2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women

2002 EuroBasket Under-20
for Women

2nd FIBA European Under-20 Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	26 July – 4 August 2002
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Číkošova (19.0)
Top rebounds	Dacic (12.6)
Top assists	Uhrová (4.1)
PPG (Team)	Czech Republic (82.5)
RPG (Team)	Russia (38.6)
APG (Team)	Czech Republic (14.2)
Official website
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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, Croatia, from 26 July to 4 August 2002. The Czech Republic won their first title.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women qualification

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	241	211	+30	5
Greece	3	2	1	235	205	+30	5
Bulgaria	3	2	1	219	223	−4	5
Finland	3	0	3	198	254	−56	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	5	5	0	419	225	+194	10
Italy	5	3	2	286	284	+2	8
England	5	2	3	296	321	−25	7
Belgium	5	2	3	293	357	−64	7
Portugal	5	2	3	276	325	−49	7
Denmark	5	1	4	271	329	−58	6

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slovakia	4	3	1	274	264	+10	7
Hungary	4	2	2	232	223	+9	6
Belarus	4	2	2	265	279	−14	6
Lithuania	4	2	2	295	251	+44	6
Romania	4	1	3	268	317	−49	5

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czech Republic	4	4	0	383	183	+200	8
Latvia	4	3	1	338	282	+56	7
Slovenia	4	2	2	256	257	−1	6
Sweden	4	1	3	268	320	−52	5
Switzerland	4	0	4	184	387	−203	4

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	4	4	0	274	182	+92	8
Germany	4	3	1	279	232	+47	7
Norway	4	2	2	265	283	−18	6
Ireland	4	1	3	231	270	−39	5
Israel	4	0	4	201	283	−82	4

Qualified teams

• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Italy
• Latvia
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Turkey

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
Slovakia	5	1	4	327	349	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Germany	77
	Slovakia	83
					Slovakia	60
					Hungary	53
	Hungary	64
	Italy	59
					Eleventh place
					Germany	54
					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
					Russia	56			Third place
	Russia	76
	Turkey	49
									France	77
									Latvia	62

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Croatia	62
	Greece	53
					Croatia	59
					Spain	63
	Spain	60
	Turkey	41
					Seventh place
					Greece	54
					Turkey	52

2002 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship for Women
Czech Republic First title

Final standings

Team qualified for the 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women

Rank	Team	Record
	Czech Republic	8-0
	Russia	7-1
	France	5-3
4th	Latvia	5-3
5th	Spain	4-4
6th	Croatia	4-4
7th	Greece	3-5
8th	Turkey	2-6
9th	Slovakia	3-4
10th	Hungary	3-4
11th	Italy	1-6
12th	Germany	1-6

References

• FIBA Europe Archive