The 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women (Korean: 1979 FIBA 세계 여자 선수권 대회) was hosted by

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from 29 April to 13 May 1979; the United States won the tournament.

Venues

Competing nations

Squads

Preliminary Round

Group A

(H) – host nation.

Group B

Group C

Classification round

Final round

The United States qualified outright for the final round of the tournament by the virtue of silver medal finish at the 1976 Olympic Games.

Final standings

Awards

References

Results
2009-05-06)
{{FIBA World Championship for Women FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

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