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.

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

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, 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; 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

Top scorers (ppg)

 * 1) 🇩🇪 Dirk Nowitzki - 24.0
 * 2) 🇻🇪 Victor Díaz - 22.0
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Yao Ming - 21.0
 * 4) 🇧🇷 Marcelo Machado - 20.8
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Paul Pierce - 19.7
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Pau Gasol - 19.1
 * 7)  Larry Ayuso - 18.7
 * 8)  Peja Stojaković - 18.7
 * 9) 🇳🇿 Phill Jones - 18.2
 * 10) 🇱🇧 Fadi El Khatib - 17.6