Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

International basketball tournament

13th Olympic Basketball Tournament

Barcelona 1992

Tournament details

Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

Host nation

Spain

City

Barcelona

Duration

July 30 - August 7, 1992

Women's tournament

Teams

Medals
Gold medalists	CIS
Silver medalists	China
Bronze medalists	United States

Tournaments

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Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The women's tournament of basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona, Spain, began on July 30 and ended on August 7, when the Unified Team defeated China 76–66 for the gold medal.

Participants

Format

Two groups of four teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the knockout stage.
Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Ties were broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

Head to head results

Schedule

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Thu 30	Fri 31	Sat 1	Sun 2	Mon 3	Tue 4	Wed 5	Thu 6	Fri 7
G		G		G		½		F	B

Squads

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

The best two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals. The United States and Cuba advanced undefeated through the group phase but couldn't reach the finals and ended up facing each other for the bronze medal instead.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	246	230	+16	6	Semifinals
2	Unified Team	3	2	1	244	222	+22	5	Semifinals
3	Brazil	3	1	2	237	241	−4	4	Classification round
4	Italy	3	0	3	190	224	−34	3	Classification round

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

30 July 1992 (1992-07-30)
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Unified Team	89–91	Cuba
Scoring by half: 44–44, 45–47
Pts: Khudashova, Zasulskaya 20 Rebs: Zasulskaya 9 Asts: Sumnikova, Zhyrko 7		Pts: Borrell 28 Rebs: Borrell 9 Asts: Borrell, Hernández, Vigil 3

Brazil	85–70	Italy
Scoring by half: 41–35, 44–35
Pts: Silva 24 Rebs: Sobral 12 Asts: Arcain 7		Pts: Fullin 20 Rebs: Rossi 8 Asts: 4 players 1

Cuba	95–88 (OT)	Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–42, 46–38 Overtime: 15–8
Pts: Borrell 32 Rebs: Martínez 13 Asts: Borrell 3		Pts: Arcain 27 Rebs: Arcain 10 Asts: Silva 9

Unified Team	79–67	Italy
Scoring by half: 49–37, 30–30
Pts: Zasulskaya 22 Rebs: Zasulskaya 12 Asts: Tornikidou 5		Pts: Fullin 20 Rebs: Pollini 10 Asts: Costalunga, Fullin 4

Unified Team	76–64	Brazil
Scoring by half: 48–33, 28–31
Pts: Shvaybovich, Tornikidou 20 Rebs: Khudashova 11 Asts: Tornikidou 5		Pts: Marcari 26 Rebs: Sobral 6 Asts: 4 players 1

Italy	53–60	Cuba
Scoring by half: 26–36, 27–24
Pts: Fullin 16 Rebs: Pollini 8 Asts: Todeschini 4		Pts: Enríquez, Vigil 11 Rebs: Enríquez 13 Asts: 5 players 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	318	181	+137	6	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	205	226	−21	5	Semifinals
3	Spain	3	1	2	181	238	−57	4	Classification round
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	183	242	−59	3	Classification round

Czechoslovakia	55–111	United States
Scoring by half: 33–53, 22–58
Pts: Chupíková, Janoštinová 14 Rebs: Janoštinová 5 Asts: Bieliková, Buriánová, Janoštinová 2		Pts: Cooper 18 Rebs: Dixon 8 Asts: Dixon, Edwards 5

China	66–63	Spain
Scoring by half: 27–31, 39–32
Pts: Peng 19 Rebs: 4 players 4 Asts: Li D., Li X., Liu J. 2		Pts: Ares 20 Rebs: Geuer 8 Asts: 5 players 1

United States	93–67	China
Scoring by half: 47–33, 46–34
Pts: Dixon 19 Rebs: Orr 11 Asts: Edwards 8		Pts: Cong 18 Rebs: Zheng H. 11 Asts: He 6

Czechoslovakia	58–59	Spain
Scoring by half: 30–27, 28–32
Pts: Buriánová 21 Rebs: Buriánová 7 Asts: Buriánová 4		Pts: Álvaro 10 Rebs: Geuer 7 Asts: Ares, Geuer 3

Czechoslovakia	70–72	China
Scoring by half: 31–38, 39–34
Pts: Němcová 15 Rebs: Buriánová 8 Asts: Bieliková 4		Pts: Peng 15 Rebs: Liu Q. 6 Asts: Li X. 9

Spain	59–114	United States
Scoring by half: 32–51, 27–63
Pts: Ares 13 Rebs: Geuer 6 Asts: Ares 4		Pts: Dixon 28 Rebs: McClain 8 Asts: Edwards 6

Semifinals			Gold-medal match

1	United States	73

4	Unified Team	79
			Unified Team	76

			China	66
3	Cuba	70

2	China	109	Bronze-medal match


			United States	88

			Cuba	74

5th−8th-place semifinals			5th-place game

1	Spain	92

4	Italy	80
			Spain	59

			Czechoslovakia	58
3	Brazil	62

2	Czechoslovakia	74	7th-place game


			Italy	83

			Brazil	86

Brazil	62–74	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 34–24, 28–50
Pts: Marcari 16 Rebs: Arcain 5 Asts: Arcain, Silva 4		Pts: Němcová 20 Rebs: Buriánová 10 Asts: Liptáková, Němcová 2

Spain	92–80 (OT)	Italy
Scoring by half: 37–33, 28–32 Overtime: 13–13, 14–2
Pts: Álvaro, Ares 19 Rebs: Geuer 14 Asts: Geuer, Messa, Mújica 3		Pts: Fullin 18 Rebs: Rossi 5 Asts: Fullin 5

Brazil	86–83 (OT)	Italy
Scoring by half: 41–41, 37–37 Overtime: 8–5
Pts: Arcain 25 Rebs: Arcain 12 Asts: Silva 6		Pts: Pollini 28 Rebs: Stanzani 9 Asts: Todeschini 4

Cuba	70–109	China
Scoring by half: 30–57, 40–52
Pts: Borrell 16 Rebs: Borrell 8 Asts: Vigil 2		Pts: Cong X, Li X 20 Rebs: Zheng H 5 Asts: Zheng D 5

United States	73–79	Unified Team
Scoring by half: 41–47, 32–32
Pts: Dixon 12 Rebs: McClain 16 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Zasulskaya 20 Rebs: Zasulskaya 8 Asts: Shvaybovich, Antipova 4

Participants

Format

Schedule

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Classification round 5th−8th place

7th-place game

5th-place game

Semifinals

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Awards

Final standings

References

United States	88–74	Cuba
Scoring by half: 44–44, 44–30
Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: McClain 12 Asts: Edwards 5		Pts: Castillo 16 Rebs: Borrell 9 Asts: Henry 5

Unified Team	76–66	China
Scoring by half: 43–35, 33–31
Pts: Zasulskaya 19 Rebs: Zasulskaya 6 Asts: Sumnikova, Antipova 4		Pts: Li D 12 Rebs: Li D 6 Asts: Li X 4