The 1998 FIBA Women's World Championship (German: 1998 FIBA Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft) was hosted by Germany from May 26 to June 7, 1998. The USA won the tournament, defeating Russia 71-65 in the final.

• Münster
• Wuppertal
• Rotenburg/Fulda
• Karlsruhe
• Dessau
• Bremen
• Berlin

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Russia	United States	Australia	Brazil
Spain	Lithuania	Cuba	Slovakia
China	Japan	Germany	Hungary
Argentina	Senegal	DR Congo	South Korea

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	249	154	+95	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Spain	3	2	1	206	172	+34	5
3	China	3	1	2	203	201	+2	4
4	Argentina	3	0	3	136	267	−131	3	Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	259	198	+61	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Japan	3	2	1	265	255	+10	5
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	237	243	−6	4
4	Senegal	3	0	3	167	232	−65	3	Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	279	198	+81	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Cuba	3	2	1	276	237	+39	5
3	Germany (H)	3	1	2	241	219	+22	4
4	DR Congo	3	0	3	142	284	−142	3	Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	224	203	+21	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	179	166	+13	5
3	Hungary	3	1	2	193	198	−5	4
4	South Korea	3	0	3	186	215	−29	3	Qualified for the 13–16th place playoff

Scores and results from the first round shall be carried over to the second round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	427	332	+95	10	Advanced to the quarter-finals
2	Russia	5	4	1	366	346	+20	9
3	Lithuania	5	2	3	345	384	−39	7[a]
4	Spain	5	2	3	370	330	+40	7[a]
5	China	5	1	4	325	377	−52	6[b]	Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff
6	Japan	5	1	4	419	483	−64	6[b]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	430	353	+77	10	Advanced to the quarter-finals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	389	366	+23	9
3	Cuba	5	3	2	446	433	+13	8
4	Slovakia	5	2	3	308	337	−29	7
5	Germany (H)	5	1	4	358	388	−30	6	Qualified for the 9–12th place playoff
6	Hungary	5	0	5	346	400	−54	5

	Classification Semifinals				13th place match
	May 30
	Senegal	67
					May 31
	Argentina	59
					Senegal	70
	May 30
					South Korea	74
	South Korea	97
	DR Congo	60
					15th place match
					May 31
					Argentina	73
					DR Congo	52

	Classification Semifinals				Ninth place match
	June 4
	China	93
					June 5
	Hungary (OT)	95
					Hungary	82
	June 4
					Japan	108
	Japan	88
	Germany	71
					Eleventh place match
					June 5
					China	60
					Germany	90

5th place match

5th–8th place semi-finals

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

E2

Russia

85

F3

Cuba

78

F3

Cuba

63

E2

Russia

82

E4

Spain

80

F1

Australia

76

E4

Spain

54

F1

Australia

87

E4

Spain

70

E2

Russia

65

E3

Lithuania

59

E1

United States

71

E3

Lithuania

70

F2

Brazil

72

7th place match

E3

Lithuania

66

F2

Brazil

79

Bronze medal match

F4

Slovakia

58

E1

United States

93

F3

Cuba (OT)

83

E1

United States

89

F1

Australia

72

F4

Slovakia

81

F4

Slovakia

62

F2

Brazil

67

4 June 1998 18:00

Brazil	72–70	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 39–33, 33–37

4 June 1998 20:00

Slovakia	62–89	United States
Scoring by half: 35–41, 27–48

5 June 1998 18:00

Russia	85–78	Cuba
Scoring by half: 47–33, 38–45

5 June 1998 20:00

Spain	54–87	Australia
Scoring by half: 25–48, 29–39

#	Team	W–L
	United States	9–0
	Russia	7–2
	Australia	8–1
4	Brazil	6–3
5	Spain	5–4
6	Lithuania	4–5
7	Cuba	5–4
8	Slovakia	3–6
9	Japan	4–4
10	Hungary	2–6
11	Germany	3–5
12	China	2–6
13	South Korea	2–3
14	Senegal	1–4
15	Argentina	1–4
16	DR Congo	0–5

1998 World Championship winner
United States Sixth title

• Results
• 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women