Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament explained

Gender:women
Type:Olympics
Year:1988
Size:150
Dates:19–29 September 1988
Teams:8
Games:20
Federations:4
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:USA
Title Number:2
Ppg P: Slavcheva (19.6)
Ppg T: (92.2)
Rpg P: McClain (10.4)
Rpg T: (35.6)
Apg P: Edwards,
Maher (3.4)
Apg T: (12.0)
Prevseason:Los Angeles 1984
Nextseason:Barcelona 1992

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The women's tournament in basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul began on 19 September and ended on 29 September.

The United States won their second gold medal (and second consecutive gold medal) after defeating Yugoslavia, 77–70, in the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

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Qualification

A NOC could enter one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country and the winners from the previous edition. The remaining teams were decided by a tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where the top six teams earned a spot.

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Olympic Champions
– Olympic hosts

Squads

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters. Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Classification round

5th–8th Place

Classification 5–8 semifinals

Classification 7–8
Classification 5–6

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Rankings are determined by classification games:

RankWomen
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5 5 0
5 3 2
5 3 2
4th 5 2 3
Eliminated in the group round
5th 5 3 2
6th 5 2 3
7th 5 2 3
8th 5 0 5

References