1985 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

The 1985 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in the United States from 13 to 21 August 1985. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and USA Basketball.

1985 FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nationUnited States
DatesAugust 13 – 21
Teams10 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Soviet Union
(1st title)
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Twelve national teams competed for the championship. Soviet Union came away with the Gold medal by defeating South Korea 80-75 in the final.[1]

Venues

  • Colorado Springs

Competing nations

Except the United States, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:

Final standings

# Team W-L
Soviet Union 5-1
South Korea 4-2
Yugoslavia 5-1
4 China 3-3
5 United States 4-2
6 Australia 2-4
7 Spain 3-3
8 Canada 1-5
9 Cuba 2-3
10 Senegal 0-5


Awards

 1985 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship Winner 

Soviet Union
First title

References

  1. FIBA Archive. 1985 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2016-07-23
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