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1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

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1989 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
DatesJuly 23–30
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
1985
1993

The 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Spanish: 1989 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Sub-19 Femenino) 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

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Competing nations

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

Final standings

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

Awards

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 1989 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship winner 

Soviet Union
Second title

References

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