1979 FIBA World Championship for Women

The 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women was hosted by the South Korea from 1979. USA won the tournament.

Venues

City	Venue
Seoul	Jangchung Gymnasium

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Semifinal round
Bolivia Canada Netherlands South Korea –host	Brazil France Japan Senegal	Australia Italy Malaysia	United States

Final standings

#	Team
1	United States
2	South Korea
3	Canada
4	Australia
5	Italy
6	Japan
7	France
8	Netherlands
9	Brazil
10	Bolivia
11	Malaysia
12	Senegal

Awards

1979 World Championship Winner
United States Third title

References

Results (Archived 2009-05-06)

International women's basketball

FIBA Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Cup of Nations Teams

Africa	FIBA Africa AfroBasket Women

Americas	FIBA Americas FIBA Americas Women's Championship

Asia	FIBA Asia FIBA Asia Women's Championship

Europe	FIBA Europe EuroBasket Women

Oceania	FIBA Oceania FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

Tournaments	Chile 1953 Brazil 1957 Soviet Union 1959 Peru 1964 Czechoslovakia 1967 Brazil 1971 Colombia 1975 South Korea 1979 Brazil 1983 Soviet Union 1986 Malaysia 1990 Australia 1994 Germany 1998 China 2002 Brazil 2006 Czech Republic 2010 Turkey 2014 Spain 2018

Finals	1953 1957 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Squads	1953 1957 1959 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Qualifying tournaments	Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Olympics

Team appearances

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