Women's basketball world championship 1994

Women's basketball world championship 1994
Number of nations	16
winner	Brazil
venue	Australia
Opening game	June 2, 1994
Endgame	June 12, 1994
Games	64
Basket points	10281   (∅: 160.64 per game)

The FIBA World Championship women in 1994 took place from 2. June bis 12. June 1994 in Sydney , Australia instead. All games were played at the Sydney Entertainment Center .

The world championship tournament was contested by 16 nations. World champions went to Brazil , silver went to the People's Republic of China and bronze went to the United States . No team from a German-speaking nation qualified for the tournament.

Participating Nations

Australia automatically qualified as the host country.

• FIBA Europe : France , Italy , Poland , Slovakia , Spain     
• FIBA America : Brazil , Canada , Cuba , United States    
• FIBA Africa : Kenya 
• FIBA Asia : People's Republic of China , Japan , South Korea , Taiwan    
• FIBA Oceania : Australia , New Zealand  

Final placements

1.  Brazil (6-2 wins)
2.  People's Republic of China (5-3 wins)
3.  United States (7-1 wins)
4.  Australia (4-4 wins)
5.  Slovakia (6-2 wins)
6.  Cuba (5-3 wins)
7.  Canada (3: 5 wins)
8.  Spain (3: 5 wins)
9.  France (6-2 wins)
10.  South Korea (4-4 wins)
11.  Italy (5-3 wins)
12.  Japan (2-6 wins)
13.  Poland (5-3 wins)
14.  Taiwan (2-6 wins)
15.  New Zealand (1-7 wins)
16.  Kenya (0: 8 wins)

Web links

• www.fiba.com