1983 FIBA World Championship for Women

1983 FIBA World Championship
for Women

9th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	July 24 – August 6, 1983
Teams	14
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
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1983 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women was hosted by Brazil from July 24 to August 6, 1983. The Soviet Union won the tournament, 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

Main article: 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women 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	vs.	Cuba
	Scoring by half: –, –

South Korea v Peru

25 July 1983 (1983-07-25)	South Korea	vs.	Peru
	Scoring by half: –, –

Peru v Cuba

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	Peru	vs.	Cuba
	Scoring by half: –, –

South Korea v Bulgaria

26 July 1983 (1983-07-26)	South Korea	vs.	Bulgaria
	Scoring by half: –, –

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to semifinal round
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for classification round
4	Yugoslavia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FIBA Archive

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to semifinal round
2	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for classification round
4	Zaire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FIBA Archive

Classification Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Semifinal round

The United States qualified for the semifinal round by the virtue of winning the previous world championship, while Brazil qualified as hosts.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the final
2	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualified for the bronze medal match
4	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	EEE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	FFF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	GGG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	HHH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FIBA Archives
(H) Hosts

Medal games

Bronze medal match

6 August 1983

Rank 3	vs.	Rank 4
Scoring by half: –, –

Final

6 August 1983

Rank 1	vs.	Rank 2
Scoring by half: –, –

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

References

• Results