# 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1998 FIBA Women's World Championship (German: 1998 FIBA Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft) was hosted by Germany from May 26 to June 7, 1998. The USA won the tournament, defeating Russia 71-65 in the final.

## Venues

* Münster
* Wuppertal
* Rotenburg/Fulda
* Karlsruhe
* Dessau
* Bremen
* Berlin

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Russia | United States | Australia | Brazil |
| Spain | Lithuania | Cuba | Slovakia |
| China | Japan | Germany | Hungary |
| Argentina | Senegal | DR Congo | South Korea |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 154 | +95 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 172 | +34 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 201 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 267 | −131 | 3 | Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 198 | +61 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 255 | +10 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 243 | −6 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | Senegal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 232 | −65 | 3 | Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 279 | 198 | +81 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 276 | 237 | +39 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Germany (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 219 | +22 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 284 | −142 | 3 | Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 203 | +21 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 179 | 166 | +13 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 198 | −5 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 215 | −29 | 3 | Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff |

## Second round

Scores and results from the first round shall be carried over to the second round.

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 427 | 332 | +95 | 10 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 366 | 346 | +20 | 9 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 345 | 384 | −39 | 7 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 370 | 330 | +40 | 7 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 325 | 377 | −52 | 6 | Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 419 | 483 | −64 | 6 | Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff |
* 1 2 Lithuania 66–63 Spain
* 1 2 China 94–93 Japan

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 430 | 353 | +77 | 10 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 389 | 366 | +23 | 9 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 3 | Cuba | 5 | 3 | 2 | 446 | 433 | +13 | 8 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 308 | 337 | −29 | 7 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Germany (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 358 | 388 | −30 | 6 | Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff |
| 6 | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 5 | 346 | 400 | −54 | 5 | Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff |

## Classification stage
### 13–16th place playoffs

| Classification Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| May 30 | May 30 |
| Senegal | 67 |
| Senegal | 67 | May 31 | May 31 |
| Argentina | 59 | May 31 | May 31 |
| Argentina | 59 | Senegal | 70 |
| May 30 | May 30 | | Senegal | 70 |
| May 30 | May 30 | South Korea | 74 |
| South Korea | 97 | South Korea | 74 |
| DR Congo | 60 | | |
| DR Congo | 60 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | May 31 | May 31 |
| | | Argentina | 73 |
| | | DR Congo | 52 |

### 9–12th place playoffs

| Classification Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | Ninth place match | Ninth place match |
| June 4 | June 4 |
| China | 93 |
| China | 93 | June 5 | June 5 |
| Hungary (OT) | 95 | June 5 | June 5 |
| Hungary (OT) | 95 | Hungary | 82 |
| June 4 | June 4 | | Hungary | 82 |
| June 4 | June 4 | Japan | 108 |
| Japan | 88 | Japan | 108 |
| Germany | 71 | | |
| Germany | 71 | Eleventh place match | Eleventh place match |
| | | June 5 | June 5 |
| | | China | 60 |
| | | Germany | 90 |

## Final round
### Bracket

| 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | E2 | Russia | 85 | | | | |
| | | | | | | F3 | Cuba | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | F3 | Cuba | 63 | | | | E2 | Russia | 82 | |
| | | | E4 | Spain | 80 | | | | F1 | Australia | 76 | |
| | | | | | | E4 | Spain | 54 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | F1 | Australia | 87 | | | | | |
| E4 | Spain | 70 | | | | | | | | | E2 | Russia | 65 |
| E3 | Lithuania | 59 | | | | | | | | | E2 | E1 | United States | 71 |
| | | | | | | E3 | Lithuania | 70 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | F2 | Brazil | 72 | | | | | | |
| 7th place match | 7th place match | 7th place match | E3 | Lithuania | 66 | | | | F2 | Brazil | 79 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | F4 | Slovakia | 58 | | | | E1 | United States | 93 | | | |
| F3 | Cuba (OT) | 83 | | | | E1 | | | United States | 89 | | F1 | Australia | 72 |
| F4 | Slovakia | 81 | | | | F4 | Slovakia | 62 | | | | F2 | Brazil | 67 |

### Quarterfinals

* 4 June 1998 18:00
| Brazil | 72–70 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by half: 39–33, 33–37 |||
* 4 June 1998 20:00
| Slovakia | 62–89 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 35–41, 27–48 |||
* 5 June 1998 18:00
| Russia | 85–78 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 47–33, 38–45 |||
* 5 June 1998 20:00
| Spain | 54–87 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 25–48, 29–39 |||

### Classification 5th–8th
## Final standings

| # | Team | W–L |
| | United States | 9–0 |
| | Russia | 7–2 |
| | Australia | 8–1 |
| 4 | Brazil | 6–3 |
| 5 | Spain | 5–4 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 4–5 |
| 7 | Cuba | 5–4 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 3–6 |
| 9 | Japan | 4–4 |
| 10 | Hungary | 2–6 |
| 11 | Germany | 3–5 |
| 12 | China | 2–6 |
| 13 | South Korea | 2–3 |
| 14 | Senegal | 1–4 |
| 15 | Argentina | 1–4 |
| 16 | DR Congo | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 1998 World Championship winner
* United States Sixth title