# 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women (Korean: 1979 FIBA 세계 여자 선수권 대회) was the eighth FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was hosted by South Korea, from 29 April to 13 May 1979. The United States won the world championship for the third time.

## Venues

| City | Venue |
| Seoul | Jangchung Gymnasium |

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Final round |
| Bolivia  Canada  Netherlands  South Korea – host | Brazil  France  Japan  Senegal | Australia  Italy  Malaysia | United States – silver medalists in 1976 Olympics |

## Preliminary round

* Advanced to the final round
* Relegated to Classification round for 8–12

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 157 | +87 | 6 |
| South Korea (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 247 | 177 | +70 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 196 | +20 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 285 | −177 | 3 |
(H) – host nation.
* 29 April 1979
| Canada | 76–63 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 34–30, 43–33 |||
* Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul
* 30 April 1979
| Netherlands | 95–34 | Bolivia |
| Scoring by half: 50–14, 45–20 |||
* Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul
* 1 May 1979
| Canada | 84–36 | Bolivia |
| Scoring by half: 40–18, 44–18 |||
* Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul
* 1 May 1979
| South Korea | 78–63 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 42–30, 36–33 |||
* Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul
* 2 May 1979
| Canada | 84–58 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 41–30, 43–28 |||
* Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul
* 2 May 1979
| South Korea | 106–38 | Bolivia |
| Scoring by half: 60–15, 46–23 |||
* Jangchung Gymnasium, Seoul

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 138 | +65 | 5 | 1–1, 1.123 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 193 | 166 | +27 | 5 | 1–1, 0.966 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 188 | +31 | 5 | 1–1, 0.924 |
| Senegal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 250 | −123 | 3 | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 90 | +108 | 4 |
| Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 115 | +41 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 199 | −149 | 2 |

## Classification round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 8 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 378 | 193 | +185 | 8 |
| 9 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 373 | 258 | +115 | 7 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 196 | 291 | −95 | 6 |
| 11 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 217 | 333 | −116 | 5 |
| 12 | Senegal | 4 | 0 | 4 | 207 | 296 | −89 | 4 |

## Final round

The United States qualified outright for the final round of the tournament by the virtue of silver medal finish at the 1976 Olympic Games.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
| United States | 6 | 5 | 1 | 463 | 402 | +61 | 11 | 1–1,1.03 |
| South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 436 | 413 | +23 | 11 | 1–1,0.99 |
| Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 395 | 366 | +29 | 11 | 1–1,0.98 |
| Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 387 | 398 | −11 | 9 | |
| Italy | 6 | 2 | 4 | 386 | 376 | +10 | 8 | |
| Japan | 6 | 1 | 5 | 350 | 377 | −27 | 7 | |
| France | 6 | 0 | 6 | 338 | 423 | −85 | 6 | |
* 4 May 1979
| South Korea | 82–94 | United States |
* Seoul
* 4 May 1979
| France | 56–59 | Australia |
* Seoul
* 5 May 1979
| Canada | 64–55 | Italy |
* Seoul
* 5 May 1979
| Japan | 56–64 | South Korea |
* Seoul
* 6 May 1979
| France | 59–72 | Canada |
* Seoul
* 6 May 1979
| Italy | 64–66 | United States |
* Seoul
* 7 May 1979
| South Korea | 76–72 | Australia |
* Seoul
* 7 May 1979
| United States | 84–65 | Japan |
* Seoul
* 9 May 1979
| Italy | 72–54 | France |
* Seoul
* 10 May 1979
| France | 71–76 | South Korea |
* Seoul
* 10 May 1979
| Australia | 59–74 | United States |
* Seoul
* 11 May 1979
| Australia | 57–66 | Canada |
* Seoul
* 12 May 1979
| Italy | 63–50 | Japan |
* Seoul
* 12 May 1979
| United States | 80–59 | France |
* Seoul
* 13 May 1979
| Japan | 60–61 | Australia |
* Seoul
* 13 May 1979
| South Korea | 63–56 | Italy |
* Seoul
* 13 May 1979
| Canada | 61–77 | United States |
* Seoul

## Final standings

| # | Team |
| 1 | United States |
| 2 | South Korea |
| 3 | Canada |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Netherlands |
| 9 | Brazil |
| 10 | Bolivia |
| 11 | Malaysia |
| 12 | Senegal |

## Awards

* 1979 World Championship winner
* United States Third title