1983 FIBA World Championship for Women

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.

1983 FIBA World Championship
for Women

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

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	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)

Rio de Janeiro

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

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