# 2002 FIBA World Championship

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.

## Venues

Indianapolis :
| RCA Dome Capacity: 57,980 | Conseco FieldhouseRCA Dome | Conseco Fieldhouse Capacity: 18,345 |
| United States |||
| Indianapolis |||

## 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 | United States |
| 2001 ABC Championship | July 20–28, 2001 | Shanghai | 2 | China Lebanon |
| FIBA Africa Championship 2001 | August 4–12, 2001 | Rabat and Casablanca | 2 | Angola Algeria |
| FIBA Americas Championship 2001 | August 16–26, 2001 | Neuquén | 5 | Argentina Brazil Canada Puerto Rico Venezuela |
| EuroBasket 2001 | August 31–September 9, 2001 | Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul | 5 | Yugoslavia Turkey Spain Germany Russia |
| FIBA Oceania Championship 2001 | September 21–23, 2001 | Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton | 1 | New Zealand |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | |

## Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

## Competing nations

The following nations' teams competed:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Angola  Canada  Spain  Yugoslavia | Brazil  Lebanon  Puerto Rico  Turkey | Algeria  China  Germany  United States | Argentina  New Zealand  Russia  Venezuela |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 178 | +66 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 205 | +64 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 275 | −73 | 4 | Second round |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 256 | −57 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
August 29, 2002
| Yugoslavia | 113–63 | Angola | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Canada | 54–85 | Spain | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 30, 2002
| Angola | 84–74 | Canada | RCA Dome |
| Spain | 71–69 | Yugoslavia | RCA Dome |
August 31, 2002
| Angola | 55–88 | Spain | RCA Dome |
| Canada | 71–87 | Yugoslavia | Conseco Fieldhouse |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 245 | +35 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 263 | 242 | +21 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 246 | +22 | 4 | Second round |
| 4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 308 | −78 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
August 29, 2002
| Brazil | 102–73 | Lebanon | RCA Dome |
| Puerto Rico | 78–75 | Turkey | RCA Dome |
August 30, 2002
| Lebanon | 77–99 | Puerto Rico | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Turkey | 86–88 | Brazil | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 31, 2002
| Lebanon | 80–107 | Turkey | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Puerto Rico | 86–90 | Brazil | Conseco Fieldhouse |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 298 | 212 | +86 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 277 | 250 | +27 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 254 | −17 | 4 | Second round |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 308 | −96 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
August 29, 2002
| China | 76–88 | Germany | RCA Dome |
| United States | 110–60 | Algeria | RCA Dome |
August 30, 2002
| Germany | 87–104 | United States | RCA Dome |
| Algeria | 82–96 | China | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 31, 2002
| Algeria | 70–102 | Germany | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| China | 65–84 | United States | RCA Dome |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 319 | 238 | +81 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 273 | 278 | −5 | 5 | Second round |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 248 | 259 | −11 | 4 | Second round |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 291 | −65 | 3 | 13th–16th classification round |
August 29, 2002
| New Zealand | 90–81 | Russia | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Argentina | 107–72 | Venezuela | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 30, 2002
| Venezuela | 85–98 | New Zealand | RCA Dome |
| Russia | 81–100 | Argentina | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 31, 2002
| Venezuela | 69–86 | Russia | RCA Dome |
| New Zealand | 85–112 | Argentina | RCA Dome |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 5 | 1 | 510 | 488 | +22 | 11 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 480 | 391 | +89 | 11 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 562 | 437 | +125 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 502 | 502 | 0 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Turkey | 6 | 2 | 4 | 496 | 509 | −13 | 8 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | Angola | 6 | 1 | 5 | 438 | 536 | −98 | 7 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Puerto Rico 1–0 Spain
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: FR Yugoslavia 1–0 Brazil
September 2, 2002
| Puerto Rico | 85–83 | | Yugoslavia | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Turkey | 64–87 | | Spain | RCA Dome |
| Brazil | 86–83 | OT | Angola | Conseco Fieldhouse |
September 3, 2002
| Angola | 66–86 | Turkey | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Spain | 65–73 | Puerto Rico | RCA Dome |
| Yugoslavia | 90–69 | Brazil | RCA Dome |
September 4, 2002
| Puerto Rico | 89–87 | 2OT | Angola | RCA Dome |
| Turkey | 78–110 | | Yugoslavia | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Brazil | 67–84 | | Spain | RCA Dome |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 587 | 466 | +121 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States (H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 605 | 443 | +162 | 11 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 541 | 485 | +56 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 560 | −67 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Russia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 520 | 536 | −16 | 8 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | China | 6 | 1 | 5 | 464 | 538 | −74 | 7 | 9th–12th classification round |
September 2, 2002
| New Zealand | 64–84 | Germany | RCA Dome |
| Russia | 82–106 | United States | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Argentina | 95–71 | China | RCA Dome |
September 3, 2002
| China | 68–95 | Russia | RCA Dome |
| United States | 110–62 | New Zealand | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Germany | 77–86 | Argentina | Conseco Fieldhouse |
September 4, 2002
| New Zealand | 94–88 | China | Conseco Fieldhouse |
| Russia | 85–103 | Germany | RCA Dome |
| Argentina | 87–80 | United States | Conseco Fieldhouse |

## Classification round
### 13th–16th classification

| Thirteenth to sixteenth | Thirteenth to sixteenth | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| September 2, 2002 | September 2, 2002 |
| Canada | 91 |
| Canada | 91 | September 3, 2002 | September 3, 2002 |
| Lebanon | 67 | September 3, 2002 | September 3, 2002 |
| Lebanon | 67 | Canada | 98 |
| September 2, 2002 | September 2, 2002 | | Canada | 98 |
| September 2, 2002 | September 2, 2002 | Venezuela | 97 |
| Algeria | 83 | Venezuela | 97 |
| Venezuela | 98 | | |
| Venezuela | 98 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | September 3, 2002 | September 3, 2002 |
| | | Lebanon | 70 |
| | | Algeria | 100 |

#### Semifinals

* September 2
| Canada | 91–67 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-16, 22-15, 23-22, 24-14 |||
* RCA Dome, Indianapolis
* September 2
| Algeria | 83–98 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 24-29, 16-22, 19-27 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

#### Fifteenth place playoff

* September 3
| Lebanon | 70–100 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-23, 17-19, 15-34, 12-24 |||
* RCA Dome, Indianapolis

#### Thirteenth place playoff

* September 3
| Canada | 98–97 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-23, 26-26, 27-28, 20-20 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

### 9th–12th classification

| Ninth to twelfth | Ninth to twelfth | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| September 6, 2002 | September 6, 2002 |
| Turkey | 94 |
| Turkey | 94 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| China | 86 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| China | 86 | Turkey | 91 |
| September 6, 2002 | September 6, 2002 | | Turkey | 91 |
| September 6, 2002 | September 6, 2002 | Russia | 86 |
| Angola | 66 | Russia | 86 |
| Russia | 77 | | |
| Russia | 77 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| | | China | 84 |
| | | Angola | 96 |

#### Semifinals

* September 6
| Turkey | 94–86 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 30-24, 18-16, 19-22, 27-24 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
* September 6
| Russia | 77–66 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 28-18, 13-24, 16-8, 20-16 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

#### Eleventh place playoff

* September 7
| China | 84–96 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-27, 31-24, 9-29, 26-16 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

#### Ninth place playoff

* September 7
| Turkey | 91–86 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-28, 25-25, 15-18, 29-15 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

### 5th–8th classification

| Fifth to eighth | Fifth to eighth | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| September 6, 2002 | September 6, 2002 |
| Puerto Rico | 74 |
| Puerto Rico | 74 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| United States | 84 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| United States | 84 | United States | 75 |
| September 6, 2002 | September 6, 2002 | | United States | 75 |
| September 6, 2002 | September 6, 2002 | Spain | 81 |
| Spain | 105 | Spain | 81 |
| Brazil | 89 | | |
| Brazil | 89 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 91 |
| | | Brazil | 84 |

#### Semifinals

* September 6
| Puerto Rico | 74–84 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 11-31, 21-17, 17-17 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
* September 6
| Spain | 105–89 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 29-21, 25-26, 34-17, 17-25 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

#### Seventh place playoff

* September 7
| Puerto Rico | 91–84 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-20, 20-27, 17-14, 28-23 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

#### Fifth place playoff

* September 7
| United States | 75–81 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 27-18, 23-22, 15-16, 10-25 |||
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

## Final round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | | | |
| Puerto Rico | 63 | | | |
| Puerto Rico | 63 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 | | |
| New Zealand | 65 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 | |
| New Zealand | 65 | New Zealand | 78 | |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | | New Zealand | 78 | |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | Yugoslavia | 89 | |
| Yugoslavia | 81 | Yugoslavia | 89 | |
| Yugoslavia | 81 | | | | September 8, 2002 | September 8, 2002 |
| United States | 78 | | | | September 8, 2002 | September 8, 2002 |
| United States | 78 | | | | Yugoslavia (OT) | 84 |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | | | | | Yugoslavia (OT) | 84 |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | | | | Argentina | 77 |
| Spain | 62 | | | | Argentina | 77 |
| Spain | 62 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 | | | |
| Germany | 70 | September 7, 2002 | September 7, 2002 | | | |
| Germany | 70 | Germany | 80 | | | |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | | Germany | 80 | | | |
| September 5, 2002 | September 5, 2002 | Argentina | 86 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 67 | Argentina | 86 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 67 | | | | September 8, 2002 | September 8, 2002 |
| Argentina | 78 | | | | September 8, 2002 | September 8, 2002 |
| Argentina | 78 | | | | New Zealand | 94 |
| | | | | | Germany | 117 |

### Quarterfinals

* September 5 17:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 62–70 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–20, 21–6, 10–24 |||
| Pts: Navarro 21 Rebs: Jiménez 9 Asts: Rodríguez 5 | | Pts: Nowitzki 20 Rebs: Okulaja 8 Asts: Demirel 4 |
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Iztok Rems (SVN), Stefano Cazzaro (ITA)
* September 5 17:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 78–67 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 11–13, 22–13, 27–25 |||
| Pts: Oberto 19 Rebs: Oberto 8 Asts: Ginóbili 5 | | Pts: Mazzuchini 20 Rebs: Varejão 7 Asts: Klafke 3 |
* RCA Dome, Indianapolis Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM), Memduh Öget (TUR)
* September 5 20:00
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 63–65 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–17, 15–17, 19–18 |||
| Pts: Ayuso 24 Rebs: Ortiz 10 Asts: Arroyo 7 | | Pts: Jones 21 Rebs: Boucher 8 Asts: Dickel 8 |
* RCA Dome, Indianapolis Attendance: 4,378 Referees: Romuladas Brazauskas (LTU), Efim Resser (BRA)
* September 5 20:00
* Boxscore
| United States | 78–81 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 16–20, 22–12, 20–29 |||
| Pts: Miller, Pierce 19 Rebs: O'Neal 8 Asts: Miller 7 | | Pts: Stojaković 20 Rebs: Divac 11 Asts: Stojaković 4 |
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Attendance: 5,362 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Carlos Renato dos Santos (BRA)

### Semifinals

* September 7 13:15
* Boxscore
| Germany | 80–86 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 30–20, 21–23, 18–27 |||
| Pts: Nowitzki 24 Rebs: Nowitzki 11 Asts: Demirel 5 | | Pts: Sconochini 18 Rebs: Wolkowyski 7 Asts: Sánchez 6 |
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Iztok Rems (SVN), Carlos Renato dos Santos (BRA)
* September 7 15:30
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 78–89 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 18–20, 10–27, 20–23 |||
| Pts: Penney 24 Rebs: Cameron 8 Asts: Dickel 5 | | Pts: Koturović 18 Rebs: Jarić 8 Asts: Jarić 6 |
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Yosuke Miyatake (JPN)

### Third place playoff

* September 8 12:30
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 94–117 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–35, 21–39, 13–22, 33–21 |||
| Pts: Jones 26 Rebs: Boucher 7 Asts: Cameron 8 | | Pts: Nowitzki 29 Rebs: Nowitzki 8 Asts: Demirel 7 |
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stefano Cazzaro (ITA), Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG)

### Final

* September 8 15:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 84–77 (OT) | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 17–20, 11–18, 23–18, Overtime: 9–2 |||
| Pts: Bodiroga 27 Rebs: Koturović 9 Asts: Bodiroga 3 | | Pts: Oberto 28 Rebs: Oberto 10 Asts: Sánchez 6 |
* Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Attendance: 17,079 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

## Awards

* 2002 World Championship winner
* Yugoslavia Second title
* Tournament MVP
* Dirk Nowitzki

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 7–2 |
| 2 | Argentina | 8–1 |
| 3 | Germany | 6–3 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 4–5 |
| 5 | Spain | 7–2 |
| 6 | United States | 6–3 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 6–3 |
| 8 | Brazil | 4–5 |
| 9 | Turkey | 4–4 |
| 10 | Russia | 3–5 |
| 11 | Angola | 2–6 |
| 12 | China | 1–7 |
| 13 | Canada | 2–3 |
| 14 | Venezuela | 1–4 |
| 15 | Algeria | 1–4 |
| 16 | Lebanon | 0–5 |

## All tournament team

| Guard | Center | Forward |
| Manu Ginóbili Peja Stojaković | Yao Ming | Dirk Nowitzki — MVP Pero Cameron |

## Top scorers (ppg)

* Dirk Nowitzki - 24.0
* Victor Díaz - 22.0
* Yao Ming - 21.0
* Marcelo Machado - 20.8
* Paul Pierce - 19.7
* Pau Gasol - 19.1
* Larry Ayuso - 18.7
* Peja Stojaković - 18.7
* Phill Jones - 18.2
* Fadi El Khatib - 17.6