1959 FIBA World Championship for Women

none August 2026 women 3th World 1959 Soviet Union 10–18 October 8 1 1 Soviet Union 1 1957 1964 The 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women (Russian: Чемпионат мира по баскетболу среди женщин 1959) was the third FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in the Soviet Union between 10 October and 18 October 1959. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Moscow hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won its first title after finishing in first place in round-robin group. The United States were the defending champions but did not participate at the tournament. Squads May 2020 Soviet Union 3 Nina MAKSIMELIANOVA 4 Skaidrīte Smildziņa-Budovska 5 Valentina KOSTIKOVA 6 Maret-Mai Otsa 7 Nina POZNANSKAYA 8 Raisa KUZNETSOVA-MIKHAILOVA 9 Ene Kitsing 10 Jurate DOKTORAITE 11 Nina ARCISEVSKAYA 12 Nina EREMINA 13 Galina JAROSEVSKAYA 14 Helena BITNERE https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2919/tid/2792/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120531235053/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2919/tid/2792/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html dead May 31, 2012 Soviet Union 1959 World Championship for Women FIBA Archive December 8, 2022 Results The tournament consisted of a single round-robin group. Every team played each other once and the top team in the group was declared champion. URS 1955 7 0 467 263 gold BUL 1948 6 1 403 318 silver TCH 5 2 467 358 #cc9966 YUG 3 4 317 395 POL 3 4 362 370 ROU 1952 2 5 312 371 HUN 1957 2 5 323 431 KOR 0 7 299 444 |} 10 October 11:00 Boxscore TCH 76 61 48–32 28–29 POL Hubálková 29 Roga 19 10 October 12:30 Boxscore ROU 1952 52 41 24–18 28–23 KOR Romfeld 17 Ok 12 10 October 19:00 Boxscore BUL 1948 70 41 43–18 27–23 HUN 1957 Vojnova 13 Kovács 12 10 October 20:30 https://archive.today/20130123025330/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/4/grid/X/rid/404/sid/2919/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore YUG 42 80 23–35 19–45 URS 1955 Krvavica 16 Kostikova 24 #eee 11 October 16:00 Boxscore TCH 55 38 34–26 21–12 ROU 1952 Grubrová, Mázlová 14 Rakovica 15 #eee 11 October 17:30 Boxscore HUN 1957 49 48 24–25 25–23 YUG Parti 13 Radovanović 11 #eee 11 October 19:00 Boxscore POL 45 67 27–40 18–27 URS 1955 Bajer 12 Kostikova 19 12 October 18:00 https://archive.today/20130122195714/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/8/grid/X/rid/404/sid/2919/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore KOR 42 48 28–24 14–24 BUL 1948 Za 14 Kuzova, Vojnova 17 12 October 19:30 https://archive.today/20130122213135/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/9/grid/X/rid/404/sid/2919/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore ROU 1952 45 52 30–27 15–25 POL Nikolescu 17 Szostak 13 12 October 21:00 https://archive.today/20130123064053/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/10/grid/X/rid/404/sid/2919/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore URS 1955 51 29 25–15 26–14 HUN 1957 Maksimelianova 13 Lik, Parti 5 #eee 13 October 19:00 Boxscore YUG 50 47 27–24 23–23 KOR Radovanović 24 Za 13 #eee 13 October 20:30 Boxscore BUL 1948 54 47 27–24 27–23 TCH Calkaskanova 16 Hubálková 23 14 October 11:00 Boxscore KOR 24 89 12–47 12–42 URS 1955 Suk 8 Maksimelianova 22 14 October 12:30 Boxscore ROU 1952 37 64 15–32 22–32 BUL 1948 Kraus 12 Vojnova 12 14 October 19:00 https://archive.today/20130123164346/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/15/grid/X/rid/404/sid/2919/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore POL 62 40 36–19 26–21 HUN 1957 Roga 23 PRKen 10 14 October 20:30 Boxscore TCH 79 43 45–21 34–22 YUG Hubálková 15 Baraga, Ciprus 9 #eee 15 October 19:00 Boxscore YUG 40 38 22–13 18–25 ROU 1952 Krvavica 12 Kukuruz 12 #eee 15 October 20:30 Boxscore URS 1955 59 46 28–24 31–22 TCH Maksimelianova 17 Hubálková, Mázlová 10 16 October 19:00 Boxscore HUN 1957 62 57 27–31 35–26 KOR PRKen 14 Za 18 16 October 19:00 https://archive.today/20130122233325/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/20/grid/X/rid/404/sid/2919/_/1959_World_Championship_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore BUL 1948 62 48 31–20 31–28 POL Vojnova 18 Olesevicz 16 #eee 17 October 11:00 Boxscore POL 59 38 26–14 33–24 KOR Roga 19 Ok 12 #eee 17 October 12:30 Boxscore ROU 1952 39 70 18–37 21–33 URS 1955 Rakovica 11 Smildziņa 17 #eee 17 October 17:00 Boxscore TCH 80 53 38–28 42–25 HUN 1957 Hubálková 32 PRKen 12 #eee 17 October 18:30 Boxscore BUL 1948 67 52 44–26 23–26 YUG Borisova 17 Kalušević 14 18 October 12:00 Boxscore KOR 50 84 22–50 28–34 TCH Ok, Sin 13 Mázlová 19 18 October 13:30 Boxscore HUN 1957 49 63 24–42 25–21 ROU 1952 Kalo 11 Nikolescu 18 18 October 15:00 Boxscore YUG 42 35 22–20 20–15 POL Radovanović 11 Olesevicz 16 18 October 16:30 Boxscore URS 1955 51 38 21–16 30–22 BUL 1948 Smildziņa 26 Vojnova 12 Awards bk 1959 World Championship winner Soviet Union First 1955 Bibliography Official Results and Squads (FIBA) Results References Category:FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Category:International basketball competitions hosted by the Soviet Union World Championship FIBA World Championship for Women FIBA World Championship for Women Category:Women's basketball in the Soviet Union