2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Sydney, Australia, between 22 September and 1 October 2022.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Dates | 22 September – 1 October |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (11th title) |
Runners-up | China |
Third place | Australia |
Fourth place | Canada |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 38 |
Attendance | 145,519 (3,829 per match) |
MVP | A'ja Wilson |
Top scorer | Arella Guirantes (18.2 points per game) |
← 2018 2026 → |
The United States were the three-time defending champion,[2] and retained the title after a finals win over China in front of 15,895 attendants.[3] Host Australia captured the bronze medal with a win against Canada.[4]
The competition recorded the highest number of attendance in history, with 145,519 people attending all games.[5]
Hosts selection
Australia and Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference.[1]
Venues
The tournament was played at two venues inside the Sydney Olympic Park.
Sydney | ||
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Sydney SuperDome | State Sports Centre | |
Capacity: 21,032 | Capacity: 5,006 | |
Qualification
Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020. All other teams qualified through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 12 teams played in those tournaments for the remaining spots.[6]
The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament.
On 1 March 2022, Russia was dusqualified after being suspended by FIBA due to the invasion of Ukraine, with Puerto Rico being awarded the first wildcard as their replacement on 18 May.[7][8]
Nigeria were forced to withdraw in June 2022 due to the political situation in the country, and were replaced by Mali (the runners-up at the African Championship).[9]
Qualification | Hosts | Date(s) | Spot(s) | Qualifier(s) |
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Host nation | N/A | 26 March 2020 | 1 | Australia |
2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo | 26 July – 8 August 2021 | 1 | United States |
Qualifying Tournament | Belgrade | 10–13 February 2022 | 2 | Serbia South Korea |
3 | China France Mali | |||
Osaka | 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Canada Japan | ||
Washington, D.C. | 2 | Belgium Puerto Rico |
Qualified teams
Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best Performance | FIBA World Ranking | FIBA Zone Ranking | |||
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Method | Date | Last | Total | Streak | ||||
Australia | Host nation | 26 March 2020 | 2018 | 16 | 15 | Champions (2006) | 3 | 1 |
United States | Olympic champions | 8 August 2021 | 18 | 16 | Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 1 | 1 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Qualifying Tournament | 5 February 2022 | Debut | 26 | 17 | |||
Canada | 2018 | 12 | 5 | Third place (1979, 1986) | 4 | 2 | ||
Japan | 9 | 4 | Runners-up (1975) | 8 | 3 | |||
China | 11 February 2022 | 11 | 11 | Runners-up (1994) | 7 | 2 | ||
France | 11 | 6 | Third place (1953) | 6 | 3 | |||
South Korea | 12 February 2022 | 16 | 16 | Runners-up (1967, 1979) | 13 | 4 | ||
Serbia | 2014 | 3 | 1 | Eighth place (2014) | 10 | 5 | ||
13 February 2022 | 2018 | 3 | 2 | Eighth place (2018) | 14 | 1 | ||
Belgium | 2 | 2 | Fourth place (2018) | 5 | 2 | |||
14 February 2022 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) | 12 | 7 | ||
Puerto Rico | Wildcards | 18 May 2022 | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 16th place (2018) | 17 | 4 |
Mali | 2 June 2022 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 15th place (2010) | 37 | 3 |
Draw
The official draw ceremony took place on 3 March 2022 in Sydney.[10][11]
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Referees
The following 23 referees were selected for the tournament.[12]
- Scott Beker (AUS)
- Christopher Reid (AUS)
- Andreia Silva (BRA)
- Maripier Malo (CAN)
- Yu Jung (TPE)
- Martin Vulić (CRO)
- Maj Forsberg (DEN)
- Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY)
- Daigo Urushima (JPN)
- Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ)
- Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
- Viola Györgyi (NOR)
- Ryan Jones (NZL)
- Julio Anaya (PAN)
- Wojciech Liszka (POL)
- Johnny Batista (PUR)
- Yasmina Alcaraz (ESP)
- Ariadna Chueca (ESP)
- Amir Taboubi (TUN)
- Özlem Yalman (TUR)
- Amy Bonner (USA)
- Blanca Burns (USA)
- Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
Squads
Each team consisted of twelve players.
Preliminary round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 536 | 305 | +231 | 10 | Final round |
2 | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 444 | 287 | +157 | 9 | |
3 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 2 | 364 | 349 | +15 | 8 | |
4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 3 | 341 | 400 | −59 | 7 | |
5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 346 | 494 | −148 | 6 | |
6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 0 | 5 | 289 | 485 | −196 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 September 2022 | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58–82 | Puerto Rico | |||
United States | 87–72 | Belgium | |||
South Korea | 44–107 | China | |||
23 September 2022 | |||||
Puerto Rico | 42–106 | United States | |||
Belgium | 84–61 | South Korea | |||
China | 98–51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
24 September 2022 | |||||
United States | 77–63 | China | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66–99 | South Korea | |||
Puerto Rico | 65–68 | Belgium | |||
26 September 2022 | |||||
Belgium | 85–55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
South Korea | 69–145 | United States | |||
China | 95–60 | Puerto Rico | |||
27 September 2022 | |||||
Puerto Rico | 92–73 | South Korea | |||
China | 81–55 | Belgium | |||
United States | 121–59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 390 | 308 | +82 | 9[a] | Final round |
2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 356 | 301 | +55 | 9[a] | |
3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 332 | 330 | +2 | 8[b] | |
4 | France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 318 | 296 | +22 | 8[b] | |
5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 316 | 333 | −17 | 6 | |
6 | Mali | 5 | 0 | 5 | 306 | 450 | −144 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
Notes:
22 September 2022 | |||||
Canada | 67–60 | Serbia | |||
Japan | 89–56 | Mali | |||
Australia | 57–70 | France | |||
23 September 2022 | |||||
Serbia | 69–64 | Japan | |||
France | 45–59 | Canada | |||
Mali | 58–118 | Australia | |||
25 September 2022 | |||||
Mali | 59–74 | France | |||
Australia | 69–54 | Serbia | |||
Japan | 56–70 | Canada | |||
26 September 2022 | |||||
Serbia | 81–68 | Mali | |||
France | 67–53 | Japan | |||
Canada | 72–75 | Australia | |||
27 September 2022 | |||||
Mali | 65–88 | Canada | |||
Serbia | 68–62 | France | |||
Australia | 71–54 | Japan |
Knockout stage
A draw was conducted to decide the pairings of the quarterfinals. The two best-ranked teams in each group were drawn against the two teams ranked third and fourth in the other group.[13]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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Belgium | 69 | |||||||||
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Australia | 86 | |||||||||
Australia | 59 | |||||||||
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China | 61 | |||||||||
China | 85 | |||||||||
1 October | ||||||||||
France | 71 | |||||||||
China | 61 | |||||||||
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United States | 83 | |||||||||
Puerto Rico | 60 | |||||||||
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Canada | 79 | |||||||||
Canada | 43 | |||||||||
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United States | 83 | Third place | ||||||||
United States | 88 | |||||||||
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Serbia | 55 | |||||||||
Australia | 95 | |||||||||
Canada | 65 | |||||||||
Final standings
Rank[14] | Team | GP | W/L | FIBA World Rankings | ||||||
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Before | After | Change | ||||||||
United States | 8 | 8–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
China | 8 | 6–2 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |||||
Australia | 8 | 6–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
4 | Canada | 8 | 5–3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | ||||
Eliminated in Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
5 | Belgium | 6 | 3–3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | ||||
6 | Serbia | 6 | 3–3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | ||||
7 | France | 6 | 3–3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
8 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 2–4 | 16 | 10 | +6 | ||||
Eliminated in Preliminary round fifth placed teams | ||||||||||
9 | Japan | 5 | 1–4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | ||||
10 | South Korea | 5 | 1–4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | ||||
Eliminated in Preliminary round sixth placed teams | ||||||||||
11 | Mali | 5 | 0–5 | 35 | 26 | +9 | ||||
12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 0–5 | 24 | 14 | +10 |
Statistics and awards
Statistical leaders
Players
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Awards
The awards were announced on 1 October 2022.[17]
Award | Player |
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All-Tournament First Team | A'ja Wilson |
Breanna Stewart | |
Han Xu | |
Steph Talbot | |
Bridget Carleton | |
All-Tournament Second Team | Alyssa Thomas |
Li Yueru | |
Arella Guirantes | |
Gabby Williams | |
Yvonne Anderson | |
Most Valuable Player | A'ja Wilson |
Best Defensive Player | Alyssa Thomas |
Best Coach | Zheng Wei |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Australia announced as host of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA. 26 March 2020.
- ^ "USA three-peat as World Champions, punch ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympics". FIBA. 30 September 2018.
- ^ "USA sink China for 11th title: World Champions!". FIBA. 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Fairytale finish for Lauren Jackson: 30 points and the bronze". FIBA. 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Most attended Women's World Cup ever". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "How to Qualify". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
- ^ "FIBA decisions on Russia and Belarus for upcoming competitions". FIBA.basketball. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "FIBA decision on Nigeria's participation in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA.basketball. 2 June 2022.
- ^ "FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 field set following end of Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA.basketball. 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Australia basketball legend to perform Draw of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Referees". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Pairings confirmed for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 knockout rounds". FIBA.basketball. 27 September 2022.
- ^ Tournament summary
- ^ Player statistics
- ^ Team statistics
- ^ "A'Ja Wilson crowned TISSOT MVP to lead Google All-Star Five". fiba.basketball. 1 October 2022.
External links
- Official website