Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

{{Infobox basketball tournament at games|type=Olympics|city=Barcelona|year=1992|logo=|games=1992 Summer Olympics|host=Spain|dates=July 30 - August 7, 1992|women_teams=8|women_gold=CIS|women_silver=China|women_bronze=United States|website=|prev=Seoul 1988|next=Atlanta 1996}}

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

{{Bkw|BRA}}
{{Bkw|CHN}}
{{flagIOC|EUN}}
{{Bkw|CUB}}
{{Bkw|TCH}}
{{Bkw|ITA}}
{{Bkw|ESP}}
{{Bkw|USA}}

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

class="wikitable olympic-schedule basketball"

! Thu 30

Fri 31

Sat 1

Sun 2

Mon 3

Tue 4

Wed 5

Thu 6

colspan="2"| Fri 7

class="team-group"| G

class="team-sf" | ½

class="team-final" | F

class="team-bronze"| B

Squads

{{main|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=

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|for_against_style=points

|team_order=CUB, CIS, BRA, ITA

|win_CUB=3 |loss_CUB=0 |gf_CUB=246 |ga_CUB=230

|win_CIS=2 |loss_CIS=1 |gf_CIS=244 |ga_CIS=222

|win_BRA=1 |loss_BRA=2 |gf_BRA=237 |ga_BRA=241

|win_ITA=0 |loss_ITA=3 |gf_ITA=190 |ga_ITA=224

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|name_CIS={{flagdeco|IOC}} Unified Team

|name_CUB={{bkw|CUB}}

|name_ITA={{bkw|ITA}}

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=CR |result4=CR

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|res_col_header=Q

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|col_CR=red1 |text_CR=Classification round

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|7|30|df=yes}}|time=13:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = Unified Team {{flagdeco|IOC}} | scoreA = 89

| teamB = {{Bkw|CUB}} | scoreB = 91

| H1 = 44–44 | H2 = 45–47

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| points1 = Khudashova, Zasulskaya 20

| rebounds1 = Zasulskaya 9

| assist1 = Sumnikova, Zhyrko 7

| points2 = Borrell 28

| rebounds2 = Borrell 9

| assist2 = Borrell, Hernández, Vigil 3

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|7|30|df=yes}}|time=22:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|BRA}} | scoreA = 85

| teamB = {{Bkw|ITA}} | scoreB = 70

| H1 = 41–35 | H2 = 44–35

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729230452/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/2/grid/A/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Silva 24

| rebounds1 = Sobral 12

| assist1 = Arcain 7

| points2 = Fullin 20

| rebounds2 = Rossi 8

| assist2 = 4 players 1

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|1|df=yes}}|time=11:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CUB}} | scoreA = 95

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA}} | scoreB = 88

| H1 = 34–42 | H2 = 46–38 | OT = 15–8

| report = [https://archive.today/20130216013612/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/A/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Borrell 32

| rebounds1 = Martínez 13

| assist1 = Borrell 3

| points2 = Arcain 27

| rebounds2 = Arcain 10

| assist2 = Silva 9

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|1|df=yes}}|time=22:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = Unified Team {{flagdeco|IOC}} | scoreA = 79

| teamB = {{Bkw|ITA}} | scoreB = 67

| H1 = 49–37 | H2 = 30–30

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| points1 = Zasulskaya 22

| rebounds1 = Zasulskaya 12

| assist1 = Tornikidou 5

| points2 = Fullin 20

| rebounds2 = Pollini 10

| assist2 = Costalunga, Fullin 4

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|3|df=yes}}|time=11:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = Unified Team {{flagdeco|IOC}} | scoreA = 76

| teamB = {{Bkw|BRA}} | scoreB = 64

| H1 = 48–33 | H2 = 28–31

| report = [https://archive.today/20130216013233/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/A/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Shvaybovich, Tornikidou 20

| rebounds1 = Khudashova 11

| assist1 = Tornikidou 5

| points2 = Marcari 26

| rebounds2 = Sobral 6

| assist2 = 4 players 1

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|3|df=yes}}|time=13:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ITA}} | scoreA = 53

| teamB = {{Bkw|CUB}} | scoreB = 60

| H1 = 26–36 | H2 = 27–24

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729224536/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/6/grid/A/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Fullin 16

| rebounds1 = Pollini 8

| assist1 = Todeschini 4

| points2 = Enríquez, Vigil 11

| rebounds2 = Enríquez 13

| assist2 = 5 players 1

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Group B=

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|for_against_style=points

|team_order=USA, CHN, ESP, TCH

|win_USA=3 |loss_USA=0 |gf_USA=318 |ga_USA=181

|win_CHN=2 |loss_CHN=1 |gf_CHN=205 |ga_CHN=226

|win_ESP=1 |loss_ESP=2 |gf_ESP=181 |ga_ESP=238

|win_TCH=0 |loss_TCH=3 |gf_TCH=183 |ga_TCH=242

|name_CHN={{bkw|CHN}}

|name_TCH={{bkw|TCH}}

|name_ESP={{bkw|ESP}}

|name_USA={{bkw|USA}}

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=CR |result4=CR

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|7|30|df=yes}}|time=11:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}} | scoreA = 55

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA}} | scoreB = 111

| H1 = 33–53 | H2 = 22–58

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| points1 = Chupíková, Janoštinová 14

| rebounds1 = Janoštinová 5

| assist1 = Bieliková, Buriánová, Janoštinová 2

| points2 = Cooper 18

| rebounds2 = Dixon 8

| assist2 = Dixon, Edwards 5

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|7|30|df=yes}}|time=20:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|CHN}} | scoreA = 66

| teamB = {{Bkw|ESP}} | scoreB = 63

| H1 = 27–31 | H2 = 39–32

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| points1 = Peng 19

| rebounds1 = 4 players 4

| assist1 = Li D., Li X., Liu J. 2

| points2 = Ares 20

| rebounds2 = Geuer 8

| assist2 = 5 players 1

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|1|df=yes}}|time=11:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|USA}} | scoreA = 93

| teamB = {{Bkw|CHN}} | scoreB = 67

| H1 = 47–33 | H2 = 46–34

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729230040/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/B/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Dixon 19

| rebounds1 = Orr 11

| assist1 = Edwards 8

| points2 = Cong 18

| rebounds2 = Zheng H. 11

| assist2 = He 6

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|1|df=yes}}|time=20:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}} | scoreA = 58

| teamB = {{Bkw|ESP}} | scoreB = 59

| H1 = 30–27 | H2 = 28–32

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729230038/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/4/grid/B/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Buriánová 21

| rebounds1 = Buriánová 7

| assist1 = Buriánová 4

| points2 = Álvaro 10

| rebounds2 = Geuer 7

| assist2 = Ares, Geuer 3

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|3|df=yes}}|time=20:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}} | scoreA = 70

| teamB = {{Bkw|CHN}} | scoreB = 72

| H1 = 31–38 | H2 = 39–34

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| points1 = Němcová 15

| rebounds1 = Buriánová 8

| assist1 = Bieliková 4

| points2 = Peng 15

| rebounds2 = Liu Q. 6

| assist2 = Li X. 9

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|3|df=yes}}|time=22:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ESP}} | scoreA = 59

| teamB = {{Bkw|USA}} | scoreB = 114

| H1 = 32–51 | H2 = 27–63

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210729231957/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/6/grid/B/rid/1064/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Ares 13

| rebounds1 = Geuer 6

| assist1 = Ares 4

| points2 = Dixon 28

| rebounds2 = McClain 8

| assist2 = Edwards 6

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

Knockout stage

{{4TeamBracket |RD1 = Semifinals |RD2 = Gold-medal match |RD2b = Bronze-medal match |RD1-team1 = {{Bkw|USA}} |RD1-score1 = 73 |RD1-team2 = {{flagdeco|IOC}} Unified Team |RD1-score2 = 79 |RD1-team3 = {{Bkw|CUB}}|RD1-score3 = 70 |RD1-team4 = {{Bkw|CHN}}|RD1-score4 = 109 |RD2-team1 = {{flagdeco|IOC}} Unified Team|RD2-score1 = 76|RD2-team2 = {{Bkw|CHN}} |RD2-score2 = 66 |RD2-team3 = {{Bkw|USA}}|RD2-score3 = 88 |RD2-team4 = {{Bkw|CUB}}|RD2-score4 = 74}}

{{4TeamBracket |RD1 = 5th−8th-place semifinals |RD2 = 5th-place game|RD2b = 7th-place game|RD1-team1 = {{Bkw|ESP}}|RD1-score1 = 92|RD1-team2 = {{Bkw|ITA}}|RD1-score2 = 80|RD1-team3 = {{Bkw|BRA}}|RD1-score3 = 62|RD1-team4 = {{Bkw|TCH}}|RD1-score4 = 74|RD2-team1 = {{Bkw|ESP}}|RD2-score1 = 59|RD2-team2 = {{Bkw|TCH}}|RD2-score2 = 58|RD2-team3 = {{Bkw|ITA}}|RD2-score3 = 83|RD2-team4 = {{Bkw|BRA}}|RD2-score4 = 86}}

=Classification round 5th−8th place=

Semifinals

{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|5|df=yes}}|time=11:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|BRA}} |scoreA = 62

| teamB = {{Bkw|TCH}} |scoreB = 74

| H1 = 34–24 |H2 = 28–50

| report = [https://archive.today/20130216013607/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/1/rid/1065/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Marcari 16

| rebounds1 = Arcain 5

| assist1 = Arcain, Silva 4

| points2 = Němcová 20

| rebounds2 = Buriánová 10

| assist2 = Liptáková, Němcová 2

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|5|df=yes}}|time=20:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|ESP}} | scoreA = 92

| teamB = {{Bkw|ITA}} | scoreB = 80

| H1 = 37–33 | H2 = 28–32 |OT = 13–13, 14–2

| report = [https://archive.today/20130410234739/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/1065/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Álvaro, Ares 19

| rebounds1 = Geuer 14

| assist1 = Geuer, Messa, Mújica 3

| points2 = Fullin 18

| rebounds2 = Rossi 5

| assist2 = Fullin 5

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

==7th-place game==

{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|7|df=yes}}|time=22:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|BRA}} | scoreA = 86

| teamB = {{Bkw|ITA}} |scoreB = 83

| H1 = 41–41 | H2 = 37–37 | OT = 8–5

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102013/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/1/rid/1066/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Arcain 25

| rebounds1 = Arcain 12

| assist1 = Silva 6

| points2 = Pollini 28

| rebounds2 = Stanzani 9

| assist2 = Todeschini 4

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

==5th-place game==

{{basketballbox|date={{Start date|1992|8|7|df=yes}}|time=11:00|place=Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Barcelona

| teamA = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}} | scoreA = 58

| teamB = {{Bkw|ESP}} | scoreB = 59

| H1 = 29–25 | H2 = 29–34

| report = [https://archive.today/20130409151748/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/1066/sid/2950/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore]

| points1 = Bieliková 14

| rebounds1 = Buriánová 4

| assist1 = Bieliková, Chupíková 2

| points2 = Geuer 11

| rebounds2 = Geuer 9

| assist2 = Ares, Messa 3

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Basketballbox|date=August 5 |place= Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona

|time=13:00

|teamA={{Bkw-rt|CUB}}|scoreA=70

|teamB={{Bkw|CHN}}|scoreB=109

|H1=30–57

|H2=40–52

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/32791 Boxscore]

|assist2=Zheng D 5

|points2=Cong X, Li X 20

|rebounds2=Zheng H 5

|points1=Borrell 16

|rebounds1=Borrell 8

|assist1=Vigil 2

}}

{{Basketballbox|date=August 5 |place= Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona

|time=22:00

|teamA={{Bkw-rt|USA}}|scoreA=73

|teamB={{flagdeco|IOC}} Unified Team|scoreB=79

|H1=41–47

|H2=32–32

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/32790 Boxscore]

|assist2=Shvaybovich, Antipova 4

|points2=Zasulskaya 20

|rebounds2=Zasulskaya 8

|points1=Dixon 12

|rebounds1=McClain 16

|assist1=three players 3

}}

=Bronze-medal game=

{{Basketballbox|bg=#FFDAB9 |date=August 7 |place= Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona

|time=13:00

|teamA={{Bronze3}} {{Bkw-rt|USA}} |scoreA=88

|teamB={{Bkw|CUB}} |scoreB=74

|H1=44–44

|H2=44–30

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/32786 Boxscore]

|points1=Edwards 18

|rebounds1=McClain 12

|assist1=Edwards 5

|points2=Castillo 16

|rebounds2=Borrell 9

|assist2=Henry 5

}}

=Gold-medal game=

{{Basketballbox|bg=#F7F6A8 |date=August 7 |place= Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona

|time=22:00

|teamA={{Gold1}} Unified Team {{flagdeco|IOC}} |scoreA=76

|teamB={{Bkw|CHN}} {{Silver2}} |scoreB=66

|H1=43–35

|H2=33–31

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/32785 Boxscore]

|points1=Zasulskaya 19

|rebounds1=Zasulskaya 6

|assist1=Sumnikova, Antipova 4

|points2=Li D 12

|rebounds2=Li D 6

|assist2=Li X 4

}}

==Awards==

class=wikitable style="text-align:center;

!1992 Olympic Basketball Champions

{{flagdeco|IOC}}
Unified Team
First title

Final standings

Rank	width=150px\|Team	width=20px\|W	width=20px\|L
class=wikitable
align=center \| {{Gold1}}	align=left\|{{flagdeco\|IOC}} Unified Team	4	1
align=center \| {{Silver2}}	align=left\|{{Bkw\|CHN}}	3	2
align=center \| {{Bronze3}}	align=left\|{{Bkw\|USA}}	4	1
align=center \| 4th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|CUB}}	3	2
colspan=4\|Eliminated at the preliminary round
align=center \| 5th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|ESP}}	3	2
align=center \| 6th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|TCH}}	1	4
align=center \| 7th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|BRA}}	2	3
align=center \| 8th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|ITA}}	0	5

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

Category:Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992

Rank	width=150px\|Team	width=20px\|W	width=20px\|L
class=wikitable
align=center \| {{Gold1}}	align=left\|{{flagdeco\|IOC}} Unified Team	4	1
align=center \| {{Silver2}}	align=left\|{{Bkw\|CHN}}	3	2
align=center \| {{Bronze3}}	align=left\|{{Bkw\|USA}}	4	1
align=center \| 4th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|CUB}}	3	2
colspan=4\|Eliminated at the preliminary round
align=center \| 5th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|ESP}}	3	2
align=center \| 6th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|TCH}}	1	4
align=center \| 7th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|BRA}}	2	3
align=center \| 8th	align=left\|{{Bkw\|ITA}}	0	5