1979 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women (Korean: 1979 FIBA 세계 여자 선수권 대회) was the eighth FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was hosted by South Korea, from 29 April to 13 May 1979. The United States won the world championship for the third time.

1979 FIBA World Championship
for Women

8th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	29 April – 13 May
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Official website
FIBA World Championship for Women

Venues

City	Venue
Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Final round
Bolivia Canada Netherlands South Korea – host	Brazil France Japan Senegal	Australia Italy Malaysia	United States – silver medalists in 1976 Olympics

Squads

Main article: 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

Preliminary round

	Advanced to the final round
	Relegated to Classification round for 8–12

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	244	157	+87	6
South Korea (H)	3	2	1	247	177	+70	5
Netherlands	3	1	2	216	196	+20	4
Bolivia	3	0	3	108	285	−177	3

(H) – host nation.

29 April 1979

Canada	76–63	South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–30, 43–33

Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

30 April 1979

Netherlands	95–34	Bolivia
Scoring by half: 50–14, 45–20

Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

1 May 1979

Canada	84–36	Bolivia
Scoring by half: 40–18, 44–18

Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

1 May 1979

South Korea	78–63	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 42–30, 36–33

Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

2 May 1979

Canada	84–58	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 41–30, 43–28

Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

2 May 1979

South Korea	106–38	Bolivia
Scoring by half: 60–15, 46–23

Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Japan	3	2	1	203	138	+65	5	1–1, 1.123
France	3	2	1	193	166	+27	5	1–1, 0.966
Brazil	3	2	1	219	188	+31	5	1–1, 0.924
Senegal	3	0	3	127	250	−123	3

Brazil v Senegal

30 April 1979 (1979-04-30)	Brazil	98–57	Senegal	Seoul
	'Scoring by half: '49–27, 49–30
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

France v Japan

30 April 1979 (1979-04-30)	France	49–64	Japan	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 24–36, 25–28
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Brazil v Japan

1 May 1979 (1979-05-01)	Brazil	57–55	Japan	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 25–30, 32–25
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Senegal v France

1 May 1979 (1979-05-01)	Senegal	38–68	France	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 21–32, 17–36
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Japan v Senegal

2 May 1979 (1979-05-02)	Japan	84–32	Senegal	Seoul
	'Scoring by half: '44–13, 40–19
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Brazil v France

2 May 1979 (1979-05-02)	Brazil	64–76	France	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 27–42, 37–34
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	198	90	+108	4
Italy	2	1	1	156	115	+41	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	50	199	−149	2

Italy v Malaysia

30 April 1979	Italy	80–36	Malaysia	Seoul
	'Scoring by half: '33–18, 47–18
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Italy v Australia

1 May 1979	Italy	76–79	Australia	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 35–44, 41–35
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Australia v Malaysia

2 May 1979	Australia	119–14	Malaysia	Seoul
	'Scoring by half: '54–10, 65–4
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
8	Netherlands	4	4	0	378	193	+185	8
9	Brazil	4	3	1	373	258	+115	7
10	Bolivia	4	2	2	196	291	−95	6
11	Malaysia	4	1	3	217	333	−116	5
12	Senegal	4	0	4	207	296	−89	4

Malaysia v Senegal

4 May 1979 (1979-05-04)	Malaysia	62–55	Senegal	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 28–29, 34–26
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Bolivia v Brazil

5 May 1979 (1979-05-05)	Bolivia	53–98	Brazil	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 36–68, 17–30
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Netherlands v Senegal

6 May 1979 (1979-05-06)	Netherlands	82–44	Senegal	Seoul
	'Scoring by half: '44–25, 38–19
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Malaysia v Brazil

7 May 1979 (1979-05-07)	Malaysia	66–104	Brazil	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 28–67, 38–37
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Bolivia v Malaysia

9 May 1979 (1979-05-09)	Bolivia	55–47	Malaysia	Seoul
	'Scoring by half: '31–23, 26–24
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Brazil v Netherlands

10 May 1979 (1979-05-10)	Brazil	73–82	Netherlands	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 26–46, 47–36
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Bolivia v Senegal

11 May 1979 (1979-05-11)	Bolivia	54–51	Senegal	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 27–27, 27–24
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Malaysia v Netherlands

12 May 1979 (1979-05-12)	Malaysia	42–119	Netherlands	Seoul
	Scoring by half: 24–48, 18–71
				Arena: Jangchung Gymnasium

Final round

The United States qualified outright for the final round of the tournament by the virtue of silver medal finish at the 1976 Olympic Games.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	6	5	1	463	402	+61	11	1–1,1.03
South Korea	6	5	1	436	413	+23	11	1–1,0.99
Canada	6	5	1	395	366	+29	11	1–1,0.98
Australia	6	3	3	387	398	−11	9
Italy	6	2	4	386	376	+10	8
Japan	6	1	5	350	377	−27	7
France	6	0	6	338	423	−85	6

4 May 1979

South Korea

94–82

United States

Seoul

4 May 1979

France

56–59

Australia

Seoul

5 May 1979

Canada

64–55

Italy

Seoul

5 May 1979

Japan

56–64

South Korea

Seoul

6 May 1979

France

59–72

Canada

Seoul

6 May 1979

Italy

64–66

United States

Seoul

7 May 1979

South Korea

76–72

Australia

Seoul

7 May 1979

United States

84–65

Japan

Seoul

9 May 1979

Italy

72–54

France

Seoul

10 May 1979

France

71–76

South Korea

Seoul

10 May 1979

Australia

59–74

United States

Seoul

11 May 1979

Australia

57–66

Canada

Seoul

12 May 1979

Italy

63–50

Japan

Seoul

12 May 1979

United States

80–59

France

Seoul

13 May 1979

Japan

60–61

Australia

Seoul

13 May 1979

South Korea

63–56

Italy

Seoul

13 May 1979

Canada

61–77

United States

Seoul

Final standings

#	Team
1	United States
2	South Korea
3	Canada
4	Australia
5	Italy
6	Japan
7	France
8	Netherlands
9	Brazil
10	Bolivia
11	Malaysia
12	Senegal

Awards

1979 World Championship winner
United States Third title

References

• Official results and squads (FIBA)
• Results (Archived 2009-05-06)