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2002 FIBA World Championship final

2002 FIBA World Championship final

The Conseco FieldhouseinIndianapolis 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 FieldhouseinIndianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

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

Yugoslavia v Argentina

8 September 2002	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: Bodiroga27 Rebs: Koturović9 Asts: Bodiroga3	Boxscore	Pts: Oberto28 Rebs: Oberto10 Asts: Sánchez6	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

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