1971 FIBA World Championship for Women

1971 FIBA World Championship
for Women

6th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	15–29 May
Teams	12
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
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The 1971 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese:Campeonato Mundial Feminino da Fiba de 1971) was the sixth FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 15 to 29 May 1971. The Soviet Union won the world championship for the fourth time.

Venues

City	Venue
São Paulo	Ginásio do Ibirapuera
Recife	Geraldão Gymnasium
Niterói
Brasilia	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	258	131	+127	6
Japan	3	2	1	256	142	+114	5
Australia	3	1	2	174	206	−32	4
Madagascar	3	0	3	122	331	−209	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	243	138	+105	6
France	3	2	1	199	162	+37	5
United States	3	1	2	177	190	−13	4
Ecuador	3	0	3	122	251	−129	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	244	103	+141	6
Cuba	3	2	1	160	164	−4	5
Canada	3	1	2	154	206	−52	4
Argentina	3	0	3	107	192	−85	3

Classification round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	357	280	+77	10
Australia	5	4	1	320	249	+71	9
Canada	5	3	2	353	317	+36	8
Argentina	5	2	3	327	326	+1	7
Ecuador	5	1	4	320	343	−23	6
Madagascar	5	0	5	248	410	−162	5

Final round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	6	6	0	521	334	+187	12
Czechoslovakia	6	4	2	418	386	+32	10
Brazil	6	4	2	372	399	−27	10
South Korea	6	3	3	414	412	+2	9
Japan	6	2	4	365	419	−54	8
France	6	1	5	336	410	−74	7
Cuba	6	1	5	349	415	−66	7

Final standings

#	Team
1	Soviet Union
2	Czechoslovakia
3	Brazil
4	South Korea
5	Japan
6	France
7	Cuba
8	United States
9	Australia
10	Canada
11	Argentina
12	Ecuador
13	Madagascar

Awards

1971 World Championship winner
Soviet Union Fourth title

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-20)