2002 FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The '2002 FIBA World Championship' was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA from August 29 to September 8, 2002.
In spite of hosting the event, the U.S. team was only able to finish 6th, one of their lowest showings in international play. This led some analysts to call it the end of the Dream Team.
The final game between Argentina and Yugoslavia was also controversial; with less than one second to go and the score tied at 75-75, the referees refused to give Argentina two free throws after a hard foul the on Argentine player Sconochini, who was going clear to the hoop. Yugoslavia finally won the game in overtime despite the protests of the Argentine players. Argentina finished the tournament with the best record, losing only one game.

Contents

Venues

Competing nations

Preliminary rounds

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second preliminary rounds

Group E

Group F

Knockout stages

Classification

Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs

Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs

Thirteenth-to-sixteenth playoffs

Awards

Final standings

All tournament team

Venues

★ Conseco Fieldhouse

★ RCA Dome

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

# ''last time competing as Yugoslavia''

Preliminary rounds

The top three teams in each group advance to the second preliminary rounds, into either Group E or F. The fourth place team in each group moves onto the Thirteenth-to-sixteenth playoffs.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Spain	'6'	3	3	0	244	187	+57
Yugoslavia	'5'	3	2	1	279	205	+74
Angola	'4'	3	1	2	202	276	–74
Canada	'3'	3	0	3	199	255	–56

August 29, 2002

'Yugoslavia'	113–63	Angola	Conseco Fieldhouse
Canada	54–85	'Spain'

August 30, 2002

'Angola'	84–74	Canada	RCA Dome
'Spain'	71–69	Yugoslavia

August 31, 2002

Angola	55–88	'Spain'	RCA Dome
Canada	71–87	'Yugoslavia'	Conseco Fieldhouse

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Brazil	'6'	3	3	0	280	245	+35
Puerto Rico	'5'	3	2	1	263	253	+10
Turkey	'4'	3	1	2	268	246	+22
Lebanon	'3'	3	0	3	230	308	–78

August 29, 2002

'Brazil'	102–73	Lebanon	RCA Dome
'Puerto Rico'	78–75	Turkey

August 30, 2002

Lebanon	77–99	'Puerto Rico'	Conseco Fieldhouse
Turkey	86–88	'Brazil'

August 31, 2002

Lebanon	80–107	'Turkey'	Conseco Fieldhouse
Puerto Rico	86–90	'Brazil'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
United States	'6'	3	3	0	309	212	+97
Germany	'5'	3	2	1	277	250	+27
China	'4'	3	1	2	237	254	–17
Algeria	'3'	3	0	3	212	308	–96

August 29, 2002

China	76–88	'Germany'	RCA Dome
'United States'	110–60	Algeria

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	'6'	3	3	0	319	238	+81
New Zealand	'5'	3	2	1	273	278	–5
Russia	'4'	3	1	2	258	259	–1
Venezuela	'3'	3	0	3	226	291	–65

August 29, 2002

'New Zealand'	90–81	Russia	Conseco Fieldhouse
'Argentina'	107–72	Venezuela

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'

Second preliminary rounds

In this stage, the results in the preliminary rounds combined and the teams meet before are not play for second time. The teams advanced from Group A and Group B combined into Group E and teams advanced from Group C and Group D 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	Pts	P	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Puerto Rico#	'11'	5	5	1	510	488	+22
Spain	'11'	6	5	1	480	391	+89
Yugoslavia#	'10'	6	4	2	562	437	+125
Brazil	'10'	6	4	2	502	502	0
Turkey	'8'	6	2	4	496	509	–13
Angola	'7'	6	1	5	438	537	–99

# ''better in head to head record''
September 2, 2002

'Puerto Rico'	85–83	Yugoslavia	Conseco Fieldhouse
Turkey	64–87	'Spain'	RCA Dome
'Brazil'	86–83	Angola	Conseco Fieldhouse

September 3, 2006

Angola	66–86	'Turkey'	Conseco Fieldhouse
Spain	65–73	'Puerto Rico'	RCA Dome
'Yugoslavia'	90–69	Brazil	RCA Dome

September 4, 2006

'Puerto Rico'	89–87	Angola	RCA Dome
Turkey	78–110	'Yugoslavia'	Conseco Fieldhouse
Brazil	67–84	'Spain'	RCA Dome

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Argentina	'12'	6	6	0	587	466	+121
United States	'11'	6	5	1	605	443	+162
Germany	'10'	6	4	2	541	485	+56
New Zealand	'9'	6	3	3	493	560	–67
Russia	'8'	6	2	4	520	536	–16
China	'7'	6	1	5	464	538	–74

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

Knockout stages

Classification

Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs

Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs

Thirteenth-to-sixteenth playoffs

Awards

2002 World Championship Winner
'Yugoslavia' 'Fifth title'

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 Ginobili Predrag Stojakovic	Yao Ming	Dirk Nowitzki Pero Cameron