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 RCA DomeCapacity: 57,980 Conseco FieldhouseCapacity: 18,345 United States
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 EventDateLocationBerthsQualifiedHost nation12001 ABC ChampionshipJuly 20–28, 2001 Shanghai2FIBA Africa Championship 2001August 4–12, 2001 Rabat and Casablanca2FIBA Americas Championship 2001August 16–26, 2001 Neuquén5EuroBasket 2001August 31–September 9, 2001 Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul5FIBA Oceania Championship 2001 September 21–23, 2001 Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton1 TOTAL 16
Squads
At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
Competing nations The following nations' teams competed:
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup 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 113–63 Conseco Fieldhouse 54–85
August 30, 2002 84–74RCA Dome 71–69
August 31, 2002 55–88RCA Dome 71–87Conseco Fieldhouse
Group B
August 29, 2002 102–73 RCA Dome 78–75
August 30, 2002 77–99 Conseco Fieldhouse 86–88
August 31, 2002 80–107 Conseco Fieldhouse 86–90
Group C
August 29, 2002 76–88RCA Dome 110–60
August 30, 2002 87–104RCA Dome 82–96 Conseco Fieldhouse
August 31, 2002 70–102 Conseco Fieldhouse 65–84 RCA Dome
Group D August 29, 2002 90–81Conseco Fieldhouse 107–72
August 30, 2002 85–98RCA Dome 81–100 Conseco Fieldhouse
August 31, 2002 69–86 RCA Dome 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 85–83 Conseco Fieldhouse 64–87RCA Dome 86–83 OTConseco Fieldhouse
September 3, 2002 66–86 Conseco Fieldhouse 65–73RCA Dome 90–69 RCA Dome
September 4, 2002 89–872OTRCA Dome 78–110Conseco Fieldhouse 67–84 RCA Dome
Group F
September 2, 2002 64–84RCA Dome 82–106 Conseco Fieldhouse 95–71 RCA Dome
September 3, 2002 68–95RCA Dome 110–62 Conseco Fieldhouse 77–86Conseco Fieldhouse
September 4, 2002 94–88Conseco Fieldhouse 85–103 RCA Dome 87–80Conseco Fieldhouse
Classification round 13th–16th classification
Semifinals
Fifteenth place playoff
Thirteenth place playoff
9th–12th classification
Semifinals
Eleventh place playoff
Ninth place playoff
5th–8th classification
Semifinals
Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Awards
Tournament MVP Dirk Nowitzki
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 7–2 2 8–1 3 6–3 4 4–5 5 7–2 6 6–3 7 6–3 8 4–5 9 4–4 10 3–5 11 2–6 12 1–7 13 2–3 14 1–4 15 1–4 16 0–5
All tournament team
GuardCenterForward Manu Ginóbili Peja Stojaković Yao Ming Dirk Nowitzki — MVP
Pero Cameron
Top scorers (ppg)
Dirk Nowitzki - 24.0 Victor Díaz - 22.0 Yao Ming - 21.0 Marcelo Machado - 20.8 Paul Pierce - 19.7 Pau Gasol - 19.1 Larry Ayuso - 18.7 Peja Stojaković - 18.7 Phill Jones - 18.2 Fadi El Khatib - 17.6
References
External links
WC 2002 on FIBA.com