World basketball championship—women

year winner runner-up

1953 United States Chile

1957 United States U.S.S.R.

1959 U.S.S.R. Bulgaria

1964 U.S.S.R. Czechoslovakia

1967 U.S.S.R. South Korea

1971 U.S.S.R. Czechoslovakia

1975 U.S.S.R. Japan

1976* U.S.S.R. United States

1979 United States South Korea

1980* U.S.S.R. Bulgaria

1983 U.S.S.R. United States

1984* United States South Korea

1986 United States U.S.S.R.

1988* United States Yugoslavia

1990 United States Yugoslavia

1992* Unified Team** China

1994 Brazil China

1996* United States Brazil

1998 United States Russia

2000* United States Australia

2002 United States Russia

2004* United States Australia

2006 Australia Russia

*Olympic championships, recognized as world championships.

**Athletes from the Commonwealth of Independent States plus Georgia.