1985 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

The 1985 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in the United States from 13 to 21 August 1985. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and USA Basketball.

1985 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesAugust 13–21
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP
1989

Ten national teams competed for the championship. Soviet Union came away with the Gold medal by defeating South Korea 80-75 in the final.[1]

Venues edit

Qualification edit

Means of qualification Dates Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host nation 1   United States
1984 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women 19 April 1984 Seoul, Korea 2   China
  South Korea
FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women 17 June 1985 Accra, Ghana 1   Senegal
FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 25 Aug 1984 Toledo, Spain 3   Yugoslavia
  Soviet Union
  Spain
FIBA Americas 2   Canada
  Cuba
FIBA Oceania 1   Australia
Total 10

It is unknown how Canada, Cuba, and Australia qualified and why Czechoslovakia who finished 3rd in the previous year's European championship did not participate.

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC-6).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts   YUG   CHN   ESP   CAN   SEN
1   Yugoslavia 4 4 0 375 204 +171 8 92–58 91–43 109–64 83–39
2   China 4 3 1 323 288 +35 7 58–92 87–85 95–65 83–46
3   Spain 4 2 2 279 287 −8 6 43–91 85–87 80–59 71–50
4   Canada 4 1 3 239 330 −91 5 64–109 65–95 59–80 51–46
5   Senegal 4 0 4 181 288 −107 4 39–83 46–83 50–71 46–51
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
13 June 1985
13:00
Senegal   50–71   Spain
Scoring by half: 21-27, 29-44
Pts: S. Thiam 15 Pts: B. Guer 13
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
13 June 1985
20:00
China   58–92   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 31-51, 27-41
Pts: F. Wang 20 Pts: four players 17
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

14 June 1985
15:00
Spain   43–91   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 20-47, 23-44
Pts: B. Guer 13 Pts: B. Milosevic 19
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
14 June 1985
18:00
China   65–95   Canada
Scoring by half: 36-45, 29-50
Pts: M. Kowal 27 Pts: F. Wang 23
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

15 June 1985
13:00
Canada   51–46   Senegal
Scoring by half: 29-15, 22-31
Pts: M. Kowal 16 Pts: A. N'Dong 18
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
15 June 1985
15:00
China   51–46   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 39-30, 38-47, 10-8
Pts: F. Wang 24 Pts: C. Jimenez 23
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

16 June 1985
13:00
China   83–46   Senegal
Scoring by half: 39-28, 44-18
Pts: Z. Li 19 Pts: A. N'Dong 22
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
16 June 1985
15:00
Canada   64–109   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 34-55, 30-54
Pts: M. Kowal 18 Pts: A. Puksic 27
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts   KOR   URS   USA   AUS   CUB
1   South Korea 4 3 1 337 337 0 7 91–88 76–70 95–87 75–92
2   Soviet Union 4 3 1 364 295 +69 7 88–91 96–71 84–72 96–61
3   United States 4 2 2 308 307 +1 6 70–76 71–96 79–62 88–73
4   Australia 4 1 3 285 320 −35 5 87–95 72–84 62–79 64–62
5   Cuba 4 1 3 288 323 −35 5 92–75 61–96 73–88 62–64
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
13 June 1985
15:00
Australia   64–62   Cuba
Scoring by half: 37-42, 27-20
Pts: S. Russel 15 Pts: M. Molinet 13
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
13 June 1985
18:00
South Korea   76–70   United States
Scoring by half: 34-44, 42-26
Pts: A. Yung 27 Pts: A. Jones 18
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

14 June 1985
11:00
Australia   62–79   United States
Scoring by half: 29-48, 33-31
Pts: S. Gorman 17 Pts: A. Jones 22
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
14 June 1985
20:00
South Korea   91–88   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50-47, 41-41
Pts: K. Choi 33 Pts: Kuznetsova 22
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

15 June 1985
18:00
Cuba   61–96   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28-51, 33-45
Pts: D. Henry Hernandez 15 Pts: Kafanova 18
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
15 June 1985
20:00
Australia   87–95   South Korea
Scoring by half: 40-53, 47-42
Pts: M. Timms 27 Pts: L. Kun-Gin 24
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

16 June 1985
18:00
Cuba   92–75   South Korea
Scoring by half: 53-32, 39-43
Pts: A. Regla 34 Pts: L. Kun-Gin 17
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
16 June 1985
20:00
United States   71–96   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 32-48, 39-48
Pts: F. Jackson 13 Pts: Tornikidu 25
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

17 June 1985
18:00
Cuba   71–96   United States
Scoring by half: 32-48, 39-48
Pts: F. Jackson 13 Pts: Tornikidu 25
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
17 June 1985
20:00
Australia   72–84   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38-46, 34-38
Pts: K. Elsden 17 Pts: Tornikidu 16
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

5–8th place
5–8th place semifinals Fifth place
      
A3   Spain 64
B4   Australia 76
  Australia 62
  United States 72
B3   United States 84
A4   Canada 47 Seventh place
  Spain 67
  Canada 78
Semifinals
Semifinals Finals
      
A1   Yugoslavia 76
B2   Soviet Union 78
  Soviet Union 80
  South Korea 75
B1   South Korea 89
A2   China 78 Third place
  Yugoslavia 86
  China 63

Semi-finals edit

19 June 1985
13:00
Spain   64–76   Australia
Scoring by half: 34-40, 30-36
Pts: M. Messa 28 Pts: M. Timms 16
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
19 June 1985
15:00
Canada   47–84   United States
Scoring by half: 36-47, 11-37
Pts: M. Kowal 26 Pts: M. Bolton 10
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
19 June 1985
18:00
Yugoslavia   76–78 (OT)   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31-27, 35-39 Overtime: 10-12
Pts: B. Milosevic 36 Pts: Tornikidu 15
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
19 June 1985
20:00
China   78–89   South Korea
Scoring by half: 33-50, 45-39
Pts: Z. Li 14 Pts: K. Choi 27
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

Finals edit

21 August 1985
11:00
Senegal   47–85   Cuba
Scoring by half: 25–46, 22-39
Pts: M. Mattymbengue 13 Pts: M. Molinet 19
Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
21 June 1985
13:00
Canada   67–78   Spain
Scoring by half: 33-44, 34-34
Pts: M. Kowal 18 Pts: T. Ruiz 18
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
21 June 1985
15:00
United States   72–62   Australia
Scoring by half: 39-27, 33-35
Pts: M. Bolton 17 Pts: B. Slimmon 15
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
21 June 1985
18:00
Yugoslavia   '86–63   China
Scoring by half: 48-27, 38-36
Pts: A. Arbutina 32 Pts: W. Liu 11
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs
21 June 1985
20:00
Soviet Union   '80–75   South Korea
Scoring by half: 45-41, 35-34
Pts: Gerlitz 27 Pts: K. Choi 20
United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs

Final standings edit

# Team W-L
    Soviet Union 5-1
    South Korea 4-2
    Yugoslavia 5-1
4   China 3-3
5   United States 4-2
6   Australia 2-4
7   Spain 3-3
8   Canada 1-5
9   Cuba 2-3
10   Senegal 0-5

Awards edit

 1985 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship winner 
 
Soviet Union
First title

References edit

  1. ^ FIBA Archive. 1985 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2016-07-23

External links edit