2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
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
Players Teams 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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The 2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in 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 97-76 in the final.^[1]

Venues

• Brno

Competing nations

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

FIBA Africa (1)  Mali FIBA Asia (2)  China  Japan

FIBA Americas (3)  Brazil  Cuba  United States FIBA Oceania (1)  Australia

FIBA Europe (4)  Czech Republic (Host)  France  Lithuania  Poland  Russia

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	Lituania	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

External links

• Official Web of 2001 FIBA World Championship for Junior Women.