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 9 (from 44 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  South 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.

Participating teams

Level I Level II

 South Korea
 Japan
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan *

 Malaysia
 Hong Kong
 North Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Level I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Japan 431327240+877 1–1 / 1.069
 South Korea 431311249+627 1–1 / 1.027
 China 431290249+417 1–1 / 0.907
 Chinese Taipei 413284249−355
 Thailand 404165390−2254
May 2
13:40
Japan  68–63  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 30–41, 38–22
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 2
17:20
China  90–42  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 3
13:40
Thailand  39–92  South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 3
15:30
Chinese Taipei  57–64  China
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 4
15:30
South Korea  66–61  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 4
17:20
Japan  69–72  China
Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 5
13:40
China  64–81  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 5
15:30
Thailand  33–105  Japan
Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 6
15:30
Japan  85–72  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 6
17:20
Chinese Taipei  103–51  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Level II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 North Korea 330302142+1606
 Malaysia 321219178+415
 Hong Kong 312175201−264
 Sri Lanka 30395270−1753
May 2
10:00
Hong Kong  40–100  North Korea
Scoring by half: 23–45, 17–55
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 4
11:50
Malaysia  71–91  North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 5
17:20
Hong Kong  76–36  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 6
13:40
Hong Kong  59–65  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 8
9:20
Sri Lanka  31–111  North Korea
Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 9
9:00
Sri Lanka  28–83  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final round

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

Semifinals

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

3rd place

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

Final

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

Final standing

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

Awards

 1999 Asian Champions 

South Korea
Eleventh title

References