1998 women's basketball world championship

The 1998 women's basketball world championship took place from May 26th to June 7th, 1998 in Germany . The games were held in Münster , Wuppertal , Rotenburg an der Fulda , Karlsruhe , Dessau , Bremen and Berlin .

The world championship tournament was contested by 16 nations. The United States became world champions, Russia won silver and Australia won bronze .

Participating Nations

Besides Germany , which automatically qualified as the host country, and the United States, which qualified as the reigning Olympic champion , the remaining 14 participants were determined through continental qualifying tournaments:

• FIBA Europe : Germany , Lithuania , Russia , Slovakia , Spain , Hungary      
• FIBA America : Argentina , Brazil , Cuba , United States    
• FIBA Africa : Democratic Republic of the Congo , Senegal  
• FIBA Asia : People's Republic of China , Japan , South Korea   
• FIBA Oceania : Australia 

The German national team

No.	Surname	size	Age	place of birth
4th	Stefanie Wegeler	1.76 m	24	Frankfurt
5	Andrea Hohl	1.70 m	23	Satu Mare , Romania
6th	Ute Krätschmann	1.73 m	26th	eat
7th	Birgit Eggert	1.84 m	31	Berlin
8th	Andrea Harder	1.78 m	21st	kassel
9	Olga Pfeifer	1.89 m	25th	Ajdarly , Kurtinsky
10	Sophie von Saldern	1.85 m	25th	Goettingen
11	Petra Kremer	1.90 m	32	Wuppertal
12	Stefanie Göttsche	1.88 m	26th	Buchholz
13	Martina Kehrenberg	1.88 m	32	Wuppertal
14th	Marlies Askamp	1.96 m	28	Dorsten
15th	Heike Roth	1.93 m	30th	trier

Results

Preliminary round

The first three teams in each of the four preliminary round groups qualified for the intermediate round.

Group A

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/26/1998	Spain	Argentina	64:45	37:18	27:27	-
05/26/1998	Russia	People's Republic of China	70:52	36:24	34:28	-
05/27/1998	Russia	Argentina	107: 32	42:20	65:12	-
05/27/1998	Spain	People's Republic of China	72:55	41:31	31:24	-
05/28/1998	People's Republic of China	Argentina	96:59	42:30	54:29	-
05/28/1998	Russia	Spain	72:70	47:33	25:37	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Russia	3	3	0	249: 154	6th
2	Spain	3	2	1	206: 172	5
3	People's Republic of China	3	1	2	203: 201	4th
4th	Argentina	3	0	3	136: 267	3

Group B

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/26/1998	Lithuania	Senegal	82:53	46:34	36:19	-
05/26/1998	United States	Japan	95:89	44:43	51:46	-
05/27/1998	Japan	Senegal	73:66	39:36	34:30	-
05/27/1998	United States	Lithuania	87:61	51:33	36:28	-
05/28/1998	Japan	Lithuania	103: 94	59:51	44:43	-
05/28/1998	United States	Senegal	77:48	47:24	30:24	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	United States	3	3	0	259: 198	6th
2	Japan	3	2	1	265: 255	5
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	237: 243	4th
4th	Senegal	3	0	3	167: 232	3

Group C

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/26/1998	Germany	Democratic Republic of Congo	89:37	44:14	45:23	-
05/26/1998	Australia	Cuba	92:86	51:44	41:42	-
05/27/1998	Cuba	Democratic Republic of Congo	96:62	52:38	44:24	-
05/27/1998	Australia	Germany	88:69	43:35	45:34	-
05/28/1998	Australia	Democratic Republic of Congo	99:43	47:24	52:19	-
05/28/1998	Cuba	Germany	94:83	52:49	42:34	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Australia	3	3	0	279: 198	6th
2	Cuba	3	2	1	276: 237	5
3	Germany	3	1	2	241: 219	4th
4th	Democratic Republic of Congo	3	0	3	142: 284	3

Group D

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/26/1998	Slovakia	Hungary	50:44	29:28	21:16	-
05/26/1998	Brazil	South Korea	75:65	39:38	36:27	-
05/27/1998	Hungary	South Korea	71:65	33:38	38:27	-
05/27/1998	Brazil	Slovakia	66:60	36:38	30:22	-
05/28/1998	Brazil	Hungary	83:78	43:36	40:42	-
05/28/1998	Slovakia	South Korea	69:56	36:27	33:29	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Brazil	3	3	0	224: 203	6th
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	179: 166	5
3	Hungary	3	1	2	193: 198	4th
4th	South Korea	3	0	3	186: 215	3

Placement games (13th to 16th place)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/30/1998	Senegal	Argentina	67:59	33:40	34:19	-
05/30/1998	South Korea	Democratic Republic of Congo	97:60	48:28	49:32	-

Play for 15th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/31/1998	Argentina	Democratic Republic of Congo	73:52	38:27	35:25	-

Game for 13th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
May 31, 1998	South Korea	Senegal	74:70	38:37	36:33	-

Intermediate round

The first four teams in each of the two intermediate round groups qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group E

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/30/1998	United States	People's Republic of China	70:54	42:28	28:26	-
05/30/1998	Russia	Lithuania	61:52	29:32	32:20	-
05/30/1998	Spain	Japan	97:58	50:35	47:23	-
05/31/1998	Lithuania	People's Republic of China	72:70	38:32	34:38	-
05/31/1998	Russia	Japan	103: 76	50:36	53:40	-
05/31/1998	United States	Spain	79:68	37:33	42:35	-
06/01/1998	People's Republic of China	Japan	94:93	49:37	45:56	-
06/01/1998	Lithuania	Spain	66:63	30:35	36:28	-
06/01/1998	United States	Russia	96:60	52:30	44:30	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	United States	6th	6th	0	427: 332	12
2	Russia	6th	5	1	366: 346	11
3	Lithuania	6th	3	3	345: 384	9
4th	Spain	6th	2	4th	302: 251	8th
5	People's Republic of China	6th	2	4th	325: 377	8th
6th	Japan	6th	2	4th	419: 483	8th

Group F.

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
05/30/1998	Brazil	Germany	77:73	43:36	34:37	-
05/30/1998	Australia	Hungary	92:66	48:27	44:39	-
05/30/1998	Cuba	Slovakia	91:81	42:45	49:36	-
05/31/1998	Germany	Hungary	79:69	42:31	37:38	-
05/31/1998	Australia	Slovakia	82:57	43:28	39:29	-
05/31/1998	Brazil	Cuba	88:79	46:37	42:42	-
06/01/1998	Slovakia	Germany	60:54	32:30	28:24	-
06/01/1998	Cuba	Hungary	96:89	44:52	52:37	-
06/01/1998	Australia	Brazil	76:75	41:42	35:33	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Australia	6th	6th	0	250: 198	12
2	Brazil	6th	5	1	240: 228	11
3	Cuba	6th	4th	2	266: 258	10
4th	Slovakia	6th	3	3	198: 227	9
5	Germany	6th	2	4th	206: 206	8th
6th	Hungary	6th	2	4th	224: 267	8th

Placement games (9th to 12th place)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/04/1998	Hungary	People's Republic of China	95:93	45:40	38:43	12:10
06/04/1998	Japan	Germany	88:71	48:43	40:28	-

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/05/1998	Germany	People's Republic of China	90:60	42:33	48:27	-

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/05/1998	Japan	Hungary	108: 82	60:43	48:39	-

Quarter finals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/04/1998	Brazil	Lithuania	72:70	39:33	33:37	-
06/04/1998	United States	Slovakia	89:62	41:35	48:27	-
06/04/1998	Russia	Cuba	85:78	47:33	38:45	-
06/04/1998	Australia	Spain	87:54	48:25	39:29	-

Placement games (5th to 8th place)

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/05/1998	Lithuania	Slovakia	66:58	38:31	28:27	-
06/05/1998	Spain	Cuba	80:63	45:38	35:25	-

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/07/1998	Cuba	Slovakia	83:81	45:42	30:33	8: 6

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/07/1998	Spain	Lithuania	70:59	35:36	35:23	-

Semifinals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/06/1998	Russia	Australia	82:76	36:36	46:40	-
06/06/1998	United States	Brazil	93:79	45:44	34:49	-

Medal games

3rd place match

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/07/1998	Australia	Brazil	72:67	33:45	39:22	-

final

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1st HZ	2nd HZ	Loss
06/07/1998	United States	Russia	71:65	28:37	43:28	-

Final placements

1.  United States (9-0 victories)
2.  Russia (7-2 wins)
3.  Australia (8-1 wins)
4.  Brazil (6-3 wins)
5.  Spain (4-5 wins)
6.  Lithuania (4-5 wins)
7.  Cuba (5-4 wins)
8.  Slovakia (3: 6 wins)
9.  Japan (4-4 wins)
10.  Hungary (3: 5 wins)
11.  Germany (3: 5 wins)
12.  People's Republic of China (2-6 victories)
13.  South Korea (2: 3 wins)
14.  Senegal (1: 4 wins)
15.  Argentina (1: 4 wins)
16.  Democratic Republic of the Congo (0-5 wins)

statistics

Points per game

Rank	Surname	country	Games	Points	cut
1	Janeth Arcain	Brazil	9	182	20.22
2	Licet Castillo Iglesias	Cuba	9	163	18.11
3	Mikiko Hagiwara	Japan	8th	140	17.50
4th	Heike Roth	Germany	8th	137	17.12
5	Lisa Leslie	United States	9	154	17.11

Web links

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