1999 ABC Championship for Women

1999 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women

18th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	May 2–9
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
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	4	3	1	327	240	+87	7	1–1 / 1.069
South 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

Level II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
North 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

Final round

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

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	South Korea	5–1
	Japan	4–2
	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

• Results
• archive.fiba.com
• basketball-zine.com