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1998 European Promotion Cup for Women

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
City	Oberpullendorf
Dates	16–20 June 1998
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Austria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Luxembourg
Third place	Cyprus
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The 1998 European Promotion Cup for Women was the fifth edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for Women, today known as FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries. The tournament took place in Oberpullendorf, Austria, from 16 to 20 June 1998. Austria women's national basketball team won the tournament for the third time.

Participating teams

•  Armenia
•  Austria
•  Cyprus
•  Gibraltar
•  Iceland
•  Luxembourg
•  Malta
•  Wales

First round

In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of four. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, the other teams will play in the 5th–8th place playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxembourg	3	3	0	190	144	+46	6	Semifinals
2	Iceland	3	2	1	209	136	+73	5
3	Malta	3	1	2	162	185	−23	4	5th–8th place playoffs
4	Gibraltar	3	0	3	119	215	−96	3

Iceland

48–56

Luxembourg

Malta

55–50

Gibraltar

Gibraltar

29–90

Iceland

Luxembourg

64–56

Malta

Iceland

71–51

Malta

Gibraltar

40–70

Luxembourg

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	259	85	+174	6	Semifinals
2	Cyprus	3	2	1	155	158	−3	5
3	Armenia	3	1	2	143	204	−61	4	5th–8th place playoffs
4	Wales	3	0	3	103	213	−110	3

Austria

73–24

Cyprus

Armenia

63–37

Wales

Armenia

30–100

Austria

Cyprus

64–35

Wales

Austria

86–31

Wales

Armenia

50–67

Cyprus

5th–8th place playoffs

	5th–8th place semifinals					5th place match
	A4	Gibraltar	62
	B3	Armenia	59
						A4	Gibraltar	51
						A3	Malta	62
	B4	Wales	50
	A3	Malta	56			7th place match
						B3	Armenia	42
						B4	Wales	41

5th–8th place semifinals

Gibraltar

62–59

Armenia

Wales

50–56

Malta

7th place match

Armenia

42–41

Wales

5th place match

Gibraltar

51–62

Malta

Championship playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A2	Iceland	45
	B1	Austria	65
						B1	Austria	85
						A1	Luxembourg	45
	B2	Cyprus	62
	A1	Luxembourg	71			3rd place match
						A2	Iceland	51
						B2	Cyprus	53

Semifinals

Iceland

45–65

Austria

Cyprus

62–71

Luxembourg

3rd place match

Iceland

51–53

Cyprus

Final

Austria

85–45

Luxembourg

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Austria
	Luxembourg
	Cyprus
4	Iceland
5	Malta
6	Gibraltar
7	Armenia
8	Wales

References

1. FIBA Archive

• FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries
• 1998–99 in European women's basketball
• International sports competitions hosted by Austria
• Basketball in Austria
• 1998 in Austrian sport
• June 1998 sports events in Europe