1967 FIBA World Championship for Women

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1967 FIBA World Championship
for Women
5th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host countryCzechoslovakia
Dates15–22 April
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSouth Korea Park Shin-ja[2]
Top scorerBrazil Nilsa Gurcia[1]
(21.7 points per game)
← 1964
1971 →

The 1967 FIBA World Championship for Women (Czech: Mistrovství světa FIBA žen v roce 1967) was hosted by Czechoslovakia from 1967. The Soviet Union, a team considered "tall, strong, fast, and highly motivated",[3] won the tournament, defeating South Korea 83-50 in the final. Korean captain Park Shin-ja was selected as the tournament's MVP, becoming the first player from a runner-up squad to ever capture the award.[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 3 0 229 122 +107 6
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 3 2 1 169 184 −15 5
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 2 122 167 −45 4
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 0 3 133 180 −47 3

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2 2 0 143 122 +21 4
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 2 1 1 107 106 +1 3
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2 0 2 95 117 −22 2

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 3 3 0 161 152 +9 6
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 2 1 156 146 +10 5
File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria 3 1 2 167 172 −5 4
File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg Brazil 3 0 3 178 192 −14 3

Classification round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria 4 4 0 263 179 +84 8
File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg Brazil 4 3 1 246 217 +29 7
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4 1 3 188 224 −36 5
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 4 1 3 204 234 −30 5
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 1 3 171 218 −47 5

Final round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 5 5 0 371 259 +112 10
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 5 4 1 340 339 +1 9
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 315 263 +52 8
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 5 2 3 277 296 −19 7
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5 1 4 250 309 −59 6
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 5 0 5 269 356 −87 5

Final standings

# Team
File:Med 1.png 1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Med 2.png 2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Med 3.png 3 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
4 File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
5 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
6 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia
7 File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967).svg Bulgaria
8 File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg Brazil
9 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
10 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
11 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Awards

 1967 World Championship winner 
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
Third title

References

  1. ↑ "1967 World Championship for Women, 15 to 22 Apr. 1967 - Prague in Czechoslovakia. Points per Game: All Rounds". FIBA Archive. FIBA. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wŏn, Hŭi-bok (2012). K-sports: A New Breed of Rising Champions. Korean Culture and Information Service. p. 24. ISBN 9788973755653.
  3. ↑ Maraniss, Andrew (September 13, 2022). Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First US Women's Olympic Basketball Team. Penguin Young Readers. p. 57. ISBN 9780593351253.
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