| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Host: | Brazil |
| Dates: | 24 July – 6 August |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Federations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Champions: | Soviet Union |
| Title Number: | 6 |
| Website: | 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women |
| Prevseason: | 1979 |
| Nextseason: | 1986 |
The 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women (Portuguese: Campeonato Mundial Feminino Fiba de 1983) was the ninth FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 24 July to 6 August 1983. The Soviet Union won their sixth world championship, defeating the United States 84–82 in the final.
| City | Venue | |
|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | Nilson Nelson Gymnasium | |
| Porto Alegre | Gigantinho | |
| Rio de Janeiro | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | |
| Ginásio do Ibirapuera (Ibirapuera) |
| width=25% | Group A | width=25% | Group B | width=25% | Group C | width=25% | Semifinal round |
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| – host |
See main article: 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women squads.
The top two teams in each group advance to the semifinal round, while the bottom two teams played in the classification round.
|}Source: FIBA Archives
The United States qualified for the semifinal round by the virtue of winning the previous world championship, while Brazil qualified as hosts. A total of 25 matches were played in the semifinal round. Results between two teams from the Preliminary Round carried over; teams only played teams they had not already played.
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