| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | World |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Host: | Germany |
| Dates: | May 26 – June 7 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Federations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 7 |
| Cities: | 7 |
| Champions: | USA |
| Title Number: | 6 |
| Ppg P: |  Arcain (20.2) |
| Ppg T: | (86.0) |
| Rpg P: |  Ferazzoli (11.8) |
| Rpg T: | (39.8) |
| Apg P: |  Chun (6.2) |
| Apg T: | (19.3) |
| Website: | 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women |
| Prevseason: | 1994 |
| Nextseason: | 2002 |
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.
Scores and results from the first round shall be carried over to the second round.
| Team | W–L | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–0 | |||
| 7–2 | |||
| 8–1 | |||
| 4 | 6–3 | ||
| 5 | 5–4 | ||
| 6 | 4–5 | ||
| 7 | 5–4 | ||
| 8 | 3–6 | ||
| 9 | 4–4 | ||
| 10 | 2–6 | ||
| 11 | 3–5 | ||
| 12 | 2–6 | ||
| 13 | 2–3 | ||
| 14 | 1–4 | ||
| 15 | 1–4 | ||
| 16 | 0–5 |