1998 FIBA World Championship for Women
The Basketball Women's World Cup 1998 took place from May 26 to June 7, 1998 in Germany. On the Wear were the games in Münster, Wuppertal, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Karlsruhe, Dessau, Bremen and Berlin.
The World Cup tournament contested 16 nations. World Champions were the United States, Russia won silver and bronze went to Australia.
- 3.2.1 place match 15
- 3.2.2 place match 13
- 3.3.1 Group E
- 3.3.2 Group F
- 3.4.1 place match 11
- 3.4.2 place play- 9
- 3.6.1 Game for 7th place
- 3.6.2 game for 5th place
- 3.8.1 3rd place match
- 3.8.2 final
- 5.1 points per game
Participating nations
Except for Germany, which has automatically qualified as the host country, and the United States, who were qualified as Acting Olympic champion, the remaining 14 participants were determined by continental qualifying tournaments:
- FIBA Europe: Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Hungary
- FIBA Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, United States
- FIBA Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal
- FIBA Asia: China, Japan, South Korea
- FIBA Oceania: Australia
The German national
Results
Preliminary round
The first three teams in each of the four preliminary round groups qualified for the second round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Placement matches (No. 13 to 16)
Place play- 15
Place play- 13
Second round
The first four teams of two intermediate round groups qualified for the quarter-finals.