1997 ABC Championship for Women

1997 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women

17th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	April 27 – May 5
Teams	14
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (10th title)
Tournament statistics
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.

Participating teams

Preliminary round

Level I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South 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	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	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
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	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
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
					May 5
	Japan	90
					Japan	61
	May 4
					South Korea	74
	South Korea	92
	Chinese Taipei	77
					3rd place
					May 5
					China	101
					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

Rank	Team	Record
	South 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
South Korea Tenth title

• Most Valuable Player: Yoo Young-Joo

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com

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