2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women

Under-20 EuroBasket Women 2002
2nd FIBA European Under-20 Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Croatia
Dates July 26 - August 4, 2002
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 1 host city)
Champions  Czech Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Cikosova (19.0)  Czech Republic (82.5)
Rebounds Dacic (12.6)  Russia (38.6)
Assists Uhrová (4.1)  Czech Republic (14.2)

The 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women. 12 teams featured the competition, held in Zagreb, in Croatia, from July 26 to August 4. The Czech Republic won their first title.

Contents

Teams

Qualification

Twenty-five national teams entered the qualifying round. They were allocated in five groups. The two first teams of each groups qualified for the tournament, where they joined Russia (qualified as title holder) and Croatia (qualified as host).

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Czech Republic 5 5 0 428 299 10
 Latvia 5 4 1 332 319 9
 France 5 3 2 319 281 8
 Turkey 5 2 3 323 365 7
 Germany 5 1 4 258 321 6
 Italy 5 0 5 279 354 5

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 5 5 0 365 310 10
 Croatia 5 4 1 303 295 9
 Spain 5 2 3 347 371 8
 Greece 5 2 3 323 323 7
 Hungary 5 1 4 355 372 6
 Slovak Republic 5 1 4 327 349 5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
  Germany  77  
  Slovak Republic  83  
 
      Slovak Republic  60
    Hungary  53
Eleventh place
  Hungary  64   Germany  54
  Italy  59     Italy  68

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
         
  Croatia  59
 
  France  67  
  France  57
 
    Czech Republic  73  
  Czech Republic  79
 
  Greece  72  
  Czech Republic  77
 
    Russia  74
  Spain  63
 
  Latvia  75  
  Latvia  50 Third place
 
    Russia  56  
  Russia  76   France  77
  Turkey  49     Latvia  62
 

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
  Croatia  62  
  Greece  53  
 
      Croatia  59
    Spain  63
Seventh place
  Spain  60   Greece  54
  Turkey  41     Turkey  52
 2002 FIBA Europe U-20
Championship for Women 

Czech Republic
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Czech Republic
 Russia
 France
4th  Latvia
5th  Spain
6th  Croatia
7th  Greece
8th  Turkey
9th  Slovak Republic
10th  Hungary
11th  Italy
12th  Germany

References