The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 17th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship, was held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey from 27 September to 5 October 2014.
This tournament implemented the new expanded free throw lane, the restricted arc, and extended 3-point line (6.6–6.75 m).
The United States defended their title and won their ninth overall gold medal by beating Spain 77–64 in the final. Australia defeated Turkey 74–44 to capture the bronze medal.
This was the last FIBA championship to use the name of "FIBA World Championship for Women". Shortly after the event, FIBA changed the name of the competition to the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, presumably to align its name with that of the corresponding men's competition.
Venues +IstanbulAnkaraÜlker Sports ArenaAbdi İpekçi ArenaAnkara Arena Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 11,000 Capacity: 10,400
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.
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation13 March 2011 12012 Summer Olympics29 July–12 August 2012 London1EuroBasket Women 201315–30 June 2013 France52013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women14–18 August 2013 Auckland Canberra12013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women20–29 September 2013 Maputo22013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women21–28 September 2013 Xalapa32013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women27 October–3 November 2013 Bangkok3 Total 16
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: Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (2) (6) (4) (1) (10) (5) (29) (13) (7) (9) (8) (14) (20) (17) (11) (38)
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
5–8th place bracket
Elimination round
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 6–0 5–1 5–14 4–25 4–36 3–47 4–38 3–49 2–210 2–211 1–312 1–313 0–314 0–315 0–316 0–3 Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Awards
Most Valuable Player Maya Moore
All-Tournament Team The all-star five was revealed on 5 October 2014.
Maya Moore Brittney Griner Alba Torrens Sancho Lyttle Penny Taylor
Statistical leaders
Points Name PPG Sancho Lyttle 18.2 Yamara Amargo 16.0 Alba Torrens 15.5 Maya Moore 15.3 Sandrine Gruda 14.7
Rebounds Name RPG Yelena Leuchanka 13.0 Sancho Lyttle 11.5 Marlen Cepeda 10.0 Laura Nicholls 9.2 Sandrine Gruda 8.8
Assists Name APG Ineidis Casanova 5.8 Penny Taylor Yelena Leuchanka 4.8 Diana Taurasi Kateřina Bartoňová Oyanaisis Gelis 4.5
Blocks Name BPG LaToya Pringle 2.7 Brittney Griner 2.0 Jana Veselá 1.3 Tuğçe Canıtez Sandrine Gruda 1.2
Steals Name SPG Sancho Lyttle 3.3 Adriana Moisés Pinto 2.3 Milica Dabović 1.9 Laura Nicholls Kateřina Bartoňová Jana Veselá 1.8
Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.
Fernando Sampietro Toni Caldwell Renaud Geller Guilherme Locatelli Karen Lasuik Wang Zebo José Fernández Robert Vyklický Carole Delauné Anne Panther Snehal Bendke Roberto Chiari Kim Bo-hui Tomas Jasevičius Jakub Zamojski Elena Chernova Babacar Guèye Jasmina Juras Antonio Conde Abdelaziz Abassi Serkan Emlek Özlem Yalman Yener Yılmaz Adrian Nunes Amy Bonner Roberto Oliveros
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