Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
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)
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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
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
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
1	Australia	3	2	1	178	196	−18	5^[a]	Semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	208	188	+20	5^[a]	Semifinals
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	217	241	−24	4^[b]	Classification round
4	South Korea (H)	3	1	2	244	222	+22	4^[b]	Classification round

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	282	234	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	199	211	−12	5	Semifinals
3	China	3	1	2	200	214	−14	4	Classification round
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	202	224	−22	3	Classification round

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

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

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

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

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

China	79–94	United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32 Rebs: Zheng 8 Asts: Cong 5		Pts: McClain 27 Rebs: McClain 13 Asts: Edwards 5

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

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

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

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

Bulgaria	102–74	China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22 Rebs: Staneva 8 Asts: Radkova 2		Pts: Zheng 23 Rebs: Cong, Peng 5 Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

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

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

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Competition schedule

Qualification

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Classification round

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards

Final ranking

References

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

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

Yugoslavia	70–77	United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23 Rebs: Golić 10 Asts: Nakić 3		Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

Rank	Women
Rank	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