 113–63 Angola Conseco Fieldhouse
Canada 54–85 Spain

August 30, 2002

Angola 84–74 Canada RCA Dome
Spain 71–69 FR Yugoslavia

August 31, 2002

Angola 55–88 Spain RCA Dome
Canada 71–87 FR Yugoslavia Conseco Fieldhouse

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Brazil 6 3 3 0 280 245 +35
Puerto Rico 5 3 2 1 263 242 +21
Turkey 4 3 1 2 268 246 +22
Lebanon 3 3 0 3 230 308 -78

August 29, 2002

Brazil 102–73 Lebanon RCA Dome
Puerto Rico 78–75 Turkey

August 30, 2002

Lebanon 77–99 Puerto Rico Conseco Fieldhouse
Turkey 86–88 Brazil

August 31, 2002

Lebanon 80–107 Turkey Conseco Fieldhouse
Puerto Rico 86–90 Brazil

Group C

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
United States 6 3 3 0 298 212 +86
Germany 5 3 2 1 277 250 +27
China 4 3 1 2 237 254 –17
Algeria 3 3 0 3 212 308 –96

August 29, 2002

China 76–88 Germany RCA Dome
United States 110–60 Algeria

August 30, 2002

Germany 87–104 United States RCA Dome
Algeria 82–96 China Conseco Fieldhouse

August 31, 2002

Algeria 70–102 Germany Conseco Fieldhouse
China 65–84 United States RCA Dome

Group D

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Argentina 6 3 3 0 319 238 +81
New Zealand 5 3 2 1 273 278 –5
Russia 4 3 1 2 248 259 –11
Venezuela 3 3 0 3 226 291 –65

August 29, 2002

New Zealand 90–81 Russia Conseco Fieldhouse
Argentina 107–72 Venezuela

August 30, 2002

Venezuela 85–98 New Zealand RCA Dome
Russia 81–100 Argentina Conseco Fieldhouse

August 31, 2002

Venezuela 69–86 Russia RCA Dome
New Zealand 85–112 Argentina

Second preliminary rounds

In this stage, the results in the preliminary rounds are combined and the teams who met previously do not play each other a second time. The teams that advanced from Group A and Group B are combined into Group E and teams that advanced from Group C and Group D are combined into Group F.

The top four from each group advance to the knockout stages; the bottom two advance to the Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs.

Group E

Team Pts P W L PF PA Diff
Puerto Rico# 11 6 5 1 510 488 +22
Spain 11 6 5 1 480 391 +89
FR Yugoslavia# 10 6 4 2 562 437 +125
Brazil 10 6 4 2 502 502 0
Turkey 8 6 2 4 496 509 –13
Angola 7 6 1 5 438 537 –99

# better in head to head record

September 2, 2002

Puerto Rico 85–83 FR Yugoslavia Conseco Fieldhouse
Turkey 64–87 Spain RCA Dome
Brazil 86–83 Angola Conseco Fieldhouse

September 3, 2002

Angola 66–86 Turkey Conseco Fieldhouse
Spain 65–73 Puerto Rico RCA Dome
FR Yugoslavia 90–69 Brazil RCA Dome

September 4, 2002

Puerto Rico 89–87 Angola RCA Dome
Turkey 78–110 FR Yugoslavia Conseco Fieldhouse
Brazil 67–84 Spain RCA Dome

Group F

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff
Argentina 12 6 6 0 587 466 +121
United States 11 6 5 1 605 443 +162
Germany 10 6 4 2 541 485 +56
New Zealand 9 6 3 3 493 560 –67
Russia 8 6 2 4 520 536 –16
China 7 6 1 5 464 538 –74

September 2, 2002

New Zealand 64–84 Germany RCA Dome
Russia 82–106 United States Conseco Fieldhouse
Argentina 95–71 China RCA Dome

September 3, 2002

China 68–95 Russia RCA Dome
United States 110–62 New Zealand Conseco Fieldhouse
Germany 77–86 Argentina Conseco Fieldhouse

September 4, 2002

New Zealand 94–88 China Conseco Fieldhouse
Russia 85–103 Germany RCA Dome
Argentina 87–80 United States Conseco Fieldhouse

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
September 5, 2002 - RCA Dome        
  Puerto Rico  63
September 7, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  New Zealand  65  
  New Zealand  78
September 5, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
    FR Yugoslavia  89  
  FR Yugoslavia  81
September 8, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  United States  78  
  FR Yugoslavia (OT)  84
September 5, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
    Argentina  77
  Spain  62
September 7, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  Germany  70  
  Germany  80 Third place
September 5, 2002 - RCA Dome
    Argentina  86  
  Brazil  67   New Zealand  94
  Argentina  78     Germany  117
September 8, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse

Classification

Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs

  Fifth to eighth Fifth place
September 6, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  Puerto Rico  74  
  United States  84  
 
September 7, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
      United States  75
    Spain  81
Seventh place
September 6, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse September 7, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  Spain  105   Puerto Rico  91
  Brazil  89     Brazil  84

Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs

  Ninth to twelfth Ninth place
September 6, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  Turkey  94  
  China  86  
 
September 7, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
      Turkey  91
    Russia  86
Eleventh place
September 6, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse September 7, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
  Angola  66   China  84
  Russia  77     Angola  96

Thirteenth-to-sixteenth playoffs

  Thirteenth to sixteenth Thirteenth place
September 2, 2002 - RCA Dome
  Canada  91  
  Lebanon  67  
 
September 3, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse
      Canada  98
    Venezuela  97
Fifteenth place
September 2, 2002 - Conseco Fieldhouse September 3, 2002 - RCA Dome
  Algeria  83   Lebanon  70
  Venezuela  98     Algeria  100

Awards

 2002 World Championship Winner 

Yugoslavia
Fifth title
Tournament MVP
Dirk Nowitzki

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1 Yugoslavia 7-2
2 Argentina 8-1
3 Germany 6-3
4 New Zealand 4-5
5 Spain 7-2
6 United States 6-3
7 Puerto Rico 6-3
8 Brazil 4-5
9 Turkey 4-4
10 Russia 3-5
11 Angola 2-6
12 China 1-7
13 Canada 2-3
14 Venezuela 1-4
15 Algeria 1-4
16 Lebanon 0-5

All tournament team

Guard Center Forward

Manu Ginobili
Predrag Stojaković

Yao Ming

Dirk Nowitzki
Pero Cameron

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 24
  2. Victor Díaz (Venezuela) 22
  3. Yao Ming (China) 21
  4. Marcelo Machado (Brazil) 20.8
  5. Paul Pierce (USA) 19.7
  6. Pau Gasol (Spain) 19.1
  7. Larry Ayuso (Puerto Rico) 18.7
  8. Predrag Stojaković (Yugoslavia) 18.7
  9. Phill Jones (New Zealand) 18.2
  10. Fadi El Khatib (Lebanon) 17.6

Notes

  1. ^ USA and Venezuela basketball teams are even at 38.4 rebounds a game but USA played more games (9) then Venezuela (5)
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