The 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women () was the 14th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship. 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 CityVenueWuzhongTaicang Zhangjiagang Changshu Suzhou Suzhou Sports CenterChangzhou Huai'an Zhenjiang 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:

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A Team Pts. W L PF PA63 0 256 16452 1 255 19141 2 182 24730 3 181 272

September 14, 2002 65–74Wuzhong73–58

September 15, 2002 53–85Wuzhong100–63

September 16, 2002 98–5355–97Wuzhong

Group B Team Pts. W L PF PA63 0 264 20052 1 226 21341 2 234 22430 3 181 268

September 14, 2002 85–73Taicang94–66

September 15, 2002 72–65Taicang52–93

September 16, 2002 63–8186–75Taicang

Group C Team Pts. W L PF PA63 0 274 14252 1 235 19641 2 201 28230 3 165 255

September 14, 2002 92–80Zhangjiagang89–55

September 15, 2002 97–61Zhangjiagang39–80

September 16, 2002 46–83105–48Zhangjiagang

Group D Team Pts. W L PF PA63 0 313 17652 1 282 23141 2 222 23530 3 170 345

September 14, 2002 124–70Changshu92–61

September 15, 2002 71–78Changshu35–131

September 16, 2002 65–9090–80Changshu

Eighth-final round

Group E Team Pts. W L PF PA115 1 492 176115 1 524 231104 2 472 235104 2 473 34582 4 466 23571 5 352 345

September 18, 2002 82–93Suzhou85–3972–59

September 19, 2002 76–83Suzhou78–68101–72

September 20, 2002 67–8175–74Suzhou102–55

Group F Team Pts. W L PF PA126 0 553 307115 1 482 368104 2 511 41493 3 458 48482 4 397 48971 5 392 466

September 18, 2002 47–92Changzhou44–8771–63

September 19, 2002 91–53Changzhou63–6074–59

September 20, 2002 76–7066–81Changzhou68–101

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

5th through 8th place

9th through 12th place

13th through 16th place

Awards

Most Valuable Player Lisa Leslie

All-Tournament Team Shannon Johnson Amaya Valdemoro Elena Baranova Lauren Jackson Lisa Leslie

Final standings Rank Team Record 1 9–0 2 7–2 3 7–2 4 4–5 5 6–3 6 5–4 7 6–3 8 4–5 9 3–5 10 2–6 11 3–5 12 2–6 13 2–3 14 1–4 15 1–4 16 0–5

References

External links FIBA Archive