2002 FIBA World Championship

2002 FIBA World Championship
14th FIBA World Championship
Official website
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 Points Dirk Nowitzki (24) United States (92.30) Rebounds Richard Lugo (12.2) United States (38.44) Assists Carlos Arroyo (6.37) United States (22.10)
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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.

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

Competing teams

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
FR Yugoslavia Fifth title

Tournament MVP
Dirk Nowitzki

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	FR 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 (FR Yugoslavia) 18.7
9. Phill Jones (New Zealand) 18.2
10. Fadi El Khatib (Lebanon) 17.6