1994 FIBA World Championship for Women

1994 FIBA World Championship
for Women

12th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	2–12 June
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Marcari (27.6)
Top rebounds	Zheng (13.1)
Top assists	Souvré (6.0)
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The 1994 FIBA Women's World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship, an quadrennial international tournament played by women's basketball teams in FIBA. It was hosted in Australia from 2 to 12 June 1994 at five venues with the Sydney Entertainment Centre hosting the finals.

The tournament consisted of 16 nations from five federations who competed through the regional qualifiers to get to the tournament. These teams were divided into four groups for the preliminary round. Based on the results of the Preliminary round, the teams were then resorted into groups for the quarter-final round, with the top two finishers in each Preliminary group placed into quarter-final Groups A and B, and the bottom two finishers placed into Groups C and D. Based on the placement in the quarter-final round, the teams were then sorted into groups of four, each of which played a two-round knockout draw to determine the final standings.^[1]

In the semi-finals, Brazil and China made it through to the final defeating the United States and Australia respectively. In what was the first gold medal final appearance for both teams, Brazil took out the title defeating China 96–87. The United States claimed the bronze defeating Australia 100–95.

Venues

The 1994 edition saw four venues host the games. The Sydney Entertainment Centre was the main venue which hosted the second phase and the finals. The other venues hosted one of the first phase groups with the Derwent Entertainment Centre hosting Group A, Clipsal Powerhouse Group B and D with the Silverdome hosting Group C.

Adelaide	Hobart	Launceston	Sydney
Clipsal Powerhouse Capacity: 8,000	Derwent Entertainment Centre Capacity: 5,400	Silverdome Capacity: 4,000	Sydney Entertainment Centre Capacity: 12,500

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Spain	Canada	Brazil	Australia
New Zealand	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	China
South Korea	France	Poland	Italy
United States	Kenya	Slovakia	Japan

Squads

Preliminary round

	Qualified to the quarter-finals Groups A & B
	Qualified to the quarter-finals Groups C & D

In the preliminary round, each team played games against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams in each group were then placed into Groups A and B for the quarter-final Round, while the remaining teams were placed into Groups C and D for the quarter-final Round. Teams placed into Groups A and B for the quarter-final Round were eligible for the Championship bracket, while teams placed into Groups C and D finished no higher than 9th place.^[2]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	297	182	+115	6
Spain	3	2	1	277	234	+43	5
South Korea	3	1	2	249	255	−6	4
New Zealand	3	0	3	159	311	−152	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	283	191	+92	6
Canada	3	2	1	247	179	+68	5
France	3	1	2	231	181	+50	4
Kenya	3	0	3	129	339	−210	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slovakia	3	3	0	279	213	+66	6
Brazil	3	2	1	287	259	+28	5
Poland	3	1	2	231	245	−14	4
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	220	300	−80	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	2	1	229	197	+32	5
Australia	3	2	1	200	196	+4	5
Italy	3	2	1	193	198	−5	5
Japan	3	0	3	188	219	−31	3

Quarter-final Round

	Qualified to the Championship bracket
	Qualified to the 5–8 bracket
	Qualified to the 9–12 bracket
	Qualified to the 13–16 bracket

In the quarter-final Round, each team played games against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams in Groups A and B qualified for the Championship bracket, while the remaining teams from Groups A and B were placed in the bracket to determine places 5 through 9. The top two teams from Groups C and D were placed in the bracket to determine places 9 through 12, and the remaining teams were placed in the bracket to determine places 13 through 16.^[3]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	289	231	+58	6
Australia	3	2	1	246	237	+9	5
Slovakia	3	1	2	239	252	−13	4
Canada	3	0	3	200	254	−54	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	2	1	243	250	−7	5
Brazil	3	2	1	293	275	+18	5
Cuba	3	1	2	243	262	−19	4
Spain	3	1	2	228	220	+8	4

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	297	230	+67	5
Japan	3	2	1	292	229	+63	5
Poland	3	2	1	265	247	+18	5
Kenya	3	0	3	204	352	−148	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	250	197	+53	6
Italy	3	2	1	258	194	+64	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	230	269	−39	4
New Zealand	3	0	3	184	262	−78	3

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 June – Sydney
	Brazil	110
					12 June – Sydney
	United States	107
					Brazil	96
	11 June – Sydney
					China	87
	Australia	65
	China	66
					Third place
					12 June – Sydney
					United States	100
					Australia	95

5th through 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	11 June – Sydney
	Slovakia	90
					12 June – Sydney
	Spain	69
					Cuba	81
	11 June – Sydney
					Slovakia	92
	Canada	55
	Cuba	74
					Seventh place
					12 June – Sydney
					Canada	70
					Spain	65

9th through 12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	11 June – Sydney
	South Korea	89
					12 June – Sydney
	Italy	78
					South Korea	79
	11 June – Sydney
					France	89
	Japan	81
	France	82
					Eleventh place
					12 June – Sydney
					Italy	90
					Japan	75

13th through 16th place

	Classification round				Thirteenth place
	11 June – Sydney
	Poland	79
					12 June – Sydney
	New Zealand	70
					Poland	84
	11 June – Sydney
					Chinese Taipei	69
	Kenya	80
	Chinese Taipei	85
					Fifeteenth place
					12 June – Sydney
					New Zealand	93
					Kenya	76

Awards

1994 World Championship winner
Brazil First title

Most Valuable Player
Zheng Haixia

Final standings

#	Team	W-L
	Brazil	6–2
	China	5–3
	United States	7–1
4	Australia	4–4
5	Slovakia	6–2
6	Cuba	5–3
7	Canada	3–5
8	Spain	3–5
9	France	6–2
10	South Korea	4–4
11	Italy	5–3
12	Japan	2–6
13	Poland	5–3
14	Chinese Taipei	2–6
15	New Zealand	1–7
16	Kenya	0–8

References

External links

• 1994 FIBA World Championship For Women