1983 FIBA World Championship for Women

1983 FIBA World Championship
for Women
1983 FIBA World Championship; for Women
9th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	July 24 – August 6, 1983
Teams	14
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
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	1983 FIBA World Championship for Women
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The 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese: Campeonato Mundial Feminino Fiba de 1983) was hosted by Brazil from July 24 to August 6, 1983. The Soviet Union won the tournament, defeating the United States 84–82 in the final.

Venues[]

City	Venue
Brasilia	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium
Porto Alegre	Gigantinho
Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
São Paulo	Ginásio do Ibirapuera ( Ibirapuera)

Participating nations[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Semifinal round
Bulgaria Cuba South Korea Peru	Australia Japan Poland Yugoslavia	Canada China Soviet Union Zaire	Brazil – host United States

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

The top two teams in each group advance to the semifinal round, while the bottom two teams played in the classification round.

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	225	171	+54	6	Advance to semifinal round
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	221	163	+58	5	Advance to semifinal round
3	Cuba	3	1	2	219	208	+11	4	Qualified for classification round
4	Peru	3	0	3	148	271	−123	3	Qualified for classification round

Source: FIBA Archive

24 July 1983 (1983-07-24)	South Korea	77–67	Cuba
20:00	Scoring by half: 38–39, 39–28

24 July 1983 (1983-07-24)	Peru	44–90	Bulgaria
21:45	Scoring by half: 22–46, 22–44

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	Bulgaria	76–60	Cuba
20:00	'Scoring by half: '39–32, 37–28

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	South Korea	89–49	Peru
22:00	'Scoring by half: '40–25, 49–24

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	Peru	55–92	Cuba
20:00	Scoring by half: 35–54, 20–38

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	South Korea	59–55	Bulgaria
21:30	'Scoring by half: '41–26, 18–29

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	204	176	+28	6	Advance to semifinal round
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	227	187	+40	5	Advance to semifinal round
3	Australia	3	1	2	221	218	+3	4	Qualified for classification round
4	Japan	3	0	3	176	247	−71	3	Qualified for classification round

Source: FIBA Archive

24 July 1983 (1983-07-24)	Australia	66–73	Poland
19:00	Scoring by half: 25–35, 41–38

24 July 1983 (1983-07-24)	Yugoslavia	90–58	Japan
21:00	'Scoring by half: '48–24, 42–34

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	Japan	58–84	Australia
19:00	Scoring by half: 33–42, 25–42

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	Yugoslavia	50–58	Poland
21:00	Scoring by half: 20–35, 30–23

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	Australia	71–87	Yugoslavia
19:00	Scoring by half: 28–40, 43–47

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	Poland	73–60	Japan
21:00	'Scoring by half: '37–31, 36–29

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	287	166	+121	6	Advance to semifinal round
2	China	3	2	1	228	198	+30	5	Advance to semifinal round
3	Canada	3	1	2	201	205	−4	4	Qualified for classification round
4	Zaire	3	0	3	133	280	−147	3	Qualified for classification round

Source: FIBA Archive

24 July 1983 (1983-07-24)	China	74–66	Canada
19:45	Scoring by half: 33–38, 41–28

24 July 1983 (1983-07-24)	Soviet Union	117–40	Zaire
21:30	'Scoring by half: '59–24, 58–16

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	Zaire	47–90	China
19:45	Scoring by half: 19–39, 28–51

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	Canada	62–85	Soviet Union
21:25	Scoring by half: 23–45, 39–40

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	Soviet Union	85–64	China
19:45	'Scoring by half: '46–30, 39–34

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	Zaire	46–73	Canada
21:30	Scoring by half: 22–34, 24–39

Classification Round[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
9	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FIBA Archives

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)	Peru	74–58	Zaire	Sao Bernardo do Campo
18:00	'Scoring by half: '32–29, 42–29

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)		vs.	Canada
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Semifinal round[]

The United States qualified for the semifinal round by the virtue of winning the previous world championship, while Brazil qualified as hosts. A total of 25 matches were played in the semifinal round.

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	United States	Qualified for the final
2	Brazil (H)	Qualified for the final
3	South Korea	Qualified for the bronze medal match
4	Bulgaria	Qualified for the bronze medal match
5	Poland
6	Yugoslavia
7	Soviet Union
8	China

Source: FIBA Archives
(H) Host

28 July 1983 (1983-07-28)	United States	101–910(OT)	China
17:00	'Scoring by half: '41–39, 43–45, Overtime: 17–7

28 July 1983 (1983-07-28)	Poland	44–70	Soviet Union
20:30	Scoring by half: 26–34, 18–36

28 July 1983 (1983-07-28)	Yugoslavia	60–74	Brazil
22:30	'Scoring by half: '40–38, 20–36

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)		vs.	Poland
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1 August 1983 (1983-08-01)		vs.	United States
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2 August 1983 (1983-08-02)	United States	vs.
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3 August 1983 (1983-08-03)		vs.
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3 August 1983 (1983-08-03)		vs.	United States
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4 August 1983 (1983-08-04)	United States	vs.
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Medal games[]

Bronze medal match[]

6 August 1983

Rank 3	vs.	Rank 4
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Final[]

6 August 1983
21:45

Boxscore

Soviet Union	84–82	United States
Scoring by half: 37–40, 47–42
Pts: Elena Chausova (24)		Pts: Cheryl Miller (23)

Rio de Janeiro

Final standings[]

#	Team
1	Soviet Union
2	United States
3	China
4	South Korea
5	Brazil
6	Bulgaria
7	Poland
8	Yugoslavia
9	Canada
10	Cuba
11	Australia
12	Japan
13	Peru
14	Zaire

Awards[]

1983 World Championship Winner
Soviet Union Sixth title

References[]

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