Women's World Basketball Championship 1979

Women's World Cup 1979
8th FIBA World Cup; among women
Tournament Data
Location	Korea
the date of the	April 29 - May 13
Teams	12 (from 12 federations)
Stadiums	1 (in 1 city)
Champion	USA (3rd title)
Tournament statistics

The 1979 Women's World Basketball Championship was held in the Republic of Korea from April 29 to May 13 in Seoul .

It was the 8th tournament in a row. First held in Asia. The championship was attended by 12 teams. The teams of the socialist camp announced a boycott of the World Cup in South Korea - as a result of the Cold War.

The winner was the US women's basketball team following the group finals. This is the third world title.

Arena

Seoul	Seoul
Jangchung Sports Hall
Capacity: 20,000

Format

The format of the tournament has not changed. The exception is that instead of the owner of the championship, the championship began with the final tournament - the strongest team (US team).

Qualifying group tournament (3 groups of 4 teams) to determine 6 (six) finalists.
Finalists and the strongest championship team in the group tournament determined the winners (taking into account the results of the games between the rivals who played in the qualifying tournament). The losers in the qualifying tournament in the qualification held the game for 8-12 places.

Members

For the first time the following teams participated in the World Cup:

The representative from FIBA Europe is the Netherlands team in connection with the refusal for political reasons of the strongest European teams included in the socialist camp.
The representative from FIBA Asia is the Malaysian team (4th place of the Asian Championship in 1978) in connection with the refusal for political reasons the Chinese team.
The representative from FIBA of South America is the national team of Bolivia (2nd place of the South American Championship of 1978) in connection with the refusal of the Mexican team.

No. p / p	FIBA	A country	Selection method	Past performances	Best result
one	Asia	Korea	Mistress of the tournament	1964, 1967, 1971, 1975	2nd place (1967)
2	Europe	the USSR	Olympic champion 1976 RENOUNCEMENT	1957, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1971	Champion (1959, 1964, 1967 and 1971)
3	North America	USA	2nd place Olympic Games 1976	1953, 1957, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975	Champion (1953, 1957)
four	Europe	Bulgaria	3rd place Olympic Games 1976 RENOUNCEMENT	1959, 1964, 1967	2nd place (1959)
five	Europe	Yugoslavia	2nd place European Championship 1978 RENOUNCEMENT	1959, 1964, 1967	4th place (1959)
6	Europe	Czechoslovakia	3rd place European Championship 1978 RENOUNCEMENT	1957, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1971	2nd place (1964)
7	Asia	Japan	2nd place Asian Championship 1978	1964, 1967, 1971, 1975	2nd place (1975)
eight	Asia	China	3rd place of the championship of Asia 1978 RENOUNCEMENT	First
9	Asia	Malaysia	4th place of the championship of Asia 1978 Replaced the Chinese team	First	-
ten	South America	Brazil	Champion of South America 1978	1953, 1957, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975	3rd place (1975)
eleven	South America	Bolivia	2nd place championship of South America 1978 Replaced the national team of Mexico	First	-
12	Oceania	Australia	Champion of Oceania 1978	1957, 1967, 1971, 1975	9th place (1971)
13	Africa	Senegal	African Champion 1979	1975	13th place (1975)
14	North America	Canada	no data	1971, 1975	10th place (1971)
15	Central America and the Caribbean	Mexico	Champion of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean 1978 RENOUNCEMENT	1953, 1957	8th place (1953 and 1957)
sixteen	Europe	France	4th place European Championship 1978 Replaced refuseniks FIBA Europe	1953, 1964, 1971	3rd place (1953)
17	Europe	Italy	9th place of the European Championship 1978 Replaced refuseniks FIBA Europe	1967, 1975	4th place (1975)
18	Europe	Netherlands	10th place of the European Championship 1978 Replaced refuseniks FIBA Europe	First	-

Group Stage

Group A

A place	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Clogged	Skipped	+/-	Glasses	Notes
one	Canada	3	3	0	244	157	+87	6	Final tournament
2	The Republic of Korea	3	2	one	247	177	+70	five	Final tournament
3	Netherlands	3	one	2	216	196	+20	four
four	Bolivia	3	0	3	108	285	−177	3

Teams
Canada		76-63	84-58	84-36
The Republic of Korea	63-76		78-63	106-38
Netherlands	58-84	63-78		95-34
Bolivia	36-84	38-106	34-95

Qualifying Tournament Matches - Group A

April 29, 1979 15:30	Match report	The Republic of Korea	63: 76	Canada	Seoul
		The account in half: 30 - 34, 33 - 42.
		Park Chan Sook 22	Glasses	Sweeney 24

April 30, 1979 15:30	Match report	Bolivia	34: 95	Netherlands	Seoul
		The account in half: 14 - 50, 20 - 45.
		Navia 15	Glasses	Marshalkerverde 36

May 1, 1979 15:30	Match report	Canada	84: 36	Bolivia	Seoul
		The account in half: 40 - 18, 44 - 18.
		Sweeney 20	Glasses	Saavedra 14

May 1, 1979 18:30	Match report	Netherlands	63: 78	The Republic of Korea	Seoul
		The account in half: 30 - 42, 33 - 36.
		De Lifde 18	Glasses	Park Chan Sook 21

May 2, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	Netherlands	58: 84	Canada	Seoul
		The account in half: 30 - 41, 28 - 43.
		Mountain 16	Glasses	Sweeney 26

May 2, 1979 15:30	Match report	The Republic of Korea	106: 38	Bolivia	Seoul
		The account in half: 60 - 15, 46 - 23.
		Kang Yong Suk 18	Glasses	Guadalupe 18

Group B

A place	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Clogged	Skipped	+/-	Glasses	Notes
one	Japan	3	2	one	203	138	+65	five	Final tournament
2	France	3	2	one	193	166	+27	five	Final tournament
3	Brazil	3	2	one	219	188	+31	five
four	Senegal	3	0	3	127	250	−123	3

Teams
Japan		64-49	55-57	84-32
France	49-64		76-64	68-38
Brazil	57-55	64-76		98-57
Senegal	32-84	38-68	57-98

Qualifying Tournament Matches - Group B

April 30, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Senegal	57: 98	Brazil	Seoul
		The account in half: 27 - 49, 30 - 49.
		Dian 17	Glasses	Markari 26

April 30, 1979 18:30	Match report	France	49: 64	Japan	Seoul
		Half-score: 24 - 36, 25 - 28.
		Guidotti 17	Glasses	Suzuki 22

May 1, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	Brazil	57: 55	Japan	Seoul
		The account in half: 25 - 30, 32 - 25.
		Silva 14	Glasses	Matsuoka 19

May 1, 1979 15:30	Match report	Senegal	38: 68	France	Seoul
		The account in half: 21 - 32, 17 - 36.
		Diavara 11	Glasses	Guidotti 16

May 2, 1979 15:30	Match report	Japan	84: 32	Senegal	Seoul
		Half-score: 44 - 13, 40 - 19.
		Nakagawa 13	Glasses	Basset , Diane 9

May 2, 1979 18:30	Match report	Brazil	64: 76	France	Seoul
		The account in half: 27 - 42, 37 - 34.
		Markari 19	Glasses	Guidotti , Joly 16

Group C

A place	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Clogged	Skipped	+/-	Glasses	Notes
one	Australia	2	2	0	198	90	+108	four	Final tournament
2	Italy	2	one	one	156	115	+41	3	Final tournament
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	50	199	−149	2

Teams
Australia		79-76	119-14
Italy	76-79		80-36
Malaysia	14-119	36-80

Qualifying Tournament Matches - Group C

April 30, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	Italy	80: 36	Malaysia	Seoul
		The account in half: 33 - 18, 47 - 18.
		Cheskya 23	Glasses	Tae Yo Lau 11

May 1, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Australia	79: 76	Italy	Seoul
		The account in half: 44 - 35, 35 - 41.
		Benny 18	Glasses	Rossi 24

May 2, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Malaysia	14: 119	Australia	Seoul
		The account in half: 10 - 54, 4 - 65.
		Syok Kyan Li 6	Glasses	Benny 26

Qualification Tournament

A place	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Clogged	Skipped	+/-	Glasses	Notes
one	Netherlands	four	four	0	378	193	+185	eight	8th place
2	Brazil	four	3	one	373	258	+115	7	9th place
3	Bolivia	four	2	2	196	291	−95	6	10 place
four	Malaysia	four	one	3	217	333	−116	five	11th place
five	Senegal	four	0	four	207	296	−89	four	12th place

Teams
Netherlands		82-73	95-34 ^*	119-42	82-44
Brazil	73-82		98-53	104-66	98-57 ^*
Bolivia	34-95 ^*	53-98		55-47	54-51
Malaysia	42-119	66-104	47-55		62-55
Senegal	44-82	57-98 ^*	51-54	55-62

^* - games held at the group stage

May 4, 1979 15:30	Match report	Malaysia	62:55	Senegal	Seoul
		The account in half: 28 - 29, 34 - 26.
		Tae Yo Lau 22	Glasses	Dian 15

May 5, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	Bolivia	53: 98	Brazil	Seoul
		The account in half: 36 - 68, 17 - 30.
		Sambrana 18	Glasses	Markari , Silva 22

May 6, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	Netherlands	82: 44	Senegal	Seoul
		The account in half: 44 - 25, 38 - 19.
		Marshalkerverde 26	Glasses	Gaye , Diavara , Diane , Diarrisso 6

May 7, 1979 15:30	Match report	Malaysia	66: 104	Brazil	Seoul
		The account in half: 28 - 67, 38 - 37.
		Xu Lian Ng 20	Glasses	Silva 24

May 9, 1979 15:30	Match report	Bolivia	55: 47	Malaysia	Seoul
		The account in half: 31 - 23, 24 - 24.
		Saavedra 24	Glasses	Tae Yo Lau 12

May 10, 1979 15:30	Match report	Brazil	73: 82	Netherlands	Seoul
		The account in half: 26 - 46, 47 - 36.
		Markari 30	Glasses	Marshalkerverde 23

May 11, 1979 15:30	Match report	Senegal	51: 54	Bolivia	Seoul
		The account in half: 27 - 27, 24 - 27.
		Diarrisso , Coulibaly 12	Glasses	Guadalupe 29

May 12, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	Netherlands	119: 42	Malaysia	Seoul
		The account in half: 48 - 24, 71 - 18.
		Mountain 33	Glasses	Kim Lien Tan 12

Final Games

The US team immediately reached the final round.

A place	Team	Games	Pob	Por	Clogged	Skipped	+/-	Glasses
one	USA	6	five	one	463	402	+61	eleven
2	The Republic of Korea	6	five	one	436	413	+23	eleven
3	Canada	6	five	one	395	366	+29	eleven
four	Australia	6	3	3	387	398	−11	9
five	Italy	6	2	four	386	376	+10	eight
6	Japan	6	one	five	350	377	−27	7
7	France	6	0	6	338	423	−85	6

Teams
USA		82-94	77-61	74-59	66-64	84-65	80-59
The Republic of Korea	94-82		63-76 ^*	76-72	63-56	64-56	76-71
Canada	61-77	76-63 ^*		66-57	64-55	56-55	72-59
Australia	59-74	72-76	57-66		79-76 ^*	61-60	59-46
Italy	64-66	56-63	55-64	76-79 ^*		63-50	72-54
Japan	65-84	56-64	55-56	60-61	50-63		64-49 ^*
France	59-80	71-76	59-72	46-59	54-72	49-64 ^*

May 4, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	The Republic of Korea	94: 82	USA	Seoul
		The account in half: 49 - 40, 45 - 42.
		Park Chan Sook 30	Glasses	Blazhejovsky 21

May 4, 1979 18:30	Match report	France	46: 59	Australia	Seoul
		The account in half: 18 - 41, 28 - 18.
		Guidotti 18	Glasses	Cheeseman 12

May 5, 1979 15:30	Match report	Canada	64: 55	Italy	Seoul
		The account in half: 26 - 22, 38 - 33.
		Smith , Sweeney , Euban 16	Glasses	Timolati 14

May 5, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Japan	56: 64	The Republic of Korea	Seoul
		The account in half: 26 - 34, 30 - 30.
		Fukui 16	Glasses	Park Chan Sook 32

May 6, 1979 15:30	Match report	France	59: 72	Canada	Seoul
		The account in half: 34 - 39, 25 - 33.
		Malfoy 22	Glasses	Yuban 16

May 6, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Italy	64: 66	USA	Seoul
		Half-score: 35 - 39, 29 - 27.
		Gorlin 19	Glasses	Curry 12

May 7, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	The Republic of Korea	76: 72	Australia	Seoul
		The account in half: 38 - 36, 38 - 36.
		Choi Son Hee 20	Glasses	Benny 23

May 7, 1979 18:30	Match report	USA	84: 65	Japan	Seoul
		The account in half: 39 - 22, 45 - 43.
		Blazhejovsky , Walker 16	Glasses	Suzuki 18

May 9, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Canada	56: 55	Japan	Seoul
		The account in half: 27 - 30, 29 - 25.
		Sweeney 18	Glasses	Matsuoka 16

May 9, 1979 18:30	Match report	Italy	72: 54	France	Seoul
		The account in half: 34 - 26, 38 - 28.
		Rossi 25	Glasses	Guidotti 22

May 10, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	France	71: 76	The Republic of Korea	Seoul
		The account in half: 32 - 43, 39 - 33.
		Guidotti , Riffio 19	Glasses	Jung Mi Ra 22

May 10, 1979 18:30	Match report	Australia	59: 74	USA	Seoul
		The account in half: 29 - 32, 30 - 42.
		Mikan 17	Glasses	Blazhejovsky 29

May 11, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	Australia	57: 66	Canada	Seoul
		The account in half: 34 - 38, 23 - 28.
		Benny 14	Glasses	Smith 25

May 12, 1979 15:30	Match report	Italy	63: 50	Japan	Seoul
		The account in half: 28 - 23, 35 - 27.
		Gorlin 14	Glasses	Suzuki 18

May 12, 1979 5 p.m.	Match report	USA	80: 59	France	Seoul
		The account in half: 47 - 30, 33 - 29.
		Rankin 13	Glasses	Guidotti 18

May 13, 1979 12:30	Match report	Japan	60: 61	Australia	Seoul
		The account in half: 30 - 34, 27 - 23 Extras. time 3 - 4.
		Fukui 18	Glasses	Benny 27

May 13, 1979 2 p.m.	Match report	The Republic of Korea	63: 56	Italy	Seoul
		The account in half: 31 - 24, 32 - 32.
		Park Chan Sook , Cho Yong Ran , Jung Mi Ra 15	Glasses	Rossi 14

May 13, 1979 15:30	Match report	Canada	61: 77	USA	Seoul
		The account in half: 29 - 35, 32 - 42.
		Sweeney 24	Glasses	Blazheyovsky 27

Champion

1979 World Basketball Champion :
U.S. Women's Basketball Team 3 world titles ( 1953 , 1957 and 1979)

Championship squads

Template: Republic of Korea Women's Basketball Team at the 1979 World Cup

Championship Statistics

The most points in one match were scored by the player of the Netherlands national team Irene Marskhalkerverde - 36 points (Netherlands - Bolivia, score 95: 34).

A place	Basketball player	Match Points	Championship
one	Gianna girry	38	1967
2	Helena Yoshkova	38	1971
3	Ravil Salimov	36	1967
four	Ulyana Semenova	36	1971
five	Irene Marsalkerverde	36	1979
6	Nika Borisova	35	1967
7	Ulyana Semenova	35	1971
eight	Gene Forster	34	1967
9	Nancy Nieto	34	1975
ten	Ismenia Poshar	33	1964
eleven	Nilsa Garcia	33	1967
12	Mabel Bocchi	33	1975
13	Anita Pountain	33	1979
14	Edith Nunez	32	1957
15	Dagmar Gubalkova	32	1959
-	Anna-Maria Kolshen	thirty	1953

Most Successful Players

A place	Basketball player	Number of points	Number of matches	Average per game
one	Ortensia Markari	125	6	20.8
2	Irene Marsalkerverde	125	6	20.8
3	Sylvia Sweeney	163	eight	20.4
four	Park Chan Sook	159	eight	19.9
five	Carol Blazheyowski	112	6	18.7
6	Irene Guidotti	142	eight	17.8
7	Marie benny	124	7	17.7
eight	Anita Pountain	106	6	17.7
9	Bianca Rossi	119	7	17.0
ten	Brazil Suzete Pereira da Silva	102	6	17.0

A place	Basketball player	Number of points	Number of matches	Championship (points)
one	Nilsa Garcia	393	28	1964 (98), 1967 (130), 1971 (87), 1975 (78)
2	Dagmar Khubalkova	330	25	1957 (112), 1959 (120), 1964 (98)
3	Ulyana Semenova	293	15	1971 (168), 1975 (125)
four	Pak Sin Cha	280	14	1964 (165), 1967 (115)
five	Nika Borisova	273	15	1964 (148), 1967 (125)
6	Marlene Jose Bento	269	27	1957 (82), 1964 (69), 1967 (60), 1971 (58)
7	Helena Yoshkova	265	23	1964 (99), 1967 (55), 1971 (111)
eight	Milena Jindrova	259	29th	1964 (53), 1967 (46), 1971 (114), 1975 (46)
9	Ismenia Poshar	253	sixteen	1957 (125), 1964 (128)
ten	Irene Guidotti	252	17	1971 (110), 1979 (142)

Summary table

A place	Team	M	AT	P	Oz	OP	RO	Preliminary round
A place	Team	M	AT	P	Oz	OP	RO	Gr	A place	W-P	GROZ	GrOP
Finalists
	USA	6	five	one	463	402	+ 61	Highest rating
	The Republic of Korea	eight	7	one	620	514	+ 106	BUT	2	2–1	247	177
	Canada	eight	7	one	563	460	+ 103	BUT	one	3–0	244	157
four	Australia	7	four	3	506	412	+ 94	WITH	one	2–0	198	90
five	Italy	7	3	four	466	412	+ 54	WITH	2	1–1	156	115
6	Japan	eight	2	6	489	466	+ 23	AT	one	2–1	203	138
7	France	eight	2	6	482	525	- 43	AT	2	2–1	193	166
Qualification Tournament
eight	Netherlands	6	four	2	499	355	+ 144	BUT	3	1-2	216	196
9	Brazil	6	four	2	494	389	+ 105	AT	3	2–1	219	188
ten	Bolivia	6	2	four	270	481	- 211	BUT	four	0–3	108	285
eleven	Malaysia	6	one	five	267	532	- 265	WITH	3	0–2	50	199
12	Senegal	6	0	6	277	448	- 171	AT	four	0–3	127	250

Sources

Genkin, Zinovy Aronovich. Basketball: Directory / Auto-Comp. Z. A. Genkin, E.R. Yakhontov. - M.: Physical education and sport, 1983.- 224 p.

Women's World Cup 1979
8th FIBA World Cup among women
Tournament Data
Location	Korea
the date of the	April 29 - May 13
Teams	12 (from 12 federations)
Stadiums	1 (in 1 city)
Champion	USA (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
	Players	Team
Glasses	Sylvia Sweeney - 163 (20.4)	Netherlands - 83.2 points (499)
Rebounds
Gears
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