1983 FIBA World Championship for Women

1983 edition of the FIBA World Championship for Women
1983 FIBA World Championship
for Women
9th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates24 July – 6 August
Teams14
Venue(s)4 (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.

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
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
South Korea  v  Cuba
24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) South Korea  77–67  Cuba
20:00 Scoring by half: 38–39, 39–28
Peru  v  Bulgaria
24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) Peru  44–90  Bulgaria
21:45 Scoring by half: 22–46, 22–44
Bulgaria  v  Cuba
25 July 1983 (1983-07-25) Bulgaria  76–60  Cuba
20:00 'Scoring by half: '39–32, 37–28
South Korea  v  Peru
25 July 1983 (1983-07-25) South Korea  89–49  Peru
22:00 'Scoring by half: '40–25, 49–24
Peru  v  Cuba
26 July 1983 (1983-07-26) Peru  55–92  Cuba
20:00 Scoring by half: 35–54, 20–38
South Korea  v  Bulgaria
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
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
Australia  v  Poland
24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) Australia  66–73  Poland
19:00 Scoring by half: 25–35, 41–38
Yugoslavia  v  Japan
24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) Yugoslavia  90–58  Japan
21:00 'Scoring by half: '48–24, 42–34
Japan  v  Australia
25 July 1983 (1983-07-25) Japan  58–84  Australia
19:00 Scoring by half: 33–42, 25–42
Yugoslavia  v  Poland
25 July 1983 (1983-07-25) Yugoslavia  50–58  Poland
21:00 Scoring by half: 20–35, 30–23
Australia  v  Yugoslavia
26 July 1983 (1983-07-26) Australia  71–87  Yugoslavia
19:00 Scoring by half: 28–40, 43–47
Poland  v  Japan
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
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
China  v  Canada
24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) China  74–66  Canada
19:45 Scoring by half: 33–38, 41–28
Soviet Union  v  Zaire
24 July 1983 (1983-07-24) Soviet Union  117–40  Zaire
21:30 'Scoring by half: '59–24, 58–16
Zaire  v  China
25 July 1983 (1983-07-25) Zaire  47–90  China
19:45 Scoring by half: 19–39, 28–51
Canada  v  Soviet Union
25 July 1983 (1983-07-25) Canada  62–85  Soviet Union
21:25 Scoring by half: 23–45, 39–40
Soviet Union  v  China
26 July 1983 (1983-07-26) Soviet Union  85–64  China
19:45 'Scoring by half: '46–30, 39–34
Zaire  v  Canada
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 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 3 300 342 −42 7
13  Peru 5 1 4 281 367 −86 6
14  Zaire 5 0 5 267 382 −115 5

Source: FIBA Archives

Zaire  v  Peru
29 July 1983 (1983-07-29) Zaire  58–74  Peru Sao Bernardo do Campo
18:00 Scoring by half: 29-32, 29-42
Pts: Lomboto 14 Pts: Garces 18
Australia  v  Canada
29 July 1983 (1983-07-29) Australia  53–56  Canada
20:00 Scoring by half: 27–25, 26–31
Pts: Cheesman 14 Pts: Lang 21
Cuba  v  Japan
29 July 1983 (1983-07-29) Cuba  85–67  Japan
22:00 Scoring by half: 44–27, 41–40
Pts: Despaigne 21 Pts: Kobota 20
Peru  v  Australia
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) Peru  66–92  Australia
14:30 Scoring by half: 28–50, 38–42
Pts: Picasso Salinas 22 Pts: Ogden 18
Cuba  v  Zaire
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) Cuba  93–52  Zaire
16:30 Scoring by half: 54–31, 39–21
Pts: Coss Quintana 24 Pts: Kamimbay 21
Japan  v  Canada
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) Japan  52–71  Canada
18:30 Scoring by half: 30–31, 22–40
Pts: Kobota 13 Pts: Sweeney 14
Zaire  v  Australia
31 July 1983 (1983-07-31) Zaire  63–86  Australia
14:30 Scoring by half: 36–45, 27–41
Pts: Iyoko 15 Pts: Ogden 18
Japan  v  Peru
31 July 1983 (1983-07-31) Japan  67–54  Peru
16:30 Scoring by half: 33–30, 34–24
Pts: Nakahashi 18 Pts: Quelopana Bohorquez 12
Cuba  v  Canada
31 July 1983 (1983-07-31) Cuba  72–73  Canada
18:30 Scoring by half: 33–32, 39–41
Pts: Borrelli 17 Pts: Blackwell 16
Canada  v  Peru
1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) Canada  58–32  Peru
16:30 Scoring by half: 31–18, 27–14
Pts: Huband 14 Pts: Manzur Betalleluz 10
Japan  v  Zaire
1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) Japan  56–48  Zaire
18:30 Scoring by half: 31–25, 25–23
Pts: Kobota 15 Pts: Kamimbay 16
Cuba  v  Australia
1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) Cuba  76–63  Australia
20:00 Scoring by half: 39–26, 37–37
Pts: Borrelli 19 Pts: Nykiel 15

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
United States  v  China
28 July 1983 (1983-07-28) United States  101–910(OT)  China
17:00 Scoring by half: 41–39, 43–45, Overtime: 17–7
Pts: Curry 28 Pts: Chen 31
Poland  v  Soviet Union
28 July 1983 (1983-07-28) Poland  44–70  Soviet Union
20:30 Scoring by half: 26–34, 18–36
Pts: Kepka 8 Pts: Semjonova 12
Brazil  v  Yugoslavia
28 July 1983 (1983-07-28) Brazil  74–60  Yugoslavia
22:30 Scoring by half: 38-40, 36-20
Pts: Marcari 46 Pts: Perazić 22
South Korea  v  Poland
29 July 1983 (1983-07-29) South Korea  70–62  Poland
18:30 Scoring by half: 39–30, 31–32
Pts: Kim 30 Pts: Sędzicka 22
United States  v  Yugoslavia
29 July 1983 (1983-07-29) United States  92–49  Yugoslavia
20:30 Scoring by half: 47–23, 45–26
Pts: Woodard 17 Pts: Dekleva 12
Brazil  v  Bulgaria
29 July 1983 (1983-07-29) Brazil  81–78  Bulgaria
22:30 Scoring by half: 45–36, 36–42
Pts: Marcari 26 Pts: Slavcheva 16
Brazil  v  China
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) Brazil  71–72  China
16:00 Scoring by half: 35–41, 36–31
Pts: Marcari 24 Pts: Song 26
Bulgaria  v  Poland
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) Bulgaria  71–57  Poland
20:30 Scoring by half: 41–33, 30–24
Pts: Radkova 20 Pts: Kozera 16
United States  v  Soviet Union
30 July 1983 (1983-07-30) United States  84–85  Soviet Union
22:30 Scoring by half: 49–40, 35–45
Pts: Miller 24 Pts: Semjonova 31
Soviet Union  v  Bulgaria
31 July 1983 (1983-07-31) Soviet Union  94–63  Bulgaria
18:30 Scoring by half: 44–35, 50–28
Pts: Barel 21 Pts: Ivanova 13
Yugoslavia  v  China
31 July 1983 (1983-07-31) Yugoslavia  58–76  China
20:30 Scoring by half: 34–32, 24–44
Pts: Perazić 22 Pts: Song 28
Brazil  v  South Korea
31 July 1983 (1983-07-31) Brazil  79–80  South Korea
22:30 Scoring by half: 45–45, 34–35
Pts: Marcari 18 Pts: Kim 17
United States  v  Poland
1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) United States  82–63  Poland
18:30 Scoring by half: 42–30, 40–33
Pts: Woodard 17 Pts: Iwaniec 14
Soviet Union  v  South Korea
1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) Soviet Union  95–54  South Korea
20:30 Scoring by half: 48–24, 47–30
Pts: Semjonova 12 Pts: Kim 19
China  v  Bulgaria
1 August 1983 (1983-08-01) China  64–73  Bulgaria
22:30 Scoring by half: 34–36, 30–37
Pts: Chen 31 Pts: Dermendzhieva 20
Yugoslavia  v  Soviet Union
2 August 1983 (1983-08-02) Yugoslavia  64–98  Soviet Union
18:30 Scoring by half: 29–49, 35–49
Pts: Perazić 20 Pts: Chausova 20
South Korea  v  China
2 August 1983 (1983-08-02) South Korea  69–720(OT)  China
20:30 Scoring by half: 31–35, 30–26, Overtime: 8-11
Pts: Choi 19 Pts: Chen 26
Brazil  v  United States
2 August 1983 (1983-08-02) Brazil  78–109  United States
22:30 Scoring by half: 37–59, 41–50
Pts: Marcari 38 Pts: Miller 20
Bulgaria  v  Yugoslavia
3 August 1983 (1983-08-03) Bulgaria  78–73  Yugoslavia
18:30 Scoring by half: 38–31, 40–42
Pts: Dermendzhieva 22 Pts: Dornik 22
United States  v  South Korea
3 August 1983 (1983-08-03) United States  82–66  South Korea
22:30 Scoring by half: 45–39, 37–27
Pts: Woodard 24 Pts: Park 15
Brazil  v  Poland
3 August 1983 (1983-08-03) Brazil  84–72  Poland
22:30 Scoring by half: 39–37, 45–35
Pts: Marcari 28 Pts: Sędzicka 17
Yugoslavia  v  South Korea
4 August 1983 (1983-08-04) Yugoslavia  70–57  South Korea
15:00 Scoring by half: 34–30, 36–27
Pts: Perazić 26 Pts: Park 16
United States  v  Bulgaria
4 August 1983 (1983-08-04) United States  99–77  Bulgaria
17:00 Scoring by half: 48–46, 51–31
Pts: Miller 18 Pts: Slavcheva 17
China  v  Poland
4 August 1983 (1983-08-04) China  75–83  Poland
20:30 Scoring by half: 38–40, 37–43
Pts: Song 24 Pts: Seweryn 24
Brazil  v  Soviet Union
4 August 1983 (1983-08-04) Brazil  75–99  Soviet Union
22:30 Scoring by half: 40–55, 35–44
Pts: Marcari 23 Pts: Barel 18

Medal games

Bronze-medal match

6 August 1983
19:30
report
China  71–63  South Korea
Scoring by half: 32–27, 39–36
Pts: Qiu 26 Pts: Kim 24

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)

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

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