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.

Contents

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
 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

 1997 Asian Champions 

Korea
Tenth title

References
International women's basketball
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.