1997 ABC Championship for Women

The 1997 ABC Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was held on Bangkok, Thailand from April 27 to May 5. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The last finisher of Level I is relegated to Level II and the top finisher of Level II qualify for Level I 1999's championship.

1997 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women
17th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
DatesApril 27 – May 5
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (10th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSouth Korea Yoo Young-Joo

Participating teams edit

Level I Level II – Group A Level II – Group B

  China
  South Korea
  Japan
  Chinese Taipei
  Kyrgyzstan
  Thailand

  Kazakhstan
  Indonesia
  India
  Singapore

  Hong Kong
  Malaysia
  Macau
  Sri Lanka

Preliminary round edit

Level I edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  South Korea 5 5 0 410 343 +67 10
  China 5 4 1 465 340 +125 9
  Japan 5 3 2 445 351 +94 8
  Chinese Taipei 5 2 3 392 423 −31 7
  Thailand 5 1 4 327 462 −135 6
  Kyrgyzstan 5 0 5 350 470 −120 5
April 27
Chinese Taipei   76–88   South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–49, 35–39
April 27
Thailand   83–79   Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 48–42, 35–37
April 27
China   97–77   Japan
Scoring by half: 46–33, 51–44
April 28
Kyrgyzstan   61–100   China
Scoring by half: 30–55, 31–45
April 28
Chinese Taipei   100–64   Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–39, 50–25
April 28
South Korea   73–71   Japan
Scoring by half: 44–34, 29–37
April 29
Chinese Taipei   90–74   Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 40–34, 50–40
April 29
Thailand   41–88   Japan
Scoring by half: 19–44, 22–44
April 29
China   65–72   South Korea
Scoring by half: 36–38, 29–34
May 1
Chinese Taipei   62–103   China
Scoring by half: 43–57, 19–46
May 1
Japan   115–76   Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 57–37, 58–39
May 1
South Korea   95–71   Thailand
Scoring by half: 56–32, 39–39
May 2
South Korea   82–60   Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 46–29, 36–31
May 2
Thailand   68–100   China
Scoring by half: 34–53, 34–47
May 2
Japan   94–64   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 43–33, 51–31

Level II – Group A edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 234 148 +86 6
  India 3 2 1 224 156 +68 5
  Indonesia 3 1 2 167 212 −45 4
  Singapore 3 0 3 123 232 −109 3
April 27
Kazakhstan   66–54   India
Scoring by half: 34–25, 32–29
April 28
Singapore   36–87   Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 14–40, 22–47
April 29
India   86–48   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 44–18, 42–30
April 30
Indonesia   58–81   Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 31–39, 27–42
May 1
India   84–42   Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–16, 33–26
May 2
Singapore   45–61   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 20–24, 25–37

Level II – Group B edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Malaysia 3 3 0 243 112 +131 6
  Hong Kong 3 2 1 213 132 +81 5
  Sri Lanka 3 1 2 113 206 −93 4
  Macau 3 0 3 119 238 −119 3
April 27
Hong Kong   82–36   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 48–14, 34–22
April 28
Macau   32–86   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 13–51, 19–35
April 29
Sri Lanka   24–80   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 20–40, 4–40
April 30
Malaysia   64–45   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 35–24, 29–21
May 1
Sri Lanka   53–44   Macau
Scoring by half: 30–20, 23–24
May 2
Macau   43–99   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 20–55, 23–44

Classification 7th–14th edit

13th place edit

May 4
Singapore   77–49   Macau
Scoring by half: 35–25, 42–24

11th place edit

May 4
Indonesia   61–29   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 27–15, 34–14

9th place edit

May 5
India   69–60   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–27, 31–33

7th place edit

May 5
Kazakhstan   62–45   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 27–18, 35–27

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
May 4
 
 
  China77
 
May 5
 
  Japan90
 
  Japan61
 
May 4
 
  South Korea74
 
  South Korea92
 
 
  Chinese Taipei77
 
3rd place
 
 
May 5
 
 
  China101
 
 
  Chinese Taipei63

Semifinals edit

May 4
China   77–90   Japan
Scoring by half: 39–48, 38–42
May 4
South Korea   92–77   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 56–43, 36–34

3rd place edit

May 5
China   101–63   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 59–28, 42–35

Final edit

May 5
Japan   61–74   South Korea
Scoring by half: 38–43, 23–31

Final standing edit

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women
Rank Team Record
    South Korea 7–0
    Japan 4–3
    China 5–2
4   Chinese Taipei 2–5
5   Thailand 1–4
6   Kyrgyzstan 0–5
7   Kazakhstan 4–0
8   Malaysia 3–1
9   India 3–1
10   Hong Kong 2–2
11   Indonesia 2–2
12   Sri Lanka 1–3
13   Singapore 1–3
14   Macau 0–4

Awards edit

 1997 Asian champions 
 
South Korea
Tenth title

References edit