The women's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain began on July 30 and ended on August 7, when the Unified Team defeated China 76–66 for the gold medal.
| 13th Olympic Basketball Tournament | |||||||||
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| Barcelona 1992 | |||||||||
| Tournament details | |||||||||
| Olympics | 1992 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host nation | Spain | ||||||||
| City | Barcelona | ||||||||
| Duration | July 30 - August 7 | ||||||||
| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||
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| Tournaments | |||||||||
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Participants edit
Format edit
- Two groups of four teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the knockout stage.
- Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
- The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.
Ties were broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
- Head to head results
Schedule edit
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Thu 30 | Fri 31 | Sat 1 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | G | G | ½ | F | B | ||||
Squads edit
Preliminary round edit
The best two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The United States and Cuba advanced undefeated through the group phase but couldn't reach the finals and ended up facing each other for the bronze medal instead.
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cuba
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3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 230 | +16 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  CIS
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3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 222 | +22 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Brazil
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3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 241 | −4 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 |  Italy
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3 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 224 | −34 | 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.
30 July 1992
13:00 |
| CIS |
89–91 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 44–44, 45–47 | ||
| Pts: Khudashova, Zasulskaya 20 Rebs: Zasulskaya 9 Asts: Sumnikova, Zhyrko 7 |
Pts: Borrell 28 Rebs: Borrell 9 Asts: Borrell, Hernández, Vigil 3 | |
30 July 1992
22:00 |
| Brazil |
85–70 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 41–35, 44–35 | ||
| Pts: Silva 24 Rebs: Sobral 12 Asts: Arcain 7 |
Pts: Fullin 20 Rebs: Rossi 8 Asts: 4 players 1 | |
1 August 1992
11:00 |
| Cuba |
95–88 (OT) | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 34–42, 46–38 Overtime: 15–8 | ||
| Pts: Borrell 32 Rebs: Martínez 13 Asts: Borrell 3 |
Pts: Arcain 27 Rebs: Arcain 10 Asts: Silva 9 | |
1 August 1992
22:00 |
| CIS |
79–67 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 49–37, 30–30 | ||
| Pts: Zasulskaya 22 Rebs: Zasulskaya 12 Asts: Tornikidou 5 |
Pts: Fullin 20 Rebs: Pollini 10 Asts: Costalunga, Fullin 4 | |
3 August 1992
11:00 |
| CIS |
76–64 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 48–33, 28–31 | ||
| Pts: Shvaybovich, Tornikidou 20 Rebs: Khudashova 11 Asts: Tornikidou 5 |
Pts: Marcari 26 Rebs: Sobral 6 Asts: 4 players 1 | |
3 August 1992
13:00 |
| Italy |
53–60 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 26–36, 27–24 | ||
| Pts: Fullin 16 Rebs: Pollini 8 Asts: Todeschini 4 |
Pts: Enríquez, Vigil 11 Rebs: Enríquez 13 Asts: 5 players 1 | |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
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3 | 3 | 0 | 318 | 181 | +137 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  China
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3 | 2 | 1 | 205 | 226 | −21 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Spain
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3 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 238 | −57 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 |  Czechoslovakia
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3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 242 | −59 | 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.
30 July 1992
11:00 |
| Czechoslovakia |
55–111 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 33–53, 22–58 | ||
| Pts: Chupíková, Janoštinová 14 Rebs: Janoštinová 5 Asts: Bieliková, Buriánová, Janoštinová 2 |
Pts: Cooper 18 Rebs: Dixon 8 Asts: Dixon, Edwards 5 | |
30 July 1992
20:00 |
| China |
66–63 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 27–31, 39–32 | ||
| Pts: Peng 19 Rebs: 4 players 4 Asts: Li D., Li X., Liu J. 2 |
Pts: Ares 20 Rebs: Geuer 8 Asts: 5 players 1 | |
1 August 1992
11:00 |
| United States |
93–67 | China |
| Scoring by half: 47–33, 46–34 | ||
| Pts: Dixon 19 Rebs: Orr 11 Asts: Edwards 8 |
Pts: Cong 18 Rebs: Zheng H. 11 Asts: He 6 | |
1 August 1992
20:00 |
| Czechoslovakia |
58–59 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 30–27, 28–32 | ||
| Pts: Buriánová 21 Rebs: Buriánová 7 Asts: Buriánová 4 |
Pts: Álvaro 10 Rebs: Geuer 7 Asts: Ares, Geuer 3 | |
3 August 1992
20:00 |
| Czechoslovakia |
70–72 | China |
| Scoring by half: 31–38, 39–34 | ||
| Pts: Němcová 15 Rebs: Buriánová 8 Asts: Bieliková 4 |
Pts: Peng 15 Rebs: Liu Q. 6 Asts: Li X. 9 | |
Knockout stage edit
| Semifinals | Gold-medal match | ||||||||
| 1 | United States
| 73 | |||||||
| 4 | CIS
| 79 | |||||||
| CIS
| 76 | ||||||||
| China
| 66 | ||||||||
| 3 | Cuba
| 70 | |||||||
| 2 | China
| 109 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||
| United States
| 88 | ||||||||
| Cuba
| 74 | ||||||||
| 5th−8th-place semifinals | 5th-place game | ||||||||
| 1 | Spain
| 92 | |||||||
| 4 | Italy
| 80 | |||||||
| Spain
| 59 | ||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 58 | ||||||||
| 3 | Brazil
| 62 | |||||||
| 2 | Czechoslovakia
| 74 | 7th-place game | ||||||
| Italy
| 83 | ||||||||
| Brazil
| 86 | ||||||||
Classification round 5th−8th place edit
- Semifinals
5 August 1992
11:00 |
| Brazil |
62–74 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 34–24, 28–50 | ||
| Pts: Marcari 16 Rebs: Arcain 5 Asts: Arcain, Silva 4 |
Pts: Němcová 20 Rebs: Buriánová 10 Asts: Liptáková, Němcová 2 | |
5 August 1992
20:00 |
| Spain |
92–80 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 37–33, 28–32 Overtime: 13–13, 14–2 | ||
| Pts: Álvaro, Ares 19 Rebs: Geuer 14 Asts: Geuer, Messa, Mújica 3 |
Pts: Fullin 18 Rebs: Rossi 5 Asts: Fullin 5 | |
- 7th-place game
7 August 1992
22:00 |
| Brazil |
86–83 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 41–41, 37–37 Overtime: 8–5 | ||
| Pts: Arcain 25 Rebs: Arcain 12 Asts: Silva 6 |
Pts: Pollini 28 Rebs: Stanzani 9 Asts: Todeschini 4 | |
- 5th-place game
7 August 1992
11:00 |
| Czechoslovakia |
58–59 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 29–25, 29–34 | ||
| Pts: Bieliková 14 Rebs: Buriánová 4 Asts: Bieliková, Chupíková 2 |
Pts: Geuer 11 Rebs: Geuer 9 Asts: Ares, Messa 3 | |
Semifinals edit
August 5
13:00 |
| Cuba |
70–109 | China |
| Scoring by half: 30–57, 40–52 | ||
| Pts: Borrell 16 Rebs: Borrell 8 Asts: Vigil 2 |
Pts: Cong X, Li X 20 Rebs: Zheng H 5 Asts: Zheng D 5 | |
August 5
22:00 |
| United States |
73–79 | CIS |
| Scoring by half: 41–47, 32–32 | ||
| Pts: Dixon 12 Rebs: McClain 16 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Zasulskaya 20 Rebs: Zasulskaya 8 Asts: Shvaybovich, Antipova 4 | |
Bronze-medal game edit
August 7
13:00 |
 United States |
88–74 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 44–44, 44–30 | ||
| Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: McClain 12 Asts: Edwards 5 |
Pts: Castillo 16 Rebs: Borrell 9 Asts: Henry 5 | |
Gold-medal game edit
Awards edit
| 1992 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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| CIS First title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
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CIS |
4 | 1 |
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China |
3 | 2 |
| |
United States |
4 | 1 |
| 4th | Cuba |
3 | 2 |
| Eliminated at the preliminary round | |||
| 5th | Spain |
3 | 2 |
| 6th | Czechoslovakia |
1 | 4 |
| 7th | Brazil |
2 | 3 |
| 8th | Italy |
0 | 5 |