2014 FIBA World Championship for Women

Venues

Format

This years' competition saw a format change. The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams and played each other in a round-robin system. After all games were played, the top team of each group advanced to the quarterfinals, while the 2nd and 3rd best team of each group played in an elimination round. The last placed team of each group was eliminated.

The winners of the elimination round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the losers were eliminated. From the quarterfinals on a knockout stage was used to determine the winner. The places 1 to 8 will be played out.

Qualification

16 teams took part in the 2014 World Championship for Women. After the 2012 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 World Championship.

Squads

Main article: 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

Draw

The draw was held on 15 March 2014. The 16 teams were allocated to four pots of four teams.

Seedings

Included are the respective FIBA World Rankings for women:

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final round

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Elimination round

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Main article: 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women Final

Final standings

Awards

All-Tournament Team

The all-star five was revealed on 5 October 2014.

• USA Maya Moore
• USA Brittney Griner
• ESP Alba Torrens
• ESP Sancho Lyttle
• AUS Penny Taylor

Statistical leaders

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Blocks

Steals

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.

• ARG Fernando Sampietro
• AUS Toni Caldwell
• BEL Renaud Geller
• BRA Guilherme Locatelli
• CAN Karen Lasuik
• CHN Wang Zebo
• CRC José Fernández
• CZE Robert Vyklický
• FRA Carole Delauné
• GER Anne Panther
• IND Snehal Bendke
• ITA Roberto Chiari
• KOR Kim Bo-hui
• LTU Tomas Jasevičius
• POL Jakub Zamojski
• RUS Elena Chernova
• SEN Babacar Guèye
• SRB Jasmina Juras
• ESP Antonio Conde
• TUN Abdelaziz Abassi
• TUR Serkan Emlek
• TUR Özlem Yalman
• TUR Yener Yılmaz
• URU Adrian Nunes
• USA Amy Bonner
• VEN Roberto Oliveros

References

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