The girls' tournament did not keep spectators in tension as boys' event did. Two teams were by much better than the rest: notorious gold medal grabbers Poland with indispensable WGM Radziewicz at top board and Hungary who sent two Gara sisters to Brazil. The question of who would take bronze medal was open to anyone else.
The two European dominators met in round three as they scored 4/4 each until then. The top clash of the event went on for a 1-all tie. On day four Poland dropped a fraction vs Venezuela while Hungary steamrolled Argentina 2-0. The real horror happened on the last day. Poland won 2-0 and Anita Gara, the older sister, only managed to draw vs 2062 player from South Africa to let the championship slip from their hands since Poland took first place on a basis of second tie-break, that is number of points scored at top board! Venezuela beat Brazil "B" 2-0 on round five to take bronze, thus copying boys' team achievement.