2002 FIBA World Championship for Women

women World 2002 China September 14–25 16 5 9 9 USA 7 USA Lisa Leslie AUS Jackson (23.1) USA (88.6) RUS Baranova (11) USA (39.3) TPE Chien (5.5) TPE (14.4) 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women 1998 2006 The 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women (2002年国际篮联世界女子锦标赛 2002 Nián guójì lán lián shìjiè nǚzǐ jǐnbiāosài) was the 14th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship. Hosted by China from September 14 to September 25, 2002, it was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Chinese federation. The USA won the tournament, defeating Russia 79-74 for the gold medal. Venues CityVenueWuzhongTaicang Zhangjiagang Changshu Suzhou Suzhou Sports CenterChangzhou Huai'an Zhenjiang Nanjing Wutaishan Gymnasium Competing nations Except China, which automatically qualified as the host, and the United States, which automatically qualified as the reigning Olympic champion, the 14 remaining countries qualified through their continents' qualifying tournaments: Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D Japan Brazil Lithuania South Korea Argentina China Chinese Taipei Tunisia Australia FR Yugoslavia United States France Spain Senegal Russia Cuba thumb|Teams qualified Squads 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women squads Preliminary round Group A Team Pts. W L PF PAAUS63 0 256 164ESP52 1 255 191ARG41 2 182 247JPN30 3 181 272 September 14, 2002 JPN65–74ARGWuzhongAUS73–58ESP September 15, 2002 ARG53–85AUSWuzhongESP100–63JPN September 16, 2002 AUS98–53JPNARG55–97ESPWuzhong Group B Team Pts. W L PF PABRA63 0 264 200CHN52 1 226 213FR Yugoslavia41 2 234 224SEN30 3 181 268 September 14, 2002 BRA85–73CHNTaicangFR Yugoslavia94–66SEN September 15, 2002 CHN72–65FR YugoslaviaTaicangSEN52–93BRA September 16, 2002 SEN63–81CHNBRA86–75FR YugoslaviaTaicang Group C Team Pts. W L PF PAUSA63 0 274 142RUS52 1 235 196LIT41 2 201 282TPE30 3 165 255 September 14, 2002 LIT92–80TPEZhangjiagangUSA89–55RUS September 15, 2002 RUS97–61LITZhangjiagangTPE39–80USA September 16, 2002 TPE46–83RUSUSA105–48LITZhangjiagang Group D Team Pts. W L PF PAFRA63 0 313 176KOR52 1 282 231CUB41 2 222 235TUN30 3 170 345 September 14, 2002 KOR124–70TUNChangshuFRA92–61CUB September 15, 2002 CUB71–78KORChangshuTUN35–131FRA September 16, 2002 TUN65–90CUBFRA90–80KORChangshu Eighth-final round Group E Team Pts. W L PF PABRA115 1 492 176AUS115 1 524 231CHN104 2 472 235ESP104 2 473 345FR Yugoslavia82 4 466 235ARG71 5 352 345 September 18, 2002 FR Yugoslavia82–93AUSSuzhouBRA85–39ARGCHN72–59ESP September 19, 2002 ARG76–83FR YugoslaviaSuzhouESP78–68BRAAUS101–72CHN September 20, 2002 FR Yugoslavia67–81ESPBRA75–74AUSSuzhouCHN102–55ARG Group F Team Pts. W L PF PAUSA126 0 553 307RUS115 1 482 368FRA104 2 511 414KOR93 3 458 484LIT82 4 397 489CUB71 5 392 466 September 18, 2002 KOR47–92RUSChangzhouCUB44–87USAFRA71–63LIT September 19, 2002 USA91–53KORChangzhouLIT63–60CUBRUS74–59FRA September 20, 2002 KOR76–70LITCUB66–81RUSChangzhouFRA68–101USA Knockout stage Championship bracket September 23 - Nanjing BRA 70 KOR 71 September 23 - Nanjing CHN 70 RUS 86 September 23 - Nanjing ESP 55 USA 94 September 23 - Nanjing AUS 78 FRA 52 September 24 - Nanjing KOR 53 RUS 70 September 24 - Nanjing USA 71 AUS 56 September 25 - Nanjing RUS 74 USA 79 September 25 - Nanjing KOR 63 AUS 91 5th through 8th place Classification round Fifth place Seventh place September 24 - Nanjing CHN 81 BRA 80 September 24 - Nanjing FRA 59 ESP 69 September 25 - Nanjing CHN 72 ESP 91 September 25 - Nanjing BRA 74 FRA 65 9th through 12th place Classification round Ninth place Eleventh place September 23 - Zhenjiang FR Yugoslavia 74 CUB 76 September 23 - Zhenjiang LIT 65 ARG 71 September 24 - Zhenjiang CUB 92 ARG 71 September 24 - Zhenjiang FR Yugoslavia 62 LIT 83 13th through 16th place Classification round Thirteenth place Fifteenth place September 19 - Huai'an JPN 91 SEN 89 September 19 - Huai'an TPE 107 TUN 70 September 20 - Huai'an JPN 76 TPE 61 September 20 - Huai'an SEN 87 TUN 52 Awards bkw 2002 FIBA Women's World Championship winner USA Seventh Most Valuable PlayerUSA Lisa Leslie All-Tournament Team USA Shannon Johnson ESP Amaya Valdemoro RUS Elena Baranova AUS Lauren Jackson USA Lisa Lesliehttps://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fourteenth-world-championship-for-women-2002.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150427203855/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fourteenth-world-championship-for-women-2002.aspx dead April 27, 2015 FOURTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 2002 usab.com Final standings Rank Team Record 1 USA 9–0 2 RUS 7–2 3 AUS 7–2 4 KOR 4–5 5 ESP 6–3 6 CHN 5–4 7 BRA 6–3 8 FRA 4–5 9 CUB 3–5 10 ARG 2–6 11 LTU 3–5 12 FR Yugoslavia 2–6 13 JPN 2–3 14 TPE 1–4 15 SEN 1–4 16 TUN 0–5 References External links FIBA Archive World Championship Category:2002 in Chinese women's sport 2002 Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by China Category:September 2002 sports events in China Category:2002–03 in Chinese basketball