2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Croatia |
City | Šibenik |
Dates | 25 July – 3 August 2003 |
Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (1st title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | France |
The 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women was the first edition of the basketball world championship for U21 women's teams, later known as the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women. It was played in Šibenik, Croatia, from 25 July to 3 August 2003.[1] United States women's national under-21 basketball team won the tournament and became the world champions for the first time.
Qualified teams
[edit]Qualification tournament | Berths | Qualified teams |
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Host nation | 1 | Croatia |
2002 FIBA Americas Under-21 Championship for Women[2] | 3 | United States Brazil Argentina |
2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women[3] | 4 | Czech Republic Russia France Latvia |
2002 ABC Under-20 Championship for Women | 2 | China South Korea |
2002 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship for Women | 1 | Tunisia |
2002 FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament for Women | 1 | Australia |
Total | 12 |
First round
[edit]In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the other teams will play in the 9th–12th place playoffs.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 342 | 257 | +85 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 359 | 291 | +68 | 9 | |
3 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 388 | 271 | +117 | 9 | |
4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 314 | 363 | −49 | 7 | |
5 | Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 309 | 392 | −83 | 6 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 253 | 391 | −138 | 5 |
Source: FIBA Archive
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Latvia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 384 | 311 | +73 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 351 | 272 | +79 | 9 | |
3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 339 | 304 | +35 | 8 | |
4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 343 | 341 | +2 | 7 | |
5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 297 | 318 | −21 | 6 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 374 | −168 | 5 |
Source: FIBA Archive
9th–12th place playoffs
[edit]9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place match | ||||||||
A5 | Czech Republic | 83 | |||||||
B6 | Tunisia | 28 | |||||||
B6 | Tunisia | 47 | |||||||
A6 | South Korea | 63 | |||||||
B5 | Argentina | 67 | |||||||
A6 | South Korea | 58 | 11th place match | ||||||
A5 | Czech Republic | 75 | |||||||
B5 | Argentina | 53 |
9th–12th place semifinals
[edit]11th place match
[edit]9th place match
[edit]Championship playoffs
[edit]Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A3 | United States | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 73 | A3 | United States | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
B4 | China | 68 | A1 | France | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
A1 | France | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B4 | China | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B2 | Australia | 74 | A3 | United States | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
B3 | Russia | 59 | A2 | Brazil | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
A2 | Brazil | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B3 | Russia | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh place | B3 | Russia | 68 | A2 | Brazil | 73 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
B1 | Latvia | 60 | A4 | Croatia | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
B4 | China | 85 | B1 | Latvia | 45 | A1 | France | 80 | |||||||||||||||
B1 | Latvia | 77 | A4 | Croatia | 55 | A4 | Croatia | 66 | |||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]5th–8th place playoffs
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]
7th place match
[edit]5th place match
[edit]3rd place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Final standings
[edit]Rank | Team |
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United States | |
Brazil | |
France | |
4 | Croatia |
5 | Australia |
6 | Russia |
7 | China |
8 | Latvia |
9 | Czech Republic |
10 | Argentina |
11 | South Korea |
12 | Tunisia |