2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women

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2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women
Tournament details
Host countryCroatia
CityŠibenik
Dates25 July – 3 August 2003
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  (1st title)
Runners-up 
Third place France
2007 →

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] won the tournament and became the world champions for the first time.

Qualified teams[]

Qualification tournament Berths Qualified teams
Host nation 1  Croatia
2002 FIBA Americas Under-21 Championship for Women[2] 3  
 
 
2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women[3] 4  Czech Republic
 Russia
 France
 Latvia
2002 ABC Under-20 Championship for Women 2  
 
2002 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship for Women 1  Tunisia
1  
Total 12

First round[]

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[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 5 4 1 342 257 +85 9 Quarterfinals
2   5 4 1 359 291 +68 9
3   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   5 0 5 253 391 −138 5
Source: FIBA Archive
25 July 2003
Czech Republic  84–65  
25 July 2003
  56–48  France
25 July 2003
  83–63  Croatia
26 July 2003
  46–95  
26 July 2003
Croatia  66–61  Czech Republic
26 July 2003
France  65–47  
27 July 2003
Croatia  75–55  
27 July 2003
  73–60  
27 July 2003
Czech Republic  59–80  France
29 July 2003
  44–69  
29 July 2003
France  81–52  Croatia
29 July 2003
  94–46  Czech Republic
30 July 2003
France  68–43  
30 July 2003
Czech Republic  59–87  
30 July 2003
Croatia  58–83  

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 5 5 0 384 311 +73 10 Quarterfinals
2   5 4 1 351 272 +79 9
3  Russia 5 3 2 339 304 +35 8
4   5 2 3 343 341 +2 7
5   5 1 4 297 318 −21 6 9th–12th place playoffs
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 206 374 −168 5
Source: FIBA Archive
25 July 2003
Russia  64–53  
25 July 2003
  58–69  Latvia
25 July 2003
  59–42  Tunisia
26 July 2003
  67–83  
26 July 2003
Tunisia  45–86  Russia
26 July 2003
Latvia  75–63  
27 July 2003
Tunisia  45–71  
27 July 2003
  47–65  
27 July 2003
Russia  69–71  Latvia
29 July 2003
  73–68  
29 July 2003
Latvia  88–42  Tunisia
29 July 2003
  75–57  Russia
30 July 2003
Latvia  81–79  
30 July 2003
Russia  63–60  
30 July 2003
Tunisia  32–70  

9th–12th place playoffs[]

  9th–12th place semifinals     9th place match
                 
  A5  Czech Republic 83  
  B6  Tunisia 28    
      B6  Tunisia 47
      A6   63
  B5   67    
  A6   58   11th place match
 
A5  Czech Republic 75
  B5   53

9th–12th place semifinals[]

1 August 2003
Czech Republic  83–28  Tunisia
1 August 2003
  67–58  

11th place match[]

2 August 2003
Tunisia  47–63  

9th place match[]

2 August 2003
Czech Republic  75–53  

Championship playoffs[]

  5th place match 5th–8th place playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
     B2     56  
     A3     80  
   B2     73        A3     58  
   B4     68        A1   France  47  
   A1   France  76
     B4     57  
   B2     74        A3     71
   B3   Russia  59        A2     55
     A2     74  
       B3   Russia  52  
 B3   Russia  68        A2     73
  7th place match      B1   Latvia  60        A4   Croatia  65     3rd place match
   B4     85    B1   Latvia  45    A1   France  80
   B1   Latvia  77      A4   Croatia  55      A4   Croatia  66

Quarterfinals[]

1 August 2003
  56–80  
1 August 2003
France  76–57  
1 August 2003
  74–52  Russia
1 August 2003
Latvia  45–55  Croatia

5th–8th place playoffs[]

2 August 2003
  73–68  
2 August 2003
Russia  68–60  Latvia

Semifinals[]

2 August 2003
  58–47  France
2 August 2003
  73–65  Croatia


7th place match[]

3 August 2003
  85–77  Latvia

5th place match[]

3 August 2003
  74–59  Russia

3rd place match[]

3 August 2003
France  80–66  Croatia

Final[]

3 August 2003
  71–55  

Final standings[]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  Croatia
5  
6  Russia
7  
8  Latvia
9  Czech Republic
10  
11  
12  Tunisia

References[]

  1. ^ 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women at FIBA Archive
  2. ^ USA Basketball
  3. ^ 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women at FIBA Archive
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