1979 FIBA World Championship for Women

1979 edition of the FIBA World Championship for Women women World 1979 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women.jpg South Korea 29 April – 13 May 12 5 1 1 United States 3 FIBA World Championship for WomenApril 2025 medicmedic 1975 1983 The 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women (Korean: 1979 FIBA 세계 여자 선수권 대회) was the eighth FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was hosted by South Korea, from 29 April to 13 May 1979. The United States won the world championship for the third time. Venues CityVenueSeoulJangchung Gymnasium Competing nations Group AGroup BGroup CFinal roundBOL CAN NED KOR 1949 – hostBRA 1968 FRA 1974 JPN 1947 SENAUS ITA MASUSA – silver medalists in 1976 Olympics Squads Preliminary round Advanced to the final round Relegated to Classification round for 8–12 Group A CAN 3 0 244 157 #ccffcc KOR 1949 (H) 2 1 247 177 #ccffcc NED 1 2 216 196 #FF3 BOL 0 3 108 285 #FF3 |} (H) – host nation. 29 April 1979 CAN 76 KOR 1949 63 34–30 43–33 Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul #eee 30 April 1979 NED 95 BOL 34 50–14 45–20 Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul 1 May 1979 CAN 84 BOL 36 40–18 44–18 Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul #eee 1 May 1979 KOR 1949 78 NED 63 42–30 36–33 Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul #eeffff 2 May 1979 CAN 84 NED 58 41–30 43–28 Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul #eee 2 May 1979 KOR 1949 106 BOL 38 60–15 46–23 Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul Group B y JPN 1947 2 1 203 138 #ccffcc 1–1, 1.123 FRA 1974 2 1 193 166 #ccffcc 1–1, 0.966 BRA 1968 2 1 219 188 #FF3 1–1, 0.924 SEN 0 3 127 250 #FF3   |} 1979 04 30 y BRA 1968 98 57 SEN Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 49–27 49–30 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 04 30 y FRA 1974 49 64 JPN 1947 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 24–36 25–28 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 01 y BRA 1968 57 55 JPN 1947 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 25–30 32–25 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 01 y SEN 38 68 FRA 1974 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 21–32 17–36 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 02 y JPN 1947 84 32 SEN Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 44–13 40–19 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 02 y BRA 1968 64 76 FRA 1974 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 27–42 37–34 100% "no" "collapsible collapsed" Group C AUS 2 0 198 90 #ccffcc ITA 1 1 156 115 #ccffcc MAS 0 2 50 199 #FF3 |} 30 April 1979 ITA 80 MAS 36 33–18 47–18 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium yes "collapsible collapsed" 1 May 1979 ITA 76 AUS 79 35–44 41–35 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium yes 2 May 1979 AUS 119 MAS 14 54–10 65–4 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium "collapsible collapsed" Classification round yes 8 NED 4 0 378 193 9 BRA 1968 3 1 373 258 10 BOL 2 2 196 291 11 MAS 1 3 217 333 12 SEN 0 4 207 296 |} 1979 05 04 y MAS 62 55 SEN Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 28–29 34–26 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 05 y BOL 53 98 BRA 1968 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 36–68 17–30 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 06 y NED 82 44 SEN Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 44–25 38–19 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 07 y MAS 66 104 BRA 1968 Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 28–67 38–37 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 09 y BOL 55 47 MAS Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 31–23 26–24 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 10 y BRA 1968 73 82 NED Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 26–46 47–36 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 11 y BOL 54 51 SEN Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 27–27 27–24 100% "yes" "collapsible collapsed" 1979 05 12 y MAS 42 119 NED Seoul Jangchung Gymnasium 24–48 18–71 100% "no" "collapsible collapsed" Final round The United States qualified outright for the final round of the tournament by the virtue of silver medal finish at the 1976 Olympic Games. y 1 USA 5 1 463 402 2 KOR 1949 5 1 436 413 1–1,0.99 3 CAN 5 1 395 366 1–1,0.98 4 AUS 3 3 387 398   5 ITA 2 4 386 376   6 JPN 1947 1 5 350 377   7 FRA 1974 0 6 338 423   |} #eeffff 4 May 1979 KOR 1949 94 USA 82 Seoul #eee 4 May 1979 FRA 1974 56 AUS 59 Seoul #eeffff 5 May 1979 CAN 64 ITA 55 Seoul #eee 5 May 1979 JPN 1947 56 KOR 1949 64 Seoul #eeffff 6 May 1979 FRA 1974 59 CAN 72 Seoul #eee 6 May 1979 ITA 64 USA 66 Seoul #eeffff 7 May 1979 KOR 1949 76 AUS 72 Seoul #eee 7 May 1979 USA 84 JPN 1947 65 Seoul #eeffff 9 May 1979 ITA 72 FRA 1974 54 Seoul #eee 10 May 1979 FRA 1974 71 KOR 1949 76 Seoul #eeffff 10 May 1979 AUS 59 USA 74 Seoul #eee 11 May 1979 AUS 57 CAN 66 Seoul #eeffff 12 May 1979 ITA 63 JPN 1947 50 Seoul #eee 12 May 1979 USA 80 FRA 1974 59 Seoul #eeffff 13 May 1979 JPN 1947 60 AUS 61 Seoul #eee 13 May 1979 KOR 1949 63 ITA 56 Seoul #eeffff 13 May 1979 CAN 61 USA 77 Seoul Final standings # Team Image:Med_1.png 1 USA Image:Med_2.png 2 KOR 1949 Image:Med_3.png 3 CAN 4 AUS 5 ITA 6 JPN 1947 7 FRA 1974 8 NED 9 BRA 1968 10 BOL 11 MAS 12 SEN Awards bkw 1979 World Championship winner United States Third References Official results and squads (FIBA) Results (Archived 2009-05-06) Category:FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup World Championship FIBA FIBA Category:Sports competitions in Seoul Category:April 1979 sports events in Asia Category:May 1979 sports events in Asia Category:1970s in Seoul