2002 FIBA World Championship

2002 FIBA World Championship
14th 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 leaders
Players Teams Points 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)
Official website
2002 FIBA World Championship
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The 2002 FIBA World Championship was an international men's basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States from August 29 to September 8, 2002.

Venues

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

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 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  Yugoslavia	Brazil  Lebanon  Puerto Rico  Turkey	Algeria  China  Germany  United States	Argentina  New Zealand  Russia  Venezuela

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the second round
	Qualified for the 13th–16th classification round

The top three teams in each group advance to the second round, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the 13th–16th classification.

Group A

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

August 29, 2002

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

August 30, 2002

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

August 31, 2002

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

Group B

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

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

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

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 round

	Qualified for the final round
	Qualified for the 9th–12th classification

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	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Puerto Rico	6	5	1	510	488	+22	11	1–0
Spain	6	5	1	480	391	+89	11	0–1
Yugoslavia	6	4	2	562	437	+125	10	1–0
Brazil	6	4	2	502	502	0	10	0–1
Turkey	6	2	4	496	509	−13	8
Angola	6	0	6	438	537	−99	6

September 2, 2002

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

September 3, 2002

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

September 4, 2002

Puerto Rico		89–87	2OT	Angola	RCA Dome
Turkey		78–110		Yugoslavia	Conseco Fieldhouse
Brazil		67–84		Spain	RCA Dome

Group F

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

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

Classification round

13th–16th classification

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

Semifinals

15th place playoff

13th place playoff

9th–12th classification

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

Semifinals

11th place playoff

9th place playoff

5th–8th classification

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

Semifinals

7th place playoff

5th place playoff

Final round

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place playoff

Final

Awards

2002 World Championship Winner
Yugoslavia Fifth title

Tournament MVP
Dirk Nowitzki

Final rankings

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 Ginóbili Peja Stojaković	Yao Ming	Dirk Nowitzki — MVP Pero Cameron

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Dirk Nowitzki - 24.0
2. Victor Díaz - 22.0
3. Yao Ming - 21.0
4. Marcelo Machado - 20.8
5. Paul Pierce - 19.7
6. Pau Gasol - 19.1
7. Larry Ayuso - 18.7
8. Peja Stojaković - 18.7
9. Phill Jones - 18.2
10. Fadi El Khatib - 17.6

Notes

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