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  South Korea (10th title)
MVP South Korea 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
 South 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
 South Korea 550410343+6710
 China 541465340+1259
 Japan 532445351+948
 Chinese Taipei 523392423−317
 Thailand 514327462−1356
 Kyrgyzstan 505350470−1205
April 27
Chinese Taipei  76–88  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–49, 35–39
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 27
Thailand  83–79  Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 48–42, 35–37
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 27
China  97–77  Japan
Scoring by half: 46–33, 51–44
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 28
Kyrgyzstan  61–100  China
Scoring by half: 30–55, 31–45
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 28
Chinese Taipei  100–64  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–39, 50–25
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 28
South Korea  73–71  Japan
Scoring by half: 44–34, 29–37
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 29
Chinese Taipei  90–74  Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 40–34, 50–40
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 29
Thailand  41–88  Japan
Scoring by half: 19–44, 22–44
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 29
China  65–72  South Korea
Scoring by half: 36–38, 29–34
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 1
Chinese Taipei  62–103  China
Scoring by half: 43–57, 19–46
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 1
Japan  115–76  Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 57–37, 58–39
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 1
South Korea  95–71  Thailand
Scoring by half: 56–32, 39–39
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 2
South Korea  82–60  Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by half: 46–29, 36–31
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 2
Thailand  68–100  China
Scoring by half: 34–53, 34–47
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 2
Japan  94–64  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 43–33, 51–31
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

Level II – Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Kazakhstan 330234148+866
 India 321224156+685
 Indonesia 312167212−454
 Singapore 303123232−1093
April 27
Kazakhstan  66–54  India
Scoring by half: 34–25, 32–29
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 28
Singapore  36–87  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 14–40, 22–47
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 29
India  86–48  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 44–18, 42–30
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 30
Indonesia  58–81  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 31–39, 27–42
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 1
India  84–42  Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–16, 33–26
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 2
Singapore  45–61  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 20–24, 25–37
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

Level II – Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 330243112+1316
 Hong Kong 321213132+815
 Sri Lanka 312113206−934
 Macau 303119238−1193
April 27
Hong Kong  82–36  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 48–14, 34–22
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 28
Macau  32–86  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 13–51, 19–35
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 29
Sri Lanka  24–80  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 20–40, 4–40
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
April 30
Malaysia  64–45  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 35–24, 29–21
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 1
Sri Lanka  53–44  Macau
Scoring by half: 30–20, 23–24
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
May 2
Macau  43–99  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 20–55, 23–44
Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

Classification 7th–14th

13th place

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

11th place

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

9th place

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

7th place

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

Final round

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

Semifinals

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

3rd place

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

Final

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

Final standing

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women
Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 7–0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Japan 4–3
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 

South Korea
Tenth title

References

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