Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 19 September and ended on 29 September.

Tournament details
Host nation South Korea
Dates19–29 September 1988
Teams8 
(from 4 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Games played20
Champions United States
(2nd title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Slavcheva (19.6)  United States (92.2)
Rebounds McClain (10.4)  United States (35.6)
Assists Edwards,
Maher (3.4)		  United States (12.0)
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Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The United States won their second gold medal (and second consecutive gold medal) after defeating Yugoslavia, 77–70, in the gold medal match.

Competition schedule
GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals CClassification matches BBronze medal match FFinal
Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29
GGGC½CBCF

Qualification

A NOC could enter one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by a tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where the top six teams earned a spot.

AsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 China Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 Czechoslovakia
 Bulgaria		 Australia United States – Olympic Champions
 South Korea – Olympic hosts

Squads
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 178 196 −18 5 Semifinals
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 188 +20 5
3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 217 241 −24 4
4  South Korea 3 1 2 244 222 +22 4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.
19 September 1988
11:45
Bulgaria  62–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17
Rebs: Staneva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Zasulskaya 23
Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10
Asts: Minkh 4
19 September 1988
19:30
Australia  55–91  South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–41, 35–50
Pts: Gorman 11
Rebs: Gorman 8
Asts: Maher, Timms 3		 Pts: Lee KJ 19
Rebs: Choi, Kim HS 4
Asts: Lee HS, Sung 2
22 September 1988
11:45
South Korea  66–69  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–33, 31–36
Pts: Choi 20
Rebs: Sung 14		 Pts: Savitskaya 18
Rebs: Savitskaya 6
Asts: Sumnikova 2
22 September 1988
19:30
Australia  63–57  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 31–30, 32–27
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 9
Asts: Timms 3		 Pts: Slavcheva 15
Rebs: Slavcheva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 2
25 September 1988
19:30
Bulgaria  98–87  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–51, 50–36
Pts: Slavcheva 39
Rebs: Slavcheva 8
Asts: Kostourkova 3		 Pts: Choi 26
Rebs: Choi, Sung 7
Asts: 5 players 1
25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
21:30
Australia  60–48  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 8
Asts: Maher 6		 Pts: Yakovleva 13
Rebs: 4 players 4
Asts: Minkh 2

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 282 234 +48 6 Semifinals
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 199 211 −12 5
3  China 3 1 2 200 214 −14 4
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 202 224 −22 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.
19 September 1998 (1998-09-19)
9:45
Czechoslovakia  81–87  United States
Scoring by half: 39–37, 42–50
Pts: Nováková 21
Rebs: Nováková 8
Asts: Kalužáková, Nováková 2		 Pts: Edwards 24
Rebs: McClain 8
Asts: Edwards 2
19 September 1988
21:30
China  53–56  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13
Rebs: Zheng 7
Asts: Xue 3		 Pts: Nakić 13
Rebs: Golić 9
Asts: Vangelovska 4
22 September 1988
9:45
United States  101–74  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards 23
Rebs: McClain 9
Asts: Weatherspoon 2		 Pts: Golić 16
Rebs: Dornik 4
Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2
22 September 1998 (1998-09-22)
21:30
China  68–64  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36–36, 32–28
Pts: Zheng 12
Rebs: Han 7
Asts: Xue 3		 Pts: Dobrovičová 21
Rebs: Dobrovičová 5
Asts: Kalužáková 4
25 September 1988
9:45
Czechoslovakia  57–69  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 15–41, 42–28
Pts: Dobrovičová 17
Rebs: Dobrovičová 9
Asts: Kalužáková 3		 Pts: Nakić 24
Rebs: Dornik 8
Asts: Vangelovska 7
25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
11:45
China  79–94  United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32
Rebs: Zheng 8
Asts: Cong 5		 Pts: McClain 27
Rebs: McClain 13
Asts: Edwards 5

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
  Semifinals (September 27)     Gold medal (September 29)
                 
  A1  Australia 56  
  B2  Yugoslavia 57    
      B2  Yugoslavia 70
      B1  United States 77
  B1  United States 102    
  A2  Soviet Union 88   Bronze medal (September 28)
 
A1  Australia 53
  A2  Soviet Union 68

Semifinals
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27)
9:45
Australia  56–57  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25
Pts: Timms 19
Rebs: Dalton 8
Asts: Dalton, Maher 2		 Pts: Mujanović 20
Rebs: Dornik, Mujanović, Nakić 4
Asts: Vangelovska 2
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27)
11:45
United States  102–88  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 6		 Pts: Zasulskaya 16
Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
Asts: Yakovleva 2

Bronze medal game
28 September 1998 (1998-09-28)
21:30
Australia  53–68  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
Pts: Maher 22
Rebs: Maher, Timms 3
Asts: Maher 4		 Pts: Savitskaya 16
Rebs: Yakovleva 7
Asts: Buryakina 2

Gold medal game
29 September 1998 (1998-09-29)
12:00
Yugoslavia  70–77  United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23
Rebs: Golić 10
Asts: Nakić 3		 Pts: Edwards 18
Rebs: Brown 8
Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

Classification round

5th–8th Place

  September 27     5th place (September 29)
                 
  A3  Bulgaria 81  
  B4  Czechoslovakia 78    
      A3  Bulgaria 102
      B3  China 74
  B3  China 97    
  A4  South Korea 95   7th place (September 28)
 
A4  South Korea 77
  B4  Czechoslovakia 59
Classification 5–8 semifinals
27 September 1988
19:30
Bulgaria  81–78  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 49–42, 32–36
Pts: Radkova 25
Rebs: Radkova 6
Asts: Khadzhiyankova, Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Janoštinová 27
Rebs: Dobrovičová 9
Asts: Kysilková, Nováková 3
27 September 1988
21:30
China  97–95 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–38, 42–47 Overtime: 12–10
Pts: Liu 24
Rebs: Liu 6
Asts: Xue 5		 Pts: Choi 21
Rebs: Sung 7
Asts: Jeong, Park CM, Sung 2
Classification 7–8
28 September 1988
19:30
South Korea  77–59  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 41–26, 36–33
Pts: Choi 18
Rebs: Sung 6
Asts: Kim HS 3		 Pts: Janoštinová 14
Rebs: Janoštinová 10
Asts: Janoštinová, Nováková 3
Classification 5–6
29 September 1988
9:45
Bulgaria  102–74  China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22
Rebs: Staneva 8
Asts: Radkova 2		 Pts: Zheng 23
Rebs: Cong, Peng 5
Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Awards
1988 Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Second title

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

Rank Women
TeamPldWL
 United States550
 Yugoslavia532
 Soviet Union532
4th Australia523
Eliminated in the group round
5th Bulgaria532
6th China523
7th South Korea523
8th Czechoslovakia505

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