1959 FIBA World Championship for Women

1959 FIBA World Championship
for Women
th FIBA World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation Soviet Union
Dates 10–18 October
Teams 8
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Soviet Union (1st title)
< 1957
1964 >

The 1958 FIBA World Championship for Women was the third FIBA World Championship for Women basketball championship held by FIBA. It was held in the Soviet Union between 10 October and 18 October 1959. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Moscow hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won its first title after finishing in first place in round-robin group. The United States were the defending champions, but did not participate in the tournament.

Results

The tournament consisted of a single round-robin group. Every team played each other once and the top team in the group was declared champion.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 7 7 0 467 263+204 14
 Bulgaria 7 6 1 403 318+85 13
 Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 467 358+109 12
 Yugoslavia 7 3 4 317 39578 10
 Poland 7 3 4 362 3708 10
 Romania 7 2 5 312 37159 9
 Hungary 7 2 5 323 431108 9
 South Korea 7 0 7 299 444145 7
10 October
11:00
Czechoslovakia  7661  Poland
Scoring by half: 48–32, 28–29
Pts: Hubálková 29 Pts: Roga 19
10 October
12:30
Romania  5241  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–18, 28–23
Pts: Romfeld 17 Pts: Ok 12
10 October
19:00
Bulgaria  7041  Hungary
Scoring by half: 43–18, 27–23
Pts: Vojnova 13 Pts: Kovács 12
10 October
20:30
Yugoslavia  4280  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 23–35, 19–45
Pts: Krvavica 16 Pts: Kostikova 24
11 October
16:00
Czechoslovakia  5538  Romania
Scoring by half: 34–26, 21–12
Pts: Grubrová, Mázlová 14 Pts: Rakovica 15
11 October
17:30
Hungary  4948  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 24–25, 25–23
Pts: Parti 13 Pts: Radovanović 11
11 October
19:00
Poland  4567  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 27–40, 18–27
Pts: Bajer 12 Pts: Kostikova 19
12 October
18:00
South Korea  4248  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 28–24, 14–24
Pts: Za 14 Pts: Kuzova, Vojnova 17
12 October
19:30
Romania  4552  Poland
Scoring by half: 30–27, 15–25
Pts: Nikolescu 17 Pts: Szostak 13
12 October
21:00
Soviet Union  5129  Hungary
Scoring by half: 25–15, 26–14
Pts: Maksimelianova 13 Pts: Lik, Parti 5
13 October
19:00
Yugoslavia  5047  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–24, 23–23
Pts: Radovanović 24 Pts: Za 13
13 October
20:30
Bulgaria  5447  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 27–24, 27–23
Pts: Calkaskanova 16 Pts: Hubálková 23
14 October
11:00
South Korea  2489  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 12–47, 12–42
Pts: Suk 8 Pts: Maksimelianova 22
14 October
12:30
Romania  3764  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 15–32, 22–32
Pts: Kraus 12 Pts: Vojnova 12
14 October
19:00
Poland  6240  Hungary
Scoring by half: 36–19, 26–21
Pts: Roga 23 Pts: Koren 10
14 October
20:30
Czechoslovakia  7943  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 45–21, 34–22
Pts: Hubálková 15 Pts: Baraga, Ciprus 9
15 October
19:00
Yugoslavia  4038  Romania
Scoring by half: 22–13, 18–25
Pts: Krvavica 12 Pts: Kukuruz 12
15 October
20:30
Soviet Union  5946  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–22
Pts: Maksimelianova 17 Pts: Hubálková, Mázlová 10
16 October
19:00
Hungary  6257  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–31, 35–26
Pts: Koren 14 Pts: Za 18
16 October
19:00
Bulgaria  6248  Poland
Scoring by half: 31–20, 31–28
Pts: Vojnova 18 Pts: Olesevicz 16
17 October
11:00
Poland  5938  South Korea
Scoring by half: 26–14, 33–24
Pts: Roga 19 Pts: Ok 12
17 October
12:30
Romania  3970  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 18–37, 21–33
Pts: Rakovica 11 Pts: Smildziņa-Budovska 17
17 October
17:00
Czechoslovakia  8053  Hungary
Scoring by half: 38–28, 42–25
Pts: Hubálková 32 Pts: Koren 12
17 October
18:30
Bulgaria  6752  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 44–26, 23–26
Pts: Borisova 17 Pts: Kalušević 14
18 October
12:00
South Korea  5084  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 22–50, 28–34
Pts: Ok, Sin 13 Pts: Mázlová 19
18 October
13:30
Hungary  4963  Romania
Scoring by half: 24–42, 25–21
Pts: Kalo 11 Pts: Nikolescu 18
18 October
15:00
Yugoslavia  4235  Poland
Scoring by half: 22–20, 20–15
Pts: Radovanović 11 Pts: Olesevicz 16
18 October
16:30
Soviet Union  5138  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 21–16, 30–22
Pts: Smildziņa-Budovska 26 Pts: Vojnova 12

Awards

 1959 World Championship Winner 

Soviet Union
First title

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.