2002 FIBA World Championship final

2002 FIBA World Championship final

The Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis hosted the final
Event	2002 FIBA World Championship
FR Yugoslavia Argentina 84 77
(after overtime)
Date	8 September 2002
Venue	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, United States
Referees	Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece) Reynaldo Mercedes (Dominican Republic)
Attendance	17,079
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The 2002 FIBA World Championship final was the concluding basketball game which determined the winner of the 2002 FIBA World Championship. The game was played on 8 September 2002 in the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Route to the finals

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Yugoslavia		Round	Argentina
Opponent	Result	Season	Opponent	Result
2nd in Group A (2–1)		Group phase	1st in Group D (3–0)
3rd in Group E (4–2)		Second round	1st in Group F (6–0)
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
United States	81–78	Quarter-finals	Brazil	78–67
New Zealand	89–78	Semi-finals	Germany	86–80

Match details

FR Yugoslavia  v  Argentina

8 September 2002	FR Yugoslavia	84–770(OT)	Argentina	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 17–20, 11–18, 23–18, Overtime: 9–2
	Pts: Bodiroga 27 Rebs: Koturović 9 Asts: Bodiroga 3	Boxscore	Pts: Oberto 28 Rebs: Oberto 10 Asts: Sánchez 6	Attendance: 17,079 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Reynaldo Mercedes (DOM)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 13 Miloš Vujanić 7 0 0 F 15 Milan Gurović 3 3 1 F 8 Peja Stojaković 26 6 0 C 12 Vlade Divac 3 8 1 C 5 Dejan Koturović 3 9 1 Reserves: G 4 Dejan Bodiroga 27 6 3 G 7 Igor Rakočević 0 1 2 G 10 Marko Jarić 9 3 2 C 14 Dejan Tomašević 6 2 1 C 6 Žarko Čabarkapa DNP G 9 Aleksandar Smiljanić DNP C 11 Predrag Drobnjak DNP Head coach: Svetislav Pešić

Yugoslavia Argentina 0 Yugoslavia Statistics[1] Argentina 19/39 (48.7%) 2-pt field goals 24/46 (52.2%) 6/27 (22.2%) 3-pt field goals 5/22 (22.7%) 28/40 (70%) Free throws 14/23 (60.9%) 11 Offensive rebounds 8 27 Defensive rebounds 28 38 Total rebounds 36 11 Assists 17 9 Turnovers 8 9 Steals 5 4 Blocks 2 26 Fouls 29

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Juan Ignacio Sánchez 3 6 6 SF 10 Hugo Sconochini 3 4 2 SF 13 Andrés Nocioni 5 1 10 C 15 Rubén Wolkowyski 11 6 2 C 7 Fabricio Oberto 28 10 1 Reserves: SG 5 Manu Ginóbili 0 1 0 PG 6 Alejandro Montecchia 4 2 1 SG 8 Lucas Victoriano 0 0 0 C 9 Gabriel Fernández 2 0 0 PF 11 Luis Scola 11 4 2 SF 14 Leandro Palladino 10 2 2 PF 12 Leonardo Gutiérrez DNP Head coach: Rubén Magnano

References

External links

• FIBA official website
• EuroBasket.com FIBA Basketball World Cup Page

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