1983 FIBA World Championship for Women squads

The 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women squads were the squads of the 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women. Each one of the 14 teams at the tournament selected a squad of 12 players.^[1]

Ages and clubs listed are as of the tournament start on 24 July 1983.

Source: FIBA Archives ^{[Note 1]}

Bulgarian women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Madka Goltcheva – 5 Larrissa Sachova – 6 Petkana Makaveeva – 7 Mariana Ivanova – 8 Vanya Dermendzhieva 24 – (1958-12-03)3 December 1958 9 Penka Markova 20 – (1963-02-11)11 February 1963 10 Radmila Vasileva 19 – (1964-01-05)5 January 1964 11 Kostadinka Radkova 21 – (1962-06-27)27 June 1962 12 Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova 21 – (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 13 Madlena Staneva 20 – (1963-06-01)1 June 1963 14 Silvia Ghermanova – 14 Krasimira Banova –

Poland women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Krystyna Zagórska 27 – (1956-03-20)20 March 1956 5 Wiesława Konwent – 6 Małgorzata Janowicz 21 – (1962-01-21)21 January 1962 7 Teresa Kępka 23 – (1959-09-03)3 September 1959 8 Mariola Pawlak – 9 Irena Linka 25 – (1958-05-05)5 May 1958 10 Małgorzata Kozera – 11 Grażyna Seweryn 23 – (1959-11-14)14 November 1959 12 Bożena Sędzicka 25 – (1957-09-27)27 September 1957 13 Małgorzata Niemiec 20 – (1963-04-18)18 April 1963 14 Małgorzata Wołujewicz – 15 Halina Iwaniec 30 – (1953-01-05)5 January 1953	Head coach Witold Huciński

Yugoslavia women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Slavica Šuka 23 – (1959-08-06)6 August 1959 5 Snežana Božinović 19 – (1963-12-23)23 December 1963 6 Jelica Komnenović 23 – (1960-04-16)16 April 1960 7 Olivera Čangalović 23 – (1960-03-07)7 March 1960 8 Olivera Krivokapić 20 – (1962-09-06)6 September 1962 9 Stojna Vangelovska 19 – (1964-02-05)5 February 1964 10 Slađana Golić 23 – (1960-02-12)12 February 1960 11 Polona Dornik 20 – (1962-11-20)20 November 1962 12 Biljana Majstorović 23 – (1959-12-31)31 December 1959 13 Jasmina Perazić 22 – (1960-12-06)6 December 1960 14 Cvetana Dekleva 20 – (1963-04-24)24 April 1963 15 Marija Uzelac 25 – (1958-02-22)22 February 1958	Head coach Milan Vasojević

Soviet Union women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Ramune-Neringa Shidlauskaite 22 – (1961-06-28)28 June 1961 5 Olga Korosteleva 28 – (1954-08-24)24 August 1954 6 Olesya Barel 23 – (1960-02-09)9 February 1960 7 Tania Beloshapko – 8 Olga Buryakina 25 – (1958-03-17)17 March 1958 9 Nadia Olknova – 10 Uljana Semjonova 31 – (1952-03-09)9 March 1952 11 Lyudmila Rogozhina 24 – (1959-05-02)2 May 1959 12 Elena Chausova 25 – (1957-07-30)30 July 1957 13 Olga Sukharnova – 14 Vida Besselene – 15 Galina Savitskaya 22 – (1961-07-13)13 July 1961

The United States qualified directly to the semifinal round as defending FIBA World Champions. Brazil qualified directly to the semifinal round as hosts.

United States women's national basketball team – 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Patty Hedges – 5 Cheryl Lynn Cook 20 – (1963-03-15)15 March 1963 6 Lynette Woodard 23 – (1959-08-12)12 August 1959 7 Anne Theresa Donovan 21 – (1961-11-01)1 November 1961 8 LaTaunya Pollard – 9 Cheryl Miller 19 – (1964-02-03)3 February 1964 10 Janice Lawrence – 11 Cindy Noble 24 – (1958-11-14)14 November 1958 12 Kimberly Mulkey 21 – (1962-05-17)17 May 1962 13 Denise Marie Curry 23 – (1959-08-22)22 August 1959 14 Pamela Denise McGee 20 – (1962-12-01)1 December 1962 15 Lisa Ingram 19 – (1964-07-14)14 July 1964