1994 FIBA World Championship for Women

1994 FIBA World Championship for Women
12th FIBA Basketball World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	June 2 - June 12
Teams	16 (from 5 federations)
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
< 1990 1998 >

The 1994 FIBA Women's World Championship was hosted by the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia from 2 June to 12 June, 1994. Brazil won the tournament, defeating China 96-87 in the final.

Teams from 16 nations participated in the championship. These teams were divided into four groups for the Preliminary Round. Based on the results of the Preliminary round, the teams were then resorted into groups for the Quarterfinal round, with the top two finishers in each Preliminary group placed into Quarterfinal Groups A and B, and the bottom two finishers placed into Groups C and D. Based on the placement in the Quarterfinal round, the teams were then sorted into groups of four, each of which played a two-round knockout draw to determine the final standings.^[1]

Venues

• Adelaide
• Hobart
• Launceston
• Sydney

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Spain	Canada	Brazil	Australia
New Zealand	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	China
South Korea	France	Poland	Italy
United States	Kenya	Slovakia	Japan

Preliminary Round

	Qualified to the Quarterfinals Groups A & B
	Qualified to the Quarterfinals Groups C & D

In the Preliminary Round, each team played games against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams in each group were then placed into Groups A and B for the Quarterfinal Round, while the remaining teams were placed into Groups C and D for the Quarterfinal Round. Teams placed into Groups A and B for the Quarterfinal Round were eligible for the Championship bracket, while teams placed into Groups C and D finished no higher than 9th place.^[2]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	297	182	+115	6
Spain	3	2	1	277	234	+43	5
South Korea	3	1	2	249	255	−6	4
New Zealand	3	0	3	159	311	−152	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cuba	3	3	0	283	191	+92	6
Canada	3	2	1	247	179	+68	5
France	3	1	2	231	181	+50	4
Kenya	3	0	3	129	339	−210	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slovakia	3	3	0	279	213	+66	6
Brazil	3	2	1	287	259	+28	5
Poland	3	1	2	231	245	−14	4
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	220	300	−80	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	2	1	229	197	+32	5
Australia	3	2	1	200	196	+4	5
Italy	3	2	1	193	198	−5	5
Japan	3	0	3	188	219	−31	3

Quarterfinal Round

	Qualified to the Championship bracket
	Qualified to the 5-8 bracket
	Qualified to the 9-12 bracket
	Qualified to the 13-16 bracket

In the Quarterfinal Round, each team played games against the other three teams in its group. The top two teams in Groups A and B qualified for the Championship bracket, while the remaining teams from Groups A and B were placed in the bracket to determine places 5 through 9. The top two teams from Groups C and D were placed in the bracket to determine places 9 through 12, and the remaining teams were placed in the bracket to determine places 13 through 16.^[3]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	289	231	+58	6
Australia	3	2	1	246	237	+9	5
Slovakia	3	1	2	239	252	−13	4
Canada	3	0	3	200	254	−54	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	2	1	243	250	−7	5
Brazil	3	2	1	293	275	+18	5
Cuba	3	1	2	243	262	−19	4
Spain	3	1	2	228	220	+8	4

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	297	230	+67	6
Japan	3	2	1	292	229	+63	5
Poland	3	1	2	265	247	+18	4
Kenya	3	0	3	204	352	−148	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	2	1	250	197	+53	5
Italy	3	2	1	258	194	+64	5
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	230	269	−39	5
New Zealand	3	0	3	184	262	−78	3

Knockout Stage

Championship bracket

	Semi-Finals				Final
	June 11 - Sydney
	Brazil	110
	United States	107
					June 12 - Sydney
					Brazil	96
					China	87
					Third place
	June 11 - Sydney			June 12 - Sydney
	Australia	65		United States	100
	China	66			Australia	95

5th through 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	June 11 - Sydney
	Slovakia	90
	Spain	69
					June 12 - Sydney
					Cuba	81
					Slovakia	92
					Seventh place
	June 11 - Sydney			June 12 - Sydney
	Canada	55		Canada	70
	Cuba	74			Spain	65

Awards

1994 World Championship Winner
Brazil First title

Most Valuable Player
Zheng Haixia

Final standings

#	Team	W-L
	Brazil	6-2
	China	5-3
	United States	7-1
4	Australia	4-4
5	Slovakia	6-2
6	Cuba	5-3
7	Canada	3-5
8	Spain	3-5
9	France	6-2
10	South Korea	4-4
11	Italy	5-3
12	Japan	2-6
13	Poland	5-3
14	Chinese Taipei	2-6
15	New Zealand	1-7
16	Kenya	0-8

References

1. "1994 World Championship for Women". fiba.com.
2. "Preliminary Round results". fiba.com.
3. "Quaterfinal Round results". fiba.com.

External links

• 1994 FIBA World Championship For Women