2002 FIBA World Championship explained

Tourney Name:	2002 FIBA World Championship
Size:	200px
City:	Indianapolis
Country:	United States
Dates:	August 29 – September 8
Opened:	George W. Bush
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	5
Venues:	RCA Dome Conseco Fieldhouse
Champion:	FR Yugoslavia
Count:	2
Second:	Argentina
Third:	Germany
Fourth:	New Zealand
Games:	62
Mvp:	Dirk Nowitzki
Top Scorer:	Dirk Nowitzki (24.0 points per game)
Prevseason:	1998
Nextseason:	2006

The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from August 29 to September 8, 2002.

Qualification

There were 16 teams taking part in the 2002 World Cup of Basketball. Since the 2000 Olympic champions United States had direct access to the World Championship as the host nation, the Olympic berth was replaced by an extra qualifying spot assigned to FIBA Americas below.

• Host nation: 1 berth
• FIBA Asia: 14 teams competing for 2 berths
• FIBA Africa: 12 teams competing for 2 berths
• FIBA Americas: 10 teams competing for 5 berths
• FIBA Europe: 16 teams competing for 5 berths
• FIBA Oceania: 2 teams competing for 1 berth

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1
2001 ABC Championship	July 20–28, 2001	Shanghai	2
FIBA Africa Championship 2001	August 4–12, 2001	Rabat and Casablanca	2
FIBA Americas Championship 2001	August 16–26, 2001	Neuquén	5
EuroBasket 2001	August 31–September 9, 2001	Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul	5
	September 21–23, 2001	Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton	1
TOTAL			16

Squads

See main article: 2002 FIBA World Championship squads. At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Competing nations

The following nations' teams competed:

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D

Preliminary round

The top three teams in each group advance to the second round, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the 13th–16th classification.

Group A

August 29, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		113–63			align=left rowspan=2	Conseco Fieldhouse
		54–85

August 30, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		84–74			align=left rowspan=2	RCA Dome
		71–69

August 31, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		55–88			RCA Dome
		71–87			Conseco Fieldhouse

Group B

August 29, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		102–73			align=left rowspan=2	RCA Dome
		78–75

August 30, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		77–99			align=left rowspan=2	Conseco Fieldhouse
		86–88

August 31, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		80–107			align=left rowspan=2	Conseco Fieldhouse
		86–90

Group C

August 29, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		76–88			align=left rowspan=2	RCA Dome
		110–60

August 30, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		87–104			RCA Dome
		82–96			Conseco Fieldhouse

August 31, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		70–102			Conseco Fieldhouse
		65–84			RCA Dome

Group D

August 29, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		90–81			align=left rowspan=2	Conseco Fieldhouse
		107–72

August 30, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		85–98			RCA Dome
		81–100			Conseco Fieldhouse

August 31, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		69–86			align=left rowspan=2	RCA Dome
		85–112

Second round

In this stage, the results in the preliminary rounds are combined and the teams who met previously do not play each other a second time. The teams that advanced from Group A and Group B are combined into Group E and teams that advanced from Group C and Group D are combined into Group F.

The top four from each group advance to the knockout stages; the bottom two advance to the Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs.

Group E

September 2, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		85–83			Conseco Fieldhouse
		64–87			RCA Dome
		86–83	OT		Conseco Fieldhouse

September 3, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		66–86			Conseco Fieldhouse
		65–73			RCA Dome
		90–69			RCA Dome

September 4, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		89–87	2OT		RCA Dome
		78–110			Conseco Fieldhouse
		67–84			RCA Dome

Group F

September 2, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		64–84			RCA Dome
		82–106			Conseco Fieldhouse
		95–71			RCA Dome

September 3, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		68–95			RCA Dome
		110–62			Conseco Fieldhouse
		77–86			Conseco Fieldhouse

September 4, 2002

width=200		width=30		width=70		width=30		width=200
		94–88			Conseco Fieldhouse
		85–103			RCA Dome
		87–80			Conseco Fieldhouse

Classification round

13th–16th classification

Thirteenth place playoff

9th–12th classification

Ninth place playoff

5th–8th classification

Fifth place playoff

Final round

Final

See main article: 2002 FIBA World Championship Final.

Final standings

Rank	width=200px	Team	Record
1		7–2
2		8–1
3		6–3
4		4–5
5		7–2
6		6–3
7		6–3
8		4–5
9		4–4
10		3–5
11		2–6
12		1–7
13		2–3
14		1–4
15		1–4
16		0–5

All tournament team

See main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team.

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Dirk Nowitzki - 24.0
2. Victor Díaz - 22.0
3. Yao Ming - 21.0
4. Marcelo Machado - 20.8
5. Paul Pierce - 19.7
6. Pau Gasol - 19.1
7. Larry Ayuso - 18.7
8. Peja Stojaković - 18.7
9. Phill Jones - 18.2
10. Fadi El Khatib - 17.6