1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation	Spain
Dates	July 23 – 30
Teams	12 (from 5 federations)
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
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The 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in Spain from 23 to 30 July 1989. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Spanish Basketball Federation.

Twelve national teams competed for the championship. Soviet Union came away with the Gold medal by defeating Yugoslavia 109-93 in the final.^[1]

Venues

• Bilbao

Competing nations

Except Spain, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:

FIBA Africa (1)  Zaire FIBA Asia (2)  China  South Korea

FIBA Americas (3)  Brazil  Cuba  United States FIBA Oceania (1)  Australia

FIBA Europe (5)  Spain (Host)  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia  Bulgaria

Final standings

#	Team	W-L
	Soviet Union	7-0
	Yugoslavia	5-2
	Australia	5-2
4	Czechoslovakia	4-3
5	Spain	5-2
6	South Korea	4-3
7	United States	3-4
8	Brazil	2-5
9	China	2-5
10	Cuba	2-5
11	Bulgaria	3-4
12	Zaire	0-7

Awards

1989 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship Winner
Soviet Union Second title

References

1. FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2014-01-08

External links

• Official Web of 1989 FIBA World Championship for Junior Women.