2002 FIBA World Championship for Women

{{Infobox FIBA tourney

| gender = women

| continent = World

| year = 2002

| logo =

| size =

| caption =

| host = China

| dates = September 14–25

| teams = 16

| federations = 5

| venues = 9

| cities = 9

| champions = USA

| title_number = 7

| mvp = {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Leslie

| ppg_p = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jackson (23.1)

| ppg_t = {{flagicon|USA}} (88.6)

| rpg_p = {{flagicon|RUS}} Baranova (11)

| rpg_t = {{flagicon|USA}} (39.3)

| apg_p = {{flagicon|TPE}} Chien (5.5)

| apg_t = {{flagicon|TPE}} (14.4)

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090616171054/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/3119/_/2002_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women]

| prevseason = 1998

| nextseason = 2006

}}

The 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women ({{zh|s=2002年国际篮联世界女子锦标赛|p=2002 Nián guójì lán lián shìjiè nǚzǐ jǐnbiāosài}}) was hosted by China from September 14 to September 25, 2002. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Chinese federation. The USA won the tournament, defeating Russia 79-74 for the gold medal.

Venues

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align=center !bgcolor=#CCDDEE\|City !bgcolor=#CCDDEE\|Venue
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Wuzhong
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Taicang
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Zhangjiagang
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Changshu
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Changzhou
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Huai'an
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Zhenjiang
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Nanjing	Wutaishan Gymnasium

Competing nations

Except China, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as the reigning Olympic champion, the 14 remaining countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournaments:

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!width=25%|Group A

!width=25%|Group B

!width=25%|Group C

!width=25%|Group D

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| {{Bkw|Japan}}

| {{Bkw|Brazil}}

| {{Bkw|Lithuania}}

| {{Bkw|South Korea}}

align=left bgcolor=#EBF5FF

| {{Bkw|Argentina}}

| {{Bkw|China}}

| {{Bkw|Chinese Taipei}}

| {{Bkw|Tunisia}}

align=left bgcolor=#EBF5FF

| {{Bkw|Australia}}

| {{Bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}

| {{Bkw|United States}}

| {{Bkw|France}}

align=left bgcolor=#EBF5FF

| {{Bkw|Spain}}

| {{Bkw|Senegal}}

| {{Bkw|Russia}}

| {{Bkw|Cuba}}

Image:FIBA World Women CHINA02.PNG

Squads

Preliminary round

= Group A=

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align=center !width=150px\| Team !!width=30px\| Pts. !!width=20px\| W !!width=20px\| L !!width=40px\| PF !!width=40px\| PA
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|AUS}} \|6	3	0	256	164
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|ESP}} \|5	2	1	255	191
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|ARG}} \|4	1	2	182	247
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|JPN}} \|3	0	3	181	272

September 14, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|JPN}}

|65–74

|align=left|{{bkw|ARG}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Wuzhong

align=right|{{bkw-rt|AUS}}

|73–58

|align=left|{{bkw|ESP}}

September 15, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|ARG}}

|53–85

|align=left|{{bkw|AUS}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Wuzhong

align=right|{{bkw-rt|ESP}}

|100–63

|align=left|{{bkw|JPN}}

September 16, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|AUS}}

|98–53

|align=left|{{bkw|JPN}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|ARG}}

|55–97

|align=left|{{bkw|ESP}}

|align=left|Wuzhong

=Group B=

class=wikitable
align=center !width=150px\| Team !!width=30px\| Pts. !!width=20px\| W !!width=20px\| L !!width=40px\| PF !!width=40px\| PA
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|BRA}} \|6	3	0	264	200
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|CHN}} \|5	2	1	226	213
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|FR Yugoslavia}} \|4	1	2	234	224
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|SEN}} \|3	0	3	181	268

September 14, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|BRA}}

|85–73

|align=left|{{bkw|CHN}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Taicang

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|94–66

|align=left|{{bkw|SEN}}

September 15, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|CHN}}

|72–65

|align=left|{{bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Taicang

align=right|{{bkw-rt|SEN}}

|52–93

|align=left|{{bkw|BRA}}

September 16, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|SEN}}

|63–81

|align=left|{{bkw|CHN}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|BRA}}

|86–75

|align=left|{{bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}

|align=left|Taicang

=Group C=

class=wikitable
align=center !width=150px\| Team !!width=30px\| Pts. !!width=20px\| W !!width=20px\| L !!width=40px\| PF !!width=40px\| PA
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|USA}} \|6	3	0	274	142
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|RUS}} \|5	2	1	235	196
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|LIT}} \|4	1	2	201	282
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|TPE}} \|3	0	3	165	255

September 14, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|LIT}}

|92–80

|align=left|{{bkw|TPE}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Zhangjiagang

align=right|{{bkw-rt|USA}}

|89–55

|align=left|{{bkw|RUS}}

September 15, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|RUS}}

|97–61

|align=left|{{bkw|LIT}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Zhangjiagang

align=right|{{bkw-rt|TPE}}

|39–80

|align=left|{{bkw|USA}}

September 16, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|TPE}}

|46–83

|align=left|{{bkw|RUS}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|USA}}

|105–48

|align=left|{{bkw|LIT}}

|align=left|Zhangjiagang

=Group D=

class=wikitable
align=center !width=150px\| Team !!width=30px\| Pts. !!width=20px\| W !!width=20px\| L !!width=40px\| PF !!width=40px\| PA
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|FRA}} \|6	3	0	313	176
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|KOR}} \|5	2	1	282	231
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|CUB}} \|4	1	2	222	235
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|TUN}} \|3	0	3	170	345

September 14, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|KOR}}

|124–70

|align=left|{{bkw|TUN}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Changshu

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FRA}}

|92–61

|align=left|{{bkw|CUB}}

September 15, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|CUB}}

|71–78

|align=left|{{bkw|KOR}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Changshu

align=right|{{bkw-rt|TUN}}

|35–131

|align=left|{{bkw|FRA}}

September 16, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|TUN}}

|65–90

|align=left|{{bkw|CUB}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FRA}}

|90–80

|align=left|{{bkw|KOR}}

|align=left|Changshu

Eighth-final round

= Group E=

class=wikitable
align=center !width=150px\| Team !!width=30px\| Pts. !!width=20px\| W !!width=20px\| L !!width=40px\| PF !!width=40px\| PA
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|BRA}} \|11	5	1	492	176
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|AUS}} \|11	5	1	524	231
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|CHN}} \|10	4	2	472	235
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|ESP}} \|10	4	2	473	345
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|FR Yugoslavia}} \|8	2	4	466	235
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|ARG}} \|7	1	5	352	345

September 18, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|82–93

|align=left|{{bkw|AUS}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Suzhou

align=right|{{bkw-rt|BRA}}

|85–39

|align=left|{{bkw|ARG}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|CHN}}

|72–59

|align=left|{{bkw|ESP}}

September 19, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|ARG}}

|76–83

|align=left|{{bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Suzhou

align=right|{{bkw-rt|ESP}}

|78–68

|align=left|{{bkw|BRA}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|AUS}}

|101–72

|align=left|{{bkw|CHN}}

September 20, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|67–81

|align=left|{{bkw|ESP}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|BRA}}

|75–74

|align=left|{{bkw|AUS}}

|align=left|Suzhou

align=right|{{bkw-rt|CHN}}

|102–55

|align=left|{{bkw|ARG}}

=Group F=

class=wikitable
align=center !width=150px\| Team !!width=30px\| Pts. !!width=20px\| W !!width=20px\| L !!width=40px\| PF !!width=40px\| PA
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|USA}} \|12	6	0	553	307
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|RUS}} \|11	5	1	482	368
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|FRA}} \|10	4	2	511	414
align=center bgcolor=#aaffaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|KOR}} \|9	3	3	458	484
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|LIT}} \|8	2	4	397	489
align=center bgcolor=#ffaaaa \|align=left\|{{bkw\|CUB}} \|7	1	5	392	466

September 18, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|KOR}}

|47–92

|align=left|{{bkw|RUS}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Changzhou

align=right|{{bkw-rt|CUB}}

|44–87

|align=left|{{bkw|USA}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FRA}}

|71–63

|align=left|{{bkw|LIT}}

September 19, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|USA}}

|91–53

|align=left|{{bkw|KOR}}

|align=left rowspan=2|Changzhou

align=right|{{bkw-rt|LIT}}

|63–60

|align=left|{{bkw|CUB}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|RUS}}

|74–59

|align=left|{{bkw|FRA}}

September 20, 2002

style="text-align:center"

!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{bkw-rt|KOR}}

|76–70

|align=left|{{bkw|LIT}}

align=right|{{bkw-rt|CUB}}

|66–81

|align=left|{{bkw|RUS}}

|align=left|Changzhou

align=right|{{bkw-rt|FRA}}

|68–101

|align=left|{{bkw|USA}}

Knockout stage

=Championship bracket=

{{Round8-with third

|September 23 - Nanjing|{{bkw|BRA}}|70|{{bkw|KOR}} |71

|September 23 - Nanjing|{{bkw|CHN}}|70|{{bkw|RUS}} |86

|September 23 - Nanjing|{{bkw|ESP}}|55|{{bkw|USA}}|94

|September 23 - Nanjing|{{bkw|AUS}}|78|{{bkw|FRA}} |52

|September 24 - Nanjing|{{bkw|KOR}}|53|{{bkw|RUS}}|70

|September 24 - Nanjing|{{bkw|USA}}|71|{{bkw|AUS}}|56

|September 25 - Nanjing|{{bkw|RUS}}|74|{{bkw|USA}}|79

|September 25 - Nanjing|{{bkw|KOR}}|63|{{bkw|AUS}}|91

}}

=5th through 8th place=

{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place

|September 24 - Nanjing|{{bkw|CHN}}|81|{{bkw|BRA}}|80

|September 24 - Nanjing|{{bkw|FRA}}|59|{{bkw|ESP}}|69

|September 25 - Nanjing|{{bkw|CHN}}|72|{{bkw|ESP}}|91

|September 25 - Nanjing|{{bkw|BRA}}|74|{{bkw|FRA}}|65

}}

=9th through 12th place=

{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Ninth place|Consol=Eleventh place

|September 23 - Zhenjiang|{{bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}|74|{{bkw|CUB}}|76

|September 23 - Zhenjiang|{{bkw|LIT}}|65|{{bkw|ARG}}|71

|September 24 - Zhenjiang|{{bkw|CUB}}|92|{{bkw|ARG}}|71

|September 24 - Zhenjiang|{{bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}|62|{{bkw|LIT}}|83

}}

=13th through 16th place=

{{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Thirteenth place|Consol=Fifteenth place

|September 19 - Huai'an|{{bkw|JPN}}|91|{{bkw|SEN}}|89

|September 19 - Huai'an|{{bkw|TPE}}|107|{{bkw|TUN}}|70

|September 20 - Huai'an|{{bkw|JPN}}|76|{{bkw|TPE}}|61

|September 20 - Huai'an|{{bkw|SEN}}|87|{{bkw|TUN}}|52

}}

Awards

{{winners|bkw|2002 FIBA Women's World Championship winner|USA|Seventh}}

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!Most Valuable Player

{{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Leslie

=All-Tournament Team=

{{flagicon|USA}} Shannon Johnson
{{flagicon|ESP}} Amaya Valdemoro
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Baranova
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lauren Jackson
{{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Leslie{{cite web|url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fourteenth-world-championship-for-women-2002.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427203855/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fourteenth-world-championship-for-women-2002.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2015|title=FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2002|work=usab.com}}

Final standings

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! Rank

! Team

! Record

style="background:gold;"

| 1

| {{bkw|USA}}

| 9–0

style="background:silver;"

| 2

| {{Bkw|RUS}}

| 7–2

style="background:#c96;"

| 3

| {{Bkw|AUS}}

| 7–2

| {{Bkw|KOR}}

| 4–5

| {{Bkw|ESP}}

| 6–3

| {{Bkw|CHN}}

| 5–4

| {{Bkw|BRA}}

| 6–3

| {{Bkw|FRA}}

| 4–5

| {{Bkw|CUB}}

| 3–5

| {{Bkw|ARG}}

| 2–6

| {{Bkw|LTU}}

| 3–5

| {{Bkw|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 2–6

| {{Bkw|JPN}}

| 2–3

| {{Bkw|TPE}}

| 1–4

| {{Bkw|SEN}}

| 1–4

| {{Bkw|TUN}}

| 0–5

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120818045109/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/3119/tid/239/_/2002_World_Championship_for_Women_/index.html FIBA Archive]

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Category:International women's basketball competitions hosted by China

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width=60%
align=center !bgcolor=#CCDDEE\|City !bgcolor=#CCDDEE\|Venue
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Wuzhong
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Taicang
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Zhangjiagang
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Changshu
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Changzhou
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Huai'an
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Zhenjiang
bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center \|Nanjing	Wutaishan Gymnasium