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
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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.

Venues

Participating nations

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

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

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

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Cuba	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

Source: FIBA Archives

Peru  v  Zaire

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)	Peru	74–58	Zaire	Sao Bernardo do Campo
18:00	'Scoring by half: '32–29, 42–29

v  Canada

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)		vs.	Canada
	Scoring by half: –, –

Cuba  v

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)	Cuba	vs.
	Scoring by half: –, –

v  Cuba

30 July 1983 (1983-07-30)		vs.	Cuba
	Scoring by half: –, –

Canada  v

30 July 1983 (1983-07-30)	Canada	vs.
	Scoring by half: –, –

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	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	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Yugoslavia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Soviet Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Poland  v  Soviet Union

28 July 1983 (1983-07-28)	Poland	44–70	Soviet Union
20:30	Scoring by half: 26–34, 18–36

Yugoslavia  v  Brazil

28 July 1983 (1983-07-28)	Yugoslavia	60–74	Brazil
22:30	'Scoring by half: '40–38, 20–36

v  Poland

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)		vs.	Poland
	Scoring by half: –, –

v  United States

29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)		vs.	United States
	Scoring by half: –, –

United States  v

30 July 1983 (1983-07-30)	United States	vs.
	Scoring by half: –, –

v  United States

1 August 1983 (1983-08-01)		vs.	United States
	Scoring by half: –, –

United States  v

2 August 1983 (1983-08-02)	United States	vs.
	Scoring by half: –, –

v  United States

3 August 1983 (1983-08-03)		vs.	United States
	Scoring by half: –, –

United States  v

4 August 1983 (1983-08-04)	United States	vs.
	Scoring by half: –, –

Medal games

Bronze-medal match

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