2014 FIBA World Championship for Women


The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 17th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey from 27 September to 5 October 2014.
This tournament implemented the new expanded free throw lane, the restricted arc, and extended 3-point line.
The United States defended their title and won their ninth overall gold medal by beating Spain 77–64 in the final.
Australia defeated Turkey 74–44 to capture the bronze medal.
This was the last FIBA championship to use the name of "FIBA World Championship for Women". Shortly after the event, FIBA changed the name of the competition to the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, presumably to align its name with that of the corresponding men's competition.

Venues

Format

This years' competition saw a format change. The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams and played each other in a round-robin system. After all games were played, the top team of each group advanced to the quarterfinals, while the 2nd and 3rd best team of each group played in an elimination round. The last placed team of each group was eliminated.
The winners of the elimination round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the losers were eliminated. From the quarterfinals on a knockout stage was used to determine the winner. The places 1 to 8 will be played out.

Qualification

16 teams took part in the 2014 World Championship for Women. After the 2012 Olympics, the continental allocation for FIBA Americas was reduced by one when the United States won the Olympic tournament, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 World Championship.

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on 15 March 2014. The 16 teams were allocated to four pots of four teams.

Seedings

Included are the respective FIBA World Rankings for women:
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4




















Preliminary round

All times are local .

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

;5–8th place bracket

Elimination round

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Maya Moore

All-Tournament Team

The all-star five was revealed on 5 October 2014.
Points
NamePPG
Sancho Lyttle18.2
Yamara Amargo16.0
Alba Torrens15.5
Maya Moore15.3
Sandrine Gruda14.7

Rebounds
NameRPG
Yelena Leuchanka13.0
Sancho Lyttle11.5
Marlen Cepeda10.0
Laura Nicholls9.2
Sandrine Gruda8.8

Assists
NameAPG
Ineidis Casanova5.8
Penny Taylor
Yelena Leuchanka		4.8
Diana Taurasi
Kateřina Bartoňová
Oyanaisis Gelis		4.5

Blocks
NameBPG
LaToya Pringle2.7
Brittney Griner2.0
Jana Veselá1.3
Tuğçe Canıtez
Sandrine Gruda		1.2

Steals
NameSPG
Sancho Lyttle3.3
Adriana Moisés Pinto2.3
Milica Dabović1.9
Laura Nicholls
Kateřina Bartoňová
Jana Veselá		1.8

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.