Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Dates19–29 September 1988
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Top scorer Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Slavcheva (19.6)
Top rebounds Flag of the United States.svg McClain (10.4)
Top assists Flag of the United States.svg Edwards,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maher (3.4)
PPG (Team)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (92.2)
RPG (Team)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (35.6)
APG (Team)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (12.0)

The women's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 19 September and ended on 29 September.

Contents

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

GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsCClassification matchesBBronze medal matchFFinal
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29
GGGC½CBCF

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.

AsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of the United States.svg  United States – Olympic Champions
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 321178196−185 [a] Semifinals
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 321208188+205 [a]
3Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 312217241−244 [b] Classification round
4Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea (H)312244222+224 [b]
Source: FIBA [ dead link ]
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:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
19 September 1988
11:45
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg62–91Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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
19 September 1988
19:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg55–91Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  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
22 September 1988
11:45
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg66–69Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:35–33, 31–36
Pts: Choi 20
Rebs: Sung 14		Pts: Savitskaya 18
Rebs: Savitskaya 6
Asts: Sumnikova 2
22 September 1988
19:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg63–57Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  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
25 September 1988
19:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg98–87Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  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
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
21:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg60–48Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 330282234+486 Semifinals
2Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 321199211−125
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 312200214−144 Classification round
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 303202224−223
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.
19 September 1988 (1988-09-19)
9:45
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg81–87Flag of the United States.svg  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
19 September 1988
21:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg53–56Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  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
22 September 1988
9:45
United States  Flag of the United States.svg101–74Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  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
22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
21:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg68–64Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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
25 September 1988
9:45
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg57–69Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  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
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
11:45
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg79–94Flag of the United States.svg  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

Classification round

5th–8th Place

September 27 5th place (September 29)
      
A3 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 81
B4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 78
A3 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 102
B3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 74
B3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 97
A4 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 95 7th place (September 28)
A4 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 77
B4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 59

Classification 5–8 semifinals

27 September 1988
19:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg81–78Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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
27 September 1988
21:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg97–95 (OT)Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  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

Classification 7–8

28 September 1988
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg77–59Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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

Classification 5–6

29 September 1988
9:45
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg102–74Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  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

Knockout stage

Semifinals (September 27) Gold medal (September 29)
      
A1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 56
B2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 57
B2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 70
B1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 77
B1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 102
A2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 88 Bronze medal (September 28)
A1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 53
A2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 68

Semifinals

27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
9:45
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg56–57Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  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
27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:45
United States  Flag of the United States.svg102–88Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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

Bronze medal game

28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
21:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg53–68Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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

Gold medal game

29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
12:00
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg70–77Flag of the United States.svg  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

Awards

1988 Olympic Basketball Champions
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Second title

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

RankWomen
TeamPldWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 550
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 532
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 532
4thFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 523
Eliminated in the group round
5thFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 532
6thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 523
7thFlag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 523
8thFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 505

References

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