1967 FIBA World Championship for Women

1967 FIBA World Championship
for Women

5th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	15–22 April
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Park Shin-ja[2]
Top scorer	Nilsa Gurcia[1] (21.7 points per game)
← 1964 1971 →

The 1967 FIBA World Championship for Women (Czech: Mistrovství světa FIBA žen v roce 1967) was hosted by Czechoslovakia from 1967. The Soviet Union, a team considered "tall, strong, fast, and highly motivated",^[3] won the tournament, defeating South Korea 83-50 in the final. Korean captain Park Shin-ja was selected as the tournament's MVP, becoming the first player from a runner-up squad to ever capture the award.^[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	229	122	+107	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	169	184	−15	5
United States	3	1	2	122	167	−45	4
Australia	3	0	3	133	180	−47	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	143	122	+21	4
Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	107	106	+1	3
Italy	2	0	2	95	117	−22	2

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
East Germany	3	3	0	161	152	+9	6
Japan	3	2	1	156	146	+10	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	167	172	−5	4
Brazil	3	0	3	178	192	−14	3

Classification round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Bulgaria	4	4	0	263	179	+84	8
Brazil	4	3	1	246	217	+29	7
Italy	4	1	3	188	224	−36	5
Australia	4	1	3	204	234	−30	5
United States	4	1	3	171	218	−47	5

Final round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	371	259	+112	10
South Korea	5	4	1	340	339	+1	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	315	263	+52	8
East Germany	5	2	3	277	296	−19	7
Japan	5	1	4	250	309	−59	6
Yugoslavia	5	0	5	269	356	−87	5

Final standings

#	Team
1	Soviet Union
2	South Korea
3	Czechoslovakia
4	East Germany
5	Japan
6	Yugoslavia
7	Bulgaria
8	Brazil
9	Italy
10	Australia
11	United States

Awards

1967 World Championship winner
Soviet Union Third title

References

• Official Results and squads (FIBA)
• Results