Women's basketball world championship 2002

The FIBA World Championship women in 2002 was held from 14. September bis 25. September 2002 in China instead. The games were held in Wuzhong , Taicang , Zhangjiagang , Changshu , Suzhou , Changzhou , Huaian , Zhenjiang and Nanjing .

Participating Nations

• FIBA Europe : France , Yugoslavia , Lithuania , Russia , Spain     
• FIBA America : Argentina , Brazil , Cuba , United States    
• FIBA Africa : Senegal , Tunisia  
• FIBA Asia : Japan , South Korea , Taiwan , People's Republic of China    
• FIBA Oceania : Australia 

Results

Preliminary round

The first three teams in each of the four preliminary round groups qualified for the intermediate round.

Group A (Wuzhong)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/14/2002	Argentina	Japan	74:65	15:23	23:14	18: 9	18:19	-
09/14/2002	Australia	Spain	73:58	15:13	22:11	14:15	22:19	-
09/15/2002	Australia	Argentina	85:53	20: 8	24:16	17:13	24:16	-
09/15/2002	Spain	Japan	100: 63	23:24	22:16	26:13	29:10	-
09/16/2002	Australia	Japan	98:53	22:14	25:10	32:18	19:11	-
09/16/2002	Spain	Argentina	97:55	20:11	23:14	29:18	25:12	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Australia	3	3	0	256: 164	6th
2	Spain	3	2	1	255: 191	5
3	Argentina	3	1	2	182: 247	4th
4th	Japan	3	0	3	181: 272	3

Group B (Taicang)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/14/2002	Brazil	People's Republic of China	85:73	26:13	20:16	15:26	24:18	-
09/14/2002	Yugoslavia	Senegal	94:66	29:22	23:15	13:13	29:16	-
09/15/2002	People's Republic of China	Yugoslavia	72:65	20:22	22:24	18: 5	12:14	-
09/15/2002	Brazil	Senegal	93:52	26: 8	21:15	18:10	28:19	-
09/16/2002	People's Republic of China	Senegal	81:63	25:13	23:26	14: 8	19:16	-
09/16/2002	Brazil	Yugoslavia	86:75	20:17	25:15	19:22	22:21	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Brazil	3	3	0	264: 200	6th
2	People's Republic of China	3	2	1	226: 213	5
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	2	234: 224	4th
4th	Senegal	3	0	3	181: 268	3

Group C (Zhangjiagang)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/14/2002	Lithuania	Taiwan	92:80	26:18	17:17	28:24	21:21	-
09/14/2002	United States	Russia	89:55	23:17	25:11	21:12	20:15	-
09/15/2002	Russia	Lithuania	97:61	27:25	19:15	26: 8	25:13	-
09/15/2002	United States	Taiwan	80:39	19:12	23: 9	17: 3	21:15	-
09/16/2002	Russia	Taiwan	83:46	19:18	25: 9	23:11	19: 8	-
09/16/2002	United States	Lithuania	105: 48	32:19	19: 7	33:14	21: 8	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	United States	3	3	0	274: 142	6th
2	Russia	3	2	1	235: 196	5
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	201: 282	4th
4th	Taiwan	3	0	3	165: 255	3

Group D (Changshu)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/14/2002	South Korea	Tunisia	124: 70	31:14	34:21	17:13	42:22	-
09/14/2002	France	Cuba	92:61	22:12	33:20	19:19	18:10	-
09/15/2002	South Korea	Cuba	78:71	18:21	23:19	23:20	14:11	-
09/15/2002	France	Tunisia	131: 35	31:13	24:10	39: 9	37: 9	-
09/16/2002	Cuba	Tunisia	90:65	31:24	19:14	16:13	24:14	-
09/16/2002	France	South Korea	90:89	27:24	22:15	19:14	22:27	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	France	3	3	0	313: 176	6th
2	South Korea	3	2	1	282: 231	5
3	Cuba	3	1	2	222: 235	4th
4th	Tunisia	3	0	3	170: 345	3

Placement games (13th to 16th place) (Huaian)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/19/2002	Japan	Senegal	91:89	22:20	21:20	19:27	29:22	-
09/19/2002	Taiwan	Tunisia	107: 70	24:10	27:24	28:19	28:17	-

Play for 15th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/20/2002	Senegal	Tunisia	87:52	26:18	25:15	15:14	21: 5	-

Game for 13th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/20/2002	Japan	Taiwan	76:61	21:13	13:20	18:15	24:13	-

Intermediate round

The first four teams in each of the two intermediate round groups qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group E (Suzhou, Suzhou Sports Center Gym )

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/18/2002	People's Republic of China	Spain	72:59	19:16	10: 8	17:19	26:16	-
09/18/2002	Australia	Yugoslavia	93:82	18:19	28:19	27:22	20:22	-
09/18/2002	Brazil	Argentina	85:39	27: 7	19:12	16: 9	23:11	-
09/19/2002	Yugoslavia	Argentina	83:76	17:16	17:17	25:17	24:26	-
09/19/2002	Australia	People's Republic of China	101: 72	30:23	26:19	22:11	23:19	-
09/19/2002	Spain	Brazil	78:68	20:19	22:16	27:21	9:12	-
09/20/2002	People's Republic of China	Argentina	102: 55	32:16	22: 9	26:14	22:16	-
09/20/2002	Spain	Yugoslavia	81:67	21:25	19:19	26: 9	15:14	-
09/20/2002	Brazil	Australia	75:74	19:21	14:16	21:15	21:22	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Brazil	6th	5	1	492: 391	11
2	Australia	6th	5	1	524: 393	11
3	People's Republic of China	6th	4th	2	472: 428	10
4th	Spain	6th	4th	2	473: 398	10
5	Yugoslavia	6th	2	4th	466: 474	8th
6th	Argentina	6th	1	5	352: 517	7th

Group F (Changzhou)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/18/2002	Russia	South Korea	92:47	28:15	20: 4	20:15	24:13	-
09/18/2002	United States	Cuba	87:44	26:13	17:10	22:14	22: 7	-
09/18/2002	France	Lithuania	71:63	16:20	17:15	19:16	19:12	-
09/19/2002	Lithuania	Cuba	63:60	17:18	8:11	21:13	17:18	-
09/19/2002	United States	South Korea	91:53	28:15	25:18	25:18	13: 2	-
09/19/2002	Russia	France	74:59	21:23	21:15	18: 8	14:13	-
09/20/2002	South Korea	Lithuania	76:70	21:15	18:13	17:10	20:32	-
09/20/2002	Russia	Cuba	81:66	19:19	19:23	23:12	20:12	-
09/20/2002	United States	France	101: 68	27:20	22:11	22:20	30:17	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	United States	6th	6th	0	553: 307	12
2	Russia	6th	5	1	482: 368	11
3	France	6th	4th	2	511: 414	10
4th	South Korea	6th	3	3	458: 484	9
5	Lithuania	6th	2	4th	397: 489	8th
6th	Cuba	6th	1	5	392: 466	7th

Placement Games (9th to 12th) (Zhenjiang)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/23/2002	Cuba	Yugoslavia	76:74	25:19	14:21	19:23	18:11	-
09/23/2002	Argentina	Lithuania	71:65	24:21	13:16	13:14	21:14	-

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/24/2002	Lithuania	Yugoslavia	83:62	22:10	26:16	19:18	16:18	-

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/24/2002	Cuba	Argentina	92:71	20:20	28:11	21:12	23:28	-

Quarter Finals (Nanjing)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/23/2002	South Korea	Brazil	71:70	15:25	20:21	15:10	21:14	-
09/23/2002	Russia	People's Republic of China	86:70	16:14	3:30 p.m.	29:19	26: 7	-
09/23/2002	Australia	France	78:52	22:12	22:14	18:19	16: 7	-
09/23/2002	United States	Spain	94:55	24:11	25:18	25:13	20:13	-

Placement games (5th to 8th place) (Nanjing)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/24/2002	People's Republic of China	Brazil	81:80	25:20	20:18	13:23	23:19	-
09/24/2002	Spain	France	69:59	21:16	15:20	16:12	17:11	-

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/25/2002	Brazil	France	74:65	25:16	22:16	17: 9	10:24	-

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/25/2002	Spain	People's Republic of China	91:72	25:14	24:24	16:19	26:15	-

Semi-finals (Nanjing)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/24/2002	Russia	South Korea	70:53	22:14	22:16	15:13	11:10	-
09/24/2002	United States	Australia	71:56	17:17	22:12	17:15	15:12	-

Medal games

3rd place match (Nanjing)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/25/2002	Australia	South Korea	91:63	26:18	20:15	21:15	24:15	-

Finale (Nanjing)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss
09/25/2002	United States	Russia	79:74	25:15	23:20	17:20	14:19	-

Final placements

1.  United States
2.  Russia
3.  Australia
4.  South Korea
5.  Spain
6.  People's Republic of China
7.  Brazil
8.  France
9.  Cuba
10.  Argentina
11.  Lithuania
12.  Yugoslavia
13.  Japan
14. Taiwan
15.  Senegal
16.  Tunisia

statistics

Points per game

Rank	Surname	country	Games	Points	cut
1	Lauren Jackson	Australia	9	208	23.11
2	Elena Baranova	Russia	9	163	18.11
3	Mutsuko Nagata	Japan	5	87	17.40
4th	Lisa Leslie	United States	9	155	17.22
5	Awa Gueye	Senegal	5	86	17.20

Honors

• Lisa Leslie ( USA ) was named MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the tournament.
• In addition to Leslie ( center ), her teammate Shannon Johnson ( guard ), Amaya Valdemoro (guard) from Spain , Elena Baranova ( forward ) from Russia and Lauren Jackson (forward) from Australia were elected to the all-tournament team .

Web links

• www.fiba.com