1998 FIBA World Championship for Women

women World 1998 Germany May 26 – June 7 16 5 7 7 USA 6 BRA Arcain (20.2) JPN (86.0) ARG Ferazzoli (11.8) USA (39.8) KOR Chun (6.2) CHN (19.3) 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women 1994 2002 The 1998 FIBA Women's World Championship (German: 1998 FIBA Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft) was hosted by Germany from May 26 to June 7, 1998. The USA won the tournament, defeating Russia 71-65 in the final. Venues Münster Wuppertal Rotenburg/Fulda Karlsruhe Dessau Bremen Berlin Competing nations Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D RUS USA AUS BRA ESP LTU CUB SVK Slovakia CHN JPN GER HUN ARG SEN COD 1997 KOR Squads 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women squads Preliminary round Group A main WL points complete Results RUS ESP CHN ARG RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 249 154 2 1 206 172 1 2 203 201 0 3 136 267 RUS ESP CHN ARG Q blue1 Advanced to the second round red1 Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff Group B main WL points complete Results USA JPN LTU SEN RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 259 198 2 1 265 255 1 2 237 243 0 3 167 232 USA JPN LTU SEN Q blue1 Advanced to the second round red1 Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff Group C main WL points complete Results AUS CUB GER DRC RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 279 198 2 1 276 237 1 2 241 219 H 0 3 142 284 AUS CUB GER DRC 1997 Q blue1 Advanced to the second round red1 Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff Group D main WL points complete Results BRA SVK HUN KOR RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 224 203 2 1 179 166 1 2 193 198 0 3 186 215 BRA SVK HUN KOR Q blue1 Advanced to the second round red1 Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff Second round Scores and results from the first round shall be carried over to the second round. Group E main WL points complete Results AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF QF QF QF QF X X 5 0 427 332 4 1 366 346 2 3 345 384 Lithuania 66–63 Spain 2 3 370 330 CCC 1 4 325 377 China 94–93 Japan 1 4 419 483 EEE USA RUS LTU ESP CHN JPN Q green1 Advanced to the quarter-finals yellow2 Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff Group F main WL points complete Results AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF QF QF QF QF X X 5 0 430 353 4 1 389 366 3 2 446 433 2 3 308 337 1 4 358 388 H 0 5 346 400 AUS BRA CUB SVK GER HUN Q green1 Advanced to the quarter-finals yellow2 Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff Classification stage 13–16th place playoffs Classification Semifinals 13th place match 15th place match May 30 SEN 67 ARG 59 May 30 KOR 97 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997 60 May 31 SEN 70 KOR 74 May 31 ARG 73 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997 52 9–12th place playoffs Classification Semifinals Ninth place match Eleventh place match June 4 CHN 93 HUN (OT) 95 June 4 JPN 88 GER 71 June 5 HUN 82 JPN 108 June 5 CHN 60 GER 90 Final round Bracket 200 Quarter-finals 5th–8th place semi-finals Final Bronze medal match 5th place match 7th place match E2 RUS 85 F3 CUB 78 E4 ESP 54 F1 AUS 87 E3 LTU 70 F2 BRA 72 E1 USA 89 F4 SVK 62 E2 RUS 82 F1 AUS 76 F2 BRA 79 E1 USA 93 F3 CUB 63 E4 ESP 80 E3 LTU 66 F4 SVK 58 E2 RUS 65 E1 USA 71 F1 AUS 72 F2 BRA 67 E4 ESP 70 E3 LTU 59 F3 CUB (OT) 83 F4 SVK 81 Quarterfinals #eee 4 June 1998 18:00 BRA 72 LTU 70 39–33 33–37 #eeffff 4 June 1998 20:00 SVK 62 USA 89 35–41 27–48 #eee 5 June 1998 18:00 RUS 85 CUB 78 47–33 38–45 #eeffff 5 June 1998 20:00 ESP 54 AUS 87 25–48 29–39 Classification 5th–8th Final standings # Team W–L Image:Gold medal icon.svg USA United States 9–0 Image:Silver medal icon.svg RUS 7–2 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg AUS 8–1 4 BRA 6–3 5 ESP 5–4 6 LTU 4–5 7 CUB 5–4 8 SVK Slovakia 3–6 9 JPN 4–4 10 HUN 2–6 11 GER 3–5 12 CHN 2–6 13 KOR 2–3 14 SEN 1–4 15 ARG 1–4 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997 0–5 Awards bkw 1998 World Championship winner United States Sixth References Results 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women World Championship FIBA World Championship Category:FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup B Category:Women's basketball competitions in Germany FIBA World Championship for Women FIBA World Championship for Women