1993 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

The 1993 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Korean: 1993 FIBA 19 세 이하 세계 여자 선수권 대회) took place in South Korea from 1 to 8 August 1993. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Korea Basketball Association, the Korean national federation.

1993 FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nationSouth Korea
DatesAugust 1 – August 8
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Champions Australia
(1st title)
MVP Michelle Brogan
< 1989
1997 >

Twelve national teams competed for the championship. Australia came away with the Gold medal by defeating Russia 72-54 in the final.[1]

Competing nations

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

Final standings
# Team W-L
Australia 7-0
Russia 5-2
Poland 5-2
4 South Korea 4-3
5 Brazil 5-2
6 France 3-4
7 United States 5-2
8 Japan 2-5
9 Bulgaria 3-4
10 Zaire 1-6
11 China 2-5
12 Chinese Taipei 0-7

Awards
 1993 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship Winner 

Australia
First title


Most Valuable Player
Michelle Brogan

References
  1. FIBA Archive. 1993 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2014-01-08
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