2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

The 2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Czech: Mistrovství světa FIBA žen do 19 let 2001)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 country	Czech Republic
Dates	July 14–22
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Oga (25.4)
Top rebounds	Souza (10.9)
Top assists	Uhrova (6)
PPG (Team)	United States (88.1)
RPG (Team)	Russia (43.6)
APG (Team)	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

• 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 Americas (3)  Brazil  Cuba  United States

FIBA Asia (2)  China  Japan FIBA Oceania (1)  Australia

FIBA Europe (4+1)  Czech Republic (Hosts)  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	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