1983 FIBA World Championship for Women

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Host countryBrazil
Dates24 July – 6 August
Teams14 (from 5 federations)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
1983 FIBA World Championship
for Women
9th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates24 July – 6 August
Teams14 (from 5 federations)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (6th title)
Official website
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 the ninth FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 24 July to 6 August 1983. The Soviet Union won their sixth world championship, defeating the United States 84–82 in the final.

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
3  Cuba 3 1 2 219 208 +11 4 Qualified for classification round
4  Peru 3 0 3 148 271 123 3
Source: FIBA Archive

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
3  Australia 3 1 2 221 218 +3 4 Qualified for classification round
4  Japan 3 0 3 176 247 71 3
Source: FIBA Archive

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
3  Canada 3 1 2 201 205 4 4 Qualified for classification round
4  Zaire 3 0 3 133 280 147 3
Source: FIBA Archive

Classification round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
9  Canada 5 5 0 331 255+76 10
10  Cuba 5 4 1 418 310+108 9
11  Australia 5 3 2 378 319+59 8
12  Japan 5 2 3 300 34242 7
13  Peru 5 1 4 281 36786 6
14  Zaire 5 0 5 267 382115 5

Source: FIBA Archives

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. Results between two teams from the Preliminary Round carried over; teams only played teams they had not already played.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 626 448 +178 14 Qualified for the final
2  United States 7 6 1 649 509 +140 13
3  China 7 3 4 514 540 26 10 Qualified for the bronze-medal match
4  South Korea 7 3 4 455 515 60 10
5  Brazil (H) 7 3 4 542 570 28 10
6  Bulgaria 7 3 4 495 527 32 10
7  Poland 7 2 5 439 502 63 9
8  Yugoslavia 7 1 6 424 533 109 8
Source: FIBA Archives
(H) Hosts

Medal games

Bronze-medal match

6 August 1983
19:30
China  7163  South Korea
Scoring by half: 32–27, 39–36
Pts: Qiu 26 Pts: Kim 24

Final

6 August 1983
21:45
Soviet Union  8482  United States
Scoring by half: 37–40, 47–42
Pts: Elena Chausova (24) Pts: Cheryl Miller (23)

Final standings

Awards

References

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