Basketball World Cup 2002

FIBA World Championship 2002
14th basketball world championship
Number of nations	16  (of 211 applicants)
World Champion	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2nd title)
venue	United States
Opening game	August 29, 2002
Endgame	September 8, 2002
Games	62
Basket points	10386   (∅: 167.52 per game)
Most basket points	Dirk Nowitzki (216 points)
Most valuable player	Dirk Nowitzki

The 14th World Basketball Championships the men took from August 29 to September 8, 2002 in Indianapolis in the United States instead.

The national team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , which started as defending champions, became world champions for the second time. The team from Argentina was runner-up . Germany took third place .

Venues

The games were played at Conseco Fieldhouse , home of the NBA team Indiana Pacers , and the RCA Dome , home of the NFL team Indianapolis Colts .

Indianapolis	Indianapolis
Conseco Fieldhouse	RCA dome
Capacity: 18,345	Capacity: 57,890
Opening: 1999	Opening: 1984

Attendees

The participating countries are colored blue

The qualified teams were distributed to the various preliminary round groups by lot. The following draw was made:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Angola  Yugoslavia  Canada  Spain	Brazil  Lebanon  Puerto Rico  Turkey	Algeria  People's Republic of China  Germany  United States	Argentina  New Zealand  Russia  Venezuela

Preliminary round

Legend:

S.	Games played
G	Games won
V	Lost games
	Team qualified for the intermediate round
	Team played for 13-16th place

The preliminary round matches for groups A to D were played from August 29 to 31, 2002. The best three teams in each group reached the intermediate round . The fourth-placed team in each group reached the round for 13-16th place .

Group A

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Spain	3	3	0	244: 187	6th	+66
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	279: 205	5	+64
3	Angola	3	1	2	202: 276	4th	-73
4th	Canada	3	0	3	199: 255	3	-54

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
01.	08/29/2002	Yugoslavia	Angola	33:22	28:18	24: 09	28:14		113: 63
02.	08/29/2002	Canada	Spain	15:17	14:23	06:21	19:24		54:85
03.	08/30/2002	Angola	Canada	19:17	26:17	16:15	23:25		84:74
04th	08/30/2002	Spain	Yugoslavia	26:10	18:19	14:23	13:17		71:69
05.	08/31/2002	Angola	Spain	12:25	17:23	14:22	12:18		55:88
06th	08/31/2002	Canada	Yugoslavia	21:16	20:26	12:21	18:24		71:87

Group B

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Brazil	3	3	0	280: 245	6th	+35
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	263: 242	5	+21
3	Turkey	3	1	2	268: 246	4th	+22
4th	Lebanon	3	0	3	230: 308	3	-78

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
07th	08/29/2002	Brazil	Lebanon	24:15	28:18	31:17	19:23		102: 73
08th.	08/29/2002	Puerto Rico	Turkey	23:24	19:14	15:16	21:21		78:75
09.	08/30/2002	Lebanon	Puerto Rico	11:31	24:13	24:25	18:30		77:99
10.	08/30/2002	Turkey	Brazil	32:21	17:17	21:18	16:32		86:88
11.	08/31/2002	Lebanon	Turkey	16:22	14:26	22:27	28:32		80: 107
12.	08/31/2002	Puerto Rico	Brazil	16:22	14:26	22:27	28:32		86:90

Group C

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	United States	3	3	0	298: 212	6th	+86
2	Germany	3	2	1	277: 250	5	+27
3	China	3	1	2	237: 254	4th	-17
4th	Algeria	3	0	3	212: 308	3	-96

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
13.	08/29/2002	China	Germany	14:23	17:22	17:27	28:16		76:88
14th	08/29/2002	United States	Algeria	32:13	19:19	28:15	31:13		110: 60
15th	08/30/2002	Germany	United States	21:29	30:23	16:25	20:27		87: 104
16.	08/30/2002	Algeria	China	10:28	22:20	31:21	19:27		82:96
17th	08/31/2002	Algeria	Germany	13:31	11:29	23:16	23:26		70: 102
18th	08/31/2002	China	United States	28:16	14:27	13:20	10:21		65:84

Group D

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Argentina	3	3	0	319: 238	6th	+81
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	273: 278	5	-5
3	Russia	3	1	2	248: 259	4th	–11
4th	Venezuela	3	0	3	226: 291	3	-65

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
19th	08/29/2002	New Zealand	Russia	17:21	18:28	23:18	32:14		90:81
20th	08/29/2002	Argentina	Venezuela	27:16	22:19	32:12	26:25		107: 72
21st	08/30/2002	Venezuela	New Zealand	29:23	19:24	13:25	24:26		85:98
22nd	08/30/2002	Russia	Argentina	25:26	17:28	21:30	18:16		81: 100
23.	08/31/2002	Venezuela	Russia	20:24	15:15	15:24	19:23		69:86
24.	08/31/2002	New Zealand	Argentina	31:26	13:26	28:22	13:38		85: 112

Intermediate round

The intermediate round matches for groups E and F were played from September 2 to 4, 2002. The results achieved in the preliminary round against the group opponents were adopted. The four best teams of the groups reached the quarter-finals , the last two reached the round for 9-12 place .

Group E

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Puerto Rico	6th	5	1	510: 477	11	+22
2	Spain	6th	5	1	480: 382	11	+89
3	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	2	552: 437	10	+125
4th	Brazil	6th	4th	2	502: 502	10	0
5	Turkey	6th	2	4th	496: 509	8th	-13
6th	Angola	6th	1	5	438: 536	7th	-99

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
25th	09/02/2002	Puerto Rico	Yugoslavia	27:21	15:22	18:26	25:14		85:83
26th	09/02/2002	Turkey	Spain	12:23	21:19	13:21	18:24		64:87
27.	09/02/2002	Brazil	Angola	16:21	17:16	20:20	21:17	12: 09	86:83
28.	09/03/2002	Angola	Turkey	17:18	21:23	08:22	20:23		66:86
29	09/03/2002	Spain	Puerto Rico	18:14	15:17	19:18	13:24		65:73
30th	09/03/2002	Yugoslavia	Brazil	26:14	20:14	28:25	16:16		90:69
31.	09/04/2002	Puerto Rico	Angola	12:22	29:23	16:12	14:14	09: 09, 09: 07	89:87
32.	09/04/2002	Turkey	Yugoslavia	15:21	19:29	21:30	23:30		78: 110
33.	09/04/2002	Brazil	Spain	21:23	9:16	15:21	22:24		67:84

Group F.

space	team	S.	G	V	baskets	Points	Diff.
1	Argentina	6th	6th	0	587: 466	12	+121
2	United States	6th	5	1	594: 443	11	+162
3	Germany	6th	4th	2	541: 485	10	+56
4th	New Zealand	6th	3	3	493: 560	9	-67
5	Russia	6th	2	4th	510: 536	8th	-16
6th	China	6th	1	5	464: 538	7th	-74

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
34.	09/02/2002	New Zealand	Germany	16:18	16:21	13:27	19:18		64:84
35.	09/02/2002	Russia	United States	24:27	20:27	19:35	19:17		82: 106
36.	09/02/2002	Argentina	China	32:14	16:20	24:15	23:22		95:71
37.	09/03/2002	China	Russia	15:26	15:16	22:25	16:28		68:95
38.	09/03/2002	United States	New Zealand	22:25	26:17	27:10	35:10		110: 62
39.	09/03/2002	Germany	Argentina	20:31	14:15	26:25	17:15		77:86
40.	09/04/2002	New Zealand	China	13:35	30:17	20:19	31:17		94:88
41.	09/04/2002	Russia	Germany	16:28	20:30	23:21	26:24		85: 103
42.	09/04/2002	Argentina	United States	34:21	19:16	15:23	19:20		87:80

Final round

The final round matches were played from September 2 to 9, 2002.

Round for 13-16th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
43.	09/02/2002	Canada	Lebanon	22:16	22:15	23:22	24:14		91:67
44.	09/02/2002	Algeria	Venezuela	24:20	24:29	16:22	19:27		83:98
Play for 15th place
45.	09/03/2002	Lebanon	Algeria	26:23	17:19	15:34	12:24		70: 100
Game for 13th place
46.	09/03/2002	Canada	Venezuela	25:23	26:26	27:28	20:20		98:97

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
47.	09/05/2002	Puerto Rico	New Zealand	11:14	18:17	15:17	19:17		63:65
48.	09/05/2002	Yugoslavia	United States	20:20	20:16	12:22	29:20		81:78
49.	09/05/2002	Spain	Germany	15:20	16:20	21: 6	10:24		62:70
50.	09/05/2002	Brazil	Argentina	16:18	13:11	13:22	25:27		67:78

Round for 9th to 12th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
51.	09/06/2002	Turkey	China	30:24	18:16	19:22	27:24		94:86
52.	09/06/2002	Angola	Russia	18:28	24:13	08:16	16:20		66:77
Game for 11th place
53.	07.09.2002	China	Angola	18:27	31:24	09:29	26:16		84:96
Play for 9th place
54.	07.09.2002	Turkey	Russia	22:28	25:25	15:18	29:15		91:86

Round for places 5-8

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
55.	09/06/2002	Puerto Rico	United States	25:19	11:31	21:17	17:17		74:84
56.	09/06/2002	Spain	Brazil	29:21	25:26	34:17	17:25		105: 89
Game for 7th place
57.	07.09.2002	Puerto Rico	Brazil	29:21	25:26	34:17	17:25		91:84
Play for 5th place
58.	07.09.2002	United States	Spain	27:18	23:22	15:16	10:25		75:81

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
59.	07.09.2002	New Zealand	Yugoslavia	30:19	18:20	10:27	20:23		78:89
60.	07.09.2002	Germany	Argentina	11:16	30:20	21:23	18:27		80:86

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
61.	09/08/2002	New Zealand	Germany	27:35	21:39	13:22	33:21		94: 117

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result
62.	09/08/2002	Yugoslavia	Argentina	24:19	17:20	11:18	23:18	09: 02	84:77

Bottom line

1.  Yugoslavia (5th title)
2.  Argentina
3.  Germany
4.  New Zealand
5.  Spain
6.  United States
7.  Puerto Rico
8.  Brazil
9.  Turkey
10.  Russia
11.  Angola
12.  People's Republic of China
13.  Canada
14.  Venezuela
15.  Algeria
16.  Lebanon

Awards

Most valuable player

The German Dirk Nowitzki was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament . Nowitzki scored 216 points in a total of nine games, which corresponds to an average of 24 points per game.

Team of the tournament

In addition to the German Dirk Nowitzki, the Argentine Manu Ginóbili , the Yugoslav Peja Stojaković , the New Zealander Pero Cameron and the Chinese Yao Ming were elected to the All-Tournament Team .

Web links

• FIBA archive entry for the 2002 Basketball World Cup (statistics, match results, team lineups) (English)
• Official website of FIBA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} World Championship for Men - Preliminary Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
2. ↑ World Championship for Men - Classification Round (13-16) (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
3. ↑ World Championship for Men - Eighth-Final Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
4. ↑ World Championship for Men - Quarter-Final Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
5. ↑ World Championship for Men - Classification Round (9-12) (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
6. ↑ World Championship for Men - Classification Round (5-8) (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
7. ↑ World Championship for Men - Semi-Final Round (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
8. ↑ World Championship for Men - Finals (Schedule and Results) (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
9. ↑ World Championship for Men - Top 10 Players (English) . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010.