1990 FIBA World Championship for Women
The Basketball Women's World Cup 1998 was held from July 17 to July 22, 1990 in Malaysia instead. On the Wear were the games in Kota, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Kuala Lumpur.
The World Cup tournament contested 16 nations. World Champions were the United States, Yugoslavia won silver and bronze went to Cuba. No team a German nation qualified for the tournament.
Participating nations
Malaysia has qualified automatically as the host country.
- FIBA Europe: Bulgaria, Italy Italy, Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Soviet Union Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- FIBA Americas: Brazil Brazil, Canada Canada, Cuba, United States, United States
- FIBA Africa: Senegal Senegal, Zaire Zaire
- FIBA Asia: People's Republic of China People's Republic of China, Japan, Japan, Malaysia, Korea South Korea
- FIBA Oceania: Australia Australia