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Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates19–29 September 1988
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Top scorerBulgaria Slavcheva (19.6)
Top reboundsBrazil McClain (10.4)
Top assistsUnited States Edwards,
Australia Maher (3.4)
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

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

Qualification

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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
 China  Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 Czechoslovakia
 Bulgaria		  Australia  United States – Olympic Champions
 South Korea – Olympic hosts

Squads

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Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

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Group A

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1  Australia321178196−185[a]Semifinals
2  Soviet Union321208188+205[a]
3  Bulgaria312217241−244[b]Classification round
4  South Korea (H)312244222+224[b]
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ 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
19 September 1988
19:30
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
22 September 1988
11:45
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
22 September 1988
19:30
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
25 September 1988
19:30
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
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
21:30
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

Group B

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1  United States330282234+486Semifinals
2  Yugoslavia321199211−125
3  China312200214−144Classification round
4  Czechoslovakia303202224−223
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  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
19 September 1988
21:30
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
22 September 1988
9:45
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
22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
21:30
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
25 September 1988
9:45
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
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
11:45
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

Classification round

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5th–8th Place

September 275th place (September 29)
      
A3  Bulgaria81
B4  Czechoslovakia78
A3  Bulgaria102
B3  China74
B3  China97
A4  South Korea957th place (September 28)
A4  South Korea77
B4  Czechoslovakia59
Classification 5–8 semifinals
27 September 1988
19:30
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
27 September 1988
21:30
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
Classification 7–8
28 September 1988
19:30
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
Classification 5–6
29 September 1988
9:45
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

Knockout stage

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Semifinals (September 27)Gold medal (September 29)
      
A1  Australia56
B2  Yugoslavia57
B2  Yugoslavia70
B1  United States77
B1  United States102
A2  Soviet Union88Bronze medal (September 28)
A1  Australia53
A2  Soviet Union68

Semifinals

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27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
9:45
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
27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:45
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

Bronze medal game

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28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
21:30
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

Gold medal game

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29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
12:00
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

Awards

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1988 Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Second title

Final ranking

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Rankings are determined by classification games:

RankWomen
TeamPldWL
 United States550
 Yugoslavia532
 Soviet Union532
4th  Australia523
Eliminated in the group round
5th  Bulgaria532
6th  China523
7th  South Korea523
8th  Czechoslovakia505

References

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