Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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The women's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 19 September and ended on 29 September.
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 | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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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] |
Source: FIBA
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:
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
6 | Pts: Yakovleva 13 Rebs: 4 players 4 Asts: Minkh 2 |
Group B
Pos | 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 |
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
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 | ||
2 | Pts: McClain 8 2Asts: Edwards |
19 September 1988
21:30 |
China | 53–56 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
3 | Pts: Nakić 24 Rebs: Dornik 8 Asts: Vangelovska 7 |
25 September 1988
11:45 |
China | 79–94 | United States |
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48 | ||
5 | Pts: McClain 13 5Asts: Edwards |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
3 | Pts: Janoštinová 14 Rebs: Janoštinová 10 Asts: Janoštinová, Nováková 3 |
- Classification 5–6
29 September 1988
9:45 |
Bulgaria | 102–74 | China |
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55 | ||
2 | Pts: Zheng 23 Rebs: Cong, Peng 5 Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1 |
Knockout stage
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 1988
9:45 |
Australia | 56–57 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25 | ||
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 | ||
6 | Pts: Zasulskaya 16 Rebs: Tuomaitė 6 Asts: Yakovleva 2 |
Bronze medal game
28 September 1988
21:30 |
Australia | 53–68 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36 | ||
4 | Pts: Savitskaya 16 Rebs: Yakovleva 7 Asts: Buryakina 2 |
Gold medal game
29 September 1988
12:00 |
Yugoslavia | 70–77 | United States |
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35 | ||
3 | Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3 |
Awards
1988 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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United States Second title |
Final ranking
Rankings 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 |