Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates19–29 September 1988
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Top scorerBulgaria Slavcheva (19.6)
Top reboundsBrazil McClain (10.4)
Top assistsUnited States Edwards,
Australia Maher (3.4)
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The women's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 19 September and ended on 29 September.

The United States won their second gold medal (and second consecutive gold medal) after defeating Yugoslavia, 77–70, in the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals C Classification matches B Bronze medal match F Final
Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29
G G G C ½ C B C F

Qualification

A NOC could enter one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by a tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where the top six teams earned a spot.

Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 China  Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 Czechoslovakia
 Bulgaria		  Australia  United States – Olympic Champions
 South Korea – Olympic hosts

Squads

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 178 196 −18 5[a] Semifinals
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 188 +20 5[a]
3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 217 241 −24 4[b] Classification round
4  South Korea (H) 3 1 2 244 222 +22 4[b]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
19 September 1988
11:45
Boxscore
Bulgaria  62–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17
Rebs: Staneva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Zasulskaya 23
Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10
Asts: Minkh 4
19 September 1988
19:30
Boxscore
Australia  55–91  South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–41, 35–50
Pts: Gorman 11
Rebs: Gorman 8
Asts: Maher, Timms 3		 Pts: Lee KJ 19
Rebs: Choi, Kim HS 4
Asts: Lee HS, Sung 2
22 September 1988
11:45
Boxscore
South Korea  66–69  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–33, 31–36
Pts: Choi 20
Rebs: Sung 14		 Pts: Savitskaya 18
Rebs: Savitskaya 6
Asts: Sumnikova 2
22 September 1988
19:30
Boxscore
Australia  63–57  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 31–30, 32–27
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 9
Asts: Timms 3		 Pts: Slavcheva 15
Rebs: Slavcheva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 2
25 September 1988
19:30
Boxscore
Bulgaria  98–87  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–51, 50–36
Pts: Slavcheva 39
Rebs: Slavcheva 8
Asts: Kostourkova 3		 Pts: Choi 26
Rebs: Choi, Sung 7
Asts: 5 players 1
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
21:30
Boxscore
Australia  60–48  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 8
Asts: Maher 6		 Pts: Yakovleva 13
Rebs: 4 players 4
Asts: Minkh 2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 282 234 +48 6 Semifinals
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 199 211 −12 5
3  China 3 1 2 200 214 −14 4 Classification round
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 202 224 −22 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
19 September 1988 (1988-09-19)
9:45
Boxscore
Czechoslovakia  81–87  United States
Scoring by half: 39–37, 42–50
Pts: Nováková 21
Rebs: Nováková 8
Asts: Kalužáková, Nováková 2		 Pts: Edwards 24
Rebs: McClain 8
Asts: Edwards 2
19 September 1988
21:30
Boxscore
China  53–56  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13
Rebs: Zheng 7
Asts: Xue 3		 Pts: Nakić 13
Rebs: Golić 9
Asts: Vangelovska 4
22 September 1988
9:45
Boxscore
United States  101–74  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards 23
Rebs: McClain 9
Asts: Weatherspoon 2		 Pts: Golić 16
Rebs: Dornik 4
Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2
22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
21:30
Boxscore
China  68–64  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36–36, 32–28
Pts: Zheng 12
Rebs: Han 7
Asts: Xue 3		 Pts: Dobrovičová 21
Rebs: Dobrovičová 5
Asts: Kalužáková 4
25 September 1988
9:45
Boxscore
Czechoslovakia  57–69  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 15–41, 42–28
Pts: Dobrovičová 17
Rebs: Dobrovičová 9
Asts: Kalužáková 3		 Pts: Nakić 24
Rebs: Dornik 8
Asts: Vangelovska 7
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
11:45
Boxscore
China  79–94  United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32
Rebs: Zheng 8
Asts: Cong 5		 Pts: McClain 27
Rebs: McClain 13
Asts: Edwards 5

Classification round

5th–8th Place

September 27 5th place (September 29)
      
A3  Bulgaria 81
B4  Czechoslovakia 78
A3  Bulgaria 102
B3  China 74
B3  China 97
A4  South Korea 95 7th place (September 28)
A4  South Korea 77
B4  Czechoslovakia 59
Classification 5–8 semifinals
27 September 1988
19:30
Boxscore
Bulgaria  81–78  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 49–42, 32–36
Pts: Radkova 25
Rebs: Radkova 6
Asts: Khadzhiyankova, Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Janoštinová 27
Rebs: Dobrovičová 9
Asts: Kysilková, Nováková 3
27 September 1988
21:30
Boxscore
China  97–95 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–38, 42–47 Overtime: 12–10
Pts: Liu 24
Rebs: Liu 6
Asts: Xue 5		 Pts: Choi 21
Rebs: Sung 7
Asts: Jeong, Park CM, Sung 2
Classification 7–8
28 September 1988
19:30
Boxscore
South Korea  77–59  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 41–26, 36–33
Pts: Choi 18
Rebs: Sung 6
Asts: Kim HS 3		 Pts: Janoštinová 14
Rebs: Janoštinová 10
Asts: Janoštinová, Nováková 3
Classification 5–6
29 September 1988
9:45
Boxscore
Bulgaria  102–74  China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22
Rebs: Staneva 8
Asts: Radkova 2		 Pts: Zheng 23
Rebs: Cong, Peng 5
Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Knockout stage

Semifinals (September 27) Gold medal (September 29)
      
A1  Australia 56
B2  Yugoslavia 57
B2  Yugoslavia 70
B1  United States 77
B1  United States 102
A2  Soviet Union 88 Bronze medal (September 28)
A1  Australia 53
A2  Soviet Union 68

Semifinals

27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
9:45
Boxscore
Australia  56–57  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25
Pts: Timms 19
Rebs: Dalton 8
Asts: Dalton, Maher 2		 Pts: Mujanović 20
Rebs: Dornik, Mujanović, Nakić 4
Asts: Vangelovska 2
27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:45
Boxscore
United States  102–88  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 6		 Pts: Zasulskaya 16
Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
Asts: Yakovleva 2

Bronze medal game

28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
21:30
Boxscore
Australia  53–68  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
Pts: Maher 22
Rebs: Maher, Timms 3
Asts: Maher 4		 Pts: Savitskaya 16
Rebs: Yakovleva 7
Asts: Buryakina 2

Gold medal game

29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
12:00
Boxscore
Yugoslavia  70–77  United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23
Rebs: Golić 10
Asts: Nakić 3		 Pts: Edwards 18
Rebs: Brown 8
Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

Awards

1988 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States
United States
Second title

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank Women
Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 5 5 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 5 3 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union 5 3 2
4th  Australia 5 2 3
Eliminated in the group round
5th  Bulgaria 5 3 2
6th  China 5 2 3
7th  South Korea 5 2 3
8th  Czechoslovakia 5 0 5

References

  • Official Olympic Report
  • 1988 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive
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