2002 FIBA World Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
City | Indianapolis |
Dates | August 29 – September 8 |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 62 |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() (24.0 points per game) |
The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th FIBA World Championship, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States from August 29 to September 8, 2002.
Contents
1 Venues
2 Squads
3 Competing nations
4 Preliminary round
4.1 Group A
4.2 Group B
4.3 Group C
4.4 Group D
5 Second round
5.1 Group E
5.2 Group F
6 Classification round
6.1 13th–16th classification
6.1.1 Semifinals
6.1.2 15th place playoff
6.1.3 13th place playoff
6.2 9th–12th classification
6.2.1 Semifinals
6.2.2 11th place playoff
6.2.3 9th place playoff
6.3 5th–8th classification
6.3.1 Semifinals
6.3.2 7th place playoff
6.3.3 5th place playoff
7 Final round
7.1 Quarterfinals
7.2 Semifinals
7.3 3rd place playoff
7.4 Final
8 Awards
9 Final rankings
10 All tournament team
11 Top scorers (ppg)
12 Notes
Venues
Indianapolis | United States | ||
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RCA Dome Capacity: 57,980 | ![]() ![]() Conseco Fieldhouse ![]() RCA Dome | Conseco Fieldhouse Capacity: 18,345 | ![]() ![]() Indianapolis |
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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 |
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Preliminary round

Competing teams
Qualified for the second round | |
Qualified for the 13th–16th classification 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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 178 | +66 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 269 | 205 | +64 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 275 | −73 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 256 | −57 | 3 |
August 29, 2002
Yugoslavia ![]() | 113–63 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Canada ![]() | 54–85 | ![]() |
August 30, 2002
Angola ![]() | 84–74 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Spain ![]() | 71–69 | ![]() |
August 31, 2002
Angola ![]() | 55–88 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Canada ![]() | 71–87 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 245 | +35 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 263 | 242 | +21 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 246 | +22 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 308 | −78 | 3 |
August 29, 2002
Brazil ![]() | 102–73 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Puerto Rico ![]() | 78–75 | ![]() |
August 30, 2002
Lebanon ![]() | 77–99 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Turkey ![]() | 86–88 | ![]() |
August 31, 2002
Lebanon ![]() | 80–107 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Puerto Rico ![]() | 86–90 | ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 298 | 212 | +86 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 277 | 250 | +27 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 254 | −17 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 308 | −96 | 3 |
August 29, 2002
China ![]() | 76–88 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
United States ![]() | 110–60 | ![]() |
August 30, 2002
Germany ![]() | 87–104 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Algeria ![]() | 82–96 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 31, 2002
Algeria ![]() | 70–102 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
China ![]() | 65–84 | ![]() | RCA Dome |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 319 | 238 | +81 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 273 | 278 | −5 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 248 | 259 | −11 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 291 | −65 | 3 |
August 29, 2002
New Zealand ![]() | 90–81 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Argentina ![]() | 107–72 | ![]() |
August 30, 2002
Venezuela ![]() | 85–98 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Russia ![]() | 81–100 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse |
August 31, 2002
Venezuela ![]() | 69–86 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
New Zealand ![]() | 85–112 | ![]() |
Second round
Qualified for the final round | |
Qualified for the 9th–12th classification |
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 510 | 488 | +22 | 11 | 1–0 |
![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 480 | 391 | +89 | 11 | 0–1 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 562 | 437 | +125 | 10 | 1–0 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 502 | 502 | 0 | 10 | 0–1 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 496 | 509 | −13 | 8 | |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 438 | 537 | −99 | 6 |
September 2, 2002
Puerto Rico ![]() | 85–83 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Turkey ![]() | 64–87 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Brazil ![]() | 86–83 | OT | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse |
September 3, 2002
Angola ![]() | 66–86 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Spain ![]() | 65–73 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Yugoslavia ![]() | 90–69 | ![]() | RCA Dome |
September 4, 2002
Puerto Rico ![]() | 89–87 | 2OT | ![]() | RCA Dome | |
Turkey ![]() | 78–110 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Brazil ![]() | 67–84 | ![]() | RCA Dome |
Group F
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 587 | 466 | +121 | 12 |
![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 605 | 443 | +162 | 11 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 541 | 485 | +56 | 10 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 560 | −67 | 9 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 520 | 536 | −16 | 8 |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 464 | 538 | −74 | 7 |
September 2, 2002
New Zealand ![]() | 64–84 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Russia ![]() | 82–106 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Argentina ![]() | 95–71 | ![]() | RCA Dome |
September 3, 2002
China ![]() | 68–95 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
United States ![]() | 110–62 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Germany ![]() | 77–86 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse |
September 4, 2002
New Zealand ![]() | 94–88 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
Russia ![]() | 85–103 | ![]() | RCA Dome | ||
Argentina ![]() | 87–80 | ![]() | Conseco Fieldhouse |
Classification round
13th–16th classification
Thirteenth to sixteenth | Thirteenth place | ||||||
September 2 | |||||||
![]() | 91 | | |||||
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September 3, 2002 | |||||||
| | ![]() | 98 | ||||
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Fifteenth place | |||||||
September 2, 2002 | September 3 | ||||||
![]() | 83 | ![]() | 70 | ||||
![]() | 98 | | ![]() | 100 |
Semifinals
2 September |
Canada ![]() | 91–67 | ![]() |
RCA Dome, Indianapolis |
2 September |
Algeria ![]() | 83–98 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
15th place playoff
3 September |
Lebanon ![]() | 70–100 | ![]() |
RCA Dome, Indianapolis |
13th place playoff
3 September |
Canada ![]() | 98–97 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
9th–12th classification
Ninth to twelfth | Ninth place | ||||||
September 6, 2002 | |||||||
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September 7, 2002 | |||||||
| | ![]() | 91 | ||||
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Eleventh place | |||||||
September 6, 2002 | September 7, 2002 | ||||||
![]() | 66 | ![]() | 84 | ||||
![]() | 77 | | ![]() | 96 |
Semifinals
6 September |
Turkey ![]() | 94–86 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
6 September |
Russia ![]() | 77–66 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
11th place playoff
7 September |
China ![]() | 84–96 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
9th place playoff
7 September |
Turkey ![]() | 91–86 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
5th–8th classification
Fifth to eighth | Fifth place | ||||||
September 6 | |||||||
![]() | 74 | | |||||
![]() | 84 | | |||||
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September 7 | |||||||
| | ![]() | 75 | ||||
| ![]() | 81 | |||||
Seventh place | |||||||
September 6 | September 7 | ||||||
![]() | 105 | ![]() | 91 | ||||
![]() | 89 | | ![]() | 84 |
Semifinals
6 September |
Puerto Rico ![]() | 74–84 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
6 September |
Spain ![]() | 105–89 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
7th place playoff
7 September |
Puerto Rico ![]() | 91–84 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
5th place playoff
7 September |
United States ![]() | 75–81 | ![]() |
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Final round
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
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September 5 | | | | | ||||||
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September 7 | ||||||||||
![]() | 65 | | ||||||||
![]() | 78 | |||||||||
September 5 | ||||||||||
| ![]() | 89 | | |||||||
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September 8 | ||||||||||
![]() | 78 | | ||||||||
![]() | 84 | |||||||||
September 5 | ||||||||||
| ![]() | 77 | ||||||||
![]() | 62 | |||||||||
September 7 | ||||||||||
![]() | 70 | | ||||||||
![]() | 80 | Third place | ||||||||
September 5 | ||||||||||
| ![]() | 86 | | |||||||
![]() | 67 | ![]() | 94 | |||||||
![]() | 78 | | ![]() | 117 | ||||||
September 8 | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
5 September 17:30 |
Boxscore |
Spain ![]() | 62–70 | ![]() |
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) |
5 September 17:30 |
Boxscore |
Argentina ![]() | 78–67 | ![]() |
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) |
5 September 20:00 |
Boxscore |
Puerto Rico ![]() | 63–65 | ![]() |
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) |
5 September 20:00 |
Boxscore |
United States ![]() | 78–81 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 16–20, 22–12, 20–29 | ||
Pts: Miller 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
7 September 13:15 |
Boxscore |
Germany ![]() | 80–86 | ![]() |
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) |
7 September 15:30 |
Boxscore |
New Zealand ![]() | 78–89 | ![]() |
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) |
3rd place playoff
8 September 12:30 |
Boxscore |
New Zealand ![]() | 94–117 | ![]() |
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
8 September 15:00 |
Boxscore |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 84–77 (OT) | ![]() |
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 |
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![]() Yugoslavia Fifth title |
Tournament MVP |
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Final rankings

2002 FIBA World Championship final rankings.
Rank | Team | Record |
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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
Guard | Center | Forward |
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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
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