2002 FIBA World Championship

<!-- Deleted image removed: -->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.

Venues

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 24 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Competing nations

The following nations' teams competed:

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

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August 31, 2002

Group B

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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 preliminary rounds

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

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September 2, 2002

September 3, 2002

September 4, 2002

Group F

September 2, 2002

September 3, 2002

September 4, 2002

Knockout......
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