1999 ABC Championship for Women

1999 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women
18th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Japan
Dates May 2–9
Teams (from 44 federations)
Venues (in 1 host city)
Champions  Korea (11th title)

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 18th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation. The competition was hosted by Shizuoka, Japan and took place between May 2 to May 9, 1999. 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 2001's championship.

Contents

Participating teams

Level I Level II

 Korea
 Japan
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan *

 Malaysia
 Hong Kong
 DPR Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Level I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Japan 4 3 1 327 240 +87 7 1–1 / 1.069
 Korea 4 3 1 311 249 +62 7 1–1 / 1.027
 China 4 3 1 290 249 +41 7 1–1 / 0.907
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 3 284 249 −35 5
 Thailand 4 0 4 165 390 −225 4
May 2
13:40
Japan  68–63  Chinese Taipei    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 30–41, 38–22
May 2
17:20
China  90–42  Thailand    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22
May 3
13:40
Thailand  39–92  Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55
May 3
15:30
Chinese Taipei  57–64  China    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30
May 4
15:30
Korea  66–61  Chinese Taipei    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28
May 4
17:20
Japan  69–72  China    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34
May 5
13:40
China  64–81  Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37
May 5
15:30
Thailand  33–105  Japan    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49
May 6
15:30
Japan  85–72  Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30
May 6
17:20
Chinese Taipei  103–51  Thailand    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35

Level II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 DPR Korea 3 3 0 302 142 +160 6
 Malaysia 3 2 1 219 178 +41 5
 Hong Kong 3 1 2 175 201 −26 4
 Sri Lanka 3 0 3 95 270 −175 3
May 2
10:00
Hong Kong  40–100  DPR Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 23–45, 17–55
May 4
11:50
Malaysia  71–91  DPR Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50
May 5
17:20
Hong Kong  76–36  Sri Lanka    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22
May 6
13:40
Hong Kong  59–65  Malaysia    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27
May 8
9:20
Sri Lanka  31–111  DPR Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40
May 9
9:00
Sri Lanka  28–83  Malaysia    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41

Final round

  Semifinals Final
May 8
  Japan  83  
  Chinese Taipei  74  
 
May 9
      Japan  65
    Korea  68
3rd place
May 8 May 9
  Korea  70   Chinese Taipei  68
  China  69     China  57

Semifinals

May 8
13:30
Japan  83–74  Chinese Taipei    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 43–41, 40–33
May 8
15:20
Korea  70–69  China    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 34–42, 36–27

3rd place

May 9
10:50
Chinese Taipei  68–57  China    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 38–26, 30–31

Final

May 9
13:00
Japan  65–68  Korea    Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
Scoring by half: 30–37, 35–31

Final standing

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
 Korea 5–1
 Japan 4–2
 Chinese Taipei 2–4
4  China 3–3
5  Thailand 0–4
6  DPR Korea 3–0
7  Malaysia 2–1
8  Hong Kong 1–2
9  Sri Lanka 0–3

Awards

 1999 Asian Champions 

Korea
Eleventh title

References