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 | |
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Host country | South Korea |
Dates | 19–29 September 1988 |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (2nd title) |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 20 |
Top scorer | Slavcheva (19.6) |
Top rebounds | McClain (10.4) |
Top assists | Edwards, Maher (3.4) |
PPG (Team) | United States (92.2) |
RPG (Team) | United States (35.6) |
APG (Team) | United States (12.0) |
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
editG | 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 | |||
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G | G | G | C | ½ | C | B | C | F |
Qualification
editA 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 |
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China | Soviet Union Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Bulgaria |
Australia | United States – Olympic Champions South Korea – Olympic hosts |
Squads
editEach NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.
Group stage
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 196 | −18 | 5[a] | Semifinals |
2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 188 | +20 | 5[a] | |
3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 241 | −24 | 4[b] | Classification round |
4 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 222 | +22 | 4[b] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
25 September 1988
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 |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 282 | 234 | +48 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 211 | −12 | 5 | |
3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 200 | 214 | −14 | 4 | Classification round |
4 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 224 | −22 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
19 September 1988
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 |
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 |
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 |
22 September 1988
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 |
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 |
Classification round
edit5th–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 |
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 |
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 |
Classification 5–6
Knockout stage
editSemifinals (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
edit27 September 1988
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 |
27 September 1988
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 |
Bronze medal game
edit28 September 1988
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 |
Gold medal game
editAwards
edit1988 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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United States Second title |
Final ranking
editRankings are determined by classification games:
Rank | Women | |||
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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 |