1983 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

The 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women squads were the squads of the 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women. Each one of the 14 teams at the tournament selected a squad of 12 players. ^[1]

Ages and clubs listed are as of the tournament start on 24 July 1983.

Source: FIBA Archives ^{[Note 1]}

Group A

Bulgaria

Bulgarian women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Madka Goltcheva – 5 Larrissa Sachova – 6 Petkana Makaveeva – 7 Mariana Ivanova – 8 Vanya Dermendzhieva 24 – (1958-12-03)3 December 1958 9 Penka Markova 20 – (1963-02-11)11 February 1963 10 Radmila Vasileva 19 – (1964-01-05)5 January 1964 11 Kostadinka Radkova 21 – (1962-06-27)27 June 1962 12 Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova 21 – (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 13 Madlena Staneva 20 – (1963-06-01)1 June 1963 14 Silvia Ghermanova – 14 Krasimira Banova –

Cuba

Cuba women's national basketball team - 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club 4 Leonor Borrelli – 5 Nancy Atiez – 6 María Moret – 7 Barbara Becquer 25 – (1957-12-31)31 December 1957 8 Ivon Carrillo – 9 Caridad Despaigne – 10 Matilde Charro 29 – (1954-05-14)14 May 1954 11 Melvis Coss Quintana 18 – (1964-10-12)12 October 1964 G 12 Dalia Henry Hernandez 18 – (1965-06-14)14 June 1965 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 13 Odalis Cala – 14 Margarita Skeet – 15 Zenaida McCarthy –

South Korea

South Korea women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Ae Young Choi – 5 Jang Gae Park – 6 Hyung Sook Lee 18 – (1964-12-24)24 December 1964 7 Eun Kyung Woo 20 – (1962-08-19)19 August 1962 8 Myun Hee Kwon – 9 Sin Sil Bang – 10 Yang Sook Cha – 11 Hwa Soon Kim – 12 Hyun Ja Gong – 13 Young Hee Kim – 14 Kyung Ja Moon – 15 Chan-Sook Park 24 – (1959-06-03)3 June 1959

Peru

Peru women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Shellah Allison Hofeken 24 – (1958-12-19)19 December 1958 5 Silvana Perez Sotelo 19 – (1963-09-10)10 September 1963 6 Patricia Luna del Castillo 18 – (1965-03-24)24 March 1965 7 Marisa Casio – 8 Maria del Pilar Sueryras – 9 Katia Manzur Betalleluz 25 – (1958-02-14)14 February 1958 10 Mariella Picasso Salinas 28 – (1955-04-20)20 April 1955 11 Karin Junek de Seminario 27 – (1955-12-28)28 December 1955 12 Guadalupe Garces – 13 Liliana Comas Carbajal 20 – (1963-02-21)21 February 1963 14 Marilu Menendez Llosa 23 – (1960-02-20)20 February 1960 15 Rosa Quelopana Bohorquez 28 – (1954-09-04)4 September 1954

Group B

Australia

Australia women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Robyn Maher 23 – (1959-10-06)6 October 1959 5 Bronwyn Marshall – 6 Patricia Cockrem 22 – (1961-05-17)17 May 1961 7 Jennifer Cheesman 25 – (1957-11-02)2 November 1957 8 Karen Ogden – 9 Patricia Mickan 26 – (1957-03-12)12 March 1957 10 Julie Nykiel 24 – (1958-12-13)13 December 1958 11 Kathryn Foster 23 – (1960-05-07)7 May 1960 12 Karin Fields (Maar) 30 – (1953-06-11)11 June 1953 13 Sharon Amiet Deacon 25 – (1957-11-30)30 November 1957 14 Wendy Laidlaw 24 – (1959-02-19)19 February 1959 15 Karen Dalton 22 – (1961-01-02)2 January 1961

Japan

Japan women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Chika Yamamoto 22 – (1960-10-15)15 October 1960 5 Akemi Nakahashi 21 – (1961-08-05)5 August 1961 6 Nanae Fujii 20 – (1963-05-02)2 May 1963 7 Takako Ohno 19 – (1963-09-20)20 September 1963 8 Kaori Chikaishi 19 – (1963-09-23)23 September 1963 9 Junko Matsuura 19 – (1964-06-20)20 June 1964 10 Kumi Kobota – 11 Kazumi Shimizu 20 – (1962-12-20)20 December 1962 12 Mika Sugihara 20 – (1963-06-22)22 June 1963 13 Chie Harada 21 – (1961-11-25)25 November 1961 14 Michiko Takahashi 19 – (1964-07-07)7 July 1964 15 Setsuko Hashizume 23 – (1960-04-09)9 April 1960

Poland

Poland women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Krystyna Zagórska 27 – (1956-03-20)20 March 1956 5 Wiesława Konwent – 6 Małgorzata Janowicz 21 – (1962-01-21)21 January 1962 7 Teresa Kępka 23 – (1959-09-03)3 September 1959 8 Mariola Pawlak – 9 Irena Linka 25 – (1958-05-05)5 May 1958 10 Małgorzata Kozera – 11 Grażyna Seweryn 23 – (1959-11-14)14 November 1959 12 Bożena Sędzicka 25 – (1957-09-27)27 September 1957 13 Małgorzata Niemiec 20 – (1963-04-18)18 April 1963 14 Małgorzata Wołujewicz – 15 Halina Iwaniec 30 – (1953-01-05)5 January 1953	Head coach Witold Huciński

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Slavica Šuka 23 – (1959-08-06)6 August 1959 5 Snežana Božinović 19 – (1963-12-23)23 December 1963 6 Jelica Komnenović 23 – (1960-04-16)16 April 1960 7 Olivera Čangalović 23 – (1960-03-07)7 March 1960 8 Olivera Krivokapić 20 – (1962-09-06)6 September 1962 9 Stojna Vangelovska 19 – (1964-02-05)5 February 1964 10 Slađana Golić 23 – (1960-02-12)12 February 1960 11 Polona Dornik 20 – (1962-11-20)20 November 1962 12 Biljana Majstorović 23 – (1959-12-31)31 December 1959 13 Jasmina Perazić 22 – (1960-12-06)6 December 1960 14 Cvetana Dekleva 20 – (1963-04-24)24 April 1963 15 Marija Uzelac 25 – (1958-02-22)22 February 1958	Head coach Milan Vasojević

Group C

Canada

Canada women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Tracie McAra 22 – (1960-11-20)20 November 1960 5 Carol Turney 28 – (1955-06-26)26 June 1955 6 Anna Pendergast – 7 Deborah Huband 26 – (1956-09-05)5 September 1956 8 Carol Sealey 24 – (1959-04-18)18 April 1959 9 Alison Lang 22 – (1961-06-28)28 June 1961 10 Heidi Bauer – 11 Sylvia Sweeney 26 – (1956-10-03)3 October 1956 12 Candace Lohr 24 – (1958-11-30)30 November 1958 13 Toni Kordic 19 – (1964-01-01)1 January 1964 14 Andrea Jill Blackwell 20 – (1962-11-23)23 November 1962 15 Andrea Verrecchia –

China

China women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Yuefang Chen 20 – (1963-05-01)1 May 1963 5 Yan Ba 20 – (1962-12-18)18 December 1962 6 Min Liu 23 – (1960-01-31)31 January 1960 7 Xiaobo Song 24 – (1958-09-09)9 September 1958 8 Chen Qiu 20 – (1963-06-11)11 June 1963 9 Shumin You 23 – (1959-08-09)9 August 1959 10 Lijuan Xiu 25 – (1957-10-26)26 October 1957 11 Haixia Zheng 16 – (1967-03-07)7 March 1967 12 Liquing Xian – 13 Hui Zhang 23 – (1959-09-29)29 September 1959 14 Ping Liu – 15 Yuequin Zhang 23 – (1960-01-21)21 January 1960

Soviet Union

Soviet Union women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Ramune-Neringa Shidlauskaite 22 – (1961-06-28)28 June 1961 5 Olga Korosteleva 28 – (1954-08-24)24 August 1954 6 Olesya Barel 23 – (1960-02-09)9 February 1960 7 Tania Beloshapko – 8 Olga Buryakina 25 – (1958-03-17)17 March 1958 9 Nadia Olknova – 10 Uljana Semjonova 31 – (1952-03-09)9 March 1952 11 Lyudmila Rogozhina 24 – (1959-05-02)2 May 1959 12 Elena Chausova 25 – (1957-07-30)30 July 1957 13 Olga Sukharnova – 14 Vida Besselene – 15 Galina Savitskaya 22 – (1961-07-13)13 July 1961

Zaire

Zaire women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Loganza Kamimbay – 5 Evoloko Bokele – 6 Bofonda Lomboto – 7 Ndombe Kiangbeni – 8 Komichelo Kayumba – 9 Lingenga Iyoko – 10 Tumbe Agbasing – 11 Nguya Nakwete – 12 Kamango Kasala – 13 Bompoko Lomboto – 14 Bakununu Mpanzu – 15 Djema Bokonda –

Semifinal Entrants

The United States qualified directly to the semifinal round as defending FIBA World Champions. Brazil qualified directly to the semifinal round as hosts.

Brazil

Brazil women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Hortência de Fatima Marcari 23 – (1959-09-24)24 September 1959 5 Maria Angélica G. Silva 16 – (1966-10-01)1 October 1966 6 Anna Maria Krabenborg – 7 Solange Maria Castro – 8 Maria Paula Silva – 9 Eliza Garcia 21 – (1962-02-22)22 February 1962 10 Soraya B. Brandao 25 – (1957-09-25)25 September 1957 11 Marta Sobral – 12 Vania Teixeira – 13 Suzete Silva – 14 Cristina Punko 25 – (1957-12-01)1 December 1957 15 Vanda Rinalda Dal Col 22 – (1961-01-01)1 January 1961

United States

United States women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Patty Hedges – 5 Cheryl Lynn Cook 20 – (1963-03-15)15 March 1963 6 Lynette Woodard 23 – (1959-08-12)12 August 1959 7 Anne Theresa Donovan 21 – (1961-11-01)1 November 1961 8 LaTaunya Pollard – 9 Cheryl Miller 19 – (1964-02-03)3 February 1964 10 Janice Lawrence – 11 Cindy Noble 24 – (1958-11-14)14 November 1958 12 Kimberly Mulkey 21 – (1962-05-17)17 May 1962 13 Denise Marie Curry 23 – (1959-08-22)22 August 1959 14 Pamela Denise McGee 20 – (1962-12-01)1 December 1962 15 Lisa Ingram 19 – (1964-07-14)14 July 1964

Notes

1. In a few cases, names here have been corrected from source, where and only where a Wikipedia page exists for the player and the two are readily discernible as referring to the same person (e.g. slightly different Latinizations, married vs maiden names, reverse order of Chinese names, etc). If the birthdays for any such person disagree between their individual page and the FIBA source here, the FIBA source is preserved here regardless, as we have no way to determine which is correct.

References

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