The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the
FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
, the international world championship for men's
basketball
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teams. The tournament held by the
International Basketball Federation
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in
Indianapolis
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,
Indiana
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, United States, from August 29 to September 8, 2002.
Venues
Qualification
There were 16 teams taking part in the 2002 World Cup of Basketball. Since the 2000 Olympics champions United States has direct access to the World Championship as host nation, the Olympic berth is left unused and one extra qualifying spot is assigned to FIBA Americas below.
* Host nation: 1 berth
*
FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.
Member associations
Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams
* FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...
: 14 teams competing for 2 berths
*
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan.
Members
FIBA World Rankings Overview
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: 12 teams competing for 2 berths
*
FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas ( es, Confederación Panamericana de Baloncesto, french: FIBA Amériques) is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organiz ...
: 10 teams competing for 5 berths
*
FIBA Europe
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: 16 teams competing for 5 berths
*
FIBA Oceania
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: 2 teams competing for 1 berth
Qualified teams
Squads
At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
Competing nations
The following nations' teams competed:
Preliminary round
The top three teams in each group advance to the
second round
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, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the
13th–16th classification.
Group A
August 29, 2002
August 30, 2002
August 31, 2002
Group B
August 29, 2002
August 30, 2002
August 31, 2002
Group C
August 29, 2002
August 30, 2002
August 31, 2002
Group D
August 29, 2002
August 30, 2002
August 31, 2002
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
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; the bottom two advance to the
Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs.
Group E
September 2, 2002
September 3, 2002
September 4, 2002
Group F
September 2, 2002
September 3, 2002
September 4, 2002
Classification round
13th–16th classification
Semifinals
Fifteenth place playoff
Thirteenth place playoff
9th–12th classification
Semifinals
Eleventh place playoff
Ninth place playoff
5th–8th classification
Semifinals
Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Final
Awards
Final rankings
All tournament team
Top scorers (ppg)
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Dirk Nowitzki
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- 24.0
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Victor Díaz - 22.0
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Yao Ming
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- 21.0
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Marcelo Machado
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- 20.8
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Paul Pierce
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- 19.7
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Pau Gasol
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- 19.1
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Larry Ayuso
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Larry may refer to the following:
People Arts and entertainment
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*Larry Boone ...
- 18.7
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Peja Stojaković
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- 18.7
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Phill Jones
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- 18.2
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Fadi El Khatib
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El Khatib played for several teams in the L ...
- 17.6
References
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