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1994 FIBA World Championship for Women

This article is about 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women. For the equivalent games for men players, see 1994 FIBA World Championship.

The 1994 FIBA Women's World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Women's World Championship, an quadrennial international tournament played by women's basketball teams in FIBA. It was hosted in Australia from 2 to 12 June 1994 at five venues with the Sydney Entertainment Centre hosting the finals.

1994 FIBA World Championship
for Women
12th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates2–12 June
Teams16
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerBrazil Marcari (27.6)
Top reboundsChina Zheng (13.1)
Top assistsFrance Souvré (6.0)
PPG (Team) United States (99.1)
RPG (Team) Poland (41.9)
APG (Team) France (17.9)
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The tournament consisted of 16 nations from five federations who competed through the regional qualifiers to get to the tournament. These teams were divided into four groups for the preliminary round. Based on the results of the Preliminary round, the teams were then resorted into groups for the quarter-final round, with the top two finishers in each Preliminary group placed into quarter-final Groups A and B, and the bottom two finishers placed into Groups C and D. Based on the placement in the quarter-final round, the teams were then sorted into groups of four, each of which played a two-round knockout draw to determine the final standings.[1]

In the semi-finals, Brazil and China made it through to the final defeating the United States and Australia respectively. In what was the first gold medal final appearance for both teams, Brazil took out the title defeating China 96–87. The United States claimed the bronze defeating Australia 100–95.

Venues

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The 1994 edition saw four venues host the games. The Sydney Entertainment Centre was the main venue which hosted the second phase and the finals. The other venues hosted one of the first phase groups with the Derwent Entertainment Centre hosting Group A, Clipsal Powerhouse Group B and D with the Silverdome hosting Group C.

Adelaide Hobart Launceston Sydney
Clipsal Powerhouse
Capacity: 8,000		 Derwent Entertainment Centre
Capacity: 5,400		 Silverdome
Capacity: 4,000		 Sydney Entertainment Centre
Capacity: 12,500
     

Competing nations

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Group A Group B Group C Group D
  Spain   Canada   Brazil   Australia
  New Zealand   Cuba   Chinese Taipei   China
  South Korea   France   Poland   Italy
  United States   Kenya   Slovakia   Japan

Squads

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Main article: 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

Preliminary round

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Qualified to the quarter-finals Groups A & B
Qualified to the quarter-finals Groups C & D

In the preliminary round, each team played games against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams in each group were then placed into Groups A and B for the quarter-final Round, while the remaining teams were placed into Groups C and D for the quarter-final Round. Teams placed into Groups A and B for the quarter-final Round were eligible for the Championship bracket, while teams placed into Groups C and D finished no higher than 9th place.[2]

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 297 182 +115 6
  Spain 3 2 1 277 234 +43 5
  South Korea 3 1 2 249 255 −6 4
  New Zealand 3 0 3 159 311 −152 3
2 June 1994
Spain   117–54   New Zealand
Scoring by half: 56–29, 61–25
2 June 1994
United States   108–64   South Korea
Scoring by half: 49–30, 59–34
3 June 1994
South Korea   97–58   New Zealand
Scoring by half: 44–24, 53–34
3 June 1994
United States   92–71   Spain
Scoring by half: 49–35, 43–36
4 June 1994
New Zealand   47–97   United States
Scoring by half: 24–54, 23–43
4 June 1994
South Korea   88–89   Spain
Scoring by half: 32–44, 56–45

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Cuba 3 3 0 283 191 +92 6
  Canada 3 2 1 247 179 +68 5
  France 3 1 2 231 181 +50 4
  Kenya 3 0 3 129 339 −210 3
2 June 1994
Cuba   71–68   France
Scoring by half: 39–42, 32–26
2 June 1994
Kenya   34–109   Canada
Scoring by half: 20–52, 14–57
3 June 1994
Canada   72–90   Cuba
Scoring by half: 34–55, 38–35
3 June 1994
France   108–44   Kenya
Scoring by half: 55–19, 53–25
4 June 1994
Kenya   51–122   Cuba
Scoring by half: 26–73, 25–49
4 June 1994
France   55–66   Canada
Scoring by half: 34–33, 21–33

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Slovakia 3 3 0 279 213 +66 6
  Brazil 3 2 1 287 259 +28 5
  Poland 3 1 2 231 245 −14 4
  Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 220 300 −80 3
2 June 1994
Slovakia   94–52   Poland
Scoring by half: 47–27, 47–25
2 June 1994
Brazil   112–83   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 64–41, 48–42
3 June 1994
Poland   102–64   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 57–25, 45–39
3 June 1994
Brazil   88–99   Slovakia
Scoring by half: 50–52, 38–47
4 June 1994
Chinese Taipei   73–86   Slovakia
Scoring by half: 36–46, 37–40
4 June 1994
Brazil   87–77   Poland
Scoring by half: 48–39, 39–38

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  China 3 2 1 229 197 +32 5
  Australia 3 2 1 200 196 +4 5
  Italy 3 2 1 193 198 −5 5
  Japan 3 0 3 188 219 −31 3
2 June 1994
Australia   60–58   Japan
Scoring by half: 32–34, 28–24
2 June 1994
China   60–65   Italy
Scoring by half: 35–42, 25–23
3 June 1994
Italy   77–65   Japan
Scoring by half: 39–27, 38–38
3 June 1994
Australia   67–87   China
Scoring by half: 33–40, 34–47
4 June 1994
Italy   51–73   Australia
Scoring by half: 24–38, 27–35
4 June 1994
Japan   65–82   China
Scoring by half: 37–47, 28–35

Quarter-final Round

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Qualified to the Championship bracket
Qualified to the 5–8 bracket
Qualified to the 9–12 bracket
Qualified to the 13–16 bracket

In the quarter-final Round, each team played games against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams in Groups A and B qualified for the Championship bracket, while the remaining teams from Groups A and B were placed in the bracket to determine places 5 through 9. The top two teams from Groups C and D were placed in the bracket to determine places 9 through 12, and the remaining teams were placed in the bracket to determine places 13 through 16.[3]

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 289 231 +58 6
  Australia 3 2 1 246 237 +9 5
  Slovakia 3 1 2 239 252 −13 4
  Canada 3 0 3 200 254 −54 3
7 June 1994
United States   88–70   Australia
Scoring by half: 41–35, 47–35
7 June 1994
Slovakia   66–63   Canada
Scoring by half: 36–36, 30–27
8 June 1994
Canada   65–98   United States
Scoring by half: 29–52, 36–46
8 June 1994
Australia   86–77   Slovakia
Scoring by half: 39–35, 47–42
9 June 1994
United States   103–96   Slovakia
Scoring by half: 54–46, 49–50
9 June 1994
Canada   72–90   Australia
Scoring by half: 37–52, 35–38

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  China 3 2 1 243 250 −7 5
  Brazil 3 2 1 293 275 +18 5
  Cuba 3 1 2 243 262 −19 4
  Spain 3 1 2 228 220 +8 4
7 June 1994
Cuba   91–111   Brazil
Scoring by half: 48–61, 43–50
7 June 1994
China   60–76   Spain
Scoring by half: 28–40, 32–36
8 June 1994
Spain   65–68   Cuba
Scoring by half: 40–27, 25–41
8 June 1994
Brazil   90–97   China
Scoring by half: 48–57, 42–40
9 June 1994
Cuba   84–86   China
Scoring by half: 42–42, 42–44
9 June 1994
Spain   87–92   Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–45, 34–47

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  South Korea 3 2 1 297 230 +67 5
  Japan 3 2 1 292 229 +63 5
  Poland 3 2 1 265 247 +18 5
  Kenya 3 0 3 204 352 −148 3
7 June 1994
Japan   83–63   South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–31, 42–32
7 June 1994
Poland   94–62   Kenya
Scoring by half: 58–30, 36–32
8 June 1994
Kenya   76–136   South Korea
Scoring by half: 29–63, 47–73
8 June 1994
Japan   87–100   Poland
Scoring by half: 44–55, 43–45
9 June 1994
South Korea   98–71   Poland
Scoring by half: 57–50, 41–21
9 June 1994
Kenya   66–122   Japan
Scoring by half: 33–62, 33–60

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  France 3 3 0 250 197 +53 6
  Italy 3 2 1 258 194 +64 5
  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 230 269 −39 4
  New Zealand 3 0 3 184 262 −78 3
7 June 1994
France   89–68   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 42–37, 47–31
7 June 1994
Italy   84–49   New Zealand
Scoring by half: 39–15, 45–34
8 June 1994
New Zealand   59–90   France
Scoring by half: 32–51, 27–39
8 June 1994
Chinese Taipei   74–104   Italy
Scoring by half: 41–54, 33–50
9 June 1994
France   71–70   Italy
Scoring by half: 32–33, 39–37
9 June 1994
New Zealand   76–88 (OT)   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 32–28, 38–42 Overtime: 6–18

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 June – Sydney
 
 
  Brazil110
 
12 June – Sydney
 
  United States107
 
   Brazil96
 
11 June – Sydney
 
  China87
 
  Australia65
 
 
  China66
 
Third place
 
 
12 June – Sydney
 
 
  United States100
 
 
  Australia95

5th through 8th place

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Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
11 June – Sydney
 
 
  Slovakia90
 
12 June – Sydney
 
  Spain69
 
  Cuba81
 
11 June – Sydney
 
  Slovakia92
 
  Canada55
 
 
  Cuba74
 
Seventh place
 
 
12 June – Sydney
 
 
  Canada70
 
 
  Spain65

9th through 12th place

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Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
11 June – Sydney
 
 
  South Korea89
 
12 June – Sydney
 
  Italy78
 
  South Korea79
 
11 June – Sydney
 
  France89
 
  Japan81
 
 
  France82
 
Eleventh place
 
 
12 June – Sydney
 
 
  Italy90
 
 
  Japan75

13th through 16th place

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Classification roundThirteenth place
 
      
 
11 June – Sydney
 
 
  Poland79
 
12 June – Sydney
 
  New Zealand70
 
  Poland84
 
11 June – Sydney
 
  Chinese Taipei69
 
  Kenya80
 
 
  Chinese Taipei85
 
Fifeteenth place
 
 
12 June – Sydney
 
 
  New Zealand93
 
 
  Kenya76

Awards

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 1994 World Championship winner 
 
Brazil
First title
Most Valuable Player
  Zheng Haixia

Final standings

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# Team W-L
    Brazil 6–2
    China 5–3
    United States 7–1
4   Australia 4–4
5   Slovakia 6–2
6   Cuba 5–3
7   Canada 3–5
8   Spain 3–5
9   France 6–2
10   South Korea 4–4
11   Italy 5–3
12   Japan 2–6
13   Poland 5–3
14   Chinese Taipei 2–6
15   New Zealand 1–7
16   Kenya 0–8

References

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  1. ^ "1994 World Championship for Women". fiba.com.
  2. ^ "Preliminary Round results". fiba.com.
  3. ^ "Quarter-final Round results". fiba.com.
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