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13th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Barcelona 1992
Tournament details
Olympics1992 Summer Olympics
Host nationSpanien
CityBarcelona
DurationJuly 30 - August 7
Women's tournament
Teams8
Medals
1 Gold medalists  CIS
2 Silver medalists China
3 Bronze medalists  Vereinigte Staaten
Tournaments
← Seoul 1988  Atlanta 1996 →
Basketball at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournament
menwomen
Rosters
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Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The women's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain began on July 30 and ended on August 7, when the Unified Team defeated China 76–66 for the gold medal.

Participants

Format

  • Two groups of four teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the knockout stage.
  • Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Ties were broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results

Zeitplan

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Thu 30 Fri 31 Sat 1 Sun 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7
G G G ½ F B


Squads

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

The best two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The United States and Cuba advanced undefeated through the group phase but couldn't reach the finals and ended up facing each other for the bronze medal instead.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 246 230 +16 6 Semifinals
2  CIS 3 2 1 244 222 +22 5
3  Brasilien 3 1 2 237 241 −4 4 Classification round
4  Italien 3 0 3 190 224 −34 3
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.


30 July 1992 (1992-07-30)
13:00
v
CIS  89–91  Cuba
Scoring by half: 44–44, 45–47
Pts: Khudashova, Zasulskaya 20
Rebs: Zasulskaya 9
Asts: Sumnikova, Zhyrko 7		 Pts: Borrell 28
Rebs: Borrell 9
Asts: Borrell, Hernández, Vigil 3
30 July 1992 (1992-07-30)
22:00
v
Brasilien  85–70  Italien
Scoring by half: 41–35, 44–35
Pts: Silva 24
Rebs: Sobral 12
Asts: Arcain 7		 Pts: Fullin 20
Rebs: Rossi 8
Asts: 4 players 1
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01)
11:00
v
Cuba  95–88 (OT)  Brasilien
Scoring by half: 34–42, 46–38 Overtime: 15–8
Pts: Borrell 32
Rebs: Martínez 13
Asts: Borrell 3		 Pts: Arcain 27
Rebs: Arcain 10
Asts: Silva 9
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01)
22:00
v
CIS  79–67  Italien
Scoring by half: 49–37, 30–30
Pts: Zasulskaya 22
Rebs: Zasulskaya 12
Asts: Tornikidou 5		 Pts: Fullin 20
Rebs: Pollini 10
Asts: Costalunga, Fullin 4
3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)
11:00
v
CIS  76–64  Brasilien
Scoring by half: 48–33, 28–31
Pts: Shvaybovich, Tornikidou 20
Rebs: Khudashova 11
Asts: Tornikidou 5		 Pts: Marcari 26
Rebs: Sobral 6
Asts: 4 players 1
3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)
13:00
v
Italien  53–60  Cuba
Scoring by half: 26–36, 27–24
Pts: Fullin 16
Rebs: Pollini 8
Asts: Todeschini 4		 Pts: Enríquez, Vigil 11
Rebs: Enríquez 13
Asts: 5 players 1

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Vereinigte Staaten 3 3 0 318 181 +137 6 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 1 205 226 −21 5
3  Spanien 3 1 2 181 238 −57 4 Classification round
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 183 242 −59 3
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.


30 July 1992 (1992-07-30)
11:00
v
Czechoslovakia  55–111  Vereinigte Staaten
Scoring by half: 33–53, 22–58
Pts: Chupíková, Janoštinová 14
Rebs: Janoštinová 5
Asts: Bieliková, Buriánová, Janoštinová 2		 Pts: Cooper 18
Rebs: Dixon 8
Asts: Dixon, Edwards 5
30 July 1992 (1992-07-30)
20:00
v
China  66–63  Spanien
Scoring by half: 27–31, 39–32
Pts: Peng 19
Rebs: 4 players 4
Asts: Li D., Li X., Liu J. 2		 Pts: Ares 20
Rebs: Geuer 8
Asts: 5 players 1
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01)
11:00
v
Vereinigte Staaten  93–67  China
Scoring by half: 47–33, 46–34
Pts: Dixon 19
Rebs: Orr 11
Asts: Edwards 8		 Pts: Cong 18
Rebs: Zheng H. 11
Asts: He 6
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01)
20:00
v
Czechoslovakia  58–59  Spanien
Scoring by half: 30–27, 28–32
Pts: Buriánová 21
Rebs: Buriánová 7
Asts: Buriánová 4		 Pts: Álvaro 10
Rebs: Geuer 7
Asts: Ares, Geuer 3


3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)
20:00
v
Czechoslovakia  70–72  China
Scoring by half: 31–38, 39–34
Pts: Němcová 15
Rebs: Buriánová 8
Asts: Bieliková 4		 Pts: Peng 15
Rebs: Liu Q. 6
Asts: Li X. 9
3 August 1992 (1992-08-03)
22:00
v
Spanien  59–114  Vereinigte Staaten
Scoring by half: 32–51, 27–63
Pts: Ares 13
Rebs: Geuer 6
Asts: Ares 4		 Pts: Dixon 28
Rebs: McClain 8
Asts: Edwards 6

Knockout stage

Semifinals Gold medal match
      
1  Vereinigte Staaten 73
4  CIS 79
 CIS 76
 China 66
3  Cuba 70
2  China 109 Bronze medal match
 Vereinigte Staaten 88
 Cuba 74
5th−8th place semifinals 5th Place game
      
1  Spanien 92
4  Italien 80
 Spanien 59
 Czechoslovakia 58
3  Brasilien 62
2  Czechoslovakia 74 7th Place game
 Italien 83
 Brasilien 86

Classification Round 5th−8th place

Semifinals
5 August 1992 (1992-08-05)
11:00
v
Brasilien  62–74  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 34–24, 28–50
Pts: Marcari 16
Rebs: Arcain 5
Asts: Arcain, Silva 4		 Pts: Němcová 20
Rebs: Buriánová 10
Asts: Liptáková, Němcová 2
5 August 1992 (1992-08-05)
20:00
v
Spanien  92–80 (OT)  Italien
Scoring by half: 37–33, 28–32 Overtime: 13–13, 14–2
Pts: Álvaro, Ares 19
Rebs: Geuer 14
Asts: Geuer, Messa, Mújica 3		 Pts: Fullin 18
Rebs: Rossi 5
Asts: Fullin 5
7th place game
7 August 1992 (1992-08-07)
22:00
v
Brasilien  86–83 (OT)  Italien
Scoring by half: 41–41, 37–37 Overtime: 8–5
Pts: Arcain 25
Rebs: Arcain 12
Asts: Silva 6		 Pts: Pollini 28
Rebs: Stanzani 9
Asts: Todeschini 4
5th place game
7 August 1992 (1992-08-07)
11:00
v
Czechoslovakia  58–59  Spanien
Scoring by half: 29–25, 29–34
Pts: Bieliková 14
Rebs: Buriánová 4
Asts: Bieliková, Chupíková 2		 Pts: Geuer 11
Rebs: Geuer 9
Asts: Ares, Messa 3

Semifinals

August 5
13:00
Vereinigte Staaten  73–79  CIS
Scoring by half: 41–47, 32–32
August 5
22:00
Cuba  70–109  China
Scoring by half: 30–57, 40–52

Bronze medal game

August 7
13:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vereinigte Staaten  88–74  Cuba
Scoring by half: 44–44, 44–30

Gold medal game

August 7
22:00
1st place, gold medalist(s) CIS  76–66  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by half: 43–35, 33–31

Awards

1992 Olympic Basketball Champions
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIS
First title

Final standings

Rank Team W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  CIS 4 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China 3 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Vereinigte Staaten 4 1
4th  Cuba 3 2
Eliminated at the preliminary round
5th  Spanien 3 2
6th  Czechoslovakia 1 4
7th  Brasilien 2 3
8th  Italien 0 5

References

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