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Basketball, Women

Date30 July – 7 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalacio Municipal de Deportes de Badalona, Badalona
Participants94 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Thru 1991, the US women’s team had a 42-game unbeaten streak in international competition, having won the 1990 World Championships with a final round victory over Yugoslavia, 88-78. But at the 1991 Pan-American Games, the USA was defeated by Brazil and Cuba. The 1992 tournament appeared more wide open, with the break-up of the Soviet Union. The USSR had won the 1989 European Championships, but at Barcelona, there was no Russian team, but a combined team representing many of the former Soviet Republics – the Unified Team (EUN). In the tournament, the USA easily won Group B, going undefeated. The Unified Team finished second in Group A, losing to Cuba. The semi-finals saw the USA play the former Soviet team, and stunningly, the Unified Team won, 79-73. The Unifieds then defeated China in the final to win the gold medal, with the United States defeating Cuba for the bronze medal.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1Unified TeamEUN418399–361Gold
2People's Republic of ChinaCHN326380–372Silver
3United StatesUSA418479–334Bronze
4CubaCUB326390–427
5SpainESP326332–376
6CzechoslovakiaTCH142315–363
7BrazilBRA234385–398
8ItalyITA050353–402

Preliminary Round (30 July – 3 August 1992)

Group A (30 July – 3 August 1992)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1CUB306246–230
2EUN214244–222
3BRA122237–241
4ITA030190–224

Match #130 Jul 13:00CUB 91 – 89EUN
Match #230 Jul 22:00BRA 85 – 70ITA
Match #301 Aug 13:00CUB 95 – 88
AET
BRA
Match #401 Aug 22:00EUN 79 – 67ITA
Match #503 Aug 11:00EUN 76 – 64BRA
Match #603 Aug 13:00CUB 60 – 53ITA

Group B (30 July – 3 August 1992)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA306318–181
2CHN214205–226
3ESP122181–238
4TCH030183–242

Match #130 Jul 11:00USA 111 – 55TCH
Match #230 Jul 20:00CHN 66 – 63ESP
Match #301 Aug 11:00USA 93 – 67CHN
Match #401 Aug 20:00ESP 59 – 58TCH
Match #503 Aug 20:00CHN 72 – 70TCH
Match #603 Aug 22:00USA 114 – 59ESP

Classification Round 5-8 (5 August 1992)

Classification matches.

Match #105 Aug 11:00TCH 74 – 62BRA
Match #205 Aug 20:00ESP 92 – 80
AET
ITA

Semi-Finals (5 August 1992)

Single-elimination.

Match #105 Aug 13:00CHN 109 – 70CUB
Match #205 Aug 22:00EUN 79 – 73USA

Final Round (7 August 1992)

Medal round.

Match 1/207 Aug 22:00EUN 76 – 66CHN
Match 3/407 Aug 13:00USA 88 – 74CUB
Match 5/607 Aug 11:00ESP 59 – 58TCH
Match 7/807 Aug 20:00BRA 86 – 83
AET
ITA

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls