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2002 FIBA World Championship
2002 edition of the FIBA World Championship
2002 edition of the FIBA World Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 2002 FIBA World Championship |
| image | 2002 FIBA World Championship logo.png |
| size | 200px |
| city | Indianapolis |
| country | United States |
| dates | August 29 – September 8 |
| opened | George W. Bush |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | RCA Dome |
| Conseco Fieldhouse | |
| champion | FR Yugoslavia |
| count | 2 |
| second | Argentina |
| third | Germany |
| fourth | New Zealand |
| games | 62 |
| mvp | GER Dirk Nowitzki |
| top_scorer | GER Dirk Nowitzki |
| (24.0 points per game) | |
| prevseason | [1998](1998-fiba-world-championship) |
| nextseason | [2006](2006-fiba-world-championship) |
Conseco Fieldhouse (24.0 points per game) The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was 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 | {{Location map+ | USA Indianapolis central | width=240px | float=center | caption= | places= |
| [[File:Final 4 Semis 2.jpg | 150px]] | [[File:Conseco fieldhouse seating bowl.JPG | 150px]] | |||
| {{Location map+ | USA | width=480px | float=center | caption= | places= |
Qualification
There were 16 teams taking part in the 2002 World Cup of Basketball. Since the 2000 Olympic champions United States had direct access to the World Championship as the host nation, the Olympic berth was replaced by an extra qualifying spot assigned to FIBA Americas below.
- Host nation: 1 berth
- FIBA Asia: 14 teams competing for 2 berths
- FIBA Africa: 12 teams competing for 2 berths
- FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 5 berths
- FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths
- FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 1 berth
Qualified teams
| Event | Date | Location | Berths | Qualified | TOTAL | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | |||||
| [2001 ABC Championship](2001-abc-championship) | July 20–28, 2001 | CHN Shanghai | 2 | |||
| FIBA Africa Championship 2001 | August 4–12, 2001 | MAR Rabat and Casablanca | 2 | |||
| FIBA Americas Championship 2001 | August 16–26, 2001 | ARG Neuquén | 5 | |||
| EuroBasket 2001 | August 31–September 9, 2001 | TUR Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul | 5 | |||
| FIBA Oceania Championship 2001 | September 21–23, 2001 | NZL Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton | 1 |
Squads
Main article: 2002 FIBA World Championship 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 |
|---|
Preliminary 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
August 29, 2002
| 54–**85** | **** |
|---|
August 30, 2002
| **** | **71**–69 |
|---|
August 31, 2002
| 71–**87** | **** | Conseco Fieldhouse |
|---|
Group B
August 29, 2002
| **** | **78–75** | **** |
|---|
August 30, 2002
| **** | **86–88** | **** |
|---|
August 31, 2002
| **** | ** 86–90 ** | **** |
|---|
Group C
August 29, 2002
| **** | **110–60** | **** |
|---|
August 30, 2002
| **** | ** 82–96 ** | **** | Conseco Fieldhouse |
|---|
August 31, 2002
| **** | ** 65–84 ** | **** | RCA Dome |
|---|
Group D
| **** | ** 107–72 ** | **** |
|---|
August 30, 2002
| **** | ** 81–100 ** | **** | Conseco Fieldhouse |
|---|
August 31, 2002
| **** | ** 85–112 ** | **** |
|---|
Second round
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
September 2, 2002
| **** | **86–83** | **OT** | **** | Conseco Fieldhouse |
|---|
September 3, 2002
| **** | **90–69** | **** | RCA Dome |
|---|
September 4, 2002
| **** | ** 67–84 ** | **** | RCA Dome |
|---|
Group F
September 2, 2002
| **** | **95–71** | **** | RCA Dome |
|---|
September 3, 2002
| **** | **77–86** | **** | Conseco Fieldhouse |
|---|
September 4, 2002
| **** | ** 87–80 ** | **** | Conseco Fieldhouse |
|---|
Classification round
13th–16th classification
|September 2, 2002||91||67 |September 2, 2002||83||98 |September 3, 2002||98||97 |September 3, 2002||70||100
Semifinals
Fifteenth place playoff
Thirteenth place playoff
9th–12th classification
|September 6, 2002||94||86 |September 6, 2002||66||77 |September 7, 2002||91||86 |September 7, 2002||84||96
Semifinals
Eleventh place playoff
Ninth place playoff
5th–8th classification
|September 6, 2002||74||84 |September 6, 2002||105||89 |September 7, 2002||75||81 |September 7, 2002||91||84
Semifinals
Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Final round
|September 5, 2002||63||65 |September 5, 2002| |81||78 |September 5, 2002||62||70 |September 5, 2002||67||78 |September 7, 2002||78||89 |September 7, 2002||80||86 |September 8, 2002|**** (OT)|84||77 |September 8, 2002||94|****|117
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Main article: 2002 FIBA World Championship Final
Awards
| Tournament MVP |
|---|
| Germany Dirk Nowitzki |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6–3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 6–3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 4–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4–4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3–5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2–6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1–7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2–3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1–4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1–4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0–5 |
All tournament team
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team
| Guard | Center | Forward |
|---|
Top scorers (ppg)
- GER Dirk Nowitzki - 24.0
- VEN Victor Díaz - 22.0
- CHN Yao Ming - 21.0
- BRA Marcelo Machado - 20.8
- USA Paul Pierce - 19.7
- ESP Pau Gasol - 19.1
- PUR Larry Ayuso - 18.7
- FR Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković - 18.7
- NZL Phill Jones - 18.2
- LBN Fadi El Khatib - 17.6
References
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