2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

2001 FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Czech Republic
Dates July 14 – 22
Teams 12 (from 5 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Czech Republic (1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Japan Oga (25.4)  United States (88.1)
Rebounds Brazil Souza (10.9)  Russia (43.6)
Assists Czech Republic Uhrova (6)  Czech Republic (15.3)
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The 2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in the Czech Republic from 14 to 22 July 2001. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Czech Basketball Federation.

Twelve national teams competed for the championship. Czech Republic came away with the Gold medal by defeating Russia 82–80 in the final.[1]

Venues

Competing nations

Except Czech Republic, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:

Final standings

# Team W-L
Czech Republic Czech Republic 6-1
Russia Russia 5-2
United States United States 6-1
4 Australia Australia 5-2
5 France France 5-2
6 Cuba Cuba 3-4
7 Brazil Brazil 4-3
8 Lithuania Lithuania 2-5
9 China China 3-4
10 Poland Poland 2-5
11 Japan Japan 1-6
12 Mali Mali 0-7

Awards

 2001 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship Winner 

Czech Republic
First title

References

  1. ↑ FIBA Archive. 2001 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2016-07-23
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