The ABC Champions Cup 1997 was the 8th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Jakarta, Indonesia between July 18 and July 25, 1997.

1997 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
8th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country Indonesia
Dates18–25 July
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Wayman Strickland
1996
1998

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L Pts Tiebreaker
  Aspac 4 3 1 7 1–0
  Regal 4 3 1 7 0–1
  Tanduay Gold Rhum 4 2 2 6
  MHSK Tashkent 4 1 3 5 1–0
  Petronas 4 1 3 5 0–1
July 18
Tanduay Gold Rhum   90–76   MHSK Tashkent
Scoring by half: 59−39, 31−37
July 19
MHSK Tashkent   63–72   Aspac
Scoring by half: 38−32, 31−40
July 20
19:45
Aspac   75–63   Tanduay Gold Rhum
Scoring by half: 42−35, 33−28

Group B

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Team Pld W L Pts
  Isuzu Giga Cats 4 4 0 8
  Kia Motors 4 3 1 7
  PLA Hongshan 4 2 2 6
  Zob Ahan Isfahan 4 1 3 5
  Tong Whye 4 0 4 4

Classification 5th–10th

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9th place

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7th place

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5th place

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Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 24
 
 
  Aspac65
 
July 25
 
  Kia Motors 86
 
  Kia Motors 59
 
July 24
 
  Regal 64
 
  Isuzu Giga Cats66
 
 
  Regal70
 
3rd place
 
 
July 25
 
 
  Aspac78
 
 
  Isuzu Giga Cats52

Semifinals

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July 24
Aspac   65–86   Kia Motors
Scoring by half: 30–46, 35–40
July 24
Isuzu Giga Cats   66–70   Regal
Scoring by half: 32–28, 34–42

3rd place

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Final

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July 25
Kia Motors   59–64   Regal
Scoring by half: 26–32, 33–32

Final standing

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Rank Team Record
    Regal 5–1
    Kia Motors 4–2
    Aspac 4–2
4   Isuzu Giga Cats 4–2
5   Tanduay Gold Rhum 3–2
6   PLA Hongshan 2–3
7   MHSK Tashkent 2–3
8   Zob Ahan Isfahan 1–4
9   Petronas 2–3
10   Tong Whye 0–5

Awards

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References

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