1994 FIBA World Championship for Women

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1994 FIBA World Championship
for Women
12th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation Australia
Dates June 2 - June 12
Teams 16 (from 5 federations)
Venues 4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Brazil Marcari (27.6)  United States (99.1)
Rebounds China Zheng (13.1)  Poland (41.9)
Assists France Souvré (6.0)  France (17.9)
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The 1994 FIBA Women's World Championship was hosted by the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia from 2 June to 12 June, 1994. Brazil won the tournament, defeating China 96-87 in the final.

Teams from 16 nations participated in the championship. 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 Quarterfinal round, with the top two finishers in each Preliminary group placed into Quarterfinal Groups A and B, and the bottom two finishers placed into Groups C and D. Based on the placement in the Quarterfinal 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]

Venues

Competing nations

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

Preliminary Round

Qualified to the Quarterfinals Groups A & B
Qualified to the Quarterfinals 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 Quarterfinal Round, while the remaining teams were placed into Groups C and D for the Quarterfinal Round. Teams placed into Groups A and B for the Quarterfinal Round were eligible for the Championship bracket, while teams placed into Groups C and D finished no higher than 9th place.[2]

Group A

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

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

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

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  77–62  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

Quarterfinal Round

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 Quarterfinal 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

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

Group B

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

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 297 230+67 6
 Japan 3 2 1 292 229+63 5
 Poland 3 1 2 265 247+18 4
 Kenya 3 0 3 204 352−148 3

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 2 1 250 197+53 5
 Italy 3 2 1 258 194+64 5
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 230 269−39 5
 New Zealand 3 0 3 184 262−78 3

Knockout Stage

Championship bracket

Semi-Finals Final
June 11 - Sydney
  Brazil  110  
  United States  107  
 
June 12 - Sydney
       Brazil  96
    China  87
Third place
June 11 - Sydney June 12 - Sydney
  Australia  65   United States  100
  China  66     Australia  95

5th through 8th place

Classification round Fifth place
June 11 - Sydney
  Slovakia  90  
  Spain  69  
 
June 12 - Sydney
      Cuba  81
    Slovakia  92
Seventh place
June 11 - Sydney June 12 - Sydney
  Canada  55   Canada  70
  Cuba  74     Spain  65

9th through 12th place

Classification round Nineth place
June 11 - Sydney
  South Korea  89  
  Italy  78  
 
June 12 - Sydney
      South Korea  79
    France  89
Eleventh place
June 11 - Sydney June 12 - Sydney
  Japan  81   Italy  90
  France  82     Japan  75

13th through 16th place

Classification round Thirteenth place
June 11 - Sydney
  Poland  79  
  New Zealand  70  
 
June 12 - Sydney
      Poland  84
    Chinese Taipei  69
Fifeteenth place
June 11 - Sydney June 12 - Sydney
  Kenya  80   New Zealand  93
  Chinese Taipei  85     Kenya  76

Awards

 1994 World Championship Winner 

Brazil
First title
Most Valuable Player
China Zheng Haixia

Final standings

# 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

  1. ↑ "1994 World Championship for Women". fiba.com.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary Round results". fiba.com.
  3. ↑ "Quaterfinal Round results". fiba.com.

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