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

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	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

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

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

Classification 7th–14th

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

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

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women

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