2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

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.

2001 FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Czech Republic
DatesJuly 14 – 22
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Czech Republic
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Oga (25.4)  United States (88.1)
Rebounds Souza (10.9)  Russia (43.6)
Assists Uhrova (6)  Czech Republic (15.3)
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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 6-1
Russia 5-2
United States 6-1
4 Australia 5-2
5 France 5-2
6 Cuba 3-4
7 Brazil 4-3
8 Lithuania 2-5
9 China 3-4
10 Poland 2-5
11 Japan 1-6
12 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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