Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 19 September and ended on 29 September.

Tournament details

Host nation

Dates

19–29 September 1988

Teams

8

(from 4 federations)

Venues

1

(in 1 host city)

Games played

20

Champions

United States

(2nd title)

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points	Slavcheva (19.6)	United States (92.2)
Rebounds	McClain (10.4)	United States (35.6)
Assists	Edwards, Maher (3.4)	United States (12.0)

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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Qualification
	men	women
Tournament
	men	women
Rosters
	men	women

The United States won their second gold medal (and second consecutive gold medal) after defeating Yugoslavia, 77–70, in the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	C	Classification matches	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Mon 19	Tue 20	Wed 21	Thu 22	Fri 23	Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27		Wed 28		Thu 29
G			G			G		C	½	C	B	C	F

Qualification

A NOC could enter one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by a tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where the top six teams earned a spot.

Asia	Europe	Oceania	Automatic qualifiers
China	Soviet Union Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Bulgaria	Australia	United States – Olympic Champions South Korea – Olympic hosts

Squads

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	178	196	−18	5	Semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	208	188	+20	5	Semifinals
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	217	241	−24	4
4	South Korea	3	1	2	244	222	+22	4

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

19 September 1988
11:45

Bulgaria	62–91	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17 Rebs: Staneva 6 Asts: Slavcheva 3		Pts: Zasulskaya 23 Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10 Asts: Minkh 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

19 September 1988
19:30

Australia	55–91	South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–41, 35–50
Pts: Gorman 11 Rebs: Gorman 8 Asts: Maher, Timms 3		Pts: Lee KJ 19 Rebs: Choi, Kim HS 4 Asts: Lee HS, Sung 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1988
11:45

South Korea	66–69	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–33, 31–36
Pts: Choi 20 Rebs: Sung 14		Pts: Savitskaya 18 Rebs: Savitskaya 6 Asts: Sumnikova 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1988
19:30

Australia	63–57	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 31–30, 32–27
Pts: Maher 20 Rebs: Maher 9 Asts: Timms 3		Pts: Slavcheva 15 Rebs: Slavcheva 6 Asts: Slavcheva 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1988
19:30

Bulgaria	98–87	South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–51, 50–36
Pts: Slavcheva 39 Rebs: Slavcheva 8 Asts: Kostourkova 3		Pts: Choi 26 Rebs: Choi, Sung 7 Asts: 5 players 1

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1998
21:30

Australia	60–48	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
Pts: Maher 20 Rebs: Maher 8 Asts: Maher 6		Pts: Yakovleva 13 Rebs: 4 players 4 Asts: Minkh 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	282	234	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	199	211	−12	5	Semifinals
3	China	3	1	2	200	214	−14	4
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	202	224	−22	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

19 September 1998
9:45

Czechoslovakia	81–87	United States
Scoring by half: 39–37, 42–50
Pts: Nováková 21 Rebs: Nováková 8 Asts: Kalužáková, Nováková 2		Pts: Edwards 24 Rebs: McClain 8 Asts: Edwards 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

19 September 1988
21:30

China	53–56	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13 Rebs: Zheng 7 Asts: Xue 3		Pts: Nakić 13 Rebs: Golić 9 Asts: Vangelovska 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1988
9:45

United States	101–74	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards 23 Rebs: McClain 9 Asts: Weatherspoon 2		Pts: Golić 16 Rebs: Dornik 4 Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1998
21:30

China	68–64	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36–36, 32–28
Pts: Zheng 12 Rebs: Han 7 Asts: Xue 3		Pts: Dobrovičová 21 Rebs: Dobrovičová 5 Asts: Kalužáková 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1988
9:45

Czechoslovakia	57–69	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 15–41, 42–28
Pts: Dobrovičová 17 Rebs: Dobrovičová 9 Asts: Kalužáková 3		Pts: Nakić 24 Rebs: Dornik 8 Asts: Vangelovska 7

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1998
11:45

China	79–94	United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32 Rebs: Zheng 8 Asts: Cong 5		Pts: McClain 27 Rebs: McClain 13 Asts: Edwards 5

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semifinals (September 27)					Gold medal (September 29)

	A1	Australia	56
	B2	Yugoslavia	57
						B2	Yugoslavia	70
						B1	United States	77
	B1	United States	102
	A2	Soviet Union	88			Bronze medal (September 28)

						A1	Australia	53
						A2	Soviet Union	68

Semifinals

27 September 1998
9:45

Australia	56–57	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25
Pts: Timms 19 Rebs: Dalton 8 Asts: Dalton, Maher 2		Pts: Mujanović 20 Rebs: Dornik, Mujanović, Nakić 4 Asts: Vangelovska 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

27 September 1998
11:45

United States	102–88	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27 Rebs: McClain 15 Asts: Edwards 6		Pts: Zasulskaya 16 Rebs: Tuomaitė 6 Asts: Yakovleva 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Bronze medal game

28 September 1998
21:30

Australia	53–68	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
Pts: Maher 22 Rebs: Maher, Timms 3 Asts: Maher 4		Pts: Savitskaya 16 Rebs: Yakovleva 7 Asts: Buryakina 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Gold medal game

29 September 1998
12:00

Yugoslavia	70–77	United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23 Rebs: Golić 10 Asts: Nakić 3		Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round

5th–8th Place

	September 27					5th place (September 29)

	A3	Bulgaria	81
	B4	Czechoslovakia	78
						A3	Bulgaria	102
						B3	China	74
	B3	China	97
	A4	South Korea	95			7th place (September 28)

						A4	South Korea	77
						B4	Czechoslovakia	59

Classification 5–8 semifinals

27 September 1988
19:30

Bulgaria	81–78	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 49–42, 32–36
Pts: Radkova 25 Rebs: Radkova 6 Asts: Khadzhiyankova, Slavcheva 3		Pts: Janoštinová 27 Rebs: Dobrovičová 9 Asts: Kysilková, Nováková 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

27 September 1988
21:30

China	97–95 (OT)	South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–38, 42–47 Overtime: 12–10
Pts: Liu 24 Rebs: Liu 6 Asts: Xue 5		Pts: Choi 21 Rebs: Sung 7 Asts: Jeong, Park CM, Sung 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification 7–8

28 September 1988
19:30

South Korea	77–59	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 41–26, 36–33
Pts: Choi 18 Rebs: Sung 6 Asts: Kim HS 3		Pts: Janoštinová 14 Rebs: Janoštinová 10 Asts: Janoštinová, Nováková 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification 5–6

29 September 1988
9:45

Bulgaria	102–74	China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22 Rebs: Staneva 8 Asts: Radkova 2		Pts: Zheng 23 Rebs: Cong, Peng 5 Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Awards

1988 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States Second title

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank	Women
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	United States	5	5	0
	Yugoslavia	5	3	2
	Soviet Union	5	3	2
4th	Australia	5	2	3
Eliminated in the group round
5th	Bulgaria	5	3	2
6th	China	5	2	3
7th	South Korea	5	2	3
8th	Czechoslovakia	5	0	5

References

Official Olympic Report
1988 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Rosters
Teams	Australia Bulgaria China Czechoslovakia South Korea Soviet Union United States Yugoslavia
Qualification	1984 Summer Olympics Qualifying tournament

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