1997 ABC Championship for Women

1997 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
17th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	April 27 – May 5
Teams	14 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Korea (10th title)
MVP	Yoo Young-Joo

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.

Participating teams

Level I	Level II – Group A	Level II – Group B
China Korea Japan Chinese Taipei Kyrgyzstan Thailand	Kazakhstan Indonesia India Singapore	Hong Kong Malaysia Macau Sri Lanka

Preliminary round

Level I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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	Korea		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 41–49, 35–39

April 27		Thailand	83–79	Kyrgyzstan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 48–42, 35–37

April 27		China	97–77	Japan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–33, 51–44

April 28		Kyrgyzstan	61–100	China		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 30–55, 31–45

April 28		Chinese Taipei	100–64	Thailand		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 50–39, 50–25

April 28		Korea	73–71	Japan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 44–34, 29–37

April 29		Chinese Taipei	90–74	Kyrgyzstan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 40–34, 50–40

April 29		Thailand	41–88	Japan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 19–44, 22–44

April 29		China	65–72	Korea		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 36–38, 29–34

May 1		Chinese Taipei	62–103	China		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 43–57, 19–46

May 1		Japan	115–76	Kyrgyzstan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 57–37, 58–39

May 1		Korea	95–71	Thailand		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 56–32, 39–39

May 2		Korea	82–60	Kyrgyzstan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–29, 36–31

May 2		Thailand	68–100	China		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 34–53, 34–47

May 2		Japan	94–64	Chinese Taipei		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 43–33, 51–31

Level II – Group A

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		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 34–25, 32–29

April 28		Singapore	36–87	Kazakhstan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 14–40, 22–47

April 29		India	86–48	Indonesia		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 44–18, 42–30

April 30		Indonesia	58–81	Kazakhstan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 31–39, 27–42

May 1		India	84–42	Singapore		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 51–16, 33–26

May 2		Singapore	45–61	Indonesia		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 20–24, 25–37

Level II – Group B

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		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 48–14, 34–22

April 28		Macau	32–86	Hong Kong		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 13–51, 19–35

April 29		Sri Lanka	24–80	Malaysia		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 20–40, 4–40

April 30		Malaysia	64–45	Hong Kong		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 35–24, 29–21

May 1		Sri Lanka	53–44	Macau		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 30–20, 23–24

May 2		Macau	43–99	Malaysia		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 20–55, 23–44

Classification 7th–14th

13th place

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

11th place

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

9th place

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

7th place

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

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	May 4
	China	77
	Japan	90
					May 5
					Japan	61
					Korea	74
					3rd place
	May 4			May 5
	Korea	92		China	101
	Chinese Taipei	77			Chinese Taipei	63

Semifinals

May 4		China	77–90	Japan		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 39–48, 38–42

May 4		Korea	92–77	Chinese Taipei		Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 56–43, 36–34

3rd place

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

Final

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

Final standing

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	Korea	7–0
2 !	Japan	4–3
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

1997 Asian Champions
Korea Tenth title

• Most Valuable Player: Yoo Young-Joo

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com