2014 Women's Basketball World Cup

2014 Women's Basketball World Cup
Number of nations	16
winner	United States (9th title)
venue	Turkey
Opening game	September 27, 2014
Endgame	5th October 2014
Games	40
Most basket points	Sancho Lyttle (⌀ 18.2 points)
Most valuable player	Maya Moore

The 17th World Basketball Championship the ladies took from September 27 to October 5, 2014 in Turkey instead. The central committee ( english Central Board ) of the FIBA awarded in March 2011, the orientation of the final tournament of the Association of Turkey. The games took place in the Ankara Arena in the capital Ankara and the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul . The final round of the tournament took place in the Ülker Sports Arena , also in Istanbul.

The United States became world champions for the ninth time .

Attendees

•  Turkey - hosts (European Championship bronze medal)
•  United States - Olympic gold medalist and defending champion

FIBA Europe

- qualified over the placements of the European Championship 2013 :

•  Spain - European Champion
•  France - Vice European Champion
•  Serbia - European Championship semi-finals
•  Belarus - European Championship fifth
•  Czech Republic - sixth in the European Championship

FIBA America

- qualified via the placements of the American Championship 2013 :

•  Cuba - American champions
•  Canada - Vice Champion
•  Brazil - bronze medal

FIBA Asia

- qualified via the placements in the 2013 Asian Cup :

•  Japan - Asian champions
•  South Korea - Vice Asian Champion
•  People's Republic of China - bronze medal

FIBA Africa

- qualified via the placements of the African Cup of Nations 2013 :

•  Angola - African champions
•  Mozambique - Vice African Champion

FIBA Oceania

•  Australia - Oceania Champion 2013

mode

At the tournament itself, a preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each, each of which competed once against each other within the groups in round- robin mode. The teams placed second and third in groups A and B as well as groups C and D played an elimination game in a crossover manner. The winner of the respective elimination games was qualified together with the group winners for the quarter-finals, in which the tournament was continued in the knockout system as in the elimination games . The losers of the quarter-finals played a “consolation round” for places five to eight. The losers of the semi-finals played against each other for the bronze medal, while the winner of the final was crowned world champion.

Preliminary round

The pairings of the preliminary round were determined on March 15, 2014 by lottery. The games were played in round-robin mode.

Group A - Ankara Arena

September 27, 2014 4:15 p.m.	fiba.com	Japan 50, Spain 74			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 13:21, 15:21, 4:24, 18: 8
		Points per half: 28:42, 22:32.

September 27, 2014 9:15 pm	fiba.com	Brazil 55, Czech Republic 68			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 7:17, 13:10, 16:23, 19:18
		Points per half: 20:27, 35:41.

September 28, 2014 4:15 p.m.	fiba.com	Czech Republic 71 , Japan 57			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 18:16, 15:22, 20:13, 18: 6
		Points per half: 33:38, 38: 9.

September 28, 2014 9:15 pm	fiba.com	Spain 83 , Brazil 56			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 12:13, 29:13, 20:14, 22:16
		Points per half: 41:26, 42:30.

September 30, 2014 14:00	fiba.com	Brazil 79 , Japan 56			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 22:11, 19:20, 19:14, 19:11
		Points per half: 41:31, 38:25.

September 30, 2014 4:15 pm	fiba.com	Spain 67 , Czech Republic 43			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 14: 9, 20:12, 14:13, 19: 9
		Points per half: 34:21, 33:22.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Victory points	Basket points	Diff.
1	Spain	3	3	0	6th	224: 149	+75
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	5	182: 179	+3
3	Brazil	3	1	2	4th	190: 207	-17
4th	Japan	3	0	3	3	163: 224	-61

Group B - Ankara Arena

September 27, 2014 14:00	fiba.com	Mozambique 54, Canada 69			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 18:22, 14:13, 10:18, 12:16
		Points per half: 32:35, 22:34.

September 27, 2014 7:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Turkey 50 , France 48			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 14:15, 3:12, 21:10, 12:11
		Points per half: 17:27, 33:21.

September 28, 2014 14:00	fiba.com	France 89 , Mozambique 45			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 20:13, 27:18, 24:10, 18:14
		Points per half: 47:31, 42:24.

September 28, 2014 7:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Canada 44, Turkey 55			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 17:17, 5: 7, 9: 7, 13:24
		Points per half: 22:24, 22:31.

September 30, 2014 7:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Mozambique 54, Turkey 64			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 12:18, 11:18, 15:19, 16: 9
		Points per half: 23:36, 31:28.

September 30, 2014 9:15 pm	fiba.com	France 63 , Canada 59			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 15:17, 16:13, 16:13, 16:16
		Points per half: 31:30, 32:29.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Victory points	Basket points	Diff.
1	Turkey	3	3	0	6th	169: 146	+23
2	France	3	2	1	5	200: 154	+46
3	Canada	3	1	2	4th	172: 172	± 0
4th	Mozambique	3	0	3	3	153: 222	-69

Group C - Abdi İpekçi Arena

September 27, 2014 2:15 p.m.	fiba.com	Cuba 57, Australia 90			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 6:23, 25:22, 7:23, 19:22
		Points per half: 31:45, 26:45.

September 27, 2014 4:30 p.m.	fiba.com	South Korea 64, Belarus 70			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 23:11, 7:21, 15:23, 19:15
		Points per half: 30:32, 34:38.

September 28, 2014 2:15 p.m.	fiba.com	Australia 87 , South Korea 54			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 25: 9, 20:13, 21:15, 21:17
		Points per half: 45:22, 42:32.

September 28, 2014 7:15 pm	fiba.com	Belarus 70 , Cuba 69			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 15:22, 20:15, 15:19, 20:13
		Points per half: 35:37, 35:32.

September 30, 2014 4:30 p.m.	fiba.com	Australia 87 , Belarus 45			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 24:13, 22: 8, 19:11, 22:13
		Points per half: 46:21, 41:24.

September 30, 2014 7:15 pm	fiba.com	South Korea 57, Cuba 73			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 15:18, 13:16, 18:23, 11:16
		Points per half: 28:34, 29:39.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Victory points	Basket points	Diff.
1	Australia	3	3	0	6th	264: 156	+108
2	Belarus	3	2	1	5	185: 220	-35
3	Cuba	3	1	2	4th	208: 226	-18
4th	South Korea	3	0	3	3	175: 230	-55

Group D - Abdi İpekçi Arena

September 27, 2014 7:15 pm	fiba.com	Serbia 102 , Angola 42			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 22:10, 24: 8, 27:18, 29: 6
		Points per half: 46:18, 56:24.

September 27, 2014 9:30 pm	fiba.com	PR China 56, United States 87			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 13:20, 19:19, 8:21, 16:27
		Points per half: 32:39, 24:48.

September 28, 2014 4:30 p.m.	fiba.com	Angola 39, PR China 65			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 10:15, 5:15, 12:22, 12:13
		Points per half: 15:30, 24:35.

September 28, 2014 9:30 p.m.	fiba.com	United States 94 , Serbia 74			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 17:21, 32:21, 21:22, 24:10
		Points per half: 49:42, 45:32.

September 30, 2014 2:15 p.m.	fiba.com	Serbia 65 , PR China 63			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 25:22, 16:12, 8:17, 16:12
		Points per half: 41:34, 24:29.

September 30, 2014 9:30 pm	fiba.com	United States 119 , Angola 44			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 33:11, 28:14, 31: 6, 27:13
		Points per half: 61:25, 58:19.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Victory points	Basket points	Diff.
1	United States	3	3	0	6th	300: 174	+126
2	Serbia	3	2	1	5	241: 199	+42
3	People's Republic of China	3	1	2	4th	184: 191	−7
4th	Angola	3	0	3	3	125: 286	−161

Final round

The tournament was continued in the knockout system, initially with an elimination round between second and third in the group. There was also a placement round for the quarter-final losers and a game for the bronze medal for the semi-final losers.

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

3rd October 2014

October 1, 2014

Spain

71

Belarus

67

4th October 2014

People's Republic of China

55

People's Republic of China

72

Spain

66

3rd October 2014

October 1, 2014

Turkey

56

Turkey

62

Serbia

86

5th October 2014

Serbia

61

Cuba

79

Spain

64

3rd October 2014

October 1, 2014

United States

77

Australia

63

Czech Republic

71

4th October 2014

Canada

52

Canada

91

Australia

70

3rd October 2014

October 1, 2014

United States

82

United States

94

France

61

France

72

Brazil

48

Elimination round

October 1, 2014 4:15 p.m.	fiba.com	Czech Republic 71, Canada 91			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 13:22, 19:22, 23:21, 16:26
		Points per half: 32:44, 39:47.

October 1, 2014 6:00 p.m.	fiba.com	France 61 , Brazil 48			Ankara Arena
		Points per quarter: 12:10, 14: 5, 19:15, 16:18
		Points per half: 26:15, 35:33.

October 1, 2014 6:15 pm	fiba.com	Belarus 67, PR China 72			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 20:19, 23:13, 17:15, 7:25
		Points per half: 43:32, 24:40.

October 1, 2014 8:30 p.m.	fiba.com	Serbia 86 , Cuba 79			Abdi İpekçi Arena
		Points per quarter: 16:23, 26:16, 18:23, 26:17
		Points per half: 42:39, 44:40.

Quarter finals

October 3, 2014 1:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Australia 63 , Canada 52			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 19:17, 17: 7, 15:11, 12:17
		Points per half: 36:24, 27:28.

October 3, 2014 3:15 pm	fiba.com	Spain 71 , PR China 55			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 20: 9, 15: 8, 21:18, 15:20
		Points per half: 35:17, 36:38.

October 3, 2014 6:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Turkey 62 , Serbia 61			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 18:13, 6:17, 17:10, 21:21
		Points per half: 24:30, 38:31.

October 3, 2014 8:15 pm	fiba.com	United States 94 , France 72			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 29:14, 24:18, 19:16, 22:24
		Points per half: 53:32, 41:40.

Small semifinals

October 4, 2014 1:00 p.m.	fiba.com	PR China 85 , Serbia 69			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 32:22, 11:14, 21:20, 21:13
		Points per half: 43:36, 42:33.

October 4, 2014 3:15 pm	fiba.com	Canada 55 , France 40			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 15: 8, 22: 8, 10:16, 8: 8
		Points per half: 37:16, 18:24.

Semifinals

October 4, 2014 6:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Spain 66 , Turkey 56			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 19:20, 9: 7, 13:12, 25:17
		Points per half: 28:27, 38:29.

October 4, 2014 8:15 pm	fiba.com	Australia 70, United States 82			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 16:19, 14:23, 22:19, 18:21
		Points per half: 30:42, 40:40.

Game for 7th place

October 5, 2014 1:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Serbia 74, France 88			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 20:19, 14:22, 19:19, 21:28
		Points per half: 34:41, 40:47.

Play for 5th place

October 5, 2014 3:15 p.m.	fiba.com	PR China 53, Canada 61			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 15:13, 11:19, 15:14, 12:15
		Points per half: 26:32, 27:29.

3rd place match

October 5, 2014 6:00 p.m.	fiba.com	Turkey 44, Australia 74			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 4:17, 15:21, 7:16, 18:20
		Points per half: 19:38, 25:36.

final

October 5, 2014 8:15 pm	fiba.com	Spain 64, United States 77			Ülker Sports Arena
		Points per quarter: 17:28, 12:20, 19:19, 16:10
		Points per half: 29:48, 35:29.

World champions

United States squad at the 2014 World Cup

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 4th Lindsay Whalen 05/09/1982 175 Minnesota Lynx 5 Seimone Augustus 04/30/1984 183 Minnesota Lynx 6th Sue Bird 10/16/1980 175 Seattle Storm 8th Angel McCoughtry 09/10/1986 185 Atlanta Dream 9 Odyssey Sims 07/13/1992 172 Tulsa Shock 12 Diana Taurasi 06/11/1982 182 Phoenix Mercury Forwards ( SF , PF ) 7th Maya Moore 06/11/1989 183 Minnesota Lynx 10 Breanna Stewart 08/27/1994 193 UConn Huskies ( NCAA ) 11 Candice Dupree 08/16/1984 188 Phoenix Mercury 13 Nnemkadi Ogwumike 07/02/1990 187 Los Angeles Sparks Center ( C ) 14th Tina Charles December 05, 1988 193 New York Liberty 15th Brittney Griner October 18, 1990 203 Phoenix Mercury

Trainer Nat. Surname position Geno Auriemma Head coach Douglas Bruno Assistant coach Cheryl Reeve Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell Team homepage League homepage Status: September 2014

All-tournament team

The following five players were selected for the selection of the five best players of the tournament:

•  Alba Torrens
•  Penny Taylor
•  Maya Moore ( MVP )
•  Sancho Lyttle
•  Brittney Griner

Web links

• The Official Website of the 2014 FIBA ​​World Championship for Women - official website ( English / Turkish / Chinese )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PR N ° 6 - GB granted automatic Olympic spots, 2014 FIBA ​​World Champs Women go to Turkey. FIBA , March 14, 2011, accessed on September 27, 2014 (English, media information). 
2. ↑ 2014 FIBA ​​World Championship for Women Draw Ceremony. FIBA , March 15, 2014, accessed on September 27, 2014 (English, video summary). 
3. ^ Moore named MVP of 2014 FIBA ​​World Championship for Women, headlines All-Star Five. FIBA , October 5, 2014, accessed on October 6, 2014 (English, media information).